Staff Profile

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Special issue of Journal Energies 'Recent Advances in Marine and Offshore Renewable Power Generation

Technologies', Deadline for manuscript submissions: 1 March 2023.

Google Scholar Profile - Dr Wenxian Yang

ORCID Profile - 0000-0002-1122-2990

Scopus Profile - 55501062800

Background 

With expertise in marine and offshore renewable energy, Dr Yang has been consistently striving to lower the Cost of Energy of offshore renewable power by developing various approaches using the knowledge in multiple disciplines, e.g. increasing availability and reducing operation and maintenance cost of offshore wind turbines by developing advanced condition monitoring techniques; assuring the safety of the fixed foundation of offshore wind turbines by designing and developing countermeasure devices against scour caused by tidal current; improving the power generation efficiency of wind and tidal turbine by developing biomimetic airfoil/hydrofoil technologies; increasing the economic return of offshore floating wind turbines by developing motion-stable floating platform technologies. Recently, in order to meet the urgent requirement by the rapidly growing offshore wind market, Dr Yang’s research interest is also extended to addressing the challenging issues existing in the design and application of offshore wind farm support vessels. For example, in view of the unsatisfactory seakeeping performance of offshore wind farm crew transfer vessel, he has developed a new cost-effective technique dedicatedly for stabilizing wind farm crew transfer vessels; to enable quickly access to those offshore wind turbines located at far offshore distance whilst costing less fuel and achieving better seakeeping performance, he developed a number of innovative ship design techniques and successfully supervised 6 postgraduate research theses to address the issue. In 2017, his research on the ageing issues of wind turbine components and assemblies was identified by Renewable Energy Global Innovation as a key contribution to the excellence in renewable and clean energy research. Besides these, Dr Yang endeavours to develop research in the cutting edge area of renewable energy also through collaborating with the scientists and experts working in different fields. For example, he worked together with the material and chemical engineering scientists of the universities of Newcastle, Durham and Northumbria and successfully established the ‘Northeast Centre for Energy Materials’ funded by EPSRC in 2017. Dr Yang’s successful research has also attracted great interest from industrial partners. For example, Dr Yang was funded by Innovate UK to lead a 3-year Knowledge Transfer project (2014-2017) in order to help Offshore Renewable Energy CATAPULT Centre (ORE-CATAPULT) to improve the safe operation of their offshore wind turbines. In the meantime, Dr Yang is also active in other academic activities. Currently, he is the editorial board member of the following eight refereed international journals.   

Esteem Indicators  

(1) Editorial Board  

1. Associate Editor: IET Renewable Power Generation
2. Associate Editor (in Digital Manufacturing): Frontiers in Mechanical Engineering
3. Editorial Board: Electronics (MDPI)
4. Editorial Board: Frontiers Journal of Renewable Energy
5. Editorial Board: Renewable and Sustainable Energy
6. Editorial Board: Journal of Dynamics, Monitoring and Diagnostics
7. Editorial Board: International Journal of Mechanical Engineering and Technology 
8. Editorial Board: Journal of Power and Energy Engineering
9. Editorial Board: International Journal of Scientific Research in Engineering and Technology
10. Editorial Board: The Scientific World Journal
11. Reviewer Board: Applied Sciences
12. Editorial Board: International Journal of Renewable Energy and Engineering
13. Editorial Board: Global Journal of Engineering & Technology Review
14. Editorial Board: Journal of Current Alternative Energy
15. Editorial Board: Journal of Environmental Research
16. Editorial Board: Journal of Dynamics, Monitoring and Diagnostics
17. Editorial Board: Review of Computer Engineering Research

(2) Guest Editor

1. Guest Editor of Special Issue on Wind turbine condition monitoring, IET Renewable Power Generation (SCI Impact Factor: 3.034), 2018
2. Guest Editor of Special Issue on Wind Power Technologies, Applied Sciences (SCI Impact Factor: 2.838), 2020
3. Guest Editor of Special Issue on Intelligent Diagnosis, Prognosis, and Control of Machinery based on Sound and Vibration Signals, Journal Shock and Vibration (SCI Impact Factor: 1.616), 2021
4. Guest Editor of Special Issue on Advances in Machine Condition Monitoring and Fault Diagnosis, Electronics (SCI Impact Factor: 2.690), 2021 
5. Guest Editor of Special Issue 'Selected paper from the 11th International Conference on Quality, Reliability, Risk, Maintenance, and Safety Engineering & the 4th International Conference on Reliability System Engineering', Applied Sciences (SCI Impact Factor: 2.838), 2022
6. Guest Editor of Special Issue on Recent Advances in Marine and Offshore Renewable Power Generation Technologies, Energies (SCI Impact Factor: 3.252), 2022-2023

(3) External Examiner of PhD Thesis

1.  Anna University - Chennai, India - 2014, 2016, 2019, 2021
2. The University of Edinburgh, UK - 2019 
3. University of Huddersfield, UK - 2019
4. University of Strathclyde, UK - 2016, 2018
5. Warwick University, UK - 2017
6. University of Sheffield, UK - 2017, 2019
7. University of Birmingham, UK - 2021

(4) National and International Funding Evaluator

1. EPSRC, UK
2. ECRC, UK
3. EU H2020, European Commission
4. Portugal FCT funding Scheme, Portugal
5. China National Natural Science Foundation, China
6. Flander Innovation & Entrepreneurship, Belgium
7. Research Grant Council, Hong Kong, China

