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  1. Design and test of an off-grid marine current-powered seawater desalination and hydrogen production system

    Article • Energy, September 2025, Elsevier

    Weifei Hu

  2. Uncertainty quantification of aerodynamic characteristics of wind turbine blade airfoils

    Article • Renewable Energy, August 2025, Elsevier

    Weifei Hu

  3. A New Two‐Stage Probabilistic Remaining Useful Life Prediction Method for Wind Turbines

    Article • Wind Energy, July 2025, Wiley

    Weifei Hu

  4. A Novel Approach of Wind Turbine Blade Root Load Monitoring Based on Bearings Vibrational Data and a New AE‐LSTM‐Attention Neural Network

    Article • Wind Energy, April 2025, Wiley

    Weifei Hu

  5. Robust equilibrium optimization method for dynamic characteristics of mechanical structures with hybrid uncertainties

    Article • Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering, April 2025, Elsevier

    Weifei Hu

  6. Digital twin of wind turbine surface damage detection based on deep learning-aided drone inspection

    Article • Renewable Energy, March 2025, Elsevier

    Weifei Hu

  7. Multi-objective design optimization of insulated gate bipolar transistor structures considering ultrasonic welding packaging

    Article • Engineering Optimization, February 2025, Taylor & Francis

    Weifei Hu

  8. Sampling-efficient design optimization for categorical configurations and application to turbine blade cooling structures

    Article • Engineering Optimization, December 2024, Taylor & Francis

    Weifei Hu

  9. A reduced order finite element-informed surrogate model for approximating global high-fidelity simulation

    Article • Structural and Multidisciplinary Optimization, December 2024, Springer Science + Business Media

    Weifei Hu

  10. A digital twin of intelligent robotic grasping based on single-loop-optimized differentiable architecture search and sim-real collaborative learning

    Article • Journal of Intelligent Manufacturing, October 2024, Springer Science + Business Media

    Weifei Hu

  11. Simulation of a Tidal Current-Powered Freshwater and Energy Supply System for Sustainable Island Development

    Article • Sustainability, October 2024, MDPI AG

    Weifei Hu

  12. A novel approach of wind turbine blade root load monitoring based on bearings vibrational data and a new AE-LSTM-Attention neural network

    Article • September 2024, Wiley

    Weifei Hu

  13. Collaborative robust topology optimization of FGMs considering hybrid bounded uncertainties based on the distance to ideal solution

    Article • Composite Structures, August 2024, Elsevier

    Weifei Hu

  14. A transferable diagnosis method with incipient fault detection for a digital twin of wind turbine

    Article • Digital Engineering, June 2024, Elsevier

    Weifei Hu

  15. Design and simulation of an off-grid marine current-powered seawater desalination and hydrogen production system

    Article • Renewable Energy, June 2024, Elsevier

    Weifei Hu

  16. Design and control of a parallel-axis twin-rotor counter-rotating marine current turbine for the shallow sea conditions

    Article • Renewable Energy, May 2024, Elsevier

    Weifei Hu

  17. A review of impact loads on composite wind turbine blades: Impact threats and classification

    Article • Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, May 2023, Elsevier

    Weifei Hu

  18. Petri Nets-Based Modeling Solution for Cyber–Physical Product Control Considering Scheduling, Deployment, and Data-Driven Monitoring

    Article • IEEE Transactions on Systems Man and Cybernetics Systems, February 2023, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Weifei Hu

  19. A grasps-generation-and-selection convolutional neural network for a digital twin of intelligent robotic grasping

    Article • Robotics and Computer-Integrated Manufacturing, October 2022, Elsevier

    Weifei Hu

  20. Construction of adaptive Kriging metamodel for failure probability estimation considering the uncertainties of distribution parameters

    Article • Probabilistic Engineering Mechanics, October 2022, Elsevier

    Weifei Hu

  21. Applications of robotics in floating offshore wind farm operations and maintenance: Literature review and trends

    Article • Wind Energy, July 2022, Wiley

    Weifei Hu

  22. Tailoring microstructure of metallic glass for delocalized plasticity by pressure annealing: Forward and inverse studies

