Structural Analysis and Innovation for Deep Sea Energy Systems

Dear Colleagues,

Offshore and deep sea energy systems (including both floating and fixed offshore platforms for oil and gas development; deep sea mining, hydrates, and other mineral resource development; deep sea wind turbine farm systems, wave energy, and other offshore renewable energy systems, etc.) have been widely used in offshore and deep sea energy and marine resource development. Due to harsh marine environments and extreme loading conditions, offshore and deep sea energy systems are facing technical challenges in terms of service life and its associated failure issues. This Special Issue will focus on structural analysis and innovation for deep sea energy systems. Topics of interest include, but not limited to, the following: various types of offshore and deep sea energy systems in terms of structure analysis and R&D and innovation, such as fluid–structure coupling and interaction, flow field characteristics, VIV, structural dynamics and vibration, structural optimum designs, defect and failure analysis, risk analysis and fatigue life assessment, numerical analysis, and modeling and simulation; and marine structure complex’s responses to different types of loads, such as wind, wave, current, seabed substrate, etc.

We look forward to your submissions.

Prof. Dr. Yijun Shen
Guest Editor

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