(5) Conference Organiser and Invited Speaker

1. Keynotes speaker, The 2022 International Conference of Efficiency and Performance Engineering Network (TEPEN 2022), August 18-21, Baotou, China, 2022.
2. Invited speaker, The 4th International Conference on Offshore Renewable Energy (CORE 2019), August 29-30, Glasgow, UK, 2019.
3. Keynotes speaker, 5th Annual Congress on Climate Change, August 24-25, Birmingham, UK, 2017 
4. Keynotes speaker, the 7th Asia-Pacific Power and Energy Engineering Conference (APPEEC2015), April 12-14, Beijing, China, 2015
5. Invited speaker, The Institute for Sustainability Annual Conference, Newcastle, UK, November 2015
6. Organizing Committee, The 3rd Global Summit on Electronics and Electrical Engineering (GSEEE2023), Barcelona, Spain, October 26-28, 2023.
7. Organizing Committee, Global Experts Meet on Conventional and Renewable Energy (GEMCRE22), Paris, France, Oct 14-16, 2022.  
8. Organizing Committee, Global Summit on Power and Energy Engineering (GSPEE2022), Dubai, UAE, March 23-25, 2022.  
9. Committee, International Meet on Power and Energy Engineering Congress (ENERGYMEET2022), Copenhagen, Denmark, June 20-22, 2022.
10. International Program Committee, The 6th Asian Conference on Environmental, Industrial and Energy Engineering (EI2E 2022), Suzhou, China, May 20-22, 2022.
11. Technical Program Committee, 2022 Asia Conference on Electrical, Power and Computer Engineering (EPCE 2022), Shanghai, China, April 22-24, 2022.
12. Technical Committee, 2022 12th International Conference on Power, Energy and Electrical Engineering (CPEEE 2022), Shiga, Japan, February 25-27, 2022. 
13. Technical Committee, The 4th Asia Energy and Electrical Engineering Symposium (AEEES 2022), Chengdu, China, March 25-28, 2022.
14. Technical Committee, 2022 International Conference on Industrial Automation, Robotics and Control Engineering (IARCE 2022), Chengdu, China, October 14-16, 2022.
15. Technical Program Committee, The 2nd International Conference on Electrical, Electronics and Computing Technology (EECT 2022), Shanghai, China, March 25-27, 2022.
16. Organizing Committee, Global Congress and Expo on Power and Energy Engineering, Athens, Greece, March 25-26, 2021. 
17. Technical Program Committee, The 3rd International Conference on Power, Energy, and Electrical Engineering (PEEE 2021), Rome, Italy, December 2-4, 2021.  
18. Technical Program Committee, The 3rd International Conference on System Reliability and Safety Engineering (SRSE 2021), Harbin, China, Oct 22-24, 2021.
19. Organizing Committee, Global Congress and Expo on Power and Energy Engineering - Energy Engineering 2021, Barcelona, Spain, July 12-14, 2021.
20. Technical Committee, International Joint Conference on Energy and Environmental Engineering (CoEEE 2021), Seoul, South Korea, June 18-20, 2021.  
21. Technical Program Committee, 2021 IEEE 4th International Conference on Renewable Energy and Power Engineering (REPE2021), Beijing, China, Oct 9-11, 2021. 
22. Technical Program Committee, IEEE 3rd International Conference on Smart Power & Internet Energy Systems, (SPIES 2021), Shanghai, China, September 25-28, 2021.
23. Technical Committee, 2021 European Conference on Electrical Machines and Power Electronics (IAEEEE-CEMPE 2021), Prague, Czech Republic, May 14-16, 2021. 
24. Technical Committee, 2021 International Conference on Mechanical Engineering and Vehicle Engineering (MEVE2021), Beijing, China, August 6-8, 2021. 
25. Program Committee, The 11th International Conference on Quality, Reliability, Risk, Maintenance, and Safety Engineering (QR2MSE 2021) & the 4th International Conference on Reliability Systems Engineering (ICRSE 2021), Chengdu, China, August 19-22, 2021.  
26. Technical Committee, The 3rd Asia Energy and Electrical Engineering Symposium (AEEES 2021), Chengdu, China, March 26-29, 2021.
27. Technical Committee, The 5th Asian Conference on Environmental, Industrial and Energy Engineering (EI2E 2021), Chongqing, China, May 20-22, 2021.
28. Organising Committee, 2021 The Second International Conference on Energy Material and Energy Technology (EMET2021), Sanya, China, November 19-21, 2021.
29. Technical Committee, The 12th Asia Conference on Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering (ACMAE 2021), Nanjing, China, December 29-31, 2021. 
30. Organising Committee, 2021 International Workshop on Industrial Informatics, Chengdu, China, June 18-20, 2021.
31. International Program Committee, 18th International Conference on Informatics in Control, Automation and Robotics (ICINCO 2021), Online Streaming, July 6-8, 2021.
32. Technical Committee, The 6th International Conference on Mechanical and Aeronautical Engineering (ICMAE 2020), Chengdu, China, December 17-20, 2020
33. Technical Committee, 2020 International Workshop on Industrial Informatics (IWoII 2020 www.iwoii.org), Prague, Czech Republic, June 19-21, 2020
34. Technical Committee, The 2nd Asia Energy and Electrical Engineering Symposium (AEEES 2020), Chengdu, China, March 28-30, 2020
35. Organising Committee, The Global Congress on Oil, Gas and Petrochemistry (GCOGPP-2020), Madrid, Spain, June 22-23, 2020 
36. Technical Committee, 4th International Conference on Environmental, Industrial and Energy Engineering (EI2E 2020), Guiyang, China, October 15-17, 2020
37. International Program, 2020 Asia-Pacific Conference on Mechanical and Industrial Engineering (APMIE 2020), Shenzhen, China, October 23-25, 2020 
38. Technical Committee, 2019 IEEE 2nd International Conference on Renewable Energy and Power Engineering, Toronto, Canada, November 2-4, 2019
39. Conference Committee, The 4th International Conference on Offshore Renewable Energy (CORE 2019), August 29-30, Glasgow, UK, 2019
40. Organizing Committee, World Congress on Mechanical, Metallurgy and Material Science, March 28-29, Milan, Italy, 2019
41. International Committee, The 3rd International Conference on Environmental, Industrial and Energy Engineering, September 19-21, Yinchuan, China, 2019
42. International Technical Committee, The 5th International Conference on Mechanical and Aeronautical Engineering (ICMAE2019), Dec 12-15, Sanya, China, 2019.
43. Technical Committee, 2018 International Conference on Power, Energy and Electrical Engineering (CPEEE 2018), March 30 - April 1, Tokyo, Japan, 2018 
44. Technical Programme Committee, the 7th International Conference on Renewable Power Generation, 26-27 September, Lyngby, Copenhagen, Denmark, 2018
45. Technical Advisory Panel, Offshore Renewable Energy CORE 2018, Sept 10-12, Glasgow, UK, 2018 
46. Technical Program Committee, The 10th Asia-Pacific Power and Energy Engineering Conference (APPEEC 2018), April 20 to 22, Guilin, China, 2018
47. Technical Committee, International Conference on Mechanical Engineering and Power Engineering (MEPE2018), December 21-23, Beijing, China, 2018.
48. Technical Committee, The 6th International Conference on Geological and Environmental Science (ICGES2017), August 20-22, Kitakyushu, Japan, 2017
49. Technical Committee, 2017 International Conference on Environmental, Industrial and Energy Engineering (EI2E 2017), Oct 19-22, Shanghai, China, 2017
50. Technical Committee, The 9th Asia-Pacific Power and Energy Engineering Conference (APPEEC 2017), April 15-17, Chengdu, China, 2017 
51. Board member of the 3rd International Symposium on Ocean Science and Technology, Nov 28, 2017, Qingdao, China
52. Board member of the 2nd International Symposium of Ocean Science and Technology, Oct 10, 2016, Weihai, China 
53. Technical Advisory Panel, The 2nd International Conference on Offshore Renewable Energy, September 12-14, Glasgow, UK, 2016
54. Technical Committee, The 5th International Conference on Power Science and Engineering (ICPSE'2016), Dec 14-17, Venice, Italy, 2016.
55. Program Committee, The 11th International Conference on Reliability, Maintainability and Safety, Oct 26-28, Hangzhou, China, 2016
56. Technical Committee, 2016 Prognostics and System Health Management Conference (PHM 2016), Oct 19-21, Chengdu, China, 2016
57. Committee of the 7th Asia-Pacific Power and Energy Engineering Conference (APPEEC2015), April 12-14, Beijing, China, 2015 

