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In this review, we primarily address the present state of the arts and latest progresses in a few frontier issues mostly relevant to free surface/interface in ocean engineering. They include TC (tropical cyclone) induced extreme surface wave, sloshing of LNG (liquefied natural gas), cavitation/bubble dynamics and VIM (vortex-induced motion) and VIV (vortex-induced vibration). In addition to general description, we mainly focus on the recent advances and challenging aspects of above-mentioned topics. Inspired by the achievements in the previous 70 years, mankind starts a new round of ocean exploration activities. Then, we can find obvious trends: the realm of ocean engineering is expanding from sea surface to deep sea, from low and middle latitude to polar region and from fossil to renewable energy in near future.
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Foundation item: This work is financially supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 11902024).
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Li, Jc., Nie, Bc. A Few Frontier Issues in Ocean Engineering Mechanics. China Ocean Eng 35, 1–11 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13344-021-0001-8
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