
Dr Shangtong Yang
Senior Lecturer
Civil and Environmental Engineering
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Area of Expertise
- Fracture mechanics
- Rock-like materials, e.g., concrete, rock
- Durability of civil engineering structures
- Failure prediction and whole-life management of infrastructure
Prize And Awards
- Visiting Professor
- Recipient
- 2019
- Outstanding Reviewer for Engineering Structures
- Recipient
- 9/2018
- Outstanding Reviewer for Cement and Concrete Research
- Recipient
- 8/2018
- Outstanding Reviewer for Engineering Fracture Mechanics
- Recipient
- 5/2017
- Best Staff Poster - International Travel Award
- Recipient
- 7/6/2012
- UKCCSC Travel Grant
- Recipient
- 2/4/2012
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Publications
- Sulfate diffusion in coal pillar : experimental data and prediction model
- Wang Min, Xi Xun, Guo Qifeng, Pan Jiliang, Cai Meifeng, Yang Shangtong
- International Journal of Coal Science & Technology Vol 10 (2023)
- https://doi.org/10.1007/s40789-023-00575-8
- Effect of strain levels on the corrosion resistance of an enamel-coated steel rebar
- Tang Fujian, Cui Hao, Li Gang, Yang Shangtong
- Coatings Vol 13 (2023)
- https://doi.org/10.3390/coatings13030510
- Predicting mixed mode damage propagation in snowpack using the extended cohesive damage element method
- Chen Jiye, Fyffe Blair, Han Dawei, Yang Shangtong
- Theoretical and Applied Fracture Mechanics Vol 122 (2022)
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tafmec.2022.103567
- A non-linear cohesive zone model for low-cycle fatigue of quasi-brittle materials
- Xi Xun, Yang Shangtong
- Theoretical and Applied Fracture Mechanics Vol 122 (2022)
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tafmec.2022.103641
- Modelling the near-wellbore rock fracture tortuosity : role of casing-cement-rock well system, perforation and in-situ stress
- Xi Xun, Yang Shangtong, Shipton Zoe, Cai Meifeng
- International Journal of Rock Mechanics and Mining Sciences Vol 157 (2022)
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijrmms.2022.105182
- Mixed-mode fracture modelling of the near-wellbore interaction between hydraulic fracture and natural fracture
- Xi Xun, Shipton Zoe K, Kendrick Jackie E, Fraser-Harris Andrew, Mouli-Castillo Julien, Edlmann Katriona, McDermott Christopher I, Yang Shangtong
- Rock Mechanics and Rock Engineering Vol 55, pp. 5433-5452 (2022)
- https://doi.org/10.1007/s00603-022-02922-8
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Teaching
- Structural analysis
- Building materials
- Fracture mechanics
- Finite element method
I currently teach:
- CL207 Structural Mechanics and Materials
- CL313 Structural Engineering
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Professional Activities
- ASCE Engineering Mechanics Institute International Conference
- Keynote/plenary speaker
- 22/3/2021
- American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) (External organisation)
- Member
- 2020
- AIChE 2nd Sustainable Waste Management Conference
- Member of programme committee
- 2020
- UK-China Workshop in Reutilizing Mining Wastes as Construction Materials
- Chair
- 20/5/2019
- Higher Education Academy (FHEA) (External organisation)
- Advisor
- 2016
- Invited seminar to School of Civil, Environmenal and Chemical Engineering
- Invited speaker
- 16/8/2013
Projects
- Understanding the rock fatigue mechanisms in underground hydrogen storage FUSE (Global Partnerships Seedcorn Fund)
- Yang, Shangtong (Principal Investigator) Lunn, Rebecca (Co-investigator) Shipton, Zoe (Co-investigator)
- 02-Jan-2023 - 01-Jan-2025
- Discovering the Corrosion Mechanisms of Reinforced Low-Carbon Concrete Infrastructure
- Yang, Shangtong (Principal Investigator)
- 01-Jan-2022 - 31-Jan-2023
- GigaWattHour Subsurface Thermal Energy storAge: Engineered structures and legacy Mine shafts: STEaM
- Shipton, Zoe (Principal Investigator) Burnside, Neil (Co-investigator) Tuohy, Paul Gerard (Co-investigator) Yang, Shangtong (Co-investigator) Johnson, Gareth (Research Co-investigator)
- 13-Jan-2022 - 12-Jan-2025
- Novel Utilization of Mining Wastes in Construction Materials
- Yang, Shangtong (Principal Investigator)
- 01-Jan-2019 - 31-Jan-2019
- Smart pumping for Subsurface Engineering (Prosperity Partnership)
- Shipton, Zoe (Principal Investigator) Corney, Jonathan (Co-investigator) Dempster, William (Co-investigator) Perry, Marcus (Co-investigator) Pytharouli, Stella (Co-investigator) Stankovic, Lina (Co-investigator) Stankovic, Vladimir (Co-investigator) Yang, Shangtong (Co-investigator) Fan, Ding (Researcher) Parastatidis, Emmanouil (Researcher) Rizzuto, Francesco (Researcher) Xi, Xun (Researcher)
- Prosperity Partnership: Predictive pumping
- 01-Jan-2018 - 31-Jan-2024
- Doctoral Training Partnership (DTP 2016-2017 University of Strathclyde) | shafaei, Davood
- Yang, Shangtong (Principal Investigator) Pytharouli, Stella (Co-investigator) shafaei, Davood (Research Co-investigator)
- 01-Jan-2018 - 07-Jan-2022
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Contact
Dr
Shangtong
Yang
Senior Lecturer
Civil and Environmental Engineering
Email: shangtong.yang@strath.ac.uk
Tel: Unlisted