Preface

• Published in: IOP Conference Series: Materials Science and Engineering
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: IOP Publishing 2023
• Subjects: Arctic; Norway; Uis
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/1757-899x/1294/1/011001; https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1757-899X/1294/1/011001; https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1757-899X/1294/1/011001/pdf

Fourth Conference of Computational Methods & Ocean Technology (COTech 2023) November 30 – December 1, 2023 , University of Stavanger, Stavanger, Norway The COTech (Computational Methods & Ocean Technology) conference started as part of the research and dissemination activities of the Program Area for research “COTech - Computational methods in Offshore Technology” at Faculty of Science and Technology, University of Stavanger (UiS) with its first event in 2017. This Program Area for Research was founded in 2015 with seven professors, four associate professors, two adjunct professors and five research (PhD) students from the Department of Mechanical and Structural Engineering and Materials Science (IMBM), whose expertise and competence lies primarily within use of computational methods such as finite element methods, boundary and volume element methods, computational fluid dynamics and the like in marine and subsea technology, marine operations, design and analysis of mechanical systems, integrity and reliability of offshore structures and mechanical systems, renewable energy and wind engineering. In the ocean-related engineering area in particular, numerical computation approach is nowadays not only serving as a means to cultivate and realize innovative ideas, but also it is becoming the primary choice to solve complex engineering problems for the harsh and unfriendly environment in the Arctic. Like the previous conference, this year’s COTech conference is conducted as part of the dissemination activities of the Institute Strategic Program (ISP) entitled “Computational Methods and Ocean Technology” established under the research activities of the Department of Mechanical and Structural Engineering and Materials Science. This three-year program (2021 - 2023) intends to bring researchers of the department under four selected research areas: 1. Ocean Energy Conversion - installations & dynamic analysis of offshore wind turbines, structural health monitoring, corrosion assisted fatigue, ocean wave energy. ...