HOREL: Hydrodynamics & Ocean Renewable Laboratory @ Strathclyde

We are a young team. We are an interdisciplinary research group. We are pursuing our interests. We are doing cutting-edge researches. That is HOREL.

We work on waves, ships, WECs, FOWTs, platforms. We also work on swimmers, fishes, ducks and falling leaves. We are interested in waves generated by a rain drop. We are also interested in hydrodynamics of a floating island.

Welcome to HOREL! Welcome to join us!

Dr. Zhi-Ming Yuan, Director of HOREL

Group photo 5th annual Oct 2022-2_edited

Our Latest News

MH2 Project WP5 Kick-off Meeting

Monthly meeting of HOREL team.

Prof. Atilla Incecik expressed great admiration and engaged in in-depth thorough discussion about the research topics of the HOREL team.

Riding the waves keeps ducks in a row.

The Guardian reported the latest original research of duck swimming of Dr. Zhi-Ming Yuan.

Merry Christmas & Happy New Year!

Christamas Meeting and Lunch in 2022.

Prof. Yulei Liao from Harbin Engineering Univerisity was invited to deliver a keynote speech.

Study on wave slamming characteristics of a typical floating wind turbine under freak waves.

Dr. Yuan received Ig Nobel Physics Prize

The 32nd First Annual Ig Nobel Prize ceremony was webcast yesterday on Thursday, September 15, 2022, at 6:00 pm (U.S. eastern time), and ten new Ig Nobel prizes were awarded. Dr Zhi-Ming Yuan shared the Ig Nobel prize in the field of Physics for “trying to understand how ducklings manage to swim in formation”

The 32nd First Annual Ig Nobel Prize Ceremony Thursday, September 15, 2022, 6 pm (U.S. eastern time)

Ig Nobel Prize Ceremony - Physics Prize

The 5th Annual Meeting of HOREL Group

The 5th Annual Meeting of HOREL Group is hosted in Henry Dyer Building on 14th October 2022. All members introduced their achievement in the last year on the physical-virtual hybrid meeting. Dr Laibin Jia and Mr Yi Huang gave an invited note speech.