Recent advances in marine hydrodynamics

Marine hydrodynamics is fundamental to marine, coastal, and offshore engineering and covers a wide range of topics related to wave interactions with ships, maritime structures, and the ocean environment. In recent years, due to climate change and energy security concerns, the subject of marine hydrodynamics has grown in importance, being widely applied in the field of offshore renewable energy, coastal protection, green shipping, polar engineering, and more. This special topic focuses on recent advances in the theoretical, computational, and experimental contributions to all aspects of marine hydrodynamics. In aggregate, 74 papers have been accepted for publication following careful and rigorous peer review and revisions. The authors hail from 27 distinct countries/regions, including Australia, China, India, the United Kingdom, and the United States, representing five continents—Asia, Australia, Europe, North America, and South America.