Call for Papers – Special Issue of Water Waves: A tribute to Lili Kimmoun [Breaking Waves and Wave-Structure Interaction: Integrating Theory, Laboratory Experiments and Field Studies]
Michel Benoit
Dear all,
Following the B’Waves 2025 workshop in Anglet, France (25–27 June 2025), Water Waves is pleased to announce a special issue focused on breaking waves and wave-structure interaction, honoring the memory and scientific legacy of Lili (formerly Olivier) Kimmoun, who sadly passed away on February 17, 2023.
This collection aims to celebrate her significant achievements in the field of ocean and coastal waves, with a focus on wave breaking and wave-structure interaction. Following Lili Kimmoun's work, we invite contributions presenting original research related to wave breaking, rogue waves, breathers, large waves generated by subaerial mass failures, extreme waves in coastal waters, spatio-temporal metrology, marine hydrodynamics, wave-structure interactions, floating bodies, wave sloshing, wave slamming, wave runup, wave impact and wind effects on large waves. Theory, modeling, experimental and field studies in coastal and ocean environments are welcome.
Submission deadline: December 31, 2025
We encourage early submissions. Accepted papers will be published online as soon as they are finalized, prior to the full Special Issue’s production. Each manuscript will undergo a peer-review process in accordance with the editorial policy of Water Waves.
To proceed, please:
• See the submission guidelines :https://www.springer.com/journal/42286/submission-guidelines
• During submission, please select the Special Issue title from the dropdown menu
• Download the Call for Papers : https://link.springer.com/journal/42286/updates/27796006
About Lili
Lili Kimmoun was an Associate Professor at École Centrale Méditerranée and a researcher at the IRPHE Laboratory (Research Institute on out-of-Equilibrium Phenomena) in Marseille, France, since 1998. Her passion for ocean and coastal waves and fluid mechanics was matched by her commitment to deepening our understanding of wave dynamics, especially in the coastal zone and in interactions with offshore and coastal structures.
Her contributions include leading research in:
- Surface waves and marine hydrodynamics
- Rogue waves, breathers and wave breaking
- Wave-structure interaction, wave sloshing, floating bodies
- Advanced experimental techniques and data processing in wave flumes and wind-wave tunnels
Lili was renowned for her experimental expertise and for developing and applying cutting-edge metrology techniques, both in Marseille and in collaboration with international laboratories. She was also a key organizer of B’Waves 2018 in Marseille (https://bwaves2018.sciencesconf.org/).
For further information, do not hesitate to contact any of the Guest Editors of this Special Issue:
Michel Benoit
EDF R&D LNHE & Saint-Venant Hydraulics Lab., Chatou, France, michel...@edf.fr
Stéphane Abadie
SIAME Laboratory, Pau, France, stephan...@univ-pau.fr
Hubert Branger
IRPHE, Marseille, France, hubert....@gmail.com
Christian Kharif
IRPHE & Ecole Centrale Méditerranée, Marseille, France, kha...@irphe.univ-mrs.fr
Bernard Molin
IRPHE & Ecole Centrale Méditerranée, Marseille, France, bernar...@centrale-marseille.fr
Mario Ricchiuto
INRIA, Bordeaux, France, mario.r...@inria.fr
Volker Roeber
SIAME Laboratory, Pau, France, volker...@univ-pau.fr
Marissa Yates
ENPC and Saint-Venant Hydraulics Lab., Chatou,France, mariss...@enpc.fr
