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Jian Dai

Jian Dai

About

Dr Jian Dai is currently an Associate Professor of structural engineering at the Department of Built Environment. 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 and Head of Studies for Civil Engineering, 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

 

Professional Societies

Member, Institution of Engineering and Technology, UK

Member, Institution of Engineers, Singapore

Fields of study

Academic disciplines

Marine technology

Research projects

Ongoing research projects

  • LITEFLOATCON

    LITEFLOATCON aims to build an international and intersectoral partnership for high-quality research development on innovative light-weight high performance concrete (LWHPC) and its application on multi-purpose modular floating structures for coastal space utilisation.

  • Net-Zero Future project

    Net-Zero Future – An International Alliance to Minimize Built Environment’s Carbon Footprint.

Scientific publications

Baniya, Jenish ; Dai, Jian ; Jiang, Zhiyu; Zhang, Chi (2025). Numerical study of soft-connected modular offshore floating photovoltaic array. Marine Structures. Vol. 104.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marstruc.2025.103893

Dai, Jian (2025). Simplified Approach for Train Travel Performance Evaluation Inside Submerged Floating Tunnel Under Wave Excitations. ISOPE - International Offshore and Polar Engineering Conference. Proceedings.

Leventopoulou, Theano; Dai, Jian ; Jiang, Zhiyu (2025). Hydroelastic analysis of interconnected offshore floating photovoltaic floats. Journal of Offshore Mechanics and Arctic Engineering. Vol. 147.
https://doi.org/10.1115/1.4068495

Jiang, Dongqi; Yi, Jiaqi; Zhou, Junyong; Dai, Jian (2025). Moving vehicle induced hydroelastic response of longish floating infrastructures in various damage conditions. Ocean Engineering. Vol. 337.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.oceaneng.2025.121823

Bru, Jakob; Seland, Tom Stian; Dai, Jian ; Jiang, Zhiyu (2025). Life cycle cost analysis of an offshore floating photovoltaic concept in the North Sea. Renewable Energy. Vol. 249.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.renene.2025.122981

Baniya, Jenish ; Dai, Jian ; Jiang, Zhiyu; Zhang, Chi; Keprate, Arvind (2025). Effect of Mooring Pretension Force of a Soft-Connected Floating Photovoltaic System Under Regular Waves. Zhao, Xiao Lin; Dai, Jian-Guo; Liu, Siwei; Lim, Soon Heng (Ed.). Proceedings of the Fourth World Conference on Floating Solutions: WCFS 2024; 2–4 December; Hong Kong. Springer Nature.
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-96-4569-5_35

Liu, Xingyu; Shi, Jin; Dai, Jian ; Wang, Yingjie; Lu, Chaoru (2025). Correspondence Between Alignment Wavelength and Vehicle Response Wavelength of High-Speed Rails. International Journal of Structural Stability and Dynamics.
https://doi.org/10.1142/S0219455426501191

Hosamo, Haidar ; Hosamo, Mohsen; Dai, Jian ; Jiang, Zhiyu (2025). Bridging Data Gaps with Machine Learning for Reliable Monitoring of a Floating Solar Array Under Extreme Marine Environments. ISOPE - International Offshore and Polar Engineering Conference. Proceedings.

Jiang, Zhiyu; Dai, Jian ; Saettone, Simone; Souto-Iglesias, Antonio (2024). Model Tests of a 12 by 18 Floating Solar Array Under Regular Wave Conditions. OMAE 2024, . (Ed.). ASME 2024 43rd International Conference on Ocean, Offshore and Arctic Engineering - Volume 7: Ocean Renewable Energy. The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME).
https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1115/OMAE2024-1

Leventopoulou, Theano; Dai, Jian ; Jiang, Zhiyu (2024). Hydroelastic analysis of floating photovoltaic floater under regular waves. 2024, OMAE (Ed.). Proceedings of ASME 2024 43rd International Conference on Ocean, Offshore and Arctic Engineering. Volume 4: Ocean Space Utilization.. p. 1-9. The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME).
https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1115/OMAE2024-1





These publications are obtained from Cristin. The list may be incomplete