Engineering Applications of Computational Fluid Mechanics

Selected Papers from the 2nd Asia Pacific Conference on Offshore Wind Technology (APCOW2025)

Offshore Wind Power has become a key pathway for large-scale renewable energy deployment and carbon neutrality, especially in coastal and island regions with abundant wind resources and rapidly growing energy demand. This Article Collection is associated with the 2nd Asia Pacific Conference on Offshore Wind Technology (APCOW2025), held in Shenzhen, China, and hosted at the Southern University of Science and Technology (SUSTech). APCOW2025 provides a platform for researchers, engineers, industry practitioners, and policymakers to discuss recent advances and future challenges in offshore wind science, engineering, and technology. The Collection aims to extend the scientific exchange of the conference by highlighting computational and engineering approaches that support the next generation of offshore wind technology.

The rapid expansion of offshore wind farms in the Asia-Pacific region creates urgent scientific and engineering challenges across the full life cycle of offshore wind energy. Larger turbines, deeper waters, floating platforms, typhoon-prone environments, complex seabed conditions, grid integration, and long-term operation and maintenance all require more reliable modelling, simulation, control, and optimization methods. Addressing these challenges is essential for reducing energy costs, improving structural safety and operational reliability, minimizing environmental impacts, and accelerating the transition from demonstration projects to commercial deployment. Computational fluid mechanics and related numerical methods play a particularly important role because they enable high-fidelity analysis of coupled wind, wave, current, structure, control, and environmental interactions that are difficult to capture through experiments or field measurements alone. These advances are crucial for building efficient, resilient, and sustainable offshore wind systems.

This Collection will include high-quality Original Research and Review Articles that advance computational and engineering applications for offshore wind technology. Topics of interest include Aerodynamics, Hydrodynamics, Structural Engineering, Floating Platform Design, Operation and Maintenance, Environmental Impact Assessment, and Policy Frameworks. Submissions on smart sensing, digital twins, data-driven modelling, and AI-assisted optimization are also encouraged. By bringing together contributions from academia and industry, this Collection seeks to promote innovation in offshore wind design, operation, and sustainable deployment.

Prof. Ye Li is a distinguished academic and researcher at the Southern University of Science and Technology, specializing in the advanced engineering and strategic optimization of renewable energy systems. With an extensive background in offshore wind power, his research investigates the integration of marine engineering principles with sustainable technologies to support global carbon neutrality objectives. Prof. Li’s work focuses on enhancing the structural efficiency and operational reliability of offshore equipment in complex marine environments. He is widely recognized for his contributions to the renewable energy sector and remains committed to advancing the scientific framework for next-generation offshore wind energy deployment.

Dr. Hongzhong Zhu is an expert in control engineering, optimization, and digital-twin technologies for offshore renewable energy applications at the Research Institute for Applied Mechanics, Kyushu University, Japan. His research encompasses the integrated design, modelling, and motion control of offshore wind, wave, and hybrid energy systems in complex marine environments, intending to improve their efficiency, reliability, and economic performance. Dr. Zhu actively contributes to the development of innovative offshore energy technologies and has made significant contributions to advancing the scientific and engineering foundations of next-generation offshore renewable energy deployment.

Dr. Jae-Ho Jeong is an academic and researcher in the School of Mechanical Engineering at Chung-Ang University, specializing in computational fluid dynamics (CFD), aerodynamics, thermal-hydraulics, and the transient and safety analysis of energy systems. He received his B.S., M.S., and Ph.D. degrees in Mechanical Engineering from Kyushu University. He has accumulated extensive experience in industrial and national research through his work at Samsung Heavy Industries and the Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute. His research investigates wind turbine aerodynamics and structural reliability, with a particular emphasis on vortex generators, blade icing, aerodynamic load assessment, and performance enhancement, as well as internal flows and cavitation in turbomachinery. Furthermore, he applies high-fidelity numerical methods to complex fluid flows and heat transfer phenomena, including high-power-density fuel assemblies, natural convection, plant transients, and structural integrity under design-basis events. His work contributes significantly to improving the performance, safety, and reliability of renewable and nuclear energy systems.

Dr. Jiaxin Rong is a Research Assistant Professor at the Southern University of Science and Technology. His research focuses on bio-inspired fluid mechanics, aerodynamics, and aeroacoustics for low-altitude flying vehicles and marine-related engineering applications. His work investigates bionic flow-control mechanisms, rotor and wing noise reduction, bird-inspired wing design, and the aerodynamic performance of bio-inspired flight systems. Dr. Rong is committed to developing efficient, low-noise, and biologically inspired aerodynamic technologies for next-generation flying vehicles operating in complex environments.

The Guest Advisors declare no conflict of interest regarding this work.