Dr Zhiming Yuan

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Naval Architecture, Ocean and Marine Engineering

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Personal statement

I have been a Lecturer (2014-2019), then a Senior Lecturer (2019-2022), and then a Reader (2022- ) in the Department of Naval Architecture, Ocean and Marine Engineering at the University of Strathclyde at Glasgow. I received my PhD degree at Strathclyde in 2014 on Ocean Engineering. My research activity mainly focused on the Marine Hydrodynamics and Offshore Renewable Energy, and I have published more than 100 peer-reviewed articles on these areas. I is currently acting as the Deputy Editor of Ocean Engineering, and editorial board member for couple of international journals. I am an ITTC committee member and sectary of ITTC Maneuvering Committee. I has been the PI/CoI for more than 10 research projects, securing more than £3M grants from various funding sources, and I was invited by Prof. Ronald Yeung to carry out joint research at UC Berkeley under Sir David Anderson Bequest Award. I am currently leading the Hydrodynamics and Ocean Renewable Energy Laboratory (HOREL) at Strathclyde, acting as the first supervisor of 9 PhD students. My research work on wave interference has been selected as Focus on Fluids article of Journal of Fluid Mechanics and highlighted by Nature (Nature. 565(7741):538), and these works have also been widely reported by TheTimes, DailyMail, Today Headline, ScienceNews, etc. In 2022, I shared the Ig Nobel prize in the field of Physics for “trying to understand how ducklings manage to swim in formation”. 

For more information about our research group, please visit our webpage Hydrodynamics & Ocean Renewable Energy Laboratory @ Strathclyde

 

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Publications

A prediction method for blade deformations of large-scale FVAWTs using dynamics theory and machine learning techniques
Deng Wanru, Liu Liqin, Dai Yuanjun, Wu Haitao, Yuan Zhiming
Energy Vol 304 (2024)
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.energy.2024.132211
LSTM RNN-based excitation force prediction for the real-time control of wave energy converters
Zhang Ming, Yuan Zhi-Ming, Dai Sai-Shuai, Chen Ming-Lu, Incecik Atilla
Ocean Engineering Vol 306 (2024)
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.oceaneng.2024.118023
Optimal declutching control of hinged multiple floating bodies
Yu Shuang-Rui, Zhang Ming, Zhang De-Qing, Yuan Zhi-Ming
Ocean Engineering Vol 306 (2024)
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.oceaneng.2024.117992
Comparative study of dynamic characteristics between a FHAWT and a helical type FVAWT
Deng Wanru, Liu Liqin, Lin Zihe, Yuan Zhiming, Li Yan, Liu Dongsheng, Li Haoran, Guo Ying
Ocean Engineering Vol 311 (2024)
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.oceaneng.2024.118981
Estimating the most likely extreme nacelle acceleration of a floating offshore wind turbine from physical model tank testing
McMillan Ailsa, McDonald Alasdair, Pillai Ajit C, Yuan Zhiming, Davey Thomas
Proceedings of ASME 2024 43rd International Conference on Ocean, Offshore and Arctic Engineering ASME 2024 43rd International Conference on Ocean, Offshore and Arctic Engineering (2024)
https://doi.org/10.1115/omae2024-120964
Hydrodynamic characteristics and parametric optimizations of a hybrid system combining a hinged wave energy converter and a breakwater with a semi-opened moonpool
Song Fukai, Cheng Yong, Dai Saishuai, Yuan Zhiming, Incecik Atilla
Energy Conversion and Management Vol 313 (2024)
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enconman.2024.118614

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Research Interests

The recent research directions carried out by my group include:

  1. Offshore renewable energy system, including offshore wind, solar and wave energy;
  2. Controllability and autonomous ships;
  3. Offshore hydrogen;
  4. Floating Offshore PV;
  5. Hydrodynamics of ship and offshore structures;
  6. Multibody hydrodynamic interaction and wave interference;
  7. Ship-bottom, Ship-bank, Ship-lock, Ship-ship interactions;
  8. Very large floating structures;
  9. Real-time control of wave energy converters;
  10. Free surface waves and the bio-mimetic study on animal swim.

Professional Activities

BSI Committee SME/32 – Ships and Marine Technology (External organisation)
Advisor
12/2024
International Conference on Large Floating Offshore Structures
Participant
9/10/2024
BSI Committee SME/32 – Ships and Marine Technology (External organisation)
Advisor
2024
The Royal Institute of Naval Architects (RINA) (External organisation)
Advisor
2024
Marine Renewable Energy Development Forum
Participant
2024
Lecture on Wave interference between multiple floating bodies
Speaker
2024

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Projects

CPD course on seakeeping and manoeuvring
Yuan, Zhiming (Principal Investigator) Dai, David (Co-investigator) Terziev, Momchil (Co-investigator)
01-Mar-2024 - 01-Mar-2026
Subsea and Pipeline Engineering & Management (RAE Visiting Professor- Ibrahim Hussein Fahmy Mohamed Abdelaty)
Yuan, Zhiming (Principal Investigator)
01-Sep-2023 - 31-Aug-2026
Tank Testing of Hydrogen Offshore Transfer System
Yuan, Zhiming (Principal Investigator) Shi, Weichao (Co-investigator) Tao, Longbin (Co-investigator)
01-Jul-2023 - 30-Jun-2024
Hydrodynamic testing of a jacket platform under wave and current loading
Dai, David (Principal Investigator) Black, Steven (Co-investigator) Yuan, Zhiming (Co-investigator) Zhao, Guangwei (Co-investigator)
03-Apr-2023 - 09-Oct-2023
A low-cost wind load modelling technique for offshore floating wind tank testing (International Exchanges 2022)
Dai, David (Principal Investigator) Jia, Laibing (Co-investigator) Yuan, Zhiming (Co-investigator)
31-Mar-2023 - 28-Feb-2025
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-Aug-2023

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Dr Zhiming Yuan
Reader
Naval Architecture, Ocean and Marine Engineering

Email: zhiming.yuan@strath.ac.uk
Tel: 548 3308