Dr Yongchang Pu
Lecturer
- Email: yongchang.pu@ncl.ac.uk
- Telephone: +44 (0) 191 222 6243
Roles and Responsibilities
Lecturer in Structural and Reliability Analysis of Offshore Structures
Qualifications
PhD Glasgow 1995.
BSc Shanghai 1983.
Research Interests
Broadly the structural design and analysis of ships and offshore structures.
Reliability analysis of components and systems of structures.
Reliability - based optimal design of structures.
Probabilistic analysis of marine risers.
Current Work
Application of ANN-based response surface method to strength assessment and reliability of marine structures
Effects of corrosion and crack on the strength of ships
Reliability-based performance assessment of damaged ships
Esteem Indicators
- plenary addresses or keynote papers at major conferences None
- prize-winning publications None
- honours, prizes and awards (indicating whether by nomination) None
- award of prestigious and/or externally funded fellowships (eg, Royal Academy of Engineering (RAEng), Royal Society, EPSRC Advanced Fellowships, EPSRC Senior Fellowships) None
- awarded patents or licences None
- election to learned societies and associations (eg, RAEng, Royal Society), and fellowship of professional institutions None
- learned society engagements Member of ISSC between 2000 and 2006
- editorships or editorial board membership None
- leadership of consortia None
- participation in advisory, review, funding or standard setting bodies None
- contribution to government committees, national/international advisory councils and boards for industry None
- collaborative research including details of companies contributing significant funding, together with evidence of the nature and timescale of the relationship I am the principal investigator and co-ordinator of a collaborative research, which is sponsored by Office of Naval Research (ONR). Three organisations, Newcastle University, University of Glasgow & Strathclyde, and Naval Surface Warfare Center Carderock Division in USA, are involved in this research. The first phase started in July 2004 and finished in July 2006. The second phase will last for two years commencing in July 2006.
- consultancies, company directorships None
- research exploitation by industry None
- EU collaborative research As a co-investigator I am involved in a couple of EU funded research projects, such as OPTIPOD and MARSTRUCT.
- joint or sponsored appointments or secondments with industry or commerce None
- spin-out company activities None
- other evidence of esteem in which researchers are held by practitioners in their field. None
Projects
- MARSTRUCT - Network of Excellence on Marine Structures
Project Leader(s): Professor Bob Dow & Dr Jonathan Downes - NICOP – Reliability-based Performance Assessment of Damaged Ships
Project Leader(s): Dr Yongchang Pu - OPTIPOD - Optimal Design and Implementation of Azimuthing Pods for the Safe and Efficient Propulsion of Ships
Project Leader(s): Professor Mehmet Atlar
- Lee Y, Chan HS, Pu Y, Incecik A, Dow RS. Global wave loads on a damaged ship. Ships and Offshore Structures 2011. In Press.
- Ibekwe AU, Pu Y, Dow RS. Reliability Analysis of Cracked Structures by an Interactive Finite Element-Based Method. In: Proceedings of the 21st International Offshore and Polar Engineering Conference (ISOPE). 2011, Maui, Hawaii, USA: International Society of Offshore and Polar Engineering.
- Ok D, Pu Y. Time-dependent reliability and ultimate strength of ageing ship. In: 3rd Postgraduate Research Conference. 2004, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK: School of Marine Science and Technology.
- Downes J, Pu Y. Development of a Procedure for a Reliability Analysis of the Ultimate Longitudinal Hull-Girder Strength. In: 1st Postgraduate Research Conference, School of Marine Science and Technology. 2002, University of Newcastle, Newcastle upon Tyne.
- Incecik A, Pu Y, Aryawan ID. Hydro-Structural Aspects of Floating Production Storage and Offloading Systems (FPSOs). In: 12th International Offshore and Polar Engineering Conference. 2002, Kitakyushu, Japan: International Society of Offshore & Polar Engineering.
- Downes J, Pu Y. Reliability Analysis of the Ultimate Hull Girder Strength of High Speed Craft. In: 1st ASRANet International Colloquium. 2002, Glasgow: ASRANet.
- Pu Y, Mesbahi E. Application of artificial neural networks to evaluation of ultimate strength of steel panels. Engineering Structures 2006, 28(8), 1190-1196.
- Hosni Elhewy A, Mesbahi E, Pu Y. Reliability analysis of structures using neural network method. Probabilistic Engineering Mechanics 2006, 21(1), 44-53.
- Ok D, Pu Y, Incecik A. Computation of ultimate strength of locally corroded unstiffened plates under uniaxial compression. Marine Structures 2007, 20(1-2), 100-114.
- Downes J, Pu Y. Reliability-based sensitivity analysis of ships. Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers Part M: Journal of Engineering for the Maritime Environment 2005, 219(1), 11-23.
- Ok D, Pu Y, Incecik A. Artificial neural networks and their application to assessment of ultimate strength of plates with pitting corrosion. Ocean Engineering 2007, 34(17-18), 2222-2230.
- Incecik A, Pu Y. Structural Integrity of Floating Production Storage and Offloading Systems (FPSOs). Society of Naval Architects & Marine Engineers 2003, 26, 38-45.
- Pu Y, Mesbahi E, Elhewy AH. ANN-based response surface method and its application to ultimate strength of plates. In: Proceedings of the International Offshore and Polar Engineering Conference. 2005, Seoul, Korea: ISOPE.
- Ok D, Pu Y. Corrosion Control Method By Using Clean Inert Gas to Ballast Tanks and Permanent Void Spaces in Marine and Offshore Structures. In: 3rd International Conference on Marine Science and Technology for Environmental Sustainability (ENSUS).2005,Newcastle upon Tyne, UK
- Ok D, Pu Y. Time-variant corrosion degradation, hull girder strength and fatigue assessment for ageing double hull tankers. In: Proceedings of the International Offshore and Polar Engineering Conference. 2005, Seoul, Korea: International Society of Offshore and Polar Engineers.
- Elhewy AH, Mesbahi E, Pu Y. Artificial neural networks and their application to composite plate reliability analysis. In: 2nd Intenational ASRANet Colloquium. 2004, Barcelona, Spain.
- Incecik A, Pu Y, Aryawan ID. Hydro-Structural Aspects Floating Offshore Floating Storage and Offloading Systems. In: ISOPE Conference. 2002, Kitakyushu, Japan.
- Downes J, Pu Y. Reliability Analysis Of The Ultimate Hull Girder Strength Of High Speed Craft. In: First Intenational ASRANet Colloquium. 2002, Glasgow, UK.
- A. Incecik and Y. Pu. Deterministic and Probabilistic Assessment of FPSO Hull Girder Strength. In: the Eighth International Symposium on Practical Design of Ships and Other Floating Structures. 2001, Shanghai, China.
- J. O. Hannah, A. Incecik and Y. Pu. Reliability Analysis of FPSO Hull Girder. In: 20th International Conference on Offshore Mechanics and Arctic Engineering. 2001, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil.