Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers Part M-Journal of Engineering for the Maritime Environment

The Journal of Engineering for the Maritime Environment provides an international forum for engineers from a variety of disciplines with a common interest in the technology, design, production and operation of engineering artefacts for the maritime environment. The unique attributes of Journal of Engineering for the Maritime Environment are: · It straddles the traditional boundaries of naval architecture, marine engineering, offshore/ocean engineering, coastal engineering and port engineering. · Advances in new techniques involving cross-disciplinary technologies are encouraged. · Focus on the technology and underpinning sciences that enable better understanding and utilisation of the life cycle of maritime assets (design, production, operation, disposal) in the maritime environment). The journal addresses the engineering artefact as a system in itself and as a component or facilitator of a larger goal, i.e. the sea and cargo transport chain, the fisheries and aquaculture chain, the oil and minerals wealth exploitation chain. Individual articles should reflect the interdisciplinary nature and system engineering approach of the journal. Specific Topics include: · Maritime Engineering Sciences: concurrent engineering; safety; fluid dynamics; structural mechanics; martronics; materials-structure and fluid-structure interactions; powering, manoeuvring, propulsion and load response; engine research; stability; system dynamics; systems engineering; simulation, automation and control; big data · Technologies: computation technology; design methodology; energy technologies; ;environmental mitigation technology; production technology; · Societal issues: maritime and energy economics; maritime and energy policy; environmental engineering; human factors and ergonomics; management science; risk and safety engineering. · Mathematical disciplines: operational research; solid/surface modelling; probability and statistics; variational calculus, bifurcations and chaos, nonlinear state space models, numerical modelling and modal updating, uncertainty modelling. This journal is fully peer reviewed and is a member of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE).