Advances in Offshore Foundations and Anchoring Systems
A special issue of Journal of Marine Science and Engineering (ISSN 2077-1312). This special issue belongs to the section "Ocean Engineering".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 5 December 2025 | Viewed by 20
Special Issue Editors
Interests: marine geotechnical engineering; soil mechanics and foundations; underground space
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Interests: offshore wind turbines; marine geotechnical engineering
Interests: offshore wind turbines; marine geotechnical engineering; pile foundations
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Interests: marine geotechnical engineering; scour mechanisms; AI in civil engineering
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Offshore wind farms, sea bridges, oil and gas platforms, floating structures, and subsea facilities all rely on robust foundations and anchoring technologies to ensure stability, safety, and long-term performance. As projects move into deeper waters and harsher environments, traditional design and construction approaches face limitations, necessitating the optimization of foundation designs, development of novel foundation types, exploration of advanced anchoring mechanisms, seeking of sustainable design strategies, integration of advanced monitoring techniques, mitigation of natural hazards, and application of artificial intelligence. Geotechnical analysis is similarly important, involving the understanding of soil–structure interactions, the effects of long-term environmental factors and extreme natural hazards on offshore foundations and anchoring systems, etc. Within this framework, this Special Issue ‘Advances in Offshore Foundations and Anchoring Systems’ proposes a series of research papers from the above research areas that align with the broader goals of the sustainable development of marine infrastructure. Topics include, but are not limited to, research results on the following:
- Innovative approaches to offshore foundation design;
- Sustainable practices in offshore wind farm construction;
- Geotechnical analysis for marine infrastructure projects;
- Strategies for the mitigation of natural hazards;
Case studies of offshore foundations and anchoring systems.
Prof. Dr. Fayun Liang
Dr. Yifeng Lin
Dr. Hao Zhang
Dr. Chen Wang
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- geotechnical analysis
- soil–structure interactions
- natural hazards
- scour effect
- dynamic performance
- sustainable design strategies
- novel marine foundation types
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