About
Dr Jian Dai is currently an Associate Professor of structural engineering at the Department of Civil Engineering and Energy Technology. His research work mainly lies in computational structural dynamics, with applications to railway systems and very large floating structures.
Positions Held
2020 - date: Associate Professor, Oslo Metropolitan University
2019 - 2021: Postdoctoral Fellow, Norwegian University of Science and Technology
2015 - 2019: Research Fellow, National University of Singapore
2013 - 2015: Executive Engineer, KTP Consultants, Singapore
Qualifications
PhD, National University of Singapore, Singapore, 2015
BEng, Tongji University, China, 2009
Research Areas
Very large floating structures, train-track dynamics, sloshing inside road/rail tankers, numerical methods
Professional Societies
Member, Institution of Engineering and Technology, UK
Member, Institution of Engineers, Singapore
Research groups
Research projects
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Net-Zero Future
To enable a rapid global movement toward the built environmentʼs carbon footprint reduction, this project will initiate an international alliance to coordinate and perform research, educational, and outreach activities to realize net-zero built structures.
Publications and research
Scientific publications
Hu, Zhicheng; Lau, Albert;
Dai, Jian
; Frøseth, Gunnstein Thomas
(2024).
Identification of optimal accelerometer placement on trains for railway switch wear monitoring via multibody simulation.
Frontiers in Built Environment.
Vol. 10.
https://doi.org/10.3389/fbuil.2024.1396578
Song, Yang
;
Dai, Jian
; Lau Leong Lee, Albert
(2024).
Analysis of railway vehicle-track interaction performance in submerged floating tunnel subjected to wave excitations.
Ocean Engineering.
Vol. 303.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.oceaneng.2024.117760
Song, Yang
;
Dai, Jian
; Lau, Albert
(2024).
Analysis of railway vehicle-track interaction performance in submerged floating tunnel subjected to wave excitations.
Ocean Engineering.
Vol. 303.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.oceaneng.2024.117760
Zhang, Chi;
Dai, Jian
; Ang, Kok Keng; Lim, Han Vincent
(2024).
Development of compliant modular floating photovoltaic farm for coastal conditions.
Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews.
Vol. 190.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rser.2023.114084
Xu, Guoji; Chen, Xin; Cao, Zhiyang;
Dai, Jian
; Wang, Jinsheng
(2024).
Probabilistic models of marine environmental variables and their impact on dynamic responses of a sea-crossing suspension bridge.
Ocean Engineering.
Vol. 308.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.oceaneng.2024.118210
Dai, Jian
; Lim, Joshua Guan Yi; Ang, Kok Keng
(2023).
Dynamic Response Analysis of High-Speed Maglev-Guideway System.
Journal of Vibration Engineering & Technologies.
https://doi.org/10.1007/s42417-023-00995-5
Jiang, Zhiyu;
Dai, Jian
; Saettone, Simone; Tørå, Glenn; He, Zhao; Bashir, Musa; Souto-Iglesias, Antonio
(2023).
Design and model test of a soft-connected lattice-structured floating solar photovoltaic concept for harsh offshore conditions.
25 p.
Marine Structures.
Vol. 90.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marstruc.2023.103426
Ahmed, Khondaker S.; Chuan, Max T. W.;
Dai, Jian
; Kok Keng, Ang
(2022).
Dynamic Responses of Padma Multipurpose Bridge Truss due to Moving Train Load.
MIST International Journal of Science and Technology.
Vol. 10.
https://doi.org/10.47981/j.mijst.10(02)2022.383(65
Dai, Jian
; Joshua Guan Yi, Lim; Kok Keng, Ang
(2022).
Moving Element Analysis of Maglev Train Over Multi-span Elevated Bridge.
Dimitrovová, Zuzana; Biswas, Paritosh; Gonçalves, Rodrigo; Silva, Tiago (Ed.).
Recent Trends in Wave Mechanics and Vibrations. p. 607-614.
Springer.
https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-
Dai, Jian
; Abrahamsen, Bjørn Christian;
Hansen Viuff, Thomas
; Leira, Bernt Johan
(2022).
Effect of wave-current interaction on a long fjord-crossing floating pontoon bridge.
17 p.
Engineering structures.
Vol. 266.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.engstruct.2022.114549
