Professor Jason Zheng Jiang
BSc, MSc, PhD(Cambridge)
Current positions
Professor of Dynamics and Control
School of Electrical, Electronic and Mechanical Engineering
Contact
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Biography
More information on Professor Jiang's personal website:
https://sites.google.com/view/jasonzhengjiang
Research interests
Jason Zheng Jiang is Professor of Dynamics and Control and a Fellow of UK Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council. He has an international reputation in the fields of network synthesis, dynamic analysis, mechanics, as well as optimisation & design.
He has published over 100 papers and patents and has won IMechE Best Paper Award. His main research involves following themes:
- Vibration suppression and control
- Performance enhancement of mechanical systems
- Engineering design synthesis
- Automotive, rail, wind, and civil engineering
He is widely supported in the areas of automotive, railway engineering, aerospace and civil engineering by international industry, governments, and charities. He has £20m research funding portfolio with over £3.5m PI projects. The revolutionary achievements of these projects, especially the step changes in systems' performance, have far-reaching implications for these industries.
More information on Professor Jiang's personal website
Projects and supervisions
Research projects
RSSB & Network Rail - Enhanced Trailing Arm Bush: Design, Manufacturing & Testing
Principal Investigator
Description
Rail surface damage caused by wheel-rail contact forces on curves makes a significant contribution to the overall cost of maintenance. Previous research has shown that passive suspension components can reduce…Managing organisational unit
Department of Mechanical EngineeringDates
01/02/2023 to 30/06/2024
BEIS - 20MW Wind Turbine Drivetrain Coupling Device for Load Mitigation
Principal Investigator
Description
Severe loadings and extreme events significantly reduce the reliability of wind turbines, leading to increased cost of wind energy. Amongst all failure events, gearbox failure is one of the most…Managing organisational unit
Department of Mechanical EngineeringDates
01/02/2022 to 30/06/2023
Network Rail - Inerter Pantograph for Cost-Efficient Railway Electrification (iPanto)
Principal Investigator
Description
Unsatisfactory Pantograph-Overhead Line (OHL) contact dynamics is a critical factor for the extremely high railway maintenance and electrification cost in the UK (Network Rail spending £4.2bn/year on maintenance/renewal its network…Managing organisational unit
Department of Mechanical EngineeringDates
01/01/2022 to 31/12/2024
Multidomain Synthesis for New Concept Hydraulic and In-Wheel Motor Suspension Systems
Principal Investigator
Managing organisational unit
Department of Mechanical EngineeringDates
01/10/2021 to 30/09/2024
Network Synthesis for Air Suspension and Electromagnetic Suspension Design
Principal Investigator
Managing organisational unit
Department of Mechanical EngineeringDates
01/01/2021 to 31/12/2022
Thesis supervisions
Reduced-order model-inspired system identification of geometrically nonlinear structures
Supervisors
Development of Automotive Hydraulically Interconnected Suspension Systems
Supervisors
Design and Optimisation of Inertance-Integrated Vehicle Suspension Systems
Supervisors
Optimum Inerter-based Absorbers for Cable Vibration Suppression
Supervisors
Fluid Inerter Based Vibration Suppression: Modelling Methodology
Supervisors
Graph-based methodology for designing vibration suppression systems
Supervisors
Inertance-integrated vibration suppression for multibody systems
Supervisors
Publications
Recent publications
14/11/2024A Graph-Based Methodology for Optimal Design of Inerter-Based Passive Vibration Absorbers With Minimum Complexity
Structural Control and Health Monitoring
Experimental study on a passive-active-combined suspension design methodology (Invited Talk)
A configuration-optimisation method for passive-active-combined suspension design
International Journal of Mechanical Sciences
Enhancing the trade-off between ride comfort and active actuation requirements via an inerter-based passive-active-combined automotive suspension
Vehicle System Dynamics: International Journal of Vehicle Mechanics and Mobility
Multidomain Synthesis of Optimal Vibration Suppression Systems
Journal of Mechanical Design, ASME
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