A review of research on tether-type submerged floating tunnels

W Xu, Y Ma, G Liu, M Li, A Li, M Jia, Z He, Z Du - Applied Ocean Research, 2023 - Elsevier
Submerged floating tunnels (SFTs) offer many advantages over bridges and immersed
tunnels, and they are regarded as the most promising form of architecture for future …

A review of collecting ocean wave energy based on piezoelectric energy harvester

R Liu, L He, X Liu, S Wang, L Zhang… - … Energy Technologies and …, 2023 - Elsevier
The ocean wave energy resource has great potential for development as a renewable
energy source. In the vast ocean environment, many monitoring sensors are needed to …

[HTML][HTML] The impacts of internal solitary waves on a submerged floating tunnel

PX Zou, JD Bricker, WSJ Uijttewaal - Ocean Engineering, 2021 - Elsevier
The interaction between an oceanic internal solitary wave (ISW) and a prototype submerged
floating tunnel (SFT) is numerically investigated. Effect of oceanic internal solitary wave …

[HTML][HTML] Effects of roughness on hydrodynamic characteristics of a submerged floating tunnel subject to steady currents

PX Zou, N Ruiter, JD Bricker, WSJ Uijttewaal - Marine Structures, 2023 - Elsevier
The effects of surface roughness as induced by marine fouling on the hydrodynamic forces
on a submerged floating tunnel (SFT) are experimentally and numerically investigated in …

[HTML][HTML] Experimental study of surface roughness effects on hydrodynamic characteristics of a submerged floating tunnel

PX Zou, N Ruiter, WSJ Uijttewaal, XX Chen… - Applied Ocean …, 2023 - Elsevier
Marine biofouling is a major concern in the operational performance of submerged floating
tunnels (SFTs). The objective of this research is to investigate the effects of marine fouling …

Numerical assessment of non-uniform terrain and inhomogeneous wave–current loading effects on the dynamic response of a submerged floating tunnel

G Xu, X Chen, S Xue, JF Townsend, X Chen, M Tang - Ocean Engineering, 2023 - Elsevier
The submerged floating tunnel (SFT) has broad application prospects in straits and bays
with deep water levels. However, few studies have focused on the impact of non-uniform …

Experimental study on the wave-induced dynamic response and hydrodynamic characteristics of a submerged floating tunnel with elastically truncated boundary …

Z Yang, J Li, Y Xu, X Ji, Z Sun, Q Ouyang, H Zhang - Marine Structures, 2023 - Elsevier
Hydrodynamic load and motion response are the first considerations in the structural design
of a submerged floating tunnel (SFT). Currently, most of the relevant studies have been …

Effect of cable layout on hydrodynamic response of submerged floating tunnel under wave action

X Yuan, J Liu, J Zhou, A Guo - Ocean Engineering, 2023 - Elsevier
A submerged floating tunnel (SFT) is a new type of traffic-crossing scheme in relatively deep
waters that realizes suspension fixation through gravity, buoyancy, and cable force. The …

Simultaneous Estimation of Submerged Floating Tunnel Displacement and Mooring Cable Tension through FIR Filter‐Based Strain and Acceleration Fusion

Z Ma, J Choi, J Jang, O Kwon… - Structural Control and …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
A submerged floating tunnel (SFT) is a tunnel structure that floats approximately 50 m below
the water surface and is anchored to the seabed by mooring cables. It is a new alternative to …

Vehicle-SFT-current coupling vibration of multi-span submerged floating tunnel, Part II: comparative analysis of finite difference method and parametric study

Y Yang, Y Xiang, C Gao - Ocean Engineering, 2022 - Elsevier
An analytical method based on the mode superposition and Galerkin hybrid method
(MSGHM) has been proposed for vehicle-SFT-current coupling vibration in Part I of the two …