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Professor Shiqiang Yan

Professor of Computational Mechanics

School of Science & Technology Department of Engineering

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Overview

Dr Shiqiang Yan obtained a BEng in Marine Environmental Engineering and Msc in Environmental Sciences from Dalian Maritime University, China, in 1999 and 2004, respectively. He received his PhD degree in hydraulics from City, University of London in 2007. Immediately afterwards he joined the Hydrodynamic Research Group of the same university as a post doctoral research fellow and Leverhulme Trust Early Career Research Fellow focusing on the research on wind-wave-current interactions with offshore structures with Prof. Qingwei Ma. He was appointed as lecturer, Senior Lecturer and Reader in Hydrodynamics at City, University of London in 2012, 2013 and 2018, respectively.

Dr Shiqiang Yan has engaged in research on marine pollution modelling and control since he joined Zhejiang Ocean University, China, as an associated lecturer in 1999. In his early work, he studied the tidal current modeling, the behaviors of marine pollutions and control technologies. From 2004 when he jointed City as a PhD student, he started his research on numerical simulations of fully nonlinear water waves and their interaction with offshore structures. He has contributed to the development of two numerical methods modelling extreme/breaking waves with/without wind and currents, wave loads on and dynamic responses of offshore to steep waves.

Qualifications

  • PhD Hydraulics, City, University of London, United Kingdom, 2007
  • MSc Environmental Science, Dalian Maritime University, China, 2004
  • BEng Marine Environmental Engineering, Dalian Maritime University, China, 1999

Employment

  • Lecturer in Hydrodynamics, City, University of London, United Kingdom, October 2012 - present
  • Postdoctoral Research Fellow, City, University of London, United Kingdom, January 2007 - September 2012

Memberships of professional organisations

  • Member, International Society of Ocean & Polar Engineering, 2013 - present

Teaching

PhD, Msc, BEng

PhD Hydraulics, City University London, 2007
MSc Environmental Science, Dalian Maritime University, 2004
BEng Marine Environmental Engineering, Dalian Maritime University, 1999

Research

Research interests

- Wave/current/wind interaction
- Structure responses in extreme sea conditions
- Renewable energy and low carbon technologies
- Marine pollution control and disaster mitigation
- Numerical methods development

Research students

Hao Yang

Thesis title: Numerical and Experimental Investigation on Submerged Oil spilling

Further information: Date of start 01 Jan 2013.

Publications

Publications by category

Chapters (3)

  • Wang, J., Ma, Q. and Yan, S. (2019). Numerical Study on Secondary Flow Characteristics After Dual Stepped Cylinder at Low Reynolds Number. Lecture Notes in Civil Engineering (pp. 559-572). Springer Singapore. ISBN 9789811331183.
  • Ma, Q.W. and Yan, S. (2010). QALE-FEM METHOD AND ITS APPLICATION TO THE SIMULATION OF FREE-RESPONSES OF FLOATING BODIES AND OVERTURNING WAVES. Advances in Coastal and Ocean Engineering (pp. 165-202). WORLD SCIENTIFIC. ISBN 9789812836496.
  • Ma, Q.W. and Yan, S. (2009). Chapter 5:QALE-FEM Method and Its Application to the Simulation of Free-Responses of Floating Bodies and Overturning Waves. In Ma, Q. (Ed.), Advances in Numerical Simulation of Nonlinear Water Waves (pp. 165-202). World Scientific Pub Co Inc. ISBN 9789812836496.

Conference papers and proceedings (69)

