Reliability, Risk, and Hazard Assessment of Marine 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: 5 April 2026 | Viewed by 73
Special Issue Editor
Interests: engineering computing; uncertainty modeling in structural and geotechnical engineering; quality evaluation of numerical, mathematical and experimental models/methods; structural reliability; hazard analysis; risk assessment; reservoir characterization; geostatistics; coastal geotechnical engineering; rock and fracture mechanics
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Marine structures, including offshore platforms, subsea pipelines, floating renewable systems, and coastal defenses, operate under highly uncertain and dynamic environmental, operational, and loading conditions. Their safety and long-term performance are influenced by factors such as extreme waves, wind, currents, corrosion, fatigue, accidental events, and climate change. In this context, traditional deterministic design approaches are no longer sufficient to guarantee resilience and sustainability.
This Special Issue focuses on advances in “Reliability, Risk, and Hazard Assessment of Marine Structures". The collection aims at investigating how hydrodynamic effects influence risks and hazards to marine structures, and to develop assessment approaches that improve their safety, reliability, and resilience. It seeks to bring together innovative methodologies, probabilistic frameworks, and practical case studies that address uncertainty quantification, failure probability, system reliability, and risk-informed decision-making. Emphasis is placed on bridging the gap between theory and practice, supporting safer and more cost-effective design, operation, and maintenance of marine infrastructure.
By collecting state-of-the-art research and applied studies, this Special Issue seeks to provide valuable insights for academics, engineers, and policymakers working to ensure the hydrodynamic effects, reliability, safety, and sustainability of marine and offshore structures in an era of increasing environmental and operational challenges.
Dr. Hem Bahadur Motra
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- marine structures
- hydrodynamic effects
- structural reliability
- risk assessment
- hazard analysis
- probabilistic methods
- uncertainty quantification
- offshore engineering
- fatigue and corrosion
- climate change
- risk-informed decision-making
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