journal article·2026-01-16Open access

Seismic Analysis and Design of Ocean and Underground Structures: State-of-the-Art and Future Perspectives

Xin Bao, Kuichen Li, Jingqi Huang, Piguang Wang

Applied Sciences· Volume 16· Issue 2

Abstract

Driven by the advancement of the global blue economy strategy and the rapid expansion of urbanization into deep underground spaces, the scale of critical infrastructure, ranging from cross-sea bridges and undersea tunnels to offshore wind farms and deep-buried utility tunnels, has reached unprecedented levels [...]
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Research context

OpenAlex topics: Geotechnical Engineering and Underground Structures · Offshore Engineering and Technologies · Seismic Waves and Analysis

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Affiliations

Key Laboratory of Coastal and Offshore Engineering, Dalian University of Technology, Dalian 116024, China

Beijing Key Laboratory of Urban Underground Space Engineering, School of Future Cities, University of Science and Technology Beijing, Beijing 100083, China

Key Laboratory of Urban Security and Disaster Engineering of Ministry of Education, Beijing University of Technology, Beijing 100124, China

Funding

National Natural Science Foundation of China · Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities

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