(6) Journal Reviewer

1. Applied Energy
2. Nature Communications
3. Renewable Energy
4. Wind Energy
5. Ocean Engineering
6. IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics
7. IEEE Transactions on Industrial Applications
8. IEEE Transactions on Industrial Informatics
9. IET Renewable Power Generation
10. Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews
11. Reliability Engineering and System Safety
12. European Transactions on Electrical Power
13. ASME Journal of Solar Energy Engineering
14. Mechanical Systems and Signal Processing
15. Journal of Sound and Vibration
16. Energies
17. Applied Sciences
18. Sensors
19. Computer Speech and Language
20. Applied Ocean Research
21. Journal of Natural Energies
22. The Scientific World Journal
23. Journal of Power and Energy Engineering
24. International Transactions on Electrical Energy Systems
25. Journal of Vibration Engineering & Technologies
26. Structural Health Monitoring
27. Journal of Civil Structural Health Monitoring 

Qualifications

1. CEng, 2010
2. PhD, 1999
3. MEng, 1995
4. BEng, 1992
5. Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (Recognition Reference Number PR138200), 2017
6. Associate Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (Recognition Reference Number PR087959), 2015 

Memberships

1. IET
2. IEEE
3. IEEE Reliability Society
4. Council member of Hong Kong Society of Robotics and Automation (HKSRA)

Student and Post Doctoral Fellow Recruitment

Dr Yang is keen to recruit talented PhD students with an education background in maths, mechanical/electrical engineering, marine and offshore engineering, non-destructive testing & evaluation, signal processing, image processing, facility operation and maintenance, reliability design, and condition monitoring. If you are interested in any of these areas and would like to apply for PhD study at Newcastle University, you are welcome to contact Dr Yang for further discussion. But if you have a PhD in these areas and are interested in joining my research group, I am happy to discuss and assist with the applications for postdoctoral fellowships of EPSRC, Royal Society and Newton International.

Funding

1. Royal Academy of Engineering, Newton Research Collaboration programme (2015.1 - 2015 .12): "Research on an efficient and reliable biomimetic blade dedicated for tidal turbines" - PI 

2. Innovate UK Knowledge Transfer project (2014.3-2017.3): "Condition monitoring techniques dedicated for wind turbine drive-train and DC-link capacitor" - PI

3. Offshore Renewable Energy Catapult project (2014.10 - 2015.10): "Research on innovative signal processing techniques dedicated to wind turbine condition monitoring"  - PI

4. Institute for Sustainability Responsive Mode Directed Call project (2015.2 - 2016.4): "Concept design of a motion-stable foundation dedicated for offshore wind turbines"  - PI

5. International Collaboration Project with Shanghai Jiaotong University (2015.1 - 2016.12): "Research on a few key techniques in wind turbine condition monitoring"  - PI

6. Croatian Science Foundation (2017.7-2021.9): "Wind and sea loads on energy structures" - PI

7. Daphne Jackson Fellowship project (2014.6-2016.6): "Minimising risks to offshore wind turbines using multi-body theoretical research" - PI

8. Singapore Maritime Institute (SMI) for MSA R&D Programme (2016.2-2019.2): "Intelligent software tool for independent airborne and structure-borne noise modelling and prediction in crew accommodation quarter" - Co-I

9. EPSRC Funding EP/R021503/1 (2017.10-2021.3): "ISCF Wave 1: North East Centre for Energy Materials" - Co-I

10. Northern Accelerator Connecting Capability Fund (2019.9.2 -2020.12.1): "Biomimetic device for stabilising offshore floating wind turbines" - PI

11. European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) - Arrow (2022-2023): "Artificial lagoon - A measure for storing offshore renewable power" - PI

