The aim of Applied Ocean Research is to encourage the submission of papers that advance the state of knowledge in a range of topics relevant to ocean engineering. These topics include: 
&ast Wave mechanics 
&ast Fluid-structure interaction 
&ast Structural dynamics 
&ast Hydrodynamics 
&ast Floating and moored system dynamics 
&ast Structural mechanics 
&ast Sea bed geophysics, soil mechanics and sedimentology 
&ast Cable and riser mechanics and vortex-induced vibration 
&ast Stochastic processes 
&ast Safety and risk analysis 
&ast Structural integrity and fatigue 
&ast Safety and reliability 
&ast Design of offshore structures 
&ast Submarine pipeline design 
&ast Ocean towing and installation 
&ast Hydroelasticity 
&ast Subsea engineering 
&ast Control and application of remotely-operated vehicles and subsea intervention 
&ast Ocean energy systems 
&ast Arctic engineering 
&ast Renewable marine energies 

It is important that all papers, particularly the very theoretical ones, should stress the practical importance and applicability of their contents. Purely theoretical papers with no application are discouraged.

Editors
Dr. P. Lin
State Key Laboratory of Hydraulics & Mountain River Engineering, Sichuan University, 610065 Sichuan, China Email Dr. P. Lin
Professor B. Molin
Professor B. Molin
École Centrale de Marseille, Marseille cedex 20, France Email Professor B. Molin
Associate Editors
E. Fontaine
E. Fontaine
iSea Consulting, Victoria, Australia
D.-S. Jeng
D.-S. Jeng
Griffith University, Australia
T. Utsunomiya
T. Utsunomiya
Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan
Editorial Board
D. Angelides
D. Angelides
Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece
M. Benoit
M. Benoit
École Centrale de Marseille, Marseille, France
B. Byrne
B. Byrne
University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
M.J. Cassidy
M.J. Cassidy
University of Western Australia, Perth, Western Australia, Australia
K.A. Chang
K.A. Chang
Texas A&M University, USA
J.R. Chaplin
J.R. Chaplin
University of Southampton, Highfield, Southampton, UK
I.K. Chatjigeorgiou
I.K. Chatjigeorgiou
National Technical University of Athens (NTUA), Athens, Greece
X. Chen
Bureau Veritas, Singapore, Singapore
G.R. da Silva ASSI
University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
M.C. Deo
M.C. Deo
IIT Bombay, Powai, Mumbai, India
S. Etienne
École Polytechnique de Montréal, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
A.F. de O. Falcão
A.F. de O. Falcão
Universidade de Lisboa, Lisboa, Portugal
D.R. Fuhrman
D.R. Fuhrman
Danmarks Tekniske Universitet (DTU), Kgs. Lyngby, Denmark
N. Goseberg
N. Goseberg
Technische Universität Braunschweig, Braunschweig, Germany
J. Grue
J. Grue
University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway
C. Guedes Soares
C. Guedes Soares
Universidade de Lisboa, Lisboa, Portugal
S.C. Hsiao
S.C. Hsiao
National Cheng-Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan
Z. Huang
University of Hawaii at Mãnoa, Honolulu, HI, Hawaii, USA
K. Iijima
Osaka University, Osaka, Japan
H. Iwashita
Hiroshima University, Higashi-Hiroshima, Japan
M. Kashiwagi
Osaka University, Osaka, Japan
A. Khayyer
A. Khayyer
Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan
B. Leira
B. Leira
Norwegian University of Science & Technology NTNU, Trondheim, Norway
Y. Liu
Ocean University of China, Qingdao, China
H. Mutsuda
H. Mutsuda
Hiroshima University, Japan
A. Næss
A. Næss
Norwegian University of Science & Technology NTNU, Trondheim, Norway
M.F. Randolph
University of Western Australia, Crawley, Western Australia, Australia
H. Raven
H. Raven
Marin, Wageningen, Netherlands
T. Sahoo
T. Sahoo
Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, India
Y.M. Scolan
Y.M. Scolan
ENSTA Bretagne, Brest Cedex 9, France
H. Senga
Osaka University, Osaka, Japan
B. Teng
B. Teng
Dalian University of Technology, Dalian, China
K. Thiagarajan
K. Thiagarajan
University of Maine, Orono, Maine, USA
D. Wan
D. Wan
Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China
L. Wang
Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China
T. Waseda
The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
A.M. Zhang
A.M. Zhang
Harbin Engineering University, Harbin, China
J. Zhang
J. Zhang
Hohai University, Nanjing, China