    Article • Acta Materialia, November 2021, Elsevier

    Qingkun Zhao, Weifei Hu

  23. A computational framework for coating fatigue analysis of wind turbine blades due to rain erosion

    Article • Renewable Energy, June 2021, Elsevier

    Weifei Hu

  24. Design optimization of composite wind turbine blades considering tortuous lightning strike and non-proportional multi-axial fatigue damage

    Article • Engineering Optimization, November 2019, Taylor & Francis

    Weifei Hu, Dr Yeqing Wang

  25. Characterizing wind gusts in complex terrain

    Article • Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics", March 2019, Copernicus GmbH

    Weifei Hu

  26. A new seismic‐based monitoring approach for wind turbines

    Article • Wind Energy, December 2018, Wiley

    Weifei Hu

  27. Characterizing Wind Gusts in Complex Terrain

    Article • September 2018, Copernicus GmbH

    Weifei Hu

  28. Characterizing Wind Gusts in Complex Terrain

    Article • September 2018, Copernicus GmbH

    Weifei Hu

  29. Wind Gust Characterization at Wind Turbine Relevant Heights in Moderately Complex Terrain

    Article • Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology, July 2018, American Meteorological Society

    Weifei Hu

  30. Observed gust wind speeds in the coterminous United States, and their relationship to local and regional drivers

    Article • Journal of Wind Engineering and Industrial Aerodynamics, February 2018, Elsevier

    Weifei Hu

  31. Advanced Wind Turbine Technology

    Article • January 2018, Springer Science + Business Media

    Weifei Hu

  32. Reliability-Based Design Optimization of Wind Turbine Systems

    Article • January 2018, Springer Science + Business Media

    Weifei Hu

  33. Emerging Technologies for Next-Generation Wind Turbines

    Article • January 2018, Springer Science + Business Media

    Weifei Hu

  34. Modeling and Analysis of Offshore Floating Wind Turbines

    Article • January 2018, Springer Science + Business Media

    Weifei Hu

  35. Advanced Health Condition Monitoring of Wind Turbines

    Article • January 2018, Springer Science + Business Media

    Weifei Hu, Dr Wenxian Yang

  36. Structural Reliability Analysis of Wind Turbines: A Review

    Article • Energies, December 2017, MDPI AG

    Weifei Hu

  37. Statistical wind prediction and fatigue analysis for horizontal-axis wind turbine composite material blade under dynamic loads

    Article • Advances in Mechanical Engineering, September 2017, SAGE Publications

    Weifei Hu

  38. An FEA method for evaluating lightning interception efficiency of lightning receptors for wind blade

    Article • IEEE Transactions on Electromagnetic Compatibility, August 2017, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Dr Yeqing Wang, Weifei Hu

  39. Use of Seismic Analyses for the Wind Energy Industry

    Article • Journal of Solar Energy Engineering, July 2017, ASME International

    Weifei Hu

  40. Optimization of the composite wind turbine blade considering lightning strike safety

    Article • June 2017, ASME International

    Dr Yeqing Wang, Weifei Hu

  41. Investigation of gust-seismic relationships and applications to gust detection

    Article • Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres, January 2017, American Geophysical Union (AGU)

    Weifei Hu

  42. Reliability-based design optimization of wind turbine blades for fatigue life under dynamic wind load uncertainty

    Article • Structural and Multidisciplinary Optimization, April 2016, Springer Science + Business Media

    Weifei Hu

  43. Integrating variable wind load, aerodynamic, and structural analyses towards accurate fatigue life prediction in composite wind turbine blades

    Article • Structural and Multidisciplinary Optimization, October 2015, Springer Science + Business Media

    Weifei Hu

  44. A New Fatigue Analysis Procedure for Composite Wind Turbine Blades

    Article • January 2014, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

    Weifei Hu

  45. Structural optimization procedure of a composite wind turbine blade for reducing both material cost and blade weight

    Article • Engineering Optimization, December 2013, Taylor & Francis

    Weifei Hu

  46. Reliability Analysis of Wind Turbine Blades for Fatigue Life under Wind Load Uncertainty

    Article • September 2012, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

    Weifei Hu

  47. Multi-objective structural optimization of a HAWT composite blade based on ultimate limit state analysis

    Article • Journal of Mechanical Science and Technology, January 2012, Springer Science + Business Media

    Weifei Hu