Professor Feargal Brennan

James Blyth Chair

Naval Architecture, Ocean and Marine Engineering

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Feargal Brennan is the James Blyth Distinguished Professor of Offshore Engineering at the University of Strathclyde.

He is Research Director of the Wind & Marine Systems and Structures (WAMSS) Centre for Doctoral Training.  He is a Director and the Offshore Wind Champion for the EPSRC Supergen Offshore Renewable Energy Programme, Principal Investigator of Ocean-Refuel and Co-Investigator of the CoTide UKRI/EPSRC Programmes.  He sits on the UK Government Department of Energy Security and Net Zero Science Expert Group, SOWEC (The Scottish Offshore Wind Energy Council) the NZTC (Net Zero Technology Centre) academic advisory board and the GUH (Global Underwater Hub) board.  He is the UK standing member and leader of the UK delegation to the ISSC (International Ship and Offshore Structures Congress) and has served as expert witness for commercial offshore wind litigation cases at the London Court of International Arbitration.

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Publications

Understanding the force motion trade off of rigid and hinged floating platforms for marine renewables
Arredondo-Galeana Abel, Dai Saishuai, Chen Yongqiang, Zhang Xiantao, Brennan Feargal
The 15th European Wave and Tidal Energy Conference, pp. 1-10 (2023)
https://doi.org/10.36688/ewtec-2023-389
A probabilistic framework for fatigue damage of lift based wave energy converters
Arredondo-Galeana Abel, Lamont-Kane Paul, Shi Weichao, Folley Matt, Brennan Feargal
The 15th European Wave and Tidal Energy Conference, pp. 1-10 (2023)
https://doi.org/10.36688/ewtec-2023-393
Novel computational fluid dynamics-finite element analysis solution for the study of flexible material wave energy converters
Huang Yang, Xiao Qing, Idarraga Guillermo, Yang Liu, Dai David, Abad Farhad, Brennan Feargal, Lotfian Saeid
Physics of Fluids Vol 35 (2023)
https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0160328
Material selection framework for lift-based wave energy converters using fuzzy topsis
Arredondo Galeana Abel, Yeter Baran, Abad Farhad, Ordonez Sanchez Stephanie Eugenia, Lotfian Saeid, Brennan Feargal
(2023)
https://doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.4526845
A novel procedure for the ultrasonic inspection of wind turbine bolted connections
Mills Brandon, Javadi Yashar, Lotfian Saeid, Abad Farhad, MacLeod Charles Norman, Lines David, Brennan Feargal, Pierce Gareth, Mehmanparast Ali, Gachagan Anthony
Supergen ORE Annual Assembly (2023)
A CFD-FEM analysis for Anaconda WEC with mooring lines
Huang Yang, Xiao Qing, Idarraga Alarcon Guillermo, Yang Liu, Dai David, Abad Farhad, Brennan Feargal, Lotfian Saeid
Proceedings of the 15th European Wave and Tidal Energy Conference 2023 (2023)

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Professional Activities

9th International Conference on Computational Methods in Marine Engineering
Organiser
2/6/2021

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Projects

Oil States Industries ATLP review and analysis
Collu, Maurizio (Principal Investigator) Brennan, Feargal (Co-investigator) Dai, David (Co-investigator) Mehmanparast, Ali (Co-investigator)
16-Jan-2023 - 31-Jan-2023
Assess the performance of an innovative offshore platform for wind turbine
Dai, David (Principal Investigator) Collu, Maurizio (Co-investigator) Brennan, Feargal (Co-investigator) Zhao, Guangwei (Co-investigator) Black, Steven (Co-investigator)
30-Jan-2023 - 04-Jan-2023
Impact Acceleration Account (IAA) ‎- Bridging the Gaps (BTG) – Net Zero / Circular Economy
Javadi, Yashar (Principal Investigator) Lotfian, Saeid (Co-investigator) MacLeod, Charles Norman (Co-investigator) Mehmanparast, Ali (Co-investigator) Pierce, Gareth (Co-investigator) Brennan, Feargal (Co-investigator) Gachagan, Anthony (Co-investigator)
In-situ Robotic and Ultrasonic Stress Measurement for Predictive ‎Maintenance of Offshore Wind Bolted Flange Connections
01-Jan-2022 - 01-Jan-2023
REMS EPSRC Centre for Doctoral Training in Renewable Energy Marine Structures | Ermakova, Anna
Mehmanparast, Ali (Principal Investigator) Brennan, Feargal (Co-investigator) Ermakova, Anna (Research Co-investigator)
01-Jan-2022 - 11-Jan-2023
REMS EPSRC Centre for Doctoral Training in Renewable Energy Marine Structures | Annoni, Alessandro
Mehmanparast, Ali (Principal Investigator) Brennan, Feargal (Co-investigator) Annoni, Alessandro (Research Co-investigator)
01-Jan-2022 - 01-Jan-2023
Ocean Renewable Energy Fuel (OCEAN-REFuel)
Brennan, Feargal (Principal Investigator) Collu, Maurizio (Co-investigator) Turner, Karen (Co-investigator)
01-Jan-2021 - 30-Jan-2026

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Professor Feargal Brennan
James Blyth Chair
Naval Architecture, Ocean and Marine Engineering

Email: feargal.brennan@strath.ac.uk
Tel: 548 4093