Dr Weichao Shi

Senior Lecturer

Naval Architecture, Ocean and Marine Engineering

Personal statement

Senior Lecturer, in the field of marine renewable energy, underwater vehicle and marine propulsion system with specialties in experimental and numerical marine hydrodynamics.

Weichao is currently leading a research team developing applied biomimetics marine hydrodynamics technology with the ambition of providing the marine industry with effective and feasible solutions inspired by the mother nature. Weichao started his higher education at the Harbin Institute of Technology in the year 2007, studying Naval Architecture & Ocean Engineering. He continued his Master degree study in Mechtronics and got inspired to devote himself in tidal energy research. During his Master study, he was involved in several national R&D projects developing marine renewable energy. In 2013, he moved to Newcastle University and continued his PhD research in the Emersion Cavitation Tunnel, working on biomimetic concepts to improve tidal turbine performance.

To date, Weichao has been working on 20+ research and knowledge exchange projects with funding from various funding societies, including EU-H2020, Innovate UK, Department for Transport, the Royal Society, and various industrial companies, like BAE Systems, James Fisher and Defence, etc. Meanwhile, Weichao and his team have generated around 60 journal and conference papers and 5 granted patents with 3 new applications.

Weichao serves as guest editor for Journal of Ocean Engineering and Journal of Marine Science and Engineering; and as editorial board member for Journal of Mathematical Problems in Engineering and Journal of Sustainable Marine Structures. He also contributes organising in many international research conferences.

For Weichao's research, please check the research website, https://www.abmhydro.com/.

Expertise

Has expertise in:

l Marine hydrodynamic experiments: resistance and propulsion test; open water test; cavitation test; underwater radiated noise test; PIV test (Particle Image Velocimetry); LDV test (Laser Doppler Velocimetry); Skin Friction test of marine coatings.

l CFD Software: Ansys (CFX, Fluent, Workbench, Mechanical, ANSYS Composite PrepPost);Star-CCM+; Pointwise; Tecplot; Shipflow

l CAD Software: Solidworks; Rhino; AutoCAD

l Coding: Labview; Fortran; C

l Animation Software: Autodesk 3DS MAX

Language: English; Chinese

Publications

Near wake hydrodynamics and structural design of a single foil cycloidal rotor in regular waves: Arredondo-Galeana Abel, Olbert Gerrit, Shi Weichao, Brennan Feargal; Renewable Energy Vol 206, pp. 1020-1035 (2023); https://doi.org/10.1016/j.renene.2023.02.068
Fast prediction of hydrodynamic load of floating horizontal axis tidal turbine with variable speed control under surging motion with free surface: Chen Siyuan, Wang Shuqi, Huang Ruizhang, Shi Weichao, Jing Fengmei; Applied Ocean Research Vol 135 (2023); https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apor.2023.103566
Design of a novel energy harvesting mechanism for underwater gliders using thermal buoyancy engines: Hou Hongbo, Arredondo Galeana Abel, Song Yang, Xu Gang, Xu Yunxin, Shi Weichao; Ocean Engineering Vol 278 (2023); https://doi.org/10.1016/j.oceaneng.2023.114310
Thrust enhancement of DTMB 5415 with elastic flapping foil in regular head waves: Mei Lei, Yan Wenhui, Zhou Junwei, Shi Weichao; Journal of Marine Science and Engineering Vol 11 (2023); https://doi.org/10.3390/jmse11030632
Performance of semi-active flapping hydrofoil with arc trajectory: Zhou Junwei, Yan Wenhui, Mei Lei, Shi Weichao; Water Vol 15 (2023); https://doi.org/10.3390/w15020269
Instantaneous prediction of irregular ocean surface wave based on deep learning: Xu Gang, Zhang Siwen, Shi Weichao; Ocean Engineering Vol 267 (2023); https://doi.org/10.1016/j.oceaneng.2022.113218

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Teaching

NM833 RENEWABLE MARINE ENERGY SYSTEMS

NM837 Underwater Vehicle

Research interests

l Marine Renewable Energy and Renewable Energy Powered Marine Vehicles

Seeking for PhD candidates with funding opportunities.

l Marine propulsor and marine control surface hydrodynamic performance, cavitation, noise and vibration

Seeking for PhD candidates with funding opportunities.

l Design analysis and optimization of ship hull forms

l Design, development and experimental verification of EEDI devices

l Hydrodynamic performance of biofouling coatings

Professional activities

Frontiers in Energy Research (Journal): Guest editor; 2022
Journal of Marine Science and Engineering (Journal): Guest editor; 2021
9th International Conference on Computational Methods in Marine Engineering: Member of programme committee; 2021
Subsea autonomous systems: next generation technologies: Participant; 2021
Mathematical Problems in Engineering (Journal): Editorial board member; 2020
The 3rd International Conference on Renewable Energy and Environment: Member of programme committee; 3/12/2019

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Projects

Project ZERO - Zero Emission Research and Offshore Service Vessel: Tao, Longbin (Principal Investigator) Shi, Weichao (Co-investigator) Yuan, Zhiming (Co-investigator); 01-Jan-2023 - 31-Jan-2023
REDEFINE ENERGY EFFICIENCY SOLUTIONS FOR HYDROGEN POWERED SHIPS IN MARITIME AND INLAND TRANSPORT: Shi, Weichao (Principal Investigator) Atlar, Mehmet (Co-investigator) Jia, Laibing (Co-investigator) Tao, Longbin (Co-investigator) Yuan, Zhiming (Co-investigator); 01-Jan-2022 - 31-Jan-2025
Hydrodynamics of an integrated WEC-breakwater system under extreme wave conditions: Yuan, Zhiming (Principal Investigator) Dai, David (Co-investigator) Incecik, Atilla (Co-investigator) Shi, Weichao (Co-investigator); 31-Jan-2022 - 30-Jan-2024
High Speed Stereo PIV: Shi, Weichao (Principal Investigator); Stereo-PIV is based on the principle of stereoscopic imaging: two cameras are arranged to image the illuminated flow particles from different perspectives and Scheimpflug lens arrangements keep both image planes in focus. The combination of both camera projections allows the reconstruction of the true 2D3C-particle displacement inside the measurement area.; 15-Jan-2021 - 14-Jan-2022
MarRI-UK (SMLO call): Land, Sea and Port Integration of a Smart Hydrogen Highway (Funded by MarRI-UK, DfT UK: £1,320,706.48; UOS: £271,687.92): Tao, Longbin (Principal Investigator) Yuan, Zhiming (Co-investigator) Shi, Weichao (Co-investigator); MarRI-UK Smart Maritime Land Operations (SMLO) call (DfT UK); 01-Jan-2021 - 31-Jan-2024
Demeter: Jia, Laibing (Principal Investigator) Shi, Weichao (Co-investigator); 01-Jan-2021 - 30-Jan-2023

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Naval Architecture, Ocean and Marine Engineering
Henry Dyer

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