Innovations in the Analysis and Design of Marine Structures

Innovations in the Analysis and Design of Marine Structures is a collection of papers presented at MARSTRUCT 2025, the 10th International Conference on Marine Structures (MARSTRUCT 2025, Lisbon, Portugal, 20-22 May 2025). The contributions cover a wide range of topics, including:

• Loads and load effects
• Strength assessment
• Experimental analysis of structures
• Materials and fabrication of structures
• Structural design and optimization
• Structural reliability, and safety

Innovations in the Analysis and Design of Marine Structures is essential reading for academics, engineers and professionals involved in the design of marine and offshore structures.

The Proceedings in Marine Technology and Ocean Engineering series is devoted to the publication of proceedings of peer-reviewed international conferences dealing with various aspects of ‘Marine Technology and Ocean Engineering’. The Series includes the proceedings of the following conferences: the Marine Structures (MARSTRUCT) Conferences, the Maritime Technology (MARTECH) Conferences, the Renewable Energies Offshore (RENEW) Conferences, the Collision and Grounding of Ships and Offshore Structures (ICCGS) Conferences, and the International Maritime Association of the Mediterranean (IMAM) Conferences. The ‘Marine Technology and Ocean Engineering’ series is also open to new conferences that cover topics on the sustainable exploration and exploitation of marine resources in various fields, such as maritime transport and ports, usage of the ocean including coastal areas, nautical activities, the exploration and exploitation of mineral resources, the protection of the marine environment and its resources, and risk analysis, safety and reliability. The aim of the series is to stimulate advanced education and training through the wide dissemination of the results of scientific research.

Carlos Guedes Soares is a Distinguished Professor of Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering at Instituto Superior Técnico, University of Lisbon, Portugal. He received his Master and Ocean Engineer degrees from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, in 1976, his PhD degree from the Norwegian Institute of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway, in 1984, and his Doctor of Science degree from the Technical University of Lisbon, Lisbon, Portugal, in 1991. He is also the Scientific Coordinator of the Centre for Marine Technology and Engineering (CENTEC), a research centre of Instituto Superior Técnico that is recognized and funded by the Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology. He has supervised more than 75 PhD degree students and co-authored more than 900 journal papers. He has been involved in more than 60 international research projects and 20 national projects as well as the organisation of several International Conferences. He is a Fellow of SNAME, RINA, IMarEST, ASME and of the Portuguese Association of Engineers (Ordem dos Engenheiros) where he has held different responsibilities and duties for more than 30 years.

Yordan Garbatov is a associate professor of Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering at Instituto Superior Técnico, University of Lisbon, Portugal in the area of Ship Structures. He graduated as a Naval Architect from the University of Varna in 1986 and concluded his PhD degree at IST in the area of Fatigue Reliability and Reliability-Based Maintenance Planning in 1998. He has published about 300 scientific papers. He has been involved in a number of international and national research projects. He is a member of the Editorial Board of some international journals and has participated in the organisation of International Conferences.