Dr Zhiming Yuan
Reader
Naval Architecture, Ocean and Marine Engineering
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
Prize And Awards
- Ig Nobel Prize
- Recipient
- 9/2022
- External examiner for PhD
- Recipient
- 12/2019
- Best Reviewer of NAOME
- Recipient
- 11/2018
- Distinguished Professor
- Recipient
- 10/2018
- Visiting Professor
- Recipient
- 7/2018
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
Research Interests
The recent research directions carried out by my group include:
- Offshore renewable energy system, including offshore wind, solar and wave energy;
- Controllability and autonomous ships;
- Offshore hydrogen;
- Floating Offshore PV;
- Hydrodynamics of ship and offshore structures;
- Multibody hydrodynamic interaction and wave interference;
- Ship-bottom, Ship-bank, Ship-lock, Ship-ship interactions;
- Very large floating structures;
- Real-time control of wave energy converters;
- 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
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
Contact
Dr
Zhiming
Yuan
Reader
Naval Architecture, Ocean and Marine Engineering
Email: zhiming.yuan@strath.ac.uk
Tel: 548 3308