Evolutionary Algorithms for Designing Self-sufficient Floating Neighborhoods

Floating neighborhoods are innovative and promising urban areas for challenges in the development of cities and settlements. However, this design task requires a lot of considerations and technical challenges. Computational tools and methods can be beneficial to tackle the complexity of floating neighborhood design. This paper considers the...

A Multi-Objective Harmony Search Algorithm for Sustainable Design of Floating Settlements

This paper is concerned with the application of computational intelligence techniques to the conceptual design and development of a large-scale floating settlement. The settlement in question is a design for the area of Urla, which is a rural touristic region located on the west coast of Turkey, near the metropolis of Izmir. The problem at...

A Multi-Objective Harmony Search Algorithm for Sustainable Design of Floating Settlements

This paper is concerned with the application of computational intelligence techniques to the conceptual design and development of a large-scale floating settlement. The settlement in question is a design for the area of Urla, which is a rural touristic region located on the west coast of Turkey, near the metropolis of Izmir. The problem at hand...

Transportation systems for passenger transportation in floating cities.

This thesis analyses transportation systems in floating cities. In 2050, three times the amount of land currently available on earth will be needed if the current lifestyle is maintained. Because most of urbanisation is in delta areas, and because Earth’s surface consists of 70% water, floating cities could provide a solution to this problem....

Hydroelastic Analysis of a Multi-Module Very Large Floating Structure

This thesis concerns a hydroelastic analysis of a multi-module very large floating structure (VLFS), analysed in the frequency domain. To this end, the fluid-structure interaction is described by a 2D model, where the VLFS is represented by four floating beams interconnected with rotational springs. The fluid is modelled as an ideal fluid, and...

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Impact of box-type floating breakwater on motion response of hydrodynamically coupled floating platforms downstream

Floating breakwaters are applicable in several offshore applications to protect downstream structures from excessive wave loads and to reduce their motion response. This thesis investigates the impact of the leading platform, functionally a breakwater, on the RAOs and response of the platforms behind it in frequency domain. The structures are...