2024 July - 203 articles
Multilayered flexible subsea pipelines may experience significant lateral movements due to manmade and environmental geohazards. These pipelines incorporate several structural and protective layers to resist different loads, and may require additiona...
Multibeam sonars are advanced scientific tools for estimating fish school volume and density, using multiple beams to provide comprehensive size measurements of detected targets. However, challenges remain in accurately estimating target dimensions d...
Liquefied natural gas carrier (LNGC) orders are increasing owing to marine environment regulations. The complexity of the integrated system applied to shipbuilding and software errors have increased with the high degree of automation. Direct on-site...
The VIVACE device, which utilizes flow-induced vibration for harvesting ocean current energy, has been a research hotspot in the field of renewable energy. In this study, the flow-induced vibration characteristics and energy conversion efficiency of...
Sloshing of liquefied bulk granular cargoes weakens the stability of cargo carriers when at sea. Using the horizontal rectangle baffle is a promising way to restrain its sloshing motion. But the location height and optimal baffle area rate to achieve...
Grid resolution and assimilation window size play significant roles in storm surge models. In the Bohai Sea, Yellow Sea, and East China Sea, the influence of grid resolution and assimilation window size on simulating storm surge levels was investigat...
With increasing environmental pollution from ship exhaust emissions and increasingly stringent International Maritime Organization carbon regulations, there is a growing demand for cleaner and lower-carbon fuels and near-zero-emission marine engines...
For conducting scientific research at depths in the ocean, deep-sea probes are essential pieces of equipment. The cylindrical shell is the most sensible and rational packaging structure for these detectors. New technical challenges for enhancing the...
Maneuver simulation of a standard ship model gives indication of numerical accuracy. In the numerical calculation of ship maneuvering, uncertainty analysis is a necessary step to ensure the accuracy of the calculation. In this study, uncertainty pair...
The ultra-high-speed aerodynamically alleviated marine vehicle (AAMV) is a high-performance vessel that combines a hydrodynamic configuration and an aerodynamic wing to reduce wave-making resistance during the high-speed planing phase. The forces of...
This study focuses on mitigating the socio-economic and environmental damage of the invasive macroalga Rugulopteryx okamurae and counteracting the pollution from petroleum-based plastics by using the alga as a feedstock for polyhydroxybutyrate (PHB)...
Fishing is an essential economic activity and source of livelihood for millions of people worldwide. However, overfishing and unsustainable practices have led to a decline in fish populations and the degradation of marine ecosystems. Moreover, fishin...
Marine anchor buoys, as fixed-point profile observation platforms, are highly susceptible to the threat of ship collisions. Installing cameras on buoys can effectively monitor and collect evidence from ships. However, when using a camera to capture i...
The Bohai Rim region constitutes the third prominent “growth pole” in China’s economic landscape, wherein the Bohai Rim multi-port system, encompassing Tianjin Port, Dalian Port, and Qingdao Port, engages in intense competition to e...
The distribution pattern and the morphology of sandy beaches have been extensively studied, while those in turbid coastal environments near large river estuaries are still unclear. This study analyzes the distribution pattern, morphological character...
Multibeam echo sounders (MBESs) enable extensive underwater environment exploration. However, due to weak correlation between adjacent multibeam sonar data and difficulties in inter-frame feature matching, the resulting underwater mapping accuracy fr...
Autonomous collision avoidance decision making for maritime autonomous surface ships (MASS), as one of the key technologies for MASS autonomous navigation, is a research hotspot focused on by relevant scholars in the field of navigation. In order to...
Unmanned surface pursuit is a complex and challenging engineering problem, especially when conducted by multiple intelligent surface vehicles (ISVs). To enhance the pursuit performance and facilitate strategic interaction during the target pursuit, t...
A well-performing data-driven sparse sensor deployment strategy is critical for marine monitoring systems, as it enables the optimal reconstruction of marine physical quantities with fewer sensors. However, ocean data typically contain substantial am...
Due to the influence of meteorological conditions, shipboard photovoltaic (PV) systems have problems such as large fluctuation and inaccurate prediction of the output power. In this paper, a short-term PV power prediction method based on a novel digi...
The aim of this research is to devise a continuous simulation model for predicting ship crane failures to increase their reliability and reduce unplanned downtime during cargo loading and unloading operations. To predict the condition of the hydrauli...
Underwater images often encounter challenges such as attenuation, color distortion, and noise caused by artificial lighting sources. These imperfections not only degrade image quality but also impose constraints on related application tasks. Improvin...
Vision-based underwater exploration is crucial for marine research. However, the degradation of underwater images due to light attenuation and scattering poses a significant challenge. This results in the poor visual quality of underwater images and...
Structural damage is a prevalent issue in long-term operations of harbor terminals. Addressing the lack of transparency in terminal infrastructure components, the limited integration of sensor monitoring data, and the insufficient support for feedbac...
The movement and biomass fluctuations of sargassum across the Tropical Atlantic have profound implications when influxes reach the Eastern Caribbean. These influxes have cross-cutting impacts across ecological, economic, and social systems. The objec...
