Abstract Artificial Neural Networks (ANNs) were firstly used to model ocean engineering
problems in the decade of 1990s. Since then, this soft-modelling technique has proved …

Abstract Artificial Neural Networks (ANNs) are becoming more popular to model ocean
engineering problems. With the development of Artificial Intelligence, data-driven models …

Flood, a distinctive natural calamity, has occurred more frequently in the last few decades all
over the world, which is often an unexpected and inevitable natural hazard, but the losses …

Abstract Machine learning (ML)-based techniques have found significant impact in many
fields of engineering and sciences, where data-sets are available from experiments and …

The term “damage” in rubble mound breakwaters is usually related to the foremost failure
mode of this kind of coastal structures: their hydraulic instability. The characterization of the …

Wave measuring equipment are subject to malfunction that can be caused by various
reasons such as maintenance, navigation accidents, errors in communications and …

Numerical models are valuable tools to provide information on wave-structure interaction
processes that are difficult to measure in a physical model. The current level of accuracy of …

The stability analysis of breakwaters is very important to have a safe and economic design of
these coastal protective structures and the damage level is one of the most important …

Waves are one of the main factors that can disturb port operations, from berthing to cargo
loading and unloading. Wave heights within port basins are typically assessed by means of …

Submerged breakwaters (SBs) protect coastal areas from intense wave actions, such as
inundation and erosion, by controlling the wave run up. The effective regulation of wave run …