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Profiles
Dr Shanshan Cheng
Lecturer in Civil Engineering
School of Engineering, Computing and Mathematics (Faculty of Science and Engineering)
Biography
Biography
I've been a lecturer in Civil Engineering at UoP since 2017. Prior to joining UoP as a lecturer, I worked at the University of Sheffield as a postdoc for the EPSRC project “The behaviour of built-up thin-walled steel structural elements (EP/M011976/1)” and “Sustainable fire-spalling-resistant concrete (EP/N019555/1)”. My current research mainly focuses on the low carbon construction materials, particularly the application to offshore floating platforms. I am currently the PI for a Royal Society funded project "Fatigue failure mechanics of carbon-fibre textile reinforced concrete in the marine environment", to test the flexural fatigue behaviour of CTRC beams under seawater, and the coordinator for an EU funded project “Tailor-made recycled aggregate concrete (H2020-MSCA-RISE-2017-777823-TRAC)” which aims to promote the use of recycled aggregates in civil infrastructure. I’m also a Co-I for EPSRC funded project “FlexWave – flexible responsive systems in wave energy (EP/V040367/1)”, where I’m responsible for finite element analysis of the flexible wave energy converters under wave loading. I was the PI for an EPSRC funded Supergen ORE ECR award “Offshore floating foundations using self-sensing carbon fibre textile reinforced concretes”, to test the dual-functional properties of using carbon-fibre textiles as both reinforcement and sensor in concrete structures, and PI for a Sustainable Earth Institute funded project “Use of tungsten tailing waste as replacement for cement” to investigate the feasibility of using tungsten tailings in making low carbon concrete materials.
Qualifications
| 2017 - present | Plymouth University, UK | Lecturer |
| 2015 - 2016 | The University of Sheffield, UK | Postdoc |
| 2011 - 2015 | Plymouth University, UK | PhD |
| 2009 - 2011 | Harbin Institute of Technology, China | MSc (research) |
| 2005 - 2009 | Central South University, China | BEng |
Roles on external bodies
2023 – present, Technical Committee member of FIB (Task Group 1.2: Concrete structures in marine environments)
2022 – present, Technical Committee member of RILEM (292-MCC: Mechanical characterization and structural design of textile reinforced concrete; 294-MPA: Mechanical properties of alkali-activated concrete; 297-DOC: Degradation of organic coating materials and its relation to concrete durability)
2020 – present, Committee member of IStructE Southwest regional group
2019 – present, IStructE student staff liaison officer
Teaching
Teaching
Teaching interests
STAD200 - Structural Analysis and Design II
CIVL500 - Finite Element Modelling and Analysis
Research
Research
Research interests
- Buckling of thin-walled structures
- Structural fire safety
- Steel-concrete composite structures
- Fibre reinforced concretes
- Recycled aggregate concretes
- Composite material characterisations
- Survivability of offshore floating structures
Grants & contracts
1） Fatigue Failure Mechanics of Carbon-fibre Textile Reinforced Concrete in the Marine Environment, Royal Society, £60.5k, 2023-2024 (PI)
2） Use of Tungsten Tailing Waste as Replacement for Cement , Plymouth University Sustainable Earth Institute, £3k, 2022 (PI)
3） FlexWave - Flexible Responsive Systems in Wave Energy, EPSRC, £1m, 2021-2024 (Co-I)
4） Offshore Floating Foundations Using Self-sensing Carbon Fibre Textile-reinforced Concretes, EPSRC Supergen ORE ECR fund, £5k, 2020 (PI)
5） TRAC – Tailor-made Recycled Aggregate Concrete, European H2020-RISE project, €450k, 2018-2024 (Coordinator)
6） Durability of Textile Reinforced Concrete in Marine Environment, Plymouth University funded PhD studentship, £43.5k, 2017-2021 (1st Supervisor)
7） Structural Performance of Floating Offshore Structures, Plymouth University funded PhD studentship, £43.5k, 2017-2021 (1st Supervisor)
Publications
Publications
Key publications
Key publications are highlighted
Journals
Articles
(2023) 'Post-fire compressive stress–strain behaviour of steel fibre reinforced recycled aggregate concrete' Composite Structures 309, , DOI Open access
(2022) 'A general unified method for calculating fire resistance of CFST columns considering various types of steel and concrete' Journal of Building Engineering 59, , DOI Open access
(2022) 'Assessing the mechanical properties of geopolymer recycled aggregate concrete: flexural strength, bond strength and thermo-mechanical behaviour' Journal of the Australian Ceramic Society 58, (5) 1649-1665 , DOI
(2022) 'Mechanical behavior of steel-concrete interface and composite column for circular CFST in fire' Journal of Constructional Steel Research 196, 107424-107424 , DOI
(2022) 'Post-fire mechanical behaviour of ultra-high-performance concrete-filled steel tube (UHPCFST) stub columns under compression' Journal of Constructional Steel Research 196, , DOI Open access