Plastic fragmentation alters the size distribution of plastic waste in aquatic habitats, which is accelerated by mechanical stress and weathering degradation processes. Microplastic pieces constitute the vast bulk of plastic pollution in terms of qua...
Coastal lagoons are among the most important, but also threatened, marine systems of our planet. Rainfall, wind, seawater, and freshwater discharges control water circulation in lagoons, determining the water properties that are vital for the lagoon&...
This article is about the diversity of diatoms in the benthos of the upper sublittoral near Kazantip Cape, located on the shore of the Sea of Azov in the northeastern part of Crimea. The study was conducted in 2022 and 2023 at a depth of 0.1 to 1 m a...
In underwater imaging, achieving high-quality imagery is essential but challenging due to factors such as wavelength-dependent absorption and complex lighting dynamics. This paper introduces MEvo-GAN, a novel methodology designed to address these cha...
Underwater imaging presents unique challenges, notably color distortions and reduced contrast due to light attenuation and scattering. Most underwater image enhancement methods first use linear transformations for color compensation and then enhance...
The lift force of a T-foil, which varies with ship motion, can counteract the wave exciting force during wave encounters. The phase difference between the periodic lift force and the wave exciting force significantly impacts the T-foil’s effect...
Maritime UAV path planning is a key link in realizing the intelligence of maritime emergency transportation, providing key support for fast and flexible maritime accident disposal and emergency material supply. However, most of the current UAV path p...
When a ship sails in shallow water, it will show different hydrodynamic performance from that in deep water due to the limitations of water depth. The shallow water effect may lead to hull sinkage and trim, increasing the risk of bottoming or collisi...
A 56-day feeding trial was conducted to evaluate the quantitative methionine requirements in the diets of Florida pompano (Trachinotus carolinus). Eight practical diets using soybean meal, poultry meal, and red lentil meal as the primary protein sour...
Improving the production capacity of natural gas hydrates (NGHs) is crucial for their commercial development. Based on the data of the first on-site testing production of NGHs in the Shenhu Sea area, numerical methods were used to analyze the product...
The Rosin–Rammler function is used in this paper to model the diameter distribution of sand particles. It investigates the characteristics of sand distribution and identifies the primary factors contributing to wear on flow components in a blad...
This study investigated the dynamic and thermal responses of cyclonic eddies (CEs) to Typhoon Surigae in the western North Pacific Ocean using satellite data and a coupled ocean–atmosphere model. Observations and simulations revealed that the t...
Accurate recognition and prediction of the multi-level handling complexity in automated container terminals (referred to as “automated terminals”) is a prerequisite for improving the effectiveness of scheduling and realizing intelligent o...
This article addresses the containment control issue for multi-AUV systems with the intervention of both external disturbance and input saturation. Firstly, a distributed estimator is established for the sake of acquiring precise estimation informati...
This study evaluates the effectiveness of artificial Kandelia obovata forests in wave attenuation through physical model experiments conducted in a wave flume. The experiments meticulously replicated real-world hydrodynamic conditions and mangrove mo...
Blind tees, as important junctions, are widely used in offshore oil and gas transportation systems to improve mixing flow conditions and measurement accuracies in curved pipes. Despite the significance of blind tees, their unsteady flow characteristi...
This review investigates the ship emission measurements using multirotor unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs). The monitoring of emissions from shipping is a priority globally, because of the necessity to reduce air pollution and greenhouse gas emissions....
Route planning to evade potential pollution holds critical importance for aquaculture vessels. This study establishes a fish-feed pollutant drift model based on the Lagrangian particle tracking algorithm and designs four sets of sensitivity experimen...
This research utilised an open-sourced smoothed particle hydrodynamics (SPH) tool to model and predict the change in wave-induced forces and motions of a free-floating bergy bits approaching a fixed structure in regular waves. Simulation parameters,...
As an emerging direction of multi-agent collaborative control technology, multiple autonomous underwater vehicle (multi-AUV) cooperative area search technology has played an important role in civilian fields such as marine resource exploration and de...
In this research, a renewable energy hybrid system (PV-Wind) is modeled to compare different design options based on their economic and technical features. The energy requirements of a Reversible Osmosis desalination plant located on the island of Te...
In aquaculture, it is crucial to understand and mitigate the carbon footprint for sustainable production. As demand for seafood increases, various production techniques compete for an eco-friendly status. This review examines the carbon footprint of...
Sonar serves as a critical submarine detection apparatus for naval vessels, with its detection range forming the foundation of its overall performance in underwater surveillance. The Luzon Strait, in the eastern part of the South China Sea, presents...
Port development is a critical component in constructing a resilient transportation infrastructure. The burgeoning integration of automated guided vehicles (AGVs) within container terminals, in conjunction with the orchestrated scheduling of unmanned...
Fine-grained cohesive sediments in estuaries play a critical role in sediment transport and biogeochemical cycles in estuaries. Due to the convergence of marine saltwater and freshwater runoff, combined with periodic tidal cycles, fine-grained sedime...
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