- Room 025, Reynolds, Drake Circus, Plymouth, PL4 8AA
- +44 1752 586114
- Y.Dai@plymouth.ac.uk
Profiles
Ming Dai
Associate Head of School - Mechanical Engineering
School of Engineering, Computing and Mathematics (Faculty of Science and Engineering)
- Marine renewable energy
- Marine engineering
- Marine propulsion and hydrodynamics
- Computational fluid dynamics (CFD)
Email publicrelations@plymouth.ac.uk to enquire.
Biography
Biography
Qualifications
PhD in Marine Technology; Newcastle University, UK, 1992
Roles on external bodies
- External Examiner, MSc in Renewable Energy Engineering, 2014-2017, Cranfield University
- External Examiner, MSc in Renewable Energy Technology, 2015-2017, Cranfield University
- External Examiner, MSc in Energy Supply for Low Carbon Future, 2015-2017, Cranfield University
- External Examiner, MSc in Marine Engineering, 2012-2017, University of Strathclyde
- External Examiner, MSc in Technical Ship Management, 2014-2016, University of Strathclyde
- External Examiner, MSc in Marine Engineering, 2010-2014, Newcastle University
Key publications
Teaching
Teaching
Teaching interests
ENGR103 Engineering Science
MARN341 Marine Engineering
MECH234 Thermo-fluids
THER307 Thermal-Fluids Engineering
Postgraduate
MAR536 Mechanics of Offshore Renewable Energy Structures
Research
Research
Research interests
Research groups
Publications
Publications
Key publications
1. Kate Freeman, Ming Dai and Robert Sutton; ‘Control Strategies for Oscillating Water Column Wave Energy Converters’, Underwater Technology, Vol 32, No 1, pp 3-13, 2014. doi:10.3723/ut.32.003
2. Dai, Y M; Gardiner, N; Dyson, P K and Sutton, R; Hydrodynamic Analysis Models for the Design of Darrieus-type Vertical-Axis Marine Current Turbines; Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part M, Journal of Engineering for the Maritime Environment, 2011; Vol 225 Issue 3, 295-307.
3. Dai, Y M and Lam, W, Numerical Study of Straight-bladed Darrieus-type Tidal Turbine; Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers, Energy, 2009, 162, No. 2, 67-76.
4. Dai, Y M, Lam, W and Gardiner N, Numerical Simulations of a Cross Flow Darrieus-type Vertical Axis Marine Current Turbine; Proceedings of the International Conference on Marine Renewable Energy, pp1-7, 19-20 Nov 2008, RINA, London, UK,
5. Chudley, John, Y Ming Dai and Fraser Johnson, ‘A tethered multiple oscillating water column pilot unit wave energy device – from concept to deployment’, Proceedings of the 21st International Conference on Offshore Mechanics and Arctic Engineering - OMAE 2002, v 2, pp737-744, June 2002, Oslo Norway
6. Johnson, F , Chudley J, Dai, Y M, ‘Simulation and sea trial data analysis of a tethered multiple oscillating water column wave energy device’, MAREC 2002, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK
7. Johnson, F, Dai,Y M and Chudley, J, ‘Design and feasibility study of a broadband multiple oscillating water column (OWC) wave energy device pilot unit’. MAREC 2001, two day international marine renewable energy conference, 27-28 March 2001, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK.
8. Craven, P J, Sutton, R, Burns, R S and Dai, Y M, 'Multivariable Intelligent Control Strategies for an Autonomous Underwater Vehicle'. International Journal of Systems Science, 1999, vol. 30, no. 9, pp965-980. ISBN 0020-7721.
9. Craven, P J, Sutton, R, and Dai, Y M, 'Multi-Input Single-Output Autopilots for Autonomous Underwater Vehicle Control'. Proceedings of the 1998 Summer Computer Simulation Conference, Reno, Nevada, USA, pp87-92.
10. Craven, P J, Sutton, R and Dai, Y M , 'Neurofuzzy Techniques Applied to a UUV Autopilot Design', Proceedings of the 4th IFAC Conference on Manoeuvring and Control of Marine Craft, MCMC'97, 10-12 Sept, 1997, Brijuni, Croatia, pp25-30, ISBN 953-6037-22-X
11. Dai, Y M, 'Closed Cycle Diesel Engines: Practical Air Independent Propulsion Systems for Underwater Applications', Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Manoeuvring and Control of Marine Craft, MCMC'94, 7-9 Sept, 1994, Southampton, UK, pp387-396, ISBN 1 874011 51 6
12. Dai, Y. M. & Fowler, A. 'Closed Cycle Diesel Engine Performance Evaluation by Computer Simulation', ASME paper 93-ICE-13, Presented at Internal Combustion Engine Symposium, ETCE'93, Houston, Texas, USA.
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