Renewable Energies and Ocean Technologies: Challenges to the Green and Blue Economy
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: closed (31 December 2021) | Viewed by 25919
Special Issue Editors
Interests: numerical modeling of engineering structures and structural components (offshore applications, steel bridges, pressure vessels, pipelines, wind turbine towers, etc.); mathematical problems in fatigue and fracture; mechanics of solids and structures; metals materials and structures; numerical fracture mechanics and crack growth; local approaches; finite element methods in structural mechanics applications; computer-aided structural integrity
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Interests: structural integrity and reliability analysis; damage tolerance design and life prediction; artificial intelligence and health assessment
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Interests: modeling of offshore structures and offshore structural components; structural theories of plates and applied mathematical modeling; mechanics of solids and structures; study of composite laminated structures and advanced composite materials; fracture mechanics and crack propagation and initiation; applied numerical methods such as finite element method and mesh-free element method
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Interests: design and analysis of ships and marine structures; prediction of ocean environments; hydrodynamics of multiphase flow in pipes; vortical flow dynamics; application of fluid dynamics to music instrument design
Interests: reliability of offshore structures; offshore renewable energy; floating platforms; uncertainty quantification
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
The earth is composed mostly of oceans, which are the least explored resources on our planet. The European Council predicts that by 2050, 50% of our electricity needs will come from marine renewable energy systems.
With the threat of global warming and climate change, there is an urgent need to harness alternative energy sources free of carbon dioxide pollution and not derived from fossil fuels; wind energy, wave energy, and green hydrogen offer proven and economic alternatives.
To limit fracking, exploiting tar sands for oil and gas, and other environmentally harmful fossil fuel mining, we need other renewable forms of energy to become cheaper and more convenient to use than fossil fuels. Of all the renewable forms of energy (wind, solar, geothermal, hydroelectric, and green hydrogen), wind and solar have shown very positive growth due to significant economic and technological advancements.
This Special Issue will be a discussion of new research concepts, equipment, technology, materials and structures, and other scientific advances within the field of power generation and transmission, estuarine, coastal, offshore, and deepwater engineering with particular reference to developments, exploration, installation, application, and utilization of offshore resources.
This Special Issue also covers topics related to research, design, and construction of wind engineering and renewable energy, computational mechanics and design optimization, instrumentation and testing, structural integrity and life extension of structures, wind and wave dynamics, sedimentation, structural/stress analysis, soil mechanics, material research, and economic, environmental, and legal aspects.
The Guest Editors of this Special Issue on renewable energies and ocean technologies hope to include contributions from engineers, metallurgists, and scientists, among others, allowing for a multidisciplinary discussion.
Dr. José A.F.O. Correia
Prof. Shun-Peng Zhu
Dr. Nicholas Fantuzzi
Dr. Yuming Liu
Prof. Dr. Lance Manuel
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- Wind engineering, renewable energy, and green hydrogen
- Advanced computational methods
- Computational mechanics and design optimization
- Structural integrity and life extension
- Applications and case studies
- Offshore structural systems
- Fixed and floating marine systems
- Submarines and robotics systems
- Cables, pipelines, and risers
- Turbomachinery
- Power and energy systems
- Logistic technologies
- Oil and gas technologies
- Underwater technology
- Waste management
- Environmental protections
- Economic, environmental, and legal policies
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