10th international Conference on Hydroelasticity in Marine Technology Trondheim, Norway

​​​​​​​International Conference on Hydroelasticity in Marine Technology

10th international Conference on Hydroelasticity in Marine Technology

Trondheim, Norway - 16-18 June, 2026

HYEL 2026 Conference

Trondheim Nidelven view
Photo: Alexander Shchukin

We welcome all contributions within the broader scope of hydroelasticity, with particular interest in topics such as: 

 – Aquaculture structures – Bio-inspired concepts – Floating breakwater – Ice-body-water interactions – Marine membrane structures – Offshore wind turbines (substructures) – Ship springing and whipping – Very large floating structures – Vortex Induced Vibrations (VIV) – Wave-current interaction effects in hydroelasticity – 


Presentation Guidelines

Presentation Guidelines

  • Each presentation is 20 minutes, followed by 5 minutes of Q&A (total: 25 minutes).
  • There is no required template – you may use PowerPoint or PDF.
  • Please ensure all animations are embedded in your presentation and compatible to a standard Windows laptop  (links to web may not work).
  • Uploading instructions will be sent via email – most importantly, Upload deadline: Friday, 12 June at 12:00.

Programme

Programme

Monday, 15 June

Monday, 15 June

18:00-20:00

Registration - Hotel Scandic Nidelven

Welcome reception

There will be a welcome reception 18:00 – 20:00 on Monday 15 June in Broen Restaurant in Scandic Nidelven hotel. Drinks and finger food will be served.

Tuesday, 16 June

Tuesday, 16 June

08:00-08:30

Registration - Trøndelag Folkemuseum 

08:30-08:45

Conference start, welcoming remarks

08:45-09:15

Keynote talk: Closed aquaculture farms - Ole David Økland, SINTEF Ocean

09:15-10:30

Morning I Aquaculture structures (3)

A Study on the Hydroelastic Responses and Induced Loads of Aquaculture Lice-Skirts Exposed to Current (Proc. 1.1)
Kristiansen, D., Fredriksen, A.G. and Kristiansen, T.

Computational Performance of Finite Elements Used in Hydroelastic Analysis of Aquaculture Nets (Proc. 1.2)
Palaversa, M., Yu, Z. and Sævik, S.

Hydroelastic Behaviour of a Floating Hexagonal Net Cage under Regular Waves (Proc 1.3)
Mohapatra, S.C., Ji, J. and Guedes Soares, C.

10:30-10:50

COFFEE BREAK (20 min)

10:50-12:30

Morning II Slamming problems 1 (4)

Decomposition of Structural Response to Slamming Loads Based on Rigid Body Motions (Proc. 11.1)
Ying-xu, M., Sun, Z., Korobkin, A., and Khabakhpasheva, T. 

From hydroelasticity to hydro-elastoplasticity and hydroplasticity of structural responses subjected to extreme water impacts (Proc. 11.2)
Yu, Z. and Fimreite, S.B.  

Hydroelastoplasticity Effects on Water Impact Loads (Proc 11.5)
Tödter, S., Linde, J., Neugebauer, J. and el Moctar, O. 

Mitigation of Hydroelastic Perturbations on Force Measurements During Water Impact Experiments with Pseudo-Rigid Impactors: Solutions and Challenges (Proc. 11.7)
Tassin, A. and Jacques, N.

12:30-13:45

CONFERENCE LUNCH (Sverresborg Museum) 

14:00-15:15

Afternoon I Floating structures and VLFS (3)

Hydroelastic response of an articulated VLFS: Experimental, potential flow and CFD insights (Proc. 4.1)
Arredondo-Galeana, A., Brown, S., Ogden, D., Greaves, D. and Brennan, F. 

Numerical Analysis of a Barge’s Torsional Hydroelastic Response (Proc. 4.2)
Pascoaleto, V., Lopes, F.S and Fernandes, A.C.

The Design, Production, and Verification of a Scaled Flexible Model of a Floating Truss Structure for Hydroelastic Experiments (Proc. 4.3)
de Koning, J., Ruesen, J., Hoogendoorn, D. and Grammatikopoulos, A. 

15:00-15:20 

COFFEE BREAK (20 min)

15:20-16:35

Afternoon II Floating wind 1 (3)

Experimental Study of a Scaled Flexible Riser for Hydrogen Transport from a Floating Wind Turbine Platform to the Seabed (Proc. 5.1)
Guichard, J., Hann, M., Tosdevin, T., and Greaves, D.

