Professor Selda Oterkus

Naval Architecture, Ocean and Marine Engineering

Personal statement

Prof Selda Oterkus joined the department of Naval Architecture, Ocean and Marine Engineering at University of Strathclyde in August 2015. She is currently a professor (Chair) and the co-director of PeriDynamics Research Centre (PDRC). 

She received her PhD degree from the University of Arizona in mechanical engineering with minor degree in civil engineering and engineering mechanics.

Her research mainly focuses on multi-physics modelling of materials and structures including damage prediction due to various loading and environmental conditions. This includes fluid-structure interaction modelling, ships & offshore structures, offshore renewable energy, floating wind and solar energy devices, desalination & water treatment, ice-structure interactions, fire damage in composites, corrosion damage, and poroelasticity.

Her research has been supported by various organisations including Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy (BEIS), Department for Transport, British Council, Babcock, QinetiQ, Innovate UK, McDermott and TWI.

Prof Oterkus was a visiting professor at Stanford University (USA), University of Padova (Italy) and Otto von Guericke University (Germany). She is a Special Issue Editor for Computational Material Science (Elsevier) and Journal of Mechanics (Cambridge). She is an associate editor of Frontiers in Materials (Frontiers) and academic editor of Shock and Vibration (Hindawi). She is a member of the editorial boards of Scientific Reports (Nature), Journal of Peridynamics and Nonlocal Modeling (Springer), Journal of Marine Science and Engineering (MDPI), and Sustainable Marine Structures (NASS). She is also currently the chair of ASME UK Section.

Research Interests:

Peridynamics, Fluid-Structure Interactions, Fracture Mechanics, Multiphysics Analysis, Offshore renewable energy, Floating Wind and Solar Energy Devices, Desalination & Water Treatment, Finite Element Analysis, Computational Fluid Dynamics, Mechanics of Composite Materials, Vortex Element Method, Smoothed Particle Hydrodynamics.

For more information about my research activities, please visit PDRC's website:

http://www.peridynamics.org

Publications

Modelling of viscoelastic materials by using non-ordinary state-based peridynamics
Galadima Yakubu Kasimu, Oterkus Selda, Oterkus Erkan, Amin Islam, El-Aassar Abdel-Hameed, Shawky Hosam
Engineering with Computers (2023)
https://doi.org/10.1007/s00366-023-01808-9
Shape sensing of NREL 5 MW offshore wind turbine blade using iFEM methodology
Li Mingyang, Dirik Yildirim, Oterkus Erkan, Oterkus Selda
Ocean Engineering Vol 273 (2023)
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.oceaneng.2023.114036
Mechanical analyses of hollow-fibre water treatment membranes
Ozdemir M, Oterkus S, Oterkus E, Amin I, El-Aassar A, Shawky H
Desalination and Water Treatment (2023)
Study on two-dimensional mixed-mode fatigue crack growth employing ordinary state-based peridynamics
Wang Hanlin, Tanaka Satoyuki, Oterkus Selda, Oterkus Erkan
Theoretical and Applied Fracture Mechanics (2023)
Static condensation of peridynamic heat conduction model
Galadima Yakubu Kasimu, Oterkus Erkan, Oterkus Selda
Mathematics and Mechanics of Solids Vol 27, pp. 2689-2714 (2022)
https://doi.org/10.1177/10812865221081160
Mechanical analyses of flat sheet water treatment membranes
Ozdemir Murat, Oterkus Selda, Oterkus Erkan, Amin Islam, El-Aassar Abdel-Hameed, Shawky Hosam
AIMS Materials Science (2022)

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Professional activities

BTG Workshop - Net-Zero
Participant
18/5/2022
28th International Workshop on Computational Mechanics of Materials
Participant
12/9/2018
28th International Workshop on Computational Mechanics of Materials
Participant
10/9/2018

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Projects

Egyptian Offshore Wind to Produce Green Hydrogen to Mitigate the Effects of Climate Change
Oterkus, Erkan (Principal Investigator) Oterkus, Selda (Co-investigator)
01-Jan-2022 - 31-Jan-2023
Towards a sustainable strategy framework to confront climate change for the water sector powered by renewable energy in Egypt
Oterkus, Selda (Principal Investigator) Oterkus, Erkan (Co-investigator)
01-Jan-2022 - 31-Jan-2023
Smart water-energy management system integrated with floating solar chimney for seawater desalination
Oterkus, Selda (Principal Investigator) Oterkus, Erkan (Co-investigator)
01-Jan-2022 - 31-Jan-2023
Adaptation to the Climate Change through Integration of Non-conventional Water Resources with Renewable Energy
Oterkus, Erkan (Principal Investigator) Oterkus, Selda (Co-investigator)
21-Jan-2021 - 31-Jan-2021
Oceanways - zero emission autonomous cargo submarine
Oterkus, Selda (Principal Investigator) Oterkus, Erkan (Co-investigator)
01-Jan-2021 - 31-Jan-2022
A novel Partially Floating Photovoltaic integrated with Smart Energy storage and Management System for Egyptian North Lakes
Oterkus, Erkan (Principal Investigator) Atlar, Mehmet (Co-investigator) Day, Sandy (Co-investigator) Oterkus, Selda (Co-investigator)
16-Jan-2020 - 15-Jan-2022

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Naval Architecture, Ocean and Marine Engineering
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