  • Zhang, N., Ni, B., Xue, Y., Zan, Y., Zeng, Q., Yan, S.... Ma, Q. (2025). Numerical study of sloshing in a circular tank by a GNN supported ISPH method. The 35th International Ocean and Polar Engineering Conference 1-6 June, Seoul, Korea.
  • Zhang, N., Ma, Q., Yan, S. and Li, Q. (2024). A GNN supported ISPH method for numerical simulation of wave interaction with fixed structures. 34th International Ocean and Polar Engineering Conference 16-21 June, Rhodes, Greece.
  • Liu, P., Zhang, N., Yan, S., Ma, Q. and Li, Q. Preliminary Investigation on Predicting Wave Pressure in Single-phase ISPH by GNN Trained using Two-phase Navier-Stokes Solutions. .
  • Christou, A., Yan, S., Ma, Q. and Xie, Z. Fluid Structure Interactions with the method of Large Eddy Simulations – Free fall impact of a triangular wedge. .
  • Jagdale, S., Li, Q., Zhang, Y., Zhang, N., Yan, S. and Ma, Q. A Comparative Numerical Study of Hydrodynamic Response of a Floating Offshore Wind Turbine Semi-submersible Platform by Using QaleFOAM. .
  • Niu, W.B., Zheng, X., Ma, Q.W., Yan, S.Q. and Hu, Z.H. Motion Response and Aero-elastic Analysis of Floating Offshore Wind Turbine. .
  • Christou, A., Stoesser, T., Pan, S., Yan, S. and Xie, Z. Large eddy simulations of waves propagating over a submerged rectangular step in shallow water depths. .
  • Zhang, Y., Li, Q., Yan, S. and Ma, Q. Numerical Study of Wave Interaction with Multiple Floating Buoys by qaleFOAM. .
  • Zhang, N., Yan, S., Ma, Q., Zhang, Y. and Zheng, X. A numerical study on focused wave interactions with a submerged flexible membrane using SPH. .
  • Xu, Y.F., Sun, H.B., Ma, Q.W. and Yan, S.Q. Numerical study on the effect of relative camber on hydrofoil cavitation. .
  • Li, Q., Yan, S., Ma, Q. and Zhang, N. Numerical investigation of breaking wave interaction with vertical wall attached with recurved parapet using qaleFOAM. .
  • Zhang, N., Yan, S., Zheng, X. and Ma, Q. (2021). Numerical study on the dynamic interaction between ice and a vertical compliant structure by smoothed particle hydrodynamics. The 31st International Ocean and Polar Engineering Conference 20-25 June, Rhodes, Greece.
  • Gong, J., Li, Y., Yan, S. and Ma, Q. Numerical simulation of trimaran's motion in wave by a hybrid method based on qale-fem and openfoam. .
  • Yu, Z., Yan, S., Zheng, X., Ma, Q. and Hao, H. Numerical simulations of a floating offshore wind turbine in the focused wave with a hybrid model. .
  • Jagdale, S., Ma, Q.W. and Yan, S. Springing response of a tension-leg-platform wind turbine excited by third-harmonic force in nonlinear regular waves. .
  • Yan, S., Ma, Q., Asnim, W., Sulaiman, Z. and Sun, H. Comparative study on focusing wave interaction with cylinder using QALE-FEM and qaleFOAM. .
  • Li, Y., Lu, J., Yan, S. and Ma, Q. Numerical simulation of focusing wave interaction with fixed cylinder using qalefoam. .
  • Gong, J., Yan, S., Ma, Q. and Li, Y. Numerical simulation of fixed and moving cylinders in focusing wave by a hybrid method coupling qale-fem with openfoam. .
  • Yan, S., Ma, Q.W., Wang, J. and Wang, J. (2019). Numerical Modelling of Wave Resonance in a Narrow Gap Between Two Floating Bodies in Close Proximity Using a Hybrid Model. ASME 2019 38th International Conference on Ocean, Offshore and Arctic Engineering 9-14 June.doi:10.1115/omae2019-95247
  • Yan, S., Wang, J., Wang, J., Ma, Q. and Xie, Z. Numerical simulation of wave structure interaction using qalefoam. .
  • Zhang, N., Yan, S., Zheng, X. and Ma, Q. A 3-d hybrid model coupling sph and qale-fem for simulating nonlinear water wave interaction with floating structure. .
  • Wang, J., Wang, J., Yan, S., Ma, Q. and Xia, G. An improved passive wave absorption technique for fnpt-ns solver. .
