Advances in Hydrodynamics and Fluid-Structure Interactions of Floating Offshore Structures

Dear Colleagues,

This Special Issue presents the latest achievements in developing theoretical and experimental studies, physical models and computational methods, modeling developments, etc., in hydrodynamic and fluid–structure interaction research and its applications on floating offshore structures. Among the floating offshore structure topics, we can cite:

• New developments for clean wind energy exploration, such as floating offshore wind turbines (FOWT); 
• Floating structures applied for energy harvesting using different environmental issue sources (wave, currents, tides, etc.);
• Oil and gas exploration as floating production storage and offloading (FPSO), semi-submersibles (SS), tension-leg platforms (TLP), monocolumn platforms, etc.; 
• Mega float units (airports, fisherman farms, floating cities, etc.); and
• Developments and designs of new floating offshore structures are very welcome. 

This issue aims to help the designers of floating offshore structures to optimize and/or choose the best options for further engineering development phases of these systems, not only the construction, but also installation, operation and decommissioning.

Dr. Rodolfo Trentin Gonçalves
Guest Editor

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