Nonlinear Structural Behavior and Failure of Marine and Offshore Steel Structures
A special issue of Metals (ISSN 2075-4701). This special issue belongs to the section "Structural Integrity of Metals".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 January 2027 | Viewed by 34
Special Issue Editors
Interests: marine structures; offshore structures; buckling; structural collapse; nonlinear finite element analysis; structural optimization; data-driven modeling; welding-induced residual stress
Interests: fracture mechanics; structural failure; impact loading; damage modeling; GISSMO; finite element analysis; stiffened panels; offshore structures
Interests: ultimate strength; stiffened panels; fracture mechanics; damage modeling; offshore structures; finite element analysis; machine learning
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
This Special Issue aims to advance the understanding, modeling, and design assessment of nonlinear responses and failure mechanisms in steel structures for ships and offshore facilities. The scope spans from material and joint-level nonlinearities to component- and system-level collapse, targeting practical methodologies that improve structural safety, reliability, and weight-efficient design.
The Special Issue will cover the following focused themes:
(1) Nonlinear structural behavior and failure of marine and offshore steel structures under realistic operational, accidental, and extreme loading conditions;
(2) Instability and collapse phenomena, including buckling–postbuckling interaction, plastic collapse, progressive failure, and imperfection sensitivity;
(3) Welding-induced residual stress and distortion effects on stiffness, strength, and ultimate limit state (ULS) performance, including coupled thermo-mechanical mechanisms;
(4) Advanced numerical and computational frameworks (e.g., nonlinear FEM, solid/shell coupling, multiscale modeling, reduced-order modeling, and data-driven surrogates) for accurate and efficient strength and failure prediction;
(5) Fracture mechanics and failure at cryogenic conditions, with particular emphasis on liquid hydrogen (LH₂) and other cryogenic environments, including crack initiation/propagation, ductile-to-brittle transition, constraint effects, hydrogen-assisted damage mechanisms, and fracture/CTOD/CTOA-based integrity assessment;
(6) Fire and explosion-induced structural response and risk assessment, including thermal degradation of material properties, blast/thermal–structural coupling, progressive collapse under fire/explosion scenarios, and quantitative risk assessment (QRA) for safety-driven design and operation.
(7) Research on Production Systems through FE Analysis Based on CAD Data of Ships and Offshore Structures
We welcome original research articles and high-quality review papers that present theoretical developments, computational methods, experimental investigations, and design/assessment strategies aligned with industrial practice and classification requirements.
Prof. Dr. Myung-Su Yi
Prof. Dr. Jeong Min Sohn
Prof. Dr. Sangjin Kim
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- marine and offshore steel structures
- nonlinear finite element analysis
- buckling and post-buckling
- ultimate strength and collapse
- welding residual stress and distortion
- fracture mechanics (CTOD/CTOA)
- cryogenic structural integrity (LH₂)
- hydrogen-assisted cracking/embrittlement
- fire and explosion loading
- quantitative risk assessment (QRA)
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