Contact Dr Yigeng Xu

Areas of expertise

  • Aerospace Structures
  • Aircraft Design
  • Airworthiness
  • Lightweighting & Crashworthiness
  • Aerospace Materials

Background

Dr Yigeng Xu is a Reader in Structural Integrity with BEng and MEng degrees in Mechanical Engineering from Zhejiang University of Technology and PhD in Engineering Sciences from the University of Southampton. Prior to his current employment with 成人直播, Dr Xu was a Senior Lecturer in Aerospace Structures at the University of Hertfordshire, Fatigue and Damage Tolerance Design Engineer at Airbus UK, and Post-doctoral Research Assistant at the University of Oxford. Dr Xu has over 30 years teaching and research experience on the durability and structural integrity of lightweight materials and structures and developed an in-house structural integrity method (SIM1014) for Airbus UK. He is a member of the Royal Aeronautical Society and a Charted Engineer.

Research opportunities

Dr Xu鈥檚 research has been focused on the development of sustainable high-performance lightweight materials and structures for the transport and renewable energy industries to achieve net zero emission target. He works closely with his industrial and academic partners to develop a scientific understanding of the damage initiation, damage growth, and interactions of failure mechanisms using latest technologies in numerical simulation, manufacturing, sensors, structural health monitoring, digital twin, and machine learning. Dr Xu accepts PhD students interested in following research:

路 Development of high-performance hybrid metal-composite components

路 Structural reliability and crashworthiness of hydrogen storage tanks

路 Development of bi-stable structures for industrial applications

路 Additively manufactured hybrid metallic components with enhanced durability and damage tolerance

路 Structural health monitoring using digital twin and machine learning techniques

路 Multi-scale modelling of airframe reliability with uncertainty-informed maintenance

路 Anti-fatigue manufacturing techniques for high-performance airframe structures

Current activities

Dr Xu has carried out following funded projects:

- 路 2023 鈥� 2026, 鈥淯ltra efficient propulsion systems for short and short-medium range aircraft (HEAVEN)鈥�, funded by Horizon Europe & UK RI

- 路 2024 鈥� 2025, 鈥淕ear Mass Reduction with Hybrid Materials and Structures鈥�, funded by Airbus Operations Ltd

- 路 2022 鈥� 2024, 鈥淓conomic Feasibility of Developing an Enhanced Electric Compact Tractor for Family Farming鈥�, funded by Royal Academy of Engineering

- 路 2018 鈥� 2023, 鈥淎pplication of laser peening towards improving fatigue performance of friction stir welded fuselage structures鈥�, funded by EPSRC & Airbus Operations Ltd

- 路 2022 鈥� 2023, 鈥淪tructural Rig 鈥� Pre-Work of HEAVEN鈥�, funded by Rolls-Royce Plc

- 路 2016 鈥� 2021, 鈥淧IPS 鈥� Powerplant Integration with Platform Systems鈥�, funded by Rolls-Royce Plc & Innovate UK

- 路 2019 鈥� 2021, 鈥淓nhancing research based learning and teaching on advanced materials and manufacturing technologies for aerospace sectors in India and UK鈥�, funded by Royal Academy of Engineering

- 路 2019 鈥� 2020, 鈥淜inetic energy recovery of the aircraft when wheels are on the ground鈥�, funded by Airbus Operations Ltd

- 路 2019 鈥� 2020, 鈥淒evelopment of a novel, affordable neonate/infant transport incubator鈥�, funded by Innovate UK and mOm Incubators

- 路 2016 鈥� 2019, 鈥淢easurement assisted tolerancing of large aircraft assemblies for adhesive bonding鈥�, funded by GKN Aerospace

- 路 2012 鈥� 2016, 鈥淓ffect of ice accretion on the dynamic behaviour of wind turbine鈥�, funded by Albalqa's Applied University in Jordan and Narvik University College in Norway

- 路 2012 鈥� 2016, 鈥淚mpact analysis of an amphibian aircraft landing on water鈥�, funded by the Ministry of Higher Education of Malaysia

- 路 2011 鈥� 2013, 鈥淎pplication of electromagnetic fields for enhancement of structural metal performance (EMFforMET)鈥�, funded by EU FP-7

- 路 2008 鈥� 2011, 鈥淭he use of inverse methods in determining applied dynamic loads on aerospace structures鈥�, funded by MBDA UK Ltd and EPSRC

- 路 2005 鈥� 2009, 鈥淟oad sequence effect and enhanced life prediction of airframe structures under spectrum loading鈥�, funded by Sir Geoffrey de Havilland Memorial Fund & Airbus Operations Ltd

Clients

  • GKN Ltd
  • Rolls-Royce Holdings PLC
  • Airbus SE
  • BAE Systems PLC
  • Turkish Aerospace Industries
  • Innovate UK
  • European Commission

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