Professor Feargal Brennan

Head Of Department

Naval Architecture, Ocean and Marine Engineering

Personal statement

Feargal Brennan is the James Blyth Professor of Offshore Engineering and head of Naval Architecture, Ocean and Marine Engineering at the University of Strathclyde. He is an international expert in offshore engineering and structural integrity applied to Oil & Gas, Offshore Wind and Marine Renewable Energy. In addition to over 200 publications in scientific journals and conferences, he has authored a number of reports for the UK HSE and other government/regulatory agencies. He is the Director of the Renewable Energy Marine Structures Centre for Doctoral Training (CDT) (Cranfield, Oxford and Strathclyde), Research Director of the Wind & Marine Systems and Structures (WAMSS) CDT (Strathclyde, Edinburgh and Oxford) and the “Offshore Wind Champion” for the EPSRC Flagship Supergen Offshore Renewable Energy Programme. He sits on the ORE Catapult Research Advisory Board, the Scottish Offshore Wind Energy Council, leader of the UK delegation to the International Ship and Offshore Structures Congress and served as expert witness in the London Court of International Arbitration.

Publications

Characterisation of pitting corrosion for inner section of offshore wind foundation using laser scanning: Khodabux Waseem, Liao Carole, Brennan Feargal; Ocean Engineering Vol 230 (2021); https://doi.org/10.1016/j.oceaneng.2021.109079
Feasibility of very large floating structure as offshore wind foundation : effects of hinge numbers on wave loads and induced responses: Zhang Xiantao, Lu Da, Liang Yibo, Brennan Feargal; Journal of Waterway, Port, Coastal and Ocean Engineering Vol 147 (2021); https://doi.org/10.1061/(ASCE)WW.1943-5460.0000626
A fracture mechanics framework for optimising design and inspection of offshore wind turbine support structures against fatigue failure: Amirafshari Peyman, Brennan Feargal, Kolios Athanasios; Wind Energy Science Vol 6, pp. 677-699 (2021); https://doi.org/10.5194/wes-6-677-2021
Fitness-for-purpose assessment of cracked offshore wind turbine monopile: Fajuyigbe A, Brennan F; Marine Structures Vol 77 (2021); https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marstruc.2021.102965
Material pre-straining effects on fatigue behaviour of S355 structural steel: Anandavijayan Satya, Mehmanparast Ali, Braithwaite Jarryd, Brennan Feargal, Chahardehi Amir; Journal of Constructional Steel Research Vol 183 (2021); https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcsr.2021.106707
The role of microstructure in the corrosion-fatigue crack growth behaviour in structural steels: Igwemezie Victor, Mehmanparast Ali, Brennan Feargal; Materials Science and Engineering A Vol 803 (2021); https://doi.org/10.1016/j.msea.2020.140470

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Professional activities

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

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Projects

Stinger Keel Floating Wind Foundation UK Concept Development: Collu, Maurizio (Principal Investigator) Brennan, Feargal (Co-investigator) Day, Sandy (Co-investigator); 01-Jan-2021 - 30-Jan-2022
Biomimetic improvement for the hydrodynamic performance of the enduring underwater glider: Shi, Weichao (Principal Investigator) Brennan, Feargal (Co-investigator); 30-Jan-2021 - 29-Jan-2023
Offshore Energy: from Oil & Gas to Renewable: Coraddu, Andrea (Principal Investigator) Brennan, Feargal (Co-investigator) Collu, Maurizio (Co-investigator); Short-Course open for participants (via onine shop) delivered in collaboration; 01-Jan-2021 - 28-Jan-2022
REMS | Kelly, Sarah: Brennan, Feargal (Principal Investigator) Shi, Weichao (Co-investigator) Kelly, Sarah (Research Co-investigator); 01-Jan-2020 - 01-Jan-2024
Digital Twin: Brennan, Feargal (Principal Investigator) Coraddu, Andrea (Co-investigator) Oterkus, Erkan (Co-investigator); 01-Jan-2020 - 31-Jan-2022
Development of a novel wave energy converter based on hydrodynamic lift forces (LiftWEC) H2020-LC-SC3-2018-2019-2020: Brennan, Feargal (Principal Investigator) Payne, Gregory (Co-investigator); 01-Jan-2019 - 30-Jan-2022

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Naval Architecture, Ocean and Marine Engineering
Henry Dyer Building

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