12. EPSRC IAA Fund (2023-2023): "Green propulsion for designing comfort and unlimited range maritime vessels" - PI

Student Projects

1. A new design of wind farm service vessel
2. Optimisation foil assisted catamaran as green ships
3. Research on microbubble-based marine technology
4. Tool research dedicated to the cargo vessels in pole area
5. Structural dynamics analysis and health condition monitoring of cargo ship
6. Research on the innovative techniques to stabilising crew boat in offshore wind farm
7. Research on fairing system for drag reduction on risers
8. Theoretical research on the loadings applied to offshore wind turbine structures with the consideration of uncertainties 
9. Cliff-mounted wave energy converter using linear generator  
10. Theoretical research on the reliability of seabed cable joint with offshore wind turbine
11. Theoretical analysis of scouring effect on the mono-pile foundations of offshore wind turbines
12. Design a motion-stable floating foundation for offshore wind turbines
13. Identification of cracks in airfoil blades of an offshore wind turbine
14. Research on wave load uncertainties and their impact on wave power prediction
15. Innovative techniques for stabilizing crew transfer vessels of offshore wind farm
16.  Innovative biomimetic concept of tidal turbine blades
17. Structural integrity monitoring of mooring chains using thermography detection
18. Research on a motion-stable floating platform applicable to shallow water

Previous Funding

1. European FP7 Project: Demonstration of methods and tools for the optimisation of operational reliability of large-scale industrial wind turbines (OPTIMUS)
2. Pilot Project of CATAPULT Offshore Renewable Energy Centre: Upgrading performance and reliability of offshore renewable assets (UPRORA) - Performance & Reliability
3. TSB KTP Project: Condition monitoring of wind turbine power electronics
4. DECC ETF2 Programme: Mitsubishi total reliability approach during design and manufacture
5. EPSRC Supergen Wind Energy Technologies 
6. China National Natural Science Foundation: Research on the condition monitoring techniques and strategies for wind turbines
7. China National Natural Science Foundation: Intelligent data-mining technology for the condition monitoring and fault diagnosis of the machinery with complex structures

Undergraduate (2022-2023)

MAR3041: Offshore engineering (Module leader) 

Postgraduate (2022-2023)

MAR8068: Advanced hydrodynamics (Module leader)

MAR8066: Asset Management in Marine Engineering (Module leader)

