Advanced Analysis of Ship and Offshore Structures
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: 1 May 2026 | Viewed by 238
Special Issue Editors
Interests: ship and offshore structure; fatigue and fracture; buckling and ultimate strength; reliability and risk assessment
Special Issues, Collections and Topics in MDPI journals
Interests: ship structure; lightweight structure; material mechanics; ship collision and grounding; vibration and noise
Special Issues, Collections and Topics in MDPI journals
Interests: ship structure; material mechanic; strength assessment; ultimate strength; impact strength
Special Issues, Collections and Topics in MDPI journals
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
In the design of ship and offshore structures, a critical challenge lies in the accurate prediction of structural strength under various loading conditions—particularly impact, ultimate, and fatigue strength. This Special Issue seeks to present advances in the structural analysis of marine systems, and recent progress in the design and evaluation of ships and offshore platforms. Contributions are encouraged on the mechanical analysis of advanced materials—such as alloys and composites—and strength evaluations of innovative structural forms, including sandwich configurations, with the aim of achieving lightweight, safe, and cost-effective marine structures over their entire service life. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to, the following: strength assessment of ship structures; mechanical characterization of shipbuilding materials; design and optimization of lightweight architectures; impact strength of marine structures; ultimate strength of plates, stiffened panels, and hull girders; fatigue and fracture evaluation of ship structures; vibration and noise analysis; corrosion effects; steel and aluminum alloy structures; and composite structures.
Prof. Dr. Chenfeng Li
Prof. Dr. Kun Liu
Prof. Dr. Bin Liu
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- marine structure
- strength assessment
- impact strength
- ultimate strength
- fatigue strength
- structural design
- advanced material and structure
- structural optimization
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