Editorial: Special issue on offshore structure-soil interaction

• 来源期刊: 力学快报（英文版）
• 年，卷（期）: 2015,（2）
• 页码范围: 前插1,63
• 页数: 2页
• 语种: 中文

摘要

As the offshore industries move from shallow to deep waters in excess of 1000 m, there has been rapid development of ocean engineering practices.Innovations in theoretical and applied mechanics have been essential in this shift and in underpinning the exploitation of offshore oil and gas and renewable energy resources worldwide.Understanding and predicting physical mechanisms of structure-soil interactions are vital for the stability and safety of offshore engineering structures.Accordingly, in this special issue of Theoretical (&) Applied Mechanics Letters (TAML), eight letter-papers are published to present recent advances in analytical and numerical analysis and in physical modeling of offshore structure-soil interactions in marine environments.They all provide examples of how enhanced understanding of mechanics can impact on applied projects.