(2021) 'Wave diffraction from a truncated cylinder with a moonpool of arbitrary cross-section: a semi-analytical study' Ocean Engineering 237, , DOI Open access
(2021) 'Numerical investigation on moment redistribution of continuous reinforced concrete beams under local fire conditions' Advances in Structural Engineering 24, (15) 3375-3388 , DOI
(2020) 'Interfacial response of fibre-to-matrix in textile reinforced concrete between two cracks: Analytical solution' Composite Structures 245, , DOI Open access
(2020) 'Effects of heave plate on dynamic response of floating wind turbine Spar platform under the coupling effect of wind and wave' Ocean Engineering 201, 107103-107103 , DOI
(2020) 'Buckling Analysis of Steel H Column with Thermal Gradient Along the Flanges' International Journal of Steel Structures 20, (2) 677-691 , DOI
(2019) 'Workability and compressive strength development of self-consolidating concrete incorporating rice husk ash and foundry sand waste – A preliminary experimental study' Construction and Building Materials 228, 116813-116813 , DOI Open access
(2019) 'Study on TMD Control on Stability Improvement of Barge-Supported Floating Offshore Wind Turbine Based on the Multi-Island Genetic Algorithm' China Ocean Engineering 33, (3) 309-321 , DOI
(2019) 'Uniaxial Damaged Plastic Constitutive Relation of Recycled Aggregate Concrete' Advances in Materials Science and Engineering 2019, 1-16 , DOI Open access
(2018) 'Compressive stress-strain relation of recycled aggregate concrete under cyclic loading' Construction and Building Materials , DOI Open access
(2018) 'Stress redistribution of simply supported reinforced concrete beams under fire conditions' Journal of Central South University 25, (9) 2093-2106 , DOI
(2018) 'Pseudo-static tests of terminal stirrup-confined concrete-filled rectangular steel tubular columns' Journal of Constructional Steel Research 144, 135-152 , DOI Open access
(2017) 'Comparative study of stirrup-confined circular concrete-filled steel tubular stub columns under axial loading' Thin-Walled Structures 123, 294-304 , DOI Open access
(2016) 'Sidewall Buckling of Equal-Width RHS Truss X-Joints' Journal of Structural Engineering 143, (2) 04016179-04016179 , DOI Open access
(2016) 'Composite action of hexagonal concrete-filled steel tubular stub columns under axial loading' Thin-Walled Structures 107, 502-513 , DOI
(2016) 'Composite action of octagonal concrete-filled steel tubular stub columns under axial loading' Thin-Walled Structures 107, 453-461 , DOI
(2016) 'A design methodology for side wall failure of RHS truss X-joints accounting for compressive chord pre-load' Engineering Structures 126, 689-702 , DOI Open access
(2016) 'Shear effect on buckling of cellular columns subjected to axially compressed load' Thin-Walled Structures 98, 416-420 , DOI
(2015) 'Thermal Buckling Analysis of Axially Loaded Columns of Thin-Walled Open Section with Nonuniform Sectional Properties' International Journal of Structural Stability and Dynamics 15, (6) 0-0 , DOI Open access
(2015) 'Buckling analysis of partially protected cold-formed steel channel-section columns at elevated temperatures' Fire Safety Journal 72, 7-15 , DOI Open access
(2015) 'Buckling analysis of cold-formed steel channel-section beams at elevated temperatures' Journal of Constructional Steel Research 104, 74-80 , DOI Open access
(2014) 'Web-flange distortional buckling of partially restrained cold-formed steel purlins under uplift loading' International Journal of Mechanical Sciences 89, 476-481 , DOI Open access
(2013) 'Finite Element Analysis of the Subsidence of Cap Rocks during Underground Coal Gasification Process' Advanced Materials Research 859, 91-94 , DOI
(2013) 'Lateral–torsional buckling of cold-formed channel sections subject to
combined compression and bending' Journal of Constructional Steel Research 80, 174-180
(2011) 'Numerical Simulation of Natural and Super-Critical Carbonation on Concrete Porous Brick' Advanced Materials Research 343-344, 112-115 , DOI
(2011) 'Study of Transverse Section Temperature Distribution in Underground Coal Gasification' Applied Mechanics and Materials 71-78, 2513-2517 , DOI
Chapters
(2022) 'Passive motion reduction of semisubmersible floating offshore wind turbine foundations' Trends in Renewable Energies Offshore CRC Press 501-508 , DOI
Conference Papers
(2022) 'Passive motion reduction of semisubmersible floating offshore wind turbine foundations' in Soares CG 5th International Conference on Renewable Energies Offshore (RENEW 2022), Lisbon, Portugal, 8–10 November 2022 1-/-1/20221-/-1/2022Taylor & Francis Group 501-508 , DOI Open access
(2019) 'Structure Design and Assessment of a Floating Foundation for Offshore Wind Turbines' 2nd International Offshore Wind Technical Conference , DOI Open access
(2016) 'Design of equal-width RHS truss X-Joints for side wall buckling in the presence of chord pre-load' 927-934
(2016) 'Experimental investigation of the cross-sectional stability of cold-formed steel built-up columns' 353-360