  • Xie, Z., Yan, S., Ma, Q., Stoesser, T. and Lu, L. Three-dimensional numerical study of solitary waves interacting with a horizontal plate. .
  • Xie, Z., Yan, S., Ma, Q. and Stoesser, T. Numerical modelling of focusing wave impact on a fixed offshore structure. .
  • Li, Q., Yan, S., Wang, J., Ma, Q., Xie, Z. and Sriram, V. Numerical simulation of focusing wave interaction with FPSO-like structure using FNPT-NS Solver. .
  • Wang, J., Ma, Q.W. and Yan, S. Examination on errors of two simplified models for simulating weakly spreading seas. .
  • Rijas, A.S., Sriram, V. and Yan, S. Numerical simulation of 2D wave-structure interaction using IMLPG_R. .
  • Wang, J., Ma, Q.W., Wan, D. and Yan, S. Numerical study on flow evolution after dual stepped cylinder at low reynolds number. .
  • Li, Q., Ma, Q.W. and Yan, S. Vortex shedding behavior of a horizontal circular cylinder near the free surface with different submerged depths. .
  • Yan, S. and Ma, Q. A hybrid approach coupling mlpg-r with QALE-FEM for modelling fully nonlinear water waves. .
  • Wang, J., Ma, Q.W. and Yan, S. On differences of rogue waves modeled by three approaches in numerical wave tank. .
  • Fourtakas, G., Stansby, P.K., Rogers, B.D., Lind, S.J., Yan, S. and Ma, Q.W. On the coupling of Incompressible SPH with a Finite Element potential flow solver for nonlinear free surface flows. .
  • Bihnam, M., Said, M., Yan, S. and Ma, Q. Numerical investigation on effects of compressibility on water entry problems. .
  • Wang, J., Ma, Q.W. and Yan, S. (2016). Numerical Investigation on Spectrum Evolution of Narrow-Banded Random Waves in Shallow Water Based on KdV and Fully Nonlinear Model. ASME 2016 35th International Conference on Ocean, Offshore and Arctic Engineering 19-24 June.doi:10.1115/omae2016-54169
  • Yan, S., Ma, Q.W., Wang, J. and Zhou, J. (2016). Self-Adaptive Wave Absorbing Technique for Nonlinear Shallow Water Waves. ASME 2016 35th International Conference on Ocean, Offshore and Arctic Engineering 19-24 June.doi:10.1115/omae2016-54475
  • Yang, H., Yan, S. and Ma, Q. Effects of tank motion on oil spilling from damaged oil tanks. .
  • Yang, L., Yang, H., Yan, S., Ma, Q. and Bihnam, M. Comparative study on water impact problem. .
  • Yan, S., Ma, Q., Sriram, V., Qian, L., Ferrer, P.J.M. and Schlurmann, T. (2015). Numerical and experimental studies of moving cylinder in uni-directional focusing waves. The Twenty-fifth International Ocean and Polar Engineering Conference 21-26 June, Hawaii, USA.
  • Ma, Q.W., Yan, S., Greaves, D., Mai, T. and Raby, A. Numerical and experimental studies of Interaction between FPSO and focusing waves. .
  • Ding, S., Yan, S., Han, D. and Ma, Q. Overview on Hybrid Wind-Wave Energy Systems. .
  • Zhou, J.T., Yan, S., Ma, Q.W. and Wong, Y. Comparative studies on numerical simulation of tsunami wave loads on 3D onshore structures. .
  • Yan, S. and Ma, Q.W. Sensitivity investigation on wave dynamics with thin-walled moonpool. .
  • Yang, H., Lu, J. and Yan, S. Preliminary numerical study on oil spilling from a DHT. .
  • Yan, S., Zhou, J.T., Ma, Q.W., Wang, J., Zheng, Y. and Wazni, B. Fully nonlinear simulation of tsunami wave impacts on onshore structures. .
  • Ma, Q.W., Yan, S. and Zhou, J.T. Fully nonlinear simulation of resonant wave motion in gap between two structures. .
  • Yan, S., Ma, Q.W. and Cheng, X. Fully nonlinear simulation of two floating structures in close proximity subjected to oblique waves. .
  • Lu, J.S., Gong, X.W., Yan, S.Q., Wen, X.F., Liu, Z.C. and Wu, W.Q. Experimental and numerical study on leakage of underwater hole on an oil tanker. .
