Prof. Yu Shi is a Research Professor of Smart Composite Structure and lead of Chester Smart Composite Group (CSCG).
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URL
www1.chester.ac.uk/cscg
About Prof Yu Shi, PhD, FHEA, CEng and FIMMM
Prof. Yu Shi is Research Professor of Smart Composite Structure and lead of Chester Smart Composite Group (CSCG). He was reader (Associate Professor), Senior Lecturer, Lecturer between 11/2015 – 07/2019 in University of Chester. Since joining UoC, he has successfully secured external funding for many projects (up to total budgets of £3.5M) in his role of PI. He is currently supervising 7 PhDs, 6 PhDs by Vice-Chancellor’s scholarship, and one PhD by industrially funded project. He was also co-supervising the PhD student funded by Chinese Scholarship Council (CSC) with Dalian University of Technology for two years. He has more than 100 research publications by peer-reviewed journals and international conferences and one patent with total citations over 1000. He set up Chester Smart Composite Group and leads three international joint research labs with Chinese Universities and co-fund with two Japanese Universities. He has been working and collaborating with more than 30 home and international universities and over 50 companies and four Catapults in the UK.
Prof. Yu Shi has successfully secured the funding as PI from Innovate UK, DASA and EU H2020:
External Fundings
- 2021-2022, PI, Innovate UK – REMASTER for clean maritime competition: £260k;
- 2021-2025, H2020 RISE - INTAKE: €750k;
- 2020-2021, PI, DASA - Windfarm mitigation for UK Air Defence: £63k;
- 2020-2021, PI, Innovate UK - Tackling non-exhaust and non-road vehicle air pollution: phase 2 SBRI: £1.5M;
- 2020-2023, PI, University of Chester & Industry joint Sustainbale PhD studentship: £60k
- 2019-2019, PI, Innovate UK - Tackling non-exhaust and non-road vehicle air pollution: phase 1 SBRI: £50k;
- 2017-2019, PI, Innovate UK grant, Jiangsu-UK Industrial Challenge: £500k
- Eco-Innovation Cheshire and Warrington project funded by European Regional Development Fund for research based studentship, Co-I.
Internal Fundings
- University of Chester sustainable PhD scholarship: £62k.
- University of Chester Vice Chancellor's PhD studentships (6x): £306k (£51k per student).
- 2019, PI, International research mobility funds: 3k.
- 2018-2019, PI, Faculty internal research fund: £4k.
Teaching
Engineering Control – Lab Leader
Prof Yu Shi is delivering modules for 3rd year undergraduate and MEng courses. He is module leader as below
- SE6005 Finite element analysis
- SE7005 Applied finite element analysis
- SE6029/7018 Composite science and technology
Research
Prof. Yu Shi is specialised in smart composite structures and computational modelling for damage prediction of composite materials, machining and processing of thermoset and thermoplastic composite, drilling, cutting and welding joining technology. He is also interested in developing the multifunctional composite structures that integrate the printed sensors and electronics, energy harvesters, conformal antenna etc., for a series of functionalities for aerospace, aircraft, automotive, rail, offshore renewable energy and healthcare industries.
Published Work
Selected Publications
Journals
- Wang Y, Shi Y, Narita F. Design and finite element simulation of metal-core piezoelectric fiber/epoxy matrix composites for virus detection. Sensors and Actuators A: Physical 2021, 327, 112742.
- Lian P, Wang C, Xue S, Xu Q, Wang N, Xiang B, Shi Y, Jia Y. Panel adjustment and error analysis for a large active main reflector antenna by using the panel adjustment matrix. IEEE Transactions on antennas and propagation 2021, 3069493
- Wang X, Wang F, Gu T, Jia Z, Shi Y. Computational simulation of the damage response for machining long fibre reinforced plastic (LFRP) composite parts: A review. Composites Part A 2021; 106296.
- Narita F, Wang Z, Kurita H, Li Z, Shi Y, Jia Y, Soutis C. A review of piezoelectric and magnetostrictive biosensor materials for detection of Covid-19 and other viruses. Advanced Materials (Impact factor: 27.398) 2020, 2005448
- Wen T, Ratner A, Jia Y, Shi Y. Parametric Study of Environmental Conditions on The Energy Harvesting Efficiency for The Multifunctional Composite Structures. Composite Structures 2020, 112979
- Yan X, Courtney C, Bowen C, Gathercole N, Wen T, Jia Y, Shi Y. In situ fabrication of carbon fibre–reinforced polymer composites with embedded piezoelectrics for inspection and energy harvesting applications. Journal of Intelligent Material Systems and Structures 2020.
