[FLORA News] Sharing the Featured Article in the June 2025 Issue of the Journal of the Korean Society of Civil Engineers (Constituent Technology 2 – Development of Offshore Floating Bridges)

We are pleased to share the featured article published in the June 2025 issue of the Journal of the Korean Society of Civil Engineers, authored by FLORA, focusing on Constituent Technology 2: Development of Offshore Floating Bridges.

Title: Development of Design, Analysis, and Experimental Technologies for Floating Bridges

1. Introduction: Floating bridges, which support superstructures using floating bodies, can serve as an alternative solution for offshore bridges in regions with deep water and poor seabed conditions. Numerous floating bridges have been constructed in the United States, Europe, and Japan. More recently, Norway announced a plan to construct a floating bridge spanning a fjord approximately 500 m wide, with design currently underway and completion targeted for 2035. Floating bridges consist of superstructures and supporting substructures, which include piers, pontoons, and mooring lines. In the case of floating cable-stayed and suspension bridges, floating pylons are introduced to support the main cables, giving these structures distinctive characteristics compared to conventional offshore bridges. Offshore floating bridges are subjected not only to self-weight, buoyancy, and traffic loads, but also to marine environmental loads such as wind, waves, and currents, whose magnitudes, directions, and periods vary continuously over time. As a result, these structures exhibit complex dynamic behavior...... For further details, please refer to the images below.

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