MAR8093: Dynamics of subsea installations

CDT Training Course Series - Newcastle, Durham and Northumbria Universities

Wind power and wind power generation systems

• Articles

  • Geng F, Yang W, Nadimi S, Han B, Huang G. Study for predicting the earthquake-induced liquefaction around the monopile foundation of offshore wind turbines. Ocean Engineering 2023, 268, 113421.
  • Shu X, Yang W, Wei K, Qin B, Du R, Yang B, Garg A. Research on capacity characteristics and prediction method of electric vehicle lithium-ion batteries under time-varying operating conditions. Journal of Energy Storage 2023, 58, 106334.
  • Wang J, Wang E, Yang W, Li B, Li Z, Liu X. Rock burst monitoring and early warning under uncertainty based on multi-information fusion approach. Measurement 2022, 205, 1-11.
  • Wang X, Yang W, Yang B, Wei K, Ma Y, Zhang D. Intelligent Monitoring of Photovoltaic Panels based on Infrared Detection. Energy Reports 2022, 8, 5005-5015.
  • Chen H, Li C, Yang W, Liu J, An X, Zhao Y. Deep balanced cascade forest: An novel fault diagnosis method for data imbalance. ISA Transactions 2022, 126, 428-439.
  • Buljac A, Kozmar H, Yang W, Kareem A. Concurrent wind, wave and current loads on a monopile-supported offshore wind turbine. Engineering Structures 2022, 255, 113950.
  • Yu A, Huang H-Z, Li Y-F, Yang W, Deng Z. A modified nonlinear fatigue damage accumulation model for life prediction of rolling bearing under variable loading conditions. Fatigue and Fracture of Engineering Materials and Structures 2022, 45(3), 852-864.
  • Xiao J-R, Peng Z-K, Tian X-L, Yang W-X. Numerical Simulations on the Dynamic Characteristics of a Shallow-draft Spar-type Floating Wind Turbine浅吃水单柱式浮式风机动力学特性仿真研究. Chuan Bo Li Xue/Journal of Ship Mechanics 2021, 25(6), 781-797.
  • Shu X, Guo Y, Yang W, Wei K, Zhu G. Life-cycle assessment of the environmental impact of the batteries used in pure electric passenger cars. Energy Reports 2021, 7, 2302-2315.
  • Lv J, Yang W, Zhang H, Liao D, Ren Z, Chen Q. A Feasibility Study to Reduce Infrasound Emissions from Existing Wind Turbine Blades Using a Biomimetic Technique. Energies 2021, 14(16), 1-18.
  • Yang B, Wei K, Yang W, Li T, Qin B. A feasibility study of reducing scour around monopile foundation using a tidal current turbine. Ocean Engineering 2021, 220, 108396.
  • Wang L, Wang X, Yang W. Optimal design of electric vehicle battery recycling network – From the perspective of electric vehicle manufacturers. Applied Energy 2020, 275, 1-11.
  • Li Y, Wei K, Yang W, Wang Q. Improving Wind Turbine Blade Based on Multi-objective Particle Swarm Optimization. Renewable Energy 2020, 161, 525-542.
  • Dai J, Yang X, Yang W, Gao G, Li M. Further Study on the Effects of Wind Turbine Yaw Operation for Aiding Active Wake Management. Applied Sciences 2020, 10(6), 1-18.
  • Li Z, Wen B, Wei K, Yang W, Peng Z, Zhang W. Flexible Dynamic Modeling and Analysis of Drive Train for Offshore Floating Wind Turbine. Renewable Energy 2020, 145, 1292-1305.
  • Luo S, Yang W, Luo Y. Fault Diagnosis of a Rolling Bearing Based on Adaptive Sparest Narrow-Band Decomposition and Refined Composite Multiscale Dispersion Entropy. Entropy 2020, 22(4), 375.
  • Wang L, Zhang L, Ke J, Fan Z, Chen J, Yang W. Design of an Individual Pitch Controller for Offshore Wind Turbines Based on Neuro-adaptive Control. IET Renewable Power Generation 2020, 14(17), 3500-3507.
  • Shu X, Yang W, Guo Y, Wei K, Qin B, Zhu G. A reliability study of electric vehicle battery from the perspective of power supply system. Journal of Power Sources 2020, 451, 227805.
  • Luo S, Yang W, Tang H. A novel feature selection method to boost variable predictive model–based class discrimination performance and its application to intelligent multi-fault diagnosis. Measurement and Control 2020, 53(1-2), 104-118.
  • Luo S, Yang W, Luo Y. A Novel Fault Detection Scheme Using Improved Inherent Multiscale Fuzzy Entropy With Partly Ensemble Local Characteristic-Scale Decomposition. IEEE Access 2020, 8, 6650-6661.
  • Shu X, Guo Y, Yang W, Wei K, Zhu Y, Zou H. A Detailed Reliability Study of the Motor System in Pure Electric Vans by the Approach of Fault Tree Analysis. IEEE Access 2020, 8, 5295-5307.
  • Yang W, Tian W, Wei K, Peng Z, Huang Z. Research on a Cost-effective Measure Dedicated to Stabilizing Offshore Wind Farm Crew Transfer Vessels. Renewable Energy 2019, 133, 275-283.
  • Yang W, Tian W, Peng Z, Wei K, Feng Y, Qiu Y. Numerical research of an effective measure for stabilising floating wind turbines in shallow water. Journal of Engineering 2019, 2019(18), 4703-4707.
  • Chin CS, Ji X, Woo WL, Kwee TJ, Yang WX. Modified Multiple Generalized Regression Neural Network Models using Fuzzy C-Means with Principal Component Analysis for Noise Prediction of Offshore Platform. Neural Computing and Applications 2019, 31(4), 1127–1142.
  • Yang W, Tian W, Hvalbye O, Peng Z, Wei K, Tian X. Experimental Research for Stabilizing Offshore Floating Wind Turbines. Energies 2019, 12(10), 1-15.
  • Tang H, Yang W, Wang Z. A model-based method for leakage detection of piston pump under variable load condition. IEEE Access 2019, 7, 99771 - 99781.
  • Yang B, Wei K, Yang W, Li T, Qin B, Ning L. A Feasibility Study for Using Fishnet to Protect Offshore Wind Turbine Monopile Foundations from Damage by Scouring. Applied Sciences 2019, 9(23), 5023.
  • Yang W, Alexandridis T, Tian W. Numerical research of the effect of surface biomimetic features on the efficiency of tidal turbine blades. Energies 2018, 11(4), 1014.
  • Yang W, Tian W. Concept research of a countermeasure device for preventing scour around the monopile foundations of offshore wind turbines. Energies 2018, 11(10), 2593.
  • Yang W, Peng Z, Wei K, Shi P, Tian W. Superiorities of Variational Mode Decomposition over Empirical Mode Decomposition Particularly in Time-frequency Feature Extraction and Wind Turbine Condition Monitoring. IET Renewable Power Generation 2017, 11(4), 443-452.
  • Yang W, Peng Z, Wei K, Tian W. Structural Health Monitoring of Composite Wind Turbine Blades: Challenges, Issues and Potential Solutions. IET Renewable Power Generation 2017, 11(2), 411-416.
  • Shi P, Yang W. Precise feature extraction from wind turbine condition monitoring signals by using optimised variational mode decomposition. IET Renewable Power Generation 2017, 11(3), 245-252.
  • Wen B, Wei S, Wei K, Yang W, Peng Z, Chu F. Power fluctuation and power loss of wind turbines due to wind shear and tower shadow. Frontiers of Mechanical Engineering 2017, 12(3), 321-332.
