Ocean Engineering aims to provide a medium for the publication of original research and development work in the field of ocean engineering.

The journal seeks papers in the following topics:

Ocean Engineering including: fixed and floating offshore platforms; pipelines and risers; cables and mooring; buoy technology; foundation engineering; ocean mining; marine and offshore renewable energy; aquaculture engineering; environmental protection; subsea engineering.

Naval Architecture including: ship and special marine vehicle design; intact and damaged stability; technology for energy efficiency and green shipping; ship production technology; decommissioning and recycling.

Polar and Arctic Engineering including: ice mechanics; ice-structure interaction; polar operations; polar design; environmental protection.

Automatic Control of Marine Systems including: automatic control; automation and autonomy for marine vehicles and systems

Underwater Technology including: AUV/ROV design; AUV/ROV hydrodynamics; maneuvering and control; underwater-specific communicating and sensing systems for AUV/ROVs.

In these fields, papers on the following technical topics are welcome.

Hydro- and Aerodynamics: CFD; vortex induced vibrations; fluid-structure interaction; hydroelasticity; linear and non-linear wave mechanics; buoyancy and stability; ship resistance and propulsion; seakeeping and controls; ship maneuvering; ship-radiated noise; wind-assisted propulsion; energy-efficient devices; hydroacoustics; aeroacoustics from offshore wind turbines.



Structural Mechanics: materials; limit state prediction and assessments; fatigue; fracture; structural health monitoring; collision and crash worthiness, degradation; ship strength.

Stochastic Calculations: stochastic processes; safety and reliability; risk and limit state design.

Experimental Approaches: instrumentation; full-scale measurements; model tests.

Marine equipment: risers; pipelines; ballast water treatment; air emissions treatment; underwater noise mitigation; and associated components or equipment.

Ocean Environmental Predictions: only for ocean structures and vessel operation and design: extreme event predictions; extreme statistics; wave groups; tsunamis; short-term environment predictions; impact of climate change. Note that broader environmental and climate models, sensing, and data sets should be submitted to climate and oceanographic journals.

Automatic Control of Marine Systems: Papers submitted in this subject area should have genuine value in naval architecture and maritime engineering and should include the validation of results preferably, by full-scale measurements or model-scale tests or, when this is not possible, by high-fidelity simulations. Methods used in papers should be validated in conditions that represent realistic marine environments.

Human Factors and Maritime Safety including: Maritime accidents; fatigue management; risk assessment; situational awareness; maritime training; human errors; human performance in operation; human factors in maritime accidents; safety culture; human factors taxonomy; all related to maritime engineering.

Ocean Engineering does not accept submissions on marine engines and auxiliary systems, heating and cooling systems, pumps, underwater explosions, sediment transport, purely theoretical papers without any application to ocean engineering, broad material science, and corrosion studies without a focus on naval architecture or offshore engineering.

Additionally, Ocean Engineering does not accept submissions focusing solely on military applications.

Original research papers , review articles, discussion of published papers; book reviews.

Editor-in-Chief
Atilla Incecik
University of Strathclyde, McCance Building, Glasgow, G1 1XQ, G1 1XQ, Glasgow, Scotland, UK Email Atilla Incecik
Deputy Editors
M. Blanke
Technical University of Denmark Wind Energy, Roskilde, Denmark
A. D. Papanikolaou
National Technical University of Athens, Athens, Greece
P. Ferrant
Central College Nantes, Nantes, France
F.P. Gao
Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
Y. Garbatov
University of Lisbon, Lisboa, Portugal
Z. Hu
Newcastle University, Newcastle Upon Tyne, United Kingdom
P. Kellett
European Marine Board, Ostend, Belgium
E. Korkut
Istanbul Technical University, İstanbul, Turkey
J. Lee
Pusan National University Department of Naval Architecture and Ocean Engineering, Busan, Korea, Republic of
T. Tezdogan
University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom
F. Wang
Shanghai Ocean University, Shanghai, China
W. Zhao, PhD
The University of Western Australia, Perth, Western Australia, Australia
Editorial Board Members
W. Bai
Manchester Metropolitan University, Manchester, United Kingdom
S. Beji
Istanbul Technical University, İstanbul, Turkey
V. Belenky
David Taylor Model Basin, Maryland, United States
M. Brocchini
Polytechnic University of Marche, Ancona, Italy
M.J. Cassidy
The University of Western Australia, Perth, Western Australia, Australia
S. Chai
University of Tasmania National Centre for Maritime Engineering and Hydrodynamics, Launceston, Tasmania, Australia
M. Collette
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States
W. Cui
Shanghai Ocean University, Shanghai, China
Z. Demirbilek
US Army Engineer Research and Development Center Coastal and Hydraulics Laboratory, Vicksburg, Mississippi, United States
M.C. Deo
Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, India
R. Eatock Taylor
University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom
K. Eloot
Ghent University, Gent, Belgium
K. Ewans
MetOcean Research Ltd, New Plymouth, New Zealand
A. Francescutto
University of Trieste, Trieste, Italy
H. Ghassemi
Amirkabir University of Technology, Tehran, Iran, Islamic Republic of
C. Guedes Soares
University of Lisbon, Lisboa, Portugal
G. He
Harbin Institute of Technology - Weihai, Weihai, China
S. Hirdaris
Lloyd's Register Group Ltd, Southampton, England, United Kingdom
Z. Huang
University of Hawai'i at Manoa, Honolulu, Hawaii, United States
T. Ikoma
Nihon University College of Science and Technology Graduate School of Science and Technology Department of Oceanic Architecture and Engineering, Chiba, Japan
D.-S. Jeng, PhD
Griffith University School of Engineering and Built Environment, Southport, Queensland, Australia
H. Karampour
Griffith University - Gold Coast Campus School of Engineering, Southport, Australia
M. Karimirad
Queen's University Belfast School of Natural And Built Environment, Belfast, United Kingdom
A. Khayyer
Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan
D. Konovessis
Singapore Institute of Technology, Singapore, Singapore
I. Lazakis
University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom
Y.M. Low
National University of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore
J.R. Medina
Polytechnic University of Valencia, Valencia, Spain
A. Næss
Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway
M.A.S. Neves
Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
D. Ning, PhD
Dalian University of Technology State Key Laboratory of Coastal and Offshore Engineering, Dalian, China
J.K. Paik
Pusan National University Department of Naval Architecture and Ocean Engineering, Busan, Korea, Republic of
L. Perez-Rojas
Polytechnic University of Madrid, Madrid, Spain
J.M. Race
University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom
H.R. Riggs
University of Hawai'i at Manoa, Honolulu, Hawaii, United States
K. Spyrou
National Technical University of Athens, Athens, Greece
V. Sundar
Indian Institute of Technology Madras, Chennai, India
L. Tao
University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom
E. Vanem
DNV GL Group Technology & Research, Norway
I.M Viola
The University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
D. Wan
Shanghai Jiao Tong University - Fahua Campus, Shanghai, China
Q. Xiao
University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom
S.C. Yim
Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon, United States
X. Zhang, PhD
Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Naval Architecture Ocean and Civil Engineering, Shanghai, China