- Wang Y, Wang C, Lian P, Xue S, Liu J, Gao W, Shi Y, Wang Z, Yu Km Peng X, Du B, Xiao S. Effect of Temperature on Electromagnetic Performance of Active Phased Array Antenna. Electornics 2020, 9(8): 1211.
- Shi Y, Wang X, Wang F, Gu T, Xie P, Jia Y. Effects of inkjet printed toughener on delamination suppression in drilling of carbon fibre reinforced plastics (CFRPs). Composite Structure 2020, 245:112339.
- Shi Y, Pinna C, Soutis C. Impact damage characteristics of carbon fibre metal laminates: experiments and simulation. Applied Composite Materials 2020, 27: 511-531.
- Liu Y, Du S, Micallef C, Jia Y, Shi Y, Hughes D. Optimisation and management of energy generated by a multifunctional MFC-Integrated composite chassis for rail vehicles. Energies 2020, 13(11) 2720.
- Wang C, Wang Y, Lian P, Xue S, Xu Q, Shi Y, Jia Y, Du B, Liu J, Tang B. Space phased array antenna developments: A perspective on structural design. IEEE Aeropsace and Electronic Systems Magazine 2020, 35 (7): 44- 63.
- Wang C, Yuan S, Wao W, Jiang C, Zhu C, Li P, Wang Z, Peng X, Shi Y. A taylor-surrogate-model-based method for the electrical performance of array antennas under interval position errors. IEEE Antennas and Wireless Propagation Letters 2020, 19 (7): 1221-25.
- Jia Y, Wei X, Pu J, Xie P, Wen T, Wang C, Lian P, Xue S, Shi Y. A numerical feasibility study of kinetic energy harvesting from lower limb prosthetics. Energies 2019; 12(20), 3824.
- Shi Y, Piao C, Fadlaoui D, Al-Saadi A, Jia Y. Integration and characterisation of piezoelectric macro-fibre composite on carbon fibre composite for vibration energy harvesting. Journal of Physics: Conference Series 2019; 1407
- Pan L, Pang X, Wang F, Huang H, Shi Y, Tao J. Effect of surface micro-pits on mode-II fracture toughness of Ti-6Al-4V/PEEK interface. Composite Structure 2019; 229(1): 111333.
- Alsaadi A, Shi Y, Jia Y. Delamination detection via reconstructed frequency response function of composite structures. Processdings of the 13th International conference on damage assessment of structures 2019; 837-43.
- Lian P, Wang C, Xue S, Qian X, Shi Y, Jia Y, Xiang B, Wang Y, Yan Y. Surface adjustment strategy for a large radio telescope with adjustable dual reflectors. IET Microwaves, Antennas & Propagation 2019.
- Wang C, Wang X, Xu Q, Wang N, Zheng Y, Du B, Lian P, Xue S, Yan Y, Duan Y, Shi Y, Jia Y. Preliminary study of regulation technology of wind field distribution on QTT site based on test of equivalent wind field. Scientia sinica physics, mechanica&Astronomica 2019; 49: 099515.
- Wang C, Lei T, Yan Y, Xu Q, Wang N, Zheng Y, Du B, Lian P, Xue S, Duan Y, Shi Y, Jia Y. Real-time position calculation method for large-diameter radio telescope panel using angle sensor. Scientia sinica physics, mechanica&Astronomica 2019; 49: 099506.
- Alsaadi A, Tao J, Pan L, Jia Y, Shi Y. Vibration energy harvesting of multifunctional carbon fibre composite laminate structures. Composite Science and Technology 2019; 178: 1-10.
- Peiyuan Lian, Congsi Wang, Binbin Xiang, Yu Shi, Song Xue. Gradient-based optimization method for producing a contoured beam with single-fed reflector antenna Journal of Systems Engineering and Electronics, 2019, 30(1): 22-29.
- Jia Y, Wei X, Xu L, Wang C, Lian P, Xue S, Al-Saadi A, Shi Y. Multiphysics vibration FE model of piezoelectric macro fibre composite on carbon fibre composite structures. Composite Part B 2019; 161: 376-85.
- Jia Y, Li S, Shi Y . An analytical and numerical study of magnetic spring suspension with energy recovery capabilities. Energies 2018; 11: 3126.
