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

Abstract

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