  • Xiao J, Peng Z, Tian X, Yang W. Numerical simulations on the dynamic characteristics of a shallow-draft spar-type floating wind turbine. Journal of Ship Mechanics 2017.
  • Dai J, Tan Y, Yang W, Wen L, Shen X. Investigation of wind resource characteristics in mountain wind farm using multiple-unit SCADA data in Chenzhou: A case study. Energy Conversion and Management 2017, 148, 378-393.
  • Shi P, Yang W, Sheng M, Wang M. An Enhanced Empirical Wavelet Transform and Its contribution to Features Extraction from Wind Turbine Condition Monitoring Signals. Energies 2017, 10(7), 972.
  • Dai J, Yang W, Cao J, Liu D, Long X. Ageing assessment of a wind turbine over time by interpreting wind farm SCADA data. Renewable Energy 2017, 116(Part B), 199-208.
  • Deng Y, Cheng CM, Yang Y, Peng ZK, Yang W, Zhang WM. Parametric Identification of Nonlinear Vibration Systems via Polynomial Chirplet Transform. ASME Journal of Vibration and Acoustics 2016, 138(5), 051014.
  • Shi W, Rosli R, Atlar M, Norman R, Wang D, Yang W. Hydrodynamic performance evaluation of a tidal turbine with leading-edge tubercles. Ocean Engineering 2016, 117, 246-253.
  • Yang W, Tavner P, Tian W. Wind Turbine Condition Monitoring based on an Improved Spline-Kernelled Chirplet Transform. IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics 2015, 62(10), 6565-6574.
  • Yang W, Tian SW. Research on a power quality monitoring technique for individual wind turbines. Renewable Energy 2015, 75, 187-198.
  • Yang W, Lang Z, Tian W. Condition Monitoring and Damage Location of Wind Turbine Blades by Frequency Response Transmissibility Analysis. IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics 2015, 62(10), 6558-6564.
  • Yang W, Tavner P, Crabtree C, Feng Y, Qiu Y. Wind turbine condition monitoring: technical and commercial challenges. Wind Energy 2014, 17(5), 673-693.
  • Yang Wenxian, Christian L, Richard C. S-Transform and its contribution to wind turbine condition monitoring. Renewable Energy 2014, 62, 137-146.
  • Yang W, Little C, Tavner PJ, Court R. Data-driven technique for interpreting wind turbine condition monitoring signals. IET Renewable Power Generation 2014, 8(2), 151-159.
  • Yang W. Condition Monitoring the Drive Train of a Direct Drive Permanent Magnet Wind Turbine Using Generator Electrical Signals. Journal of Solar Energy Engineering 2014, 136(2), 021008.
  • Yang W, Court R, Jiang JS. Wind turbine condition monitoring by the approach of SCADA data analysis. Renewable Energy 2013, 53, 365-376.
  • Yang W, Ng C, Jiang J. Wind Turbine Condition and Power Quality Monitoring by the Approach of Fast Individual Harmonic Extraction. Journal of Solar Energy Engineering 2013, 135(3), 034504.
  • Yang W, Sheng S, Court R. Operational-Condition-Independent Criteria Dedicated to Monitoring Wind Turbine Generators. International Journal of Prognostics and Health Management 2013, 4(Special Issue Wind Turbine PHM), 1-8.
  • Yang W, Court R. Experimental study on the optimum time for conducting bearing maintenance. Measurement 2013, 46(8), 2781-2791.
  • Yang W, Tavner P, Court R. An online technique for condition monitoring the induction generators used in wind and marine turbines. Mechanical Systems and Signal Processing 2013, 38(1), 103-112.
  • Yang W, Jiang J. Machine condition monitoring by a novel fractal analysis. Advanced Materials Research 2012, 452-453, 1434-1440.
  • Yang W, Court R, Tavner P, Crabtree C. Bivariate empirical mode decomposition and its contribution to wind turbine condition monitoring. Journal of Sound and Vibration 2011, 330(15), 3766-3782.
  • Yang Wenxian, Tavner P, Crabtree C, Wilkinson M. Cost-Effective Condition Monitoring for Wind Turbines. IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics 2010, 57(1), 263-271.
  • Watson SJ, Xiang BJ, Yang Wenxian, Tavner P, Crabtree C. Condition monitoring of the power output of wind turbine generators using wavelets. IEEE Transactions on Energy Conversion 2010, 25(3), 715-721.
  • Yang Wenxian, Tavner P. Empirical Mode Decomposition, an Adaptive Approach for Interpreting Shaft Vibratory Signals of Large Rotating Machinery. Journal of Sound and Vibration 2009, 321(3-5), 1144-1170.
  • Yang Wenxian, Tavner P, Wilkinson M. Condition monitoring and fault diagnosis of a wind turbine synchronous generator drive train. IET Renewable Power Generation 2009, 3(1), 1-11.
  • Yang Wenxian. Interpretation of mechanical signals using an improved Hilbert-Huang transform. Mechanical Systems and Signal Processing 2008, 22(5), 1061-1071.
  • Yang Wenxian. A natural way for improving the accuracy of the continuous wavelet transforms. Journal of Sound and Vibration 2007, 306(3-5), 928-939.
  • Yang Wenxian. Establishment of the mathematical model for diagnosing the engine valve faults by genetic programming. Journal of Sound and Vibration 2006, 293(1-2), 213–226.
  • Yang Wenxian, Hull JB, Seymour MD. Detecting the singularities in engineering signals. Journal of Materials Processing Technology 2006, 175(1-3), 439–445.
  • Yang Wenxian, Tse PW. An Advanced Strategy for Detecting Impulses in Mechanical Signals. ASME Journal of Vibration and Acoustics 2005, 127(3), 280-284.
  • Tse PW, Yang W, Tam HY. Machine fault diagnosis through an effective exact wavelet analysis. Journal of Sound and Vibration 2004, 277(4-5), 1005-1024.
  • Yang W, Ren XM. Detecting Impulses in Mechanical Signals by Wavelets. EURASIP Journal on Advances in Signal Processing 2004, 8, 946162.
  • Yang W. An improved genetic algorithm adopting immigration operator. Intelligent Data Analysis 2004, 8(4), 385-401.
  • Yang W, Hull JB, Seymour MD. A contribution to the applicability of complex wavelet analysis of ultrasonic signals. NDT & E International 2004, 37(6), 497-504.
  • Yang W. Vibration-based diagnosis of engine valve faults. INSIGHT - Non-Destructive Testing and Condition Monitoring 2003, 45(8), 547-553.
  • Yang W, Tse P. Development of an advanced noise reduction method for vibration analysis based on singular value decomposition. NDT & E International 2003, 36(6), 419-432.
  • Yang W, Qu L, Jiang J. Study of the diagnostic features of a rotor with a transverse crack. INSIGHT - Non-Destructive Testing and Condition Monitoring 2001, 43(8), 537-545.
  • Yang Wenxian, Ren XM, Jiang JS. Survey on a few factors influencing the transient vibration behaviour of rotors. INSIGHT-Non-Destructive Testing and Condition Monitoring (The Journal of the British Institute of Non-Destructive Testing) 2000, 42(8), 520-524.

