During the last two decades, some reconciliation of two distinct research fields, naval hydrodynamics and structural mechanics, has been achieved and a developing branch of science, hydroelasticity in marine technology, has made significant progress. This branch of science is concerned with the phenomena involving mutual interactions among inertial, hydrodynamic and elastic forces.

During the last two decades, some reconciliation of two distinct research fields, naval hydrodynamics and structural mechanics, has been achieved and a developing branch of science, hydroelasticity in marine technology, has made significant progress. This branch of science is concerned with the phenomena involving mutual interactions among inertial, hydrodynamic and elastic forces. The increasing variety of marine structures, both operating now and proposed, has highlighted the importance of the hydroelastic responses.

The papers included in the proceedings cover wide and important areas of marine technology, including hydroelasticity-based load and response predictions, unsteady state and transient state + problems (whipping, springing, slamming, sloshing, impact, shock etc.), flow induced vibrations, full scale measurements of ships, very large floating structures, risers, cable and pipelines, fishing nets and cages, and devices for energy extraction etc.

Preface

Wave Loads and Responses

 Use of Hydroelasticity Analysis in Design

 The Non-Linear Hydroelastic Responses of a Ship Traveling in Waves

 The Influence of Structural Modeling on the Dynamic Behaviour of a Bulker in Waves

 The Effects of Water Depth on Wave-induced Loads of a Very Large FPSO By 3D Hydroelastic Theory

 Numerical and Experimental Study of the Dynamic Characteristics of a Simplified Compliant Buoyant Tower

 The Behaviour of Different Types of Aircushion Supported Structures

Full Scale Measurements

 Full Scale Wave and Whipping Induced Hull Girder Loads

Whipping, Springing and Slamming

 Experimental Investigation of The Ship Response to Bow and Stern Slamming Loads

 Springing/Whipping Response of a Large Ocean-going Vessel-Investigated by an Experimental Method

 Longitudinal Loads on a Container Ship in Extreme Regular Sea and Freak Wave

 New Criteria for the Detection of Slamming Events and Comparison with Theoretical Models

Impact

 Hydroelastic Impacts in the Tanks of LNG Carriers

 SPH Analysis of Hydrodynamic Impact, Including Hydrodynam Fluid-Structure Coupling

 Breaking Wave Impact onto Elastic Wall

 The Fluid-structure Interaction during the Water Impact of a Cylindrical Shell

 Compressible Jet Impact onto Elastic Panels

Sloshing and Fluid Tank

 Hydroelastic Sloshing Induced Impact with Entrapped Air

 A Numerical Investigation of Natural Characteristics of a Partially Filled Tank Using a Substructure Method

 An Experimental Study on Vibration Characteristics of A Thin Spherical Tank-Water Interaction System

Shock

 Transient Hydroelastic Responses of Acoustic Structure to Underwater Explosion Loads

Very Large Floating Structures

 Hydroelastic Response of the ISSC VLFS Benchmark

 Hydroelastic Behavior and Drift Force of a Very Large Mobile Offshore Structure in Waves

 Local and Global Hydroelastic Analysis of a VLFS

 Hydroelastic Analysis of Flexible Floating Structures with Rigid-Hinge-Mode

 Hydroelastic Response of VLFS Coupled with OWC-Type Breakwater

 Experimental and Numerical Study of the Wave Response of a Flexible Barge

 Hydroelastic Response of Very Large Floating Structures under the Combined Action of Waves and Currents

 Time Domain Analysis on Hydroelastic Response of VLFS Using Finite Element Method

 Fundamental Study on the Collapse Analysis of VLFS in Waves

 Unsteady Motion of a Two-Dimensional Elastic Plate Floating on the Surface of Deep Water

Flow Induced Vibration

 Vortex Induced Vibrations of Deepwater Rises and Pipelines--Review of Model Test Results

 Issues Important to VIV Suppression Design for Marine Applications

 VIV and Hydrodynamic Forces of Circular Cylinders Attached under a Flat Spring with Forced Oscillation Tests in Still Water

 Insight into Data from Forced Oscillation Tests in Prediction of VIV of Flexible Risers

 Effect of Strakes on Fatigure Damage due to Cross Flow VIV

Devices for Energy Extraction

Extreme Motion Predictions for Deepwater TLP Floaters for Offshore Wind Turbines

Wave Drifting Free Model Experiments with Flexible Fin

Risers, Cables and Pipelines

Transverse Motion of Towed Cables

Linear Dynamics of Catenary Risers

An Experimental Investigation of Interaction between Adjacent Spans in Pipelines

Fishing Nets and Cages

Fatigue Design of Floating Fish Farms Based on Load and Response Interaction

Dynamic Behaviour of a Complete Trawl Gear (Manoeuvrability and Security)

Model Investigation of Dynamic Behaviour and Wave Loads on a Fish Farm Cage

Author Index