Wavelength and Wave-Steepness Effects on the Hydroelastic Response of Flexible Slender Offshore Components (Proc. 5.5)
Zhang, Q., el Moctar, O., Qaimi, S., Galal, G., Brehm, A., Neugebauer, J., and Jiang, C. 

International Collaboration Network in Marine Technology
Malenica, S.

16:35-17:00

Group photo and snacks

17:00-18:00

Guided tour at Sverresborg Museum (the venue area)

18:00-20:00

Welcome reception at the venue (Sverresborg)

Wednesday, 17 June

Wednesday, 17 June

08:00-08:30

COFFEE - Trøndelag Folkemuseum 

08:30-09:30

Keynote lecture - Hydroelasticity of Marine Structures
Odd Faltinsen, NTNU

09:30-10:45

Morning I  – Floating bridges and plates (3)

Flexural Gravity Wave Blocking in a Floating-Submerged Plate System Involving Compressive Force (Proc. 14.2)
Boral, S., Sahoo, T. and Basu, B.

Floating bridge global responses with wave-current-structure interaction (Proc. 3.1)
Xiang, X. and Faltinsen, O.M.

Fully Coupled Hydroelastic Analysis of Curved Floating Bridges via DMB Method (Proc. 3.2)
Song, J. and Kim, S.

10:45-11:10

COFFEE BREAK (25 min)

11:10-12:35

Morning II – Hydroelastic problems and methods 1 (3)

Generalized modal approach for marine and offshore engineering: key aspects and applications (Proc. 7.2)
Jagite G., and Malenica S.

Hydroelastic Problems in Marine Seismic Acquisition (Proc. 7.3)Tønnessen, R., and Oscarsson-Nagel, M.D.

Recent Developments in Modelling Flow-Induced Motions of Floating Offshore Wind Turbines During Wet-Tow (Proc. 7.6)
Yin, D., Fonseca, N., and Jiang, F., Firoozkoohi, R., Indergård, R., Braaten, H., Lie, H.

12:35-14:00

CONFERENCE LUNCH (Sverresborg) 

14:00-15:00

Afternoon I  Sloshing (3)

Effect of Liquid Materials on Sloshing Flows and Hydrodynamic Impact on a Rectangular Tank (Proc. 12.1)
Park, G., Hwang, J., Park, T. and Kim Y.

Experimental and Numerical Studies on Sloshing Flows in a Rectangular Tank with a Hyper-elastic Baffle (Proc. 12.2)
Park, T., Park, C., Kim Y. and Lee J.

Numerical Study of Hydroelastic Response due to Slosh-Induced Impact (Proc. 12.3)
Yang, K.-K., Kim, D.-H. and Kang, D.-Y.  

15:00-15:20

COFFEE BREAK (20 min)

15:20-16:35

Afternoon II –  Ship loads and responses (3)

Comparative experimental investigation on springing responses of a 14,000 TEU containership (Proc. 10.1)
Ye, Y., Fu, S., Jiang, J., Chen, X., and Huang, W.

Experimental Study on Influence of Bow Flare Shape above Waterline on Whipping Response of 14,000 TEU Container Ship (Proc. 10.2)
Suzuki, K., Takeda, K., Sugimoto, K., Harada, M., Oka, M., and Matsui, S.

Variable-Stiffness Ship Elastic Models for Hydroelastic Digital Twinning (Proc. 10.3)
Dessi, D., Passacantilli, F., Venturi, A., Delgado, D., van Dijke, R., Terroba Ramirez, F., Sbaruffati, C., Bardiani, J., Sandström, J., and Haridas, A.

16:45-17:30

Standing Committee Meeting (hybrid form)

20:00-23:00

Conference Banquet - Ringve Museum

Thursday, 18 June - T1

Thursday, 18 June - T1

08:30 – 09:00 COFFEE

09:00 – 10:40

Morning I Wave-energy concepts (4)

Enhancing Floating Breakwater and Wave Energy Converter Performance Using Local Resonators (Proc. 13.1)
Agarwal, S., Liang, C., Faragau, A. and Colomés, O. 