• Book Chapters

  • Yang W, Wei K, Peng Z, Hu W. Advanced health condition monitoring of wind turbine. In: Hu W, ed. Advanced Wind Turbine Technology. Cham: Springer International Publishing, 2018, pp.193-218.
  • Yang W. Bivariate Empirical Mode Decomposition and Its Applications in Machine Condition Monitoring. In: Structural Health Monitoring - An Advanced Signal Processing Perspective. India: Springer, 2017, pp.293-319.
  • Yang W. Condition Monitoring of Offshore Wind Turbines. In: Ng, C; Ran, L, ed. Offshore Wind Farms: Technologies, Design and Operation. Cambridge: Elsevier, 2016, pp.543-572.
  • Yang Wenxian. Testing and condition monitoring of composite wind turbine blades. In: Attaf, B, ed. Recent Advances in Composite Materials for Wind Turbines Blades. Hong Kong: World Academic Publishing, 2013, pp.147-169.

• Conference Proceedings (inc. Abstracts)

  • Wang X, Yang W, Wang J. Intelligent Image Processing for Monitoring Solar Photovoltaic Panels. In: The 2022 International Conference of Efficiency and Performance Engineering Network (TEPEN 2022). 2023, Baotou, China: Springer. In Press.
  • Shu X, Yan R, Yang W, Wei K. Reliability Study of the Motor Controller of Pure Electric Vans. In: The 31st European Safety and Reliability Conference (ESREL 2021). 2021, Angers, France: Research Publishing, Singapore.
  • Wei K, Yang W, Yang B, Qin B. Study for mitigating scour around the monopile foundations of offshore wind turbines. In: 8th International Conference on Renewable Power Generation (RPG 2019). 2019, Shanghai, China: IET.
  • Wei K, Yang W, Yang B, Qin B. Study for mitigating scour around the monopile foundations of offshore wind turbines. In: 8th Renewable Power Generation Conference (RPG 2019). 2019, Shanghai, China: IET.
  • Yang W, Yang H, Wang J, Sheng M, Wang M. Microbubble - A unique technology for reducing the drag of wind farm service vessels. In: Design & Operation of Wind Farm Support Vessels. 2019, London: The Royal Institution of Naval Architects.
  • Yang W, Chan D. Feasibility study for stabilising offshore wind farm service vessels by lowering their centre of gravity. In: The 4th International Conference on Offshore Renewable Energy (CORE 2019). 2019, Glasgow, United Kingdom.
  • Huang G, Feng Y, Ren M, Qiu Y, Yang W. Angular sampling of wind turbine low-speed shaft using high-resolution magnetic keyphasor. In: 8th Renewable Power Generation Conference (RPG 2019). 2019, Shanghai, China: IET.
  • Buljac A, Kozmar H, Yang W, Kareem A. Wind, wave and sea current loads on offshore wind turbines. In: XV Conference of the Italian Association for Wind Engineering (IN-VENTO 2018). 2018, Napoli, Italy: Italian Association for Wind Engineering.
  • Huang K, Qiu Y, Qin W, Feng Y, Yang W. Open circuit fault diagnosis of PMSG wind turbine power converters. In: 7th International Conference on Renewable Power Generation (RPG 2018). 2018, Copenhagen, Denmark: Institution of Engineering and Technology.
  • Yang W, Tian W, Peng Z, Wei K, Feng Y, Qiu Y. Numerical research of an effective measure for stabilizing floating wind turbines in shallow water. In: 7th International Conference on Renewable Power Generation (RPG 2018). 2018, Copenhagen, Denmark: IET.
  • Yang W, Wei K, Peng Z. Integrity detection of mooring chains by the approach of thermography. In: European Safety & Reliability Conference 2018. 2018, Trondheim, Norway: Taylor & Francis Group, London.
  • Yang W, Wei K, Peng Z. Integrity detection of mooring chains by the approach of thermography. In: Safety and Reliability - Safe Societies in a Changing World - Proceedings of the 28th International European Safety and Reliability Conference, ESREL 2018. 2018, Trondheim, Norway: CRC Press.
  • Buljac A, Kozmar H, Yang W, Kareem A. Experimental study of environmental loads on a monopile-supported offshore wind turbine. In: 9th International Congress of Croatian Society of Mechanics. 2018, Split, Croatia: Croatian Society of Mechanics.
  • Yang W, Wei K. Condition monitoring mooring chains using thermography technique. In: 1st International Conference on Health Monitoring of Civil & Maritime Structures. 2018, Croydon, London, UK: ASRANet.
  • Shi P, Yang W, McKeever P, Tian W, Lee H, Ng C. An improved empirical wavelet transform study based on wind turbine condition monitoring signals. In: 13th International Conference on Condition Monitoring and Machinery Failure Prevention Technologies, CM 2016/MFPT 2016. 2016, Paris, France: British Institute of Non-Destructive Testing.
  • Shi P, Yang Wenxian, McKeever P, Ng C, Lee H. Wind turbine drive train condition monitoring and fault classification based on improved BP Neural network. In: EWEA Offshore 2015. 2015, Copenhagen, Denmark: EWEA.
  • Yang W, Tian W, Peng Z. Wind turbine condition monitoring by detecting the transient period of a single generator stator current signal. In: IEEE International Instrumentation and Measurement Technology Conference (I2MTC). 2015, Pisa, Italy: IEEE.
  • Zhang L, Lang ZQ, Yang WX. Transmissibility Damage Indicator for Wind Turbine Blade Condition Monitoring. In: 2015 21st International Conference on Automation and Computing (ICAC). 2015, Glasgow, UK: IEEE.
  • Zhang L, Lang Z, Yang W-X. Transmissibility damage indicator for wind turbine blade condition monitoring. In: 2015 21st International Conference on Automation and Computing: Automation, Computing and Manufacturing for New Economic Growth, ICAC 2015. 2015, Glasgow, UK: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
  • Tian W, Yang W, Lang Z, Tao L, Ng C, McKeever P. Research on a new technique dedicated for condition monitoring long wind turbine blades. In: EWEA Offshore 2015. 2015, Copenhagen, Denmark: EWEA.
  • Shi P, Yang Wenxian, McKeever P, Tian W, Ng C, Lee H. Online condition monitoring wind turbine by the approach of local empirical mode decomposition. In: European Wind Energy Association & Exhibition Annual Event (EWEA 2015). 2015, Paris, France: European Wind Energy Association.