- Pan L, Lv Y, Wang Y, Roy N, Duan L, Hu J, Ding W, Ma W, Tao J, Shi Y. Enhancement in interfacial adhesion of Ti/polyetheretherketone by electrophoretic deposition of graphene oxide[J], Polymer Composites,2018, DOI: 10.1002/pc.24955
- Pan L, Zhang A, Zheng Z, Duan L, Zhang L, Shi Y, Tao J. Enhancing interfacial strength between AA5083 and cryogenic adhesive via anodic oxidation and silanization. International Journal of Adhesion and Adhesives 2018; 84: 317-24.
- Shi Y, Jia Y. Multimodal shear wave deicing using fibre piezoelectric actuator on composite for aircraft wings. IEEE/ASME Transactions on mechatronics 2018. 23(5): 2090-98.
- Shi Y, Soutis C. Modelling low velocity impact induced damage in composite laminates. Mechanics of Advanced Materials and Modern Processes 2017.
- Liu Q, Xu X, Ma J, Shi Y, Hui D. Lateral crushing and bending response of CFRP square tube filled with aluminium honeycomb. Composite part B 2017; 118: 104-15.
- Shi Y, Hallett S, Zhu M. Energy harvesting behaviour for aircraft composites structures using macro-fibre composite: Part I-Integration and experiment. Composite Structures 2017; 160: 1279-86.
- Shi Y, Soutis C. Modelling transverse matrix cracking and splitting of cross-ply composite laminates under four point bending. Theoretical and Applied Fracture Mechanics 2015; 83: 73-81.
- Shi Y, Pinna C, Soutis C. Modelling impact damage in composite laminates: A simulation of intra- and inter-laminar cracking. Composite Structures 2014; 114:10-9.
- Shi Y, Pinna C, Soutis C. Interface Cohesive Elements to Model Matrix Crack Evolution in Composite Laminates. Applied Composite Materials 2014; 21(1): 57-70.
- Shi Y, Swait T, Soutis C. Modelling damage evolution in composite laminates subjected to low velocity impact. Composite Structures 2012; 94: 2902-13.
- Shi Y. Soutis C. A finite element analysis of impact damage in composite laminates. Aeronautical Journal 2012; 116(1186): 1331-47.
Book Chapter
- Shi Y, Pinna C, Soutis C. Chapter 5: Low-velocity impact of composite laminates: damage evolution. Dynamic Deformation, Damage and Fracture in Composite Materials and Structures. Woodhead, 2016.
Conference:
- Pu J, Jia Y, Shi Y. Energy harvesting from kinetics of prosthetic leg. Powermems 2019, Krakow, Poland (Best poster&Demo award)
- Wen T, Shi Y, Jia Y. Vibration energy harvesting for information transmission on offshore wind turbine blade. Powermems 2019, Krakow, Poland.
- Shi Y (keynote speaker). Damage modelling of composite and application of multifunctional composites. 4th composite workshop at Manchester, 06.2019.
- Alsaadi A, Shi Y, Jia Y. Delamination detection via reconstructed frequency response function of composite structures. DAMAS, Porto, 07.2019
- Xu L, Shi Y, Wei X, Jie P, Jia Y. Multi-mode vibration detection for delamination of carbon fibre composite plate. ICCM22, Melbourne, 08. 2019
- Yang P, Jia Y, Wei X, Shi Y. Multifunctional composite with printed sensors. ICCM22, Melbourne, 08. 2019
- Wen T, Jia Y, Shi Y. Vibrational energy harvesting of multifunctional composite blade for offshore wind turbine. ICCM22, Melbourne, 08. 2019
- Alsaadi A, Shi Y, Jia Y. A vibration-based structural health monitoring system for GFRP laminates. ICCM22, Melbourne, 08. 2019
- Shi Y, Soutis C. Numerical modelling of matrix cracking, splitting and delamination in composite laminates using cohesive zone elements. ECCM 6, Glasgow, 06.2018.
- Shi Y, McCarthy E, Soutis C. Finite element analysis of notch sensitivity in unconventional aerospace laminates with novel ply angles and stacking sequences. 5th Aircraft Structural Design Conference, Manchester, UK, October 2016.
- Leonard F, Shi Y, Pinna C, Soutis C, Withers PJ. Impact damage characterisation of fibre/metal laminates by X-ray computed tomography. The conference on industrial computed tomography 2014 (ICT 2014), Austria, 2014.
Qualifications
BEng(Hons), MEng(Hons), PhD, FHEA, CEng and FIMMM.