Wave–Structure Interaction

Dear Colleagues,

Wave is the most common yet important environmental loading that needs to be considered properly in designing safe and cost-effective ocean and coastal structures. With the rapid development of the industry projects toward more violent and deeper waters, the accurate consideration of wave–structure interaction is experiencing new challenges when attempting to reduce the costs during the process of the design, operation, and maintenance while still ensuring safety. The aim of this Special Issue is to provide an overview of these new challenges arising from a wide range of ocean infrastructures, including the oil and gas platform, renewable energy devices, ships, marine aquaculture facilities, coastal protection structures, etc. Topics will concern new findings and developments for phenomenon mechanism analysis and/or engineering design guidance through numerical simulation or scaled model testing.

Dr. Dongsheng Qiao
Dr. Chongwei Zhang
Dr. Lifen Chen
Prof. Dr. Dezhi Ning
Guest Editors

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