  • Shi W, Rosli R, Atlar M, Norman R, Wang D, Yang W. Hydrodynamic Performance of a Biomimetically Improved Tidal turbine Blade. In: The 4th International Conference on Advanced Model Measurement Technology for the Maritime Industry (AMT’15). 2015, Istanbul, Turkey.
  • Qiu Y, Xu Y, Li J, Feng Y, Yang W, Infield D. Wind turbulence impacts to onshore and offshore wind turbines gearbox fatigue life. In: IET Renewable Power Generation Conference 2014. 2014, Ramada Naples, Italy: Institution of Engineering and Technology.
  • Feng Y, Li J, Qiu Y, Yang W, Infield D. Study on order analysis for condition monitoring wind turbine gearbox. In: IET Renewable Power Generation Conference 2014. 2014, Ramada Naples, Italy: IET.
  • Feng Y, Li J, Qiu Y, Yang W, Infield D. Study on order analysis for condition monitoring wind turbine gearbox. In: 3rd Renewable Power Generation Conference (RPG 2014). 2014, Naples, Italy: IET.
  • Yang W, Ng C, Mckeever P. Reliable wind turbine condition monitoring with the aid of a non-dimensional criterion. In: CM2014/MFPT2014. 2014, Manchester, UK: The British Institute of Non-destructive Testing (BINDT).
  • Yang W, Ng CH, McKeever P. Reliable wind turbine condition monitoring with the aid of a non-dimensional criterion. In: 11th International Conference on Condition Monitoring and Machinery Failure Prevention Technologies, CM 2014 / MFPT 2014. 2014, Manchester, UK: British Institute of Non-Destructive Testing.
  • Qiu Y, Sun J, Cao M, Wang H, Feng Y, Yang W, Infield D. Model based wind turbine gearbox fault detection on SCADA Data. In: 3rd Renewable Power Generation Conference (RPG 2014). 2014, Naples, Italy: IET.
  • Qiu Y, Sun J, Cao M, Wang H, Feng Y, Yang W, Infield D. Model based wind turbine gearbox fault detection on SCADA data. In: IET Renewable Power Generation Conference 2014. 2014, Ramada Naples, Italy: IET.
  • Yang W, Court R, Jiang J. Research on a novel online condition monitoring technique for induction machinery. In: 6th IET International Conference on Power Electronics, Machines and Drives (PEMD). 2012, Bristol, UK: IET.
  • Yang W, Tavner P, Sheng S, Court R. Information Entropy: An efficient approach for wind turbine condition monitoring. In: European Wind Energy Association Annual Event (EWEA). 2012, Copenhagen, Denmark.
  • Yang Wenxian, Jiang JS. Wind turbine condition monitoring and reliability analysis by SCADA information. In: IEEE Second International Conference on Mechanic Automation and Control Engineering (MACE 2011). 2011, Hohhot, China: IEEE.
  • Yang Wenxian, Ng C, Jiang J. Fast individual harmonic extraction: An efficient tool for wind turbine condition monitoring. In: International Conference on Electrical Machines and Systems (ICEMS 2011). 2011, Beijing, China: IEEE.
  • Yang W, Jiang J. Condition monitoring of nonlinear rotating machinery by the approach of bivariate mode decomposition. In: 3rd International Conference on Hilbert Transform: Theory and Applications. 2011, Qindao, China.
  • Yang Wenxian, Tavner P, Crabtree C. An intelligent approach to the condition monitoring of large scale wind turbines. In: EWEC2009. 2009, Marsille, France.
  • Yang Wenxian, Tavner P. Wind Turbine Condition Monitoring and Fault Diagnosis using Wavelet Transforms. In: 4th PhD Seminar on Wind Energy in Europe. 2008, Magdeburg, Germany: The European Academy of Wind Energy.
  • Yang Wenxian, Tavner P, Wilkinson M. Wind Turbine Condition Monitoring and Fault Diagnosis Using both Mechanical and Electrical Signatures. In: IEEE/ASME International Conference on Advanced Intelligent Mechatronics (AIM 2008). 2008, Xi'an, China: IEEE/ASME.
  • Yang Wenxian, Tavner P, Crabtree C, Wilkinson M. Research on a simple, cheap but globally effective condition monitoring technique for wind turbines. In: 18th International Conference on Electrical Machines (ICEM 2008). 2008, Vilamoura, Portugal.
  • Yang Wenxian, Jiang J, Tavner P, Crabtree C. Monitoring wind turbine condition by the approach of Empirical Mode Decomposition. In: International Conference on Electrical Machines and Systems (ICEMS 2008). 2008, Wuhan, China: IEEE.
  • Yang Wenxian, Tavner P, Wilkinson M. Condition monitoring and fault diagnosis of a wind turbine with a synchronous generator using wavelet transforms. In: 4th IET Conference on Power Electronics, Machines and Drives (PEMD 2008). 2008, York, UK: IET.
  • Yang W, Hull JB, Seymour MD. Detecting the singularities in engineering signals. In: 12th International Scientific Conference, Achievements in Mechanical & Materials Engineering. 2003, Gliwice-Zakopane, Poland: Polish Academy of Sciences.
  • Tse P, Yang W. The practical use of wavelet transforms and their limitations in machine fault diagnosis. In: International Symposium on Machine Condition Monitoring and Diagnosis. 2002, Tokyo, Japan.
  • Tse P, Yang W. Shortcoming of wavelet transforms in machine fault diagnosis and the proposed solution. In: 3rd Asia Pacific Conference on System Integrity and Maintenance. 2002, Cairns, Australia.
  • Tse P, Yang W. Occurring in conventional wavelet transform used for fault diagnosis. In: 9th International Congress on Sound and Vibration (ICSV'9). 2002, Orlando, Florida, USA.
  • Tse P, Yang W. A new wavelet transform for eliminating problems usually occurring in conventional wavelet transform used for fault diagnosis. In: 9th International Congress on Sound and Vibration (ICSV'9). 2002, Orlando, USA.

• Editorials

  • Yang W, Zimroz R, Papaelias M. Advances in Machine Condition Monitoring and Fault Diagnosis. Electronics 2022, 11(10), 1563.
  • Yan R, Chen X, Yang W, Kusiak A. Guest editorial. IET Renewable Power Generation 2017, 11(4), 373-373.

• Report

  • Yang W, Sheng S, Court R. Operational-condition-independent criteria dedicated to monitoring wind turbine generators. USA: National Renewable Energy Laboratory, 2012. NREL report of the U.S. Department of Energy, USA.