“Hydro-structural” is the theme of the latest Marin Report. On the face of it, hydro and structural are coupled to each other with a single hyphen. But behind this simple hyphen there is a world of problems and research challenges.
It links two different worlds into one complex reality: the interaction between the water and the structure. The resulting research challenges are exciting, as you cannot distinguish between excitation and response, between action and reaction anymore.
The latest Marin Report (available free of charge) gives many examples, such as mooring line integrity, container ship slamming and whipping, ship collision, wave impact loading on offshore structures and wind turbines, offshore structures in ice, LNG sloshing and the fatigue of FPSOs.
Picture by Flying Focus.
