Professor Hui Long
BEng, MSc, PhD, CEng, FIMechE, SFHEA.
School of Mechanical, Aerospace and Civil Engineering
Professor of Mechanics of Materials
Departmental Director of Research and Innovation


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- Profile
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Hui Long is Professor of Mechanics of Materials in the Department of Mechanical Engineering. She joined the Department as a Reader in 2012. Prior to this from 2003 to 2012, she was a Senior Lecturer and a Lecturer in the School of Engineering, Durham University. From 1996 to 2003, she worked as a research associate / fellow in the University of Strathclyde, Swansea University and Brunel University London. Before moving to the UK, she was an Associate Professor in the State Key Laboratory of Mechanical Transmissions, Chongqing University, China. She received her BEng, MSc and PhD degrees in Mechanical Engineering from Chongqing University in China.
Professor Hui Long is a Chartered Engineer, a Fellow of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, and a Senior Fellow of Higher Education Academy. She acts as an Associate Editor of ASME Journal of Tribology and IMechE Proceedings Part B: Journal of Engineering Manufacture. She is a member of EPSRC Peer Review College and an expert reviewer of EU research proposals.
Professor Hui Long leads the Flexible Forming Research Group. She is also a member of the Leonardo Tribology Centre and the Structural Integrity Research Team.
- Research interests
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Professor Hui Long specialises in mechanics of materials, plasticity, contact mechanics and engineering failures and her current research activities centre on two broad fields of applications, in wind energy and manufacturing technology.
In wind energy, the current research areas include:
- Wind turbine blade pitching bearing failures due to false Brinelling and fretting corrosion
- Wind turbine gearbox bearing premature failures due to white etching cracking
- Wind turbine drivetrain system dynamic load modelling under transient loading
- Failure analysis and prediction using SCADA (Supervisory Control & Data Acquisition) data
In manufacturing, the research activities centre on flexible metal forming technologies:
- Metal spinning process development and optimisation for material processing failure prevention
- Incremental sheet forming process development for improved formability and precision
- Non-linear finite element analysis and damage modelling of metal forming processes
- Publications
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Journal articles
Conference proceedings papers
- Grants
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- New Tooling for Incremental Sheet Forming, EPSRC, 2019-2021, Principal Investigator.
- Offshore Wind Powertrain Research Hub, UK Offshore Renewable Energy Catapult, 2019-2024, Co-I, with PI Professor D Stone and Co-Is Professor ZQ Zhu and Professor RS Dwyer-Joyce.
- Novel Flexible Sheet Forming for High Value Manufacturing (FLEXFORM). EU FP7 Marie Curie, 2014-2016, Principal Investigator, with Marie Curie Research Fellow Dr B Lu.
- New Material Processing Technologies for Sustainable Future (MatProFuture). EU Marie Curies IRSES, 2013-2017, Principal Investigator, with Co-Is Professor R Dwyer-Joyce and Dr C Pinna.
- Wind Turbine Gearbox Bearing Failure Analysis. Industrial Funded, 2012-2015, Principal Investigator.
- Sensing Oil Film, Load and Damage in Wind Turbine Bearings. DECC & TSB, 2013-2015, Co-I, with PI Professor R Dwyer-Joyce and Co-I Dr M Marshall.
- Advanced Design Methodologies for Wind Turbine Gearboxes - Visiting Fellowship of Chongqing University. Ministry of Education, China, 2010-2013, Principal Investigator.
- Implementation and Demonstration of SCADA-based Wind Turbine Monitoring to Improve Reliability. EPSRC Impact, 2011-2012, Principal Investigator.
- Future Reliable Renewable Energy Conversion Systems and Networks. EPSRC, 2009-2012, Co-I.
- Lightweight Offshore Wind Turbine Gearbox Feasibility Study. Northern Wind Innovation Project, 2010-2011, Principal Investigator.
- Wind Turbine Gearbox Stochastic Loading Prediction for Failure Detection and Prevention. One NorthEast, 2011, Principal Investigator.
- Design Innovation for Multidisciplinary Engineering Applications. The Royal Academy of Engineering, 2010-2012, Principal Investigator.
- Reliability Focused Research on Optimising Wind Energy Systems Design, Operation and Maintenance. EU FP7 Collaborative, 2008-2011, Co-I.
- Effective Experimentation and Simulation Techniques for Metal Spinning. TSB KTP, 2008-2010, Principal Investigator.
- Teaching activities
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- MEC316: Renewable Energy (Module Leader)
- MEC312: Advanced Mechanics of Solids (Module Leader)
- MEC455 & 6455: Mechanics and Applications of Advanced Manufacturing Technologies