Dr Yuguo Yu is an active researcher with strong track record in the fields of sustainable concrete technology, virtual computational mechanics, as well as machine learning aided analysis & design.
Dr Yuguo Yu holds BE, ME, and PhD in Civil Engineering. He has research experience in broad areas, with expertise focused on sustainable concrete technology, virtual computational mechanics, as well as machine learning aided analysis & design. To date, he has generated many high-quality research outputs with industrial tractions (Australian Innovation Patent granted in 2019), where all of his journal papers are published on JCR Q1 platforms. Dr Yuguo Yu’s publications and other research outputs can be viewed in Google Scholar.
Industry experience
Experience in construction industry on designing prefabricated FRP members for aging structural retrofitting
Experience in industrial project working with Concrete Pipe Association of Australasia for assessing corrosion
Member of International Structural Engineering and Construction Society & Concrete Institute of Australia
Regular journal reviewer invited for Construction and Building Materials; Applied Mathematical Modelling; Engineering Structures; International Journal of Mechanical Sciences; Renewable Energy; and many more
Core organisation committee member for the 5th Australasian Conference on Computational Mechanics, leading paper review process and program development
Supervisor projects
Numerical simulation of shrinkage and crack damage behaviour in textile fibre-reinforced concrete
10 Jul 2023
Teaching interests
Teaching; Research & Development; HDR Supervision
Research interests
With the active research outputs, Dr Yuguo Yu has made original contributions to Civil Engineering, which can be summarised as follows:
Pioneer a physics-based model for aging assessment of sustainable cementitious materials
Develop a high-fidelity corrosion prediction method for aging reinforced structures
Establish machine learning aided physics-based method for virtual structural health monitoring
Current focused research interests:
Low-carbon concrete analysis and design
Circular economy in construction materials using underexploited natural resources
Computational mechanics and material science
Machine learning in structural analysis and design
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