Hydroelastic Response and Power Extraction in Wave-Energy-Integrated Aquaculture Systems (Proc. 13.2)
Mi, S., Cheng, H., Avital, E.J., Chatjigeorgiou, I.K., Konispoliatis, D.N., Papadakis, G. and Samad, A. 

Preliminary investigation into fully coupled solvers for flexible wave energy converters (13.3)
Capasso, S., Moretti, G., Rizzello, G., Flaßkamp, K., Martínez-Estévez, I., Altomare, C, Crespo, A. and Suzuki, T. 

Wave energy conversion by a 3-raft piezoelectric system (Proc. 13.4)
Dessi, D.

10:40 – 11:00 COFFEE BREAK(20 min)

11:00 – 12:15

Morning II – Hydroelastic problems and methods 2 (3)

Data-driven prediction of design global bending loads in ships from model tests (Proc. 7.1)
Drummen, I., Kaydihan, L., Düz, B., and Kurnia, R. 

Inverse Wave Force Estimation Using Frequency- and Time-Domain Hydroelastic Models (Proc. 7.4)
Van Zijl, C., Jovanova, J., and Grammatikopoulos, A. 

New hydro-structure interface model based on Super Green functions accounting for forward-speed effects (Proc. 7.5) 
Chen, X., De Lauzon, J., Nguyen, M., Cao, K., Jagite, G., and Malenica, S.

13:15 – 14:55

Afternoon I – Ice-body-water interactions (4)

Analysis of Vertical Mode Expansions for Hydroelastic Waves in Viscoelastic Floating Ice Plates (Proc. 8.1)
Shishmarev, K., Ni, B.-Y., Khabakhpasheva, T., and Korobkin, A. 

Ice Sheet Response to a High-Speed Vessel Moving in Open Water along the Ice Edge (Proc. 8.2)
Korobkin, A., and Khabakhpasheva, T. 

Nonlinear Interaction Between an Ice Cover of Variable Thickness and a Bottom Obstruction in Channel Flow (Proc. 8.3)
Liang, C., Ni, B.Y., Khabakhpasheva, T.I., and Semenov, Y.A. 

Wave Scattering by a Submerged Porous Circular disc with Radially Varying Porosity below an Ice-Covered Surface (Proc. 8.4)
Gayen, R., and Hoque, A. 

14:55 – 15:15 COFFEE BREAK (20 min)

15:15 – 16:30

Afternoon II Floating wind 2 (3)

On Wave Load Mapping for Substructure Strength Assessment of FOWTs (Proc. 5.2)
Zhiyuan, P., Wenzhe, Z., Alexandre, A., Won-Ho, L. and Caiwei, S. 

Simulation of a SPAR-type deformable floater for offshore wind turbines: comparison with experimental and numerical data (Proc. 5.3)
Halbout, C., Robaux, F., Ouvrard, T., and Peyrard, C. 

Sum-frequency second-order wave loads and elastic response of the INO OptiFLEX 22 MW floating wind turbine (Proc. 5.4)
Rajasree, V.R.N., Rogne, Ø.Y., Abdelmoteleb, S E., Bachynski-Polić, E. E., and Sauder, T.

Thursday, 18 June - T2

Thursday, 18 June - T2

08:00-08:30

COFFEE  - NTNU IMT - Professor Mørch's House T1 and T2

08:30-10:40

Morning I Marine membrane structures  (4)

Assessing large hydroelastic parameter spaces through a table-top Faraday experiment (Proc. 9.1)
Pot, H., Christiaens, B., Wellens, P., and Schreier S., Westerweel J.

Effect of damping of floating flexible membrane exposed to water waves (Proc. 9.2)
Maugsten, O. P., and Grue, J.

Non-linear hydro-elastic analysis of a vertical pre-tensioned membrane in waves (Proc 9.3)
Moreau, M., and Kristiansen, T.

Surge Motion and Hydroelastic Response of a Membrane-Based Floating Solar Island: An Uncertainty Study (Proc. 9.4)
Skare, A. and Kristiansen, T.

10:40-11:00

COFFEE BREAK (20 min)

11:00-12:15

Morning II Bio-inspired concepts (3)

Analytical Solutions of Two-Way Coupled Wave-Flexible Seagrass Interaction (Proc. 2.1)
Wei, Z., Boyer, R. and Shao, Y.   