  • Yan, S., Ma, Q.W., D'Mello, C. and Zhang, L. Numerical investigation of fully nonlinear interaction between freak waves and 2-D submerged cylinders. .
  • Yan, S., Ma, Q.W., Lu, J. and Chen, S. Fully nonlinear analysis on responses of a moored FPSO to waves in shallow water. .
  • Adock, T.A.A. and Yan, S. (2010). The Focusing of Uni-Directional Gaussian Wave-Groups in Finite Depth: An Approximate NLSE Based Approach. 29th International Conference on Ocean, Offshore and Arctic Engineering (OMAE2010) 6-11 June, Shanghai, China.doi:10.1115/OMAE2010-20993
  • Yan, S., Ma, Q.W., Adcock, T.A.A. and Duan, W.Y. (2010). Investigations of Freak Waves on Uniform Current. 25th International Workshop on Water Waves and Floating Bodies 9-12 May, Harbin, China.
  • Ma, Q., Yan, S., Lu, J. and Chen, S. Fully Nonlinear Analysis on Responses of a Moored FPSO to Waves in Shallow Water. Conference/Proceeding of ISOPE 2009.
  • Ma, Q., Yan, S., D'Mello, C. and Zhang, L. Numerical Investigation of Fully Nonlinear Interaction between Freak Waves and 2-D Submerged Cylinders. Conference/Proceeding of ISOPE 2009.
  • Zhou, J.T., Ma, Q.W., Zhang, L. and Yan, S. Numerical investigation of violent wave impact on offshore wind energy structures using MLPG_R method. .
  • Yan, S., Ma, Q.W. and Cheng, X. Fully nonlinear hydrodynamic interaction between two 3D floating structures in close proximity. .
  • Zhou, J.T., Ma, Q.W., Zhang, L. and Yan, S. Numerical investigation of violent wave impact on offshore wind energy structures using MLPG-R method. .
  • Yan, S. and Ma, Q.W. Numerical simulation of wind effects on breaking solitary waves. .
  • Ma, Q.W., Duan, W.Y., Zhou, J., Zheng, X. and Yan, S. Numerical study on impact pressure due to violent sloshing waves. .
  • Ma, Q., Yan, S. and Cheng, X. Fully Nonlinear Hydrodynamic Interaction between Two 3D Floating Structures in Close Proximity. Conference/Proceeding of ISOPE 2009.
  • Ma, Q., Duan, W.Y., Zhou, J., Zheng, X. and Yan, S. Numerical Study on Impact Pressure due to Violent Sloshing Waves. Conference/Proceeding of ISOPE 2009.
  • Yan, S. and Ma, Q.W. Numerical investigations on responses of two moored 3D floating structures to steep waves. .
  • Yan, S. and Ma, Q.W. Nonlinear simulation of 3D freak waves using a fast numerical method. .
  • Zhou, J.T., Ma, Q.W., Yan, S., Chung, J.S., Grilli, S.T., Naito, S.... Ma, Q. (2008). Numerical Implementation of Solid Boundary Conditions in Meshless Methods. 18th International Offshore and Polar Engineering Conference (ISOPE 2008) 6-11 July, Vancouver, CANADA.
  • Ma, Q.W., Yan, S., Chung, J.S., Grilli, S.T., Naito, S. and Ma, Q. (2008). Features of QALE-FEM and Its Applications to Nonlinear Wave Hydrodynamics. 18th International Offshore and Polar Engineering Conference (ISOPE 2008) 6-11 July, Vancouver, CANADA.
  • Ma, Q. and Yan, S. Preliminary Simulation of Wind Effects on 3D Freak Waves. ROGUE WAVES 2008.
  • Yan, S. and Ma, Q.W. Effects of an arbitrary sea bed on responses of moored floating structures to steep waves. .
  • Yan, S. and Ma, Q.W. (2005). Application of QALE-FEM to the interaction between nonlinear water waves and periodic bars on the bottom. International Workshop for Water Waves and Floating Bodies 29 May-1 June, Longyearbyen, Norway.
  • Ma, Q., Sriram, V., Yan, S. and Zhou, J.T. Applications of MLPG_R and SALE/QALE-FEM for wave -structure interactions. Proceedings of ninth International Conference on Hydro-Science and Engineering.
  • Sriram, V., Ma, Q.W., Yan, S. and Zhou, J.T. Applications of MLPG_R and SALE/QALE-FEM for wave -structure interactions. International Conference on Hydro-Science and Engineering Chennai, India.

Journal articles (82)

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