SPH AND ANALYTICAL MODELING OF AN URBAN FLOATING STRUCTURE FOR COASTAL EXPANSION

The development of large-scale floating structures is recognized by the American Society Civil Engineers as a critical step towards resilient coastal cities for climate change adaptation (ASCE, 2019). Yet, lack design guidelines acts to limit their at community scale. In response, we demonstrate and validate applicability simplified analytical procedure against numerical solutions elucidate dynamics freely-floating pontoon-building system. This effectively presents pathway evaluation structural requirements realization sustainable alternative traditional land reclamation.