Bending Modes and Fluid–Structure Interaction in Fish-Inspired Swimmers: Implications for Flexible Underwater Robot Design (Proc. 2.2)
Norvik, C., Greco, M. and Lugni, C.

Experimental Characterization of Hydroelastic Dynamics in Biomimetic Caudal Fins (Proc. 2.3)
Costantino Muniz, G., Paifelman, E., Aloisio, G., Sellini, M. and Ciappi, E.

12:15-13:15

CONFERENCE LUNCH (Catering at Tyholt campus)

13:15-14:55

Afternoon I Slamming problems 2 (4)

Hydroelastic impacts with aerated water (Proc. 11.3)
Wellens, P.R., and Bockstael, M.M.

Hydroelastic simulation for water entry slamming of a flat plate based on two-way CFD-FEM method (Proc. 11.4)
Wang, Z., Wang, J., Xiao, J., Wan, D.

Investigation of the Dynamic Response of Elastic Circular Cylinders Subjected to Water Impact (Proc. 11.6)
Taussé Kamdoum, F.L., Hascoët, R., El Malki Alaoui, A., and Jacques, N.

Physical and Numerical Experiment with Extreme Hydroelastic Wave Impacts at Scale (Proc. 11.8
Bockstael, M.M., and Wellens, P.R.

14:55-15:15

COFFEE BREAK (20 min)

14:35-15:50

Afternoon IIHydrofoils and plates (3)

A BEM-FEM model for the hydro-elastic analysis of passively controlled flexible foil-thrusters for ships and underwater vehicles (Proc. 6.1)
Anevlavi, D., Belibassakis, K.

Comparative study of energy dissipation under capillary-gravity wave scattering by submerged porous, poroelastic, and porous piezoelectric plates (Proc. 14.1)
Singh, M.

Hydroelastic Consequences of Passive Vortex-Generator Control in Cavitating Flexible Hydrofoils (Proc. 6.2)
Lin, Y., el Moctar, O., Jiang, C.

16:30-16:35

Concluding remarks

Guided tours

Guided tours

There will be a guided tour in the afternoon Tuesday at Sverresborg - see the programme above.

For accompanies it is possible to order day trips, like: 

You can also find several other different possibilities for guided tours at Visit Trondheim.

Keynote lecture HYEL 2026

 

   A keynote lecture will be held by
   Prof. Emeritus Odd Faltinsen

   World-renowned expert in marine hydrodynamics
   and co-organizer of the 1st Hyel Conference

Registration and draft paper submission

Registration and draft paper submission

To register and/or to submit your draft paper,
please follow the link you received in the email with your abstract acceptance notice.
Draft papers must be typeset using the provided conference templates in either Word or Latex.
Link to templates

Conference fees and registration
Early bird price is open until 1 April 2026

Abstract submission is closed

Journal

The proceedings will be published with an ISBN and the best papers will also be recommended for submission to an appropriate journal. A special issue on Hydroelasticity in a relevant journal is also under consideration.

Travel, accommodation and venues

Travel, accommodation and venues

Sverresborg Folkemuseum photos left and Professor Mørch's House right
Sverresborg Trøndelag Folkemuseum to the left and in the middle. Photos: Sverresborg Trøndelag Folkemuseum. Stairway in Professor Mørch's House to the right. Photo: Live Oftedahl

The venues will be at Sverresborg Trøndelag Folkemuseum in an auditorium with space for 90 people the first and second day. The third day will be at NTNU IMT - Professor Mørch's House at Tyholt, in auditorium T1 and T2 with space for 70 and 170 people, respectively. 

Read more about the venues here

Read more about travel and accomodation here

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Contact information

Contact information

Questions regarding submission system:
hyel2026@konferanser.ntnu.no

Contact regarding scientific questions: 
hyel-2026@marin.ntnu.no

Important Dates

Important Dates

2025: Announcement of HYEL 2026

15 Nov. 2025, 2025: Abstract submission

1 Dec., 2025: Abstract submission (extended deadline)

20 Dec., 2025: Abstract acceptance

15 Feb., 2026: Draft submission 

1 March, 2026: Extended draft submission deadline

23 March, 2026: Draft Feedback

1 April, 2026: Early registration deadline

1 April - 20 May, 2026: Regular registration

1 April, 2026: Preliminary programme

15 May, 2026: Final paper submission

3 June, 2026: Final programme

15 June: Welcome reception

16 - 18 June: Conference


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