National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University of Department of Civil Engineering

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Ying-Kuan Tsai

Associate Professor

Highest Degree：

Ph.D., Civil Engineering, University of Florida
Research Expertise：

Analysis, design, testing and evaluation of protective facilities, survivability and fragility assessment under explosive and/or impact loads, development of advanced engineering materials with high impact resistance capabilities, computational mechanics
Subjects：

Mechanics of Materials

Room 321, Engineering Building II
+886-3-571-2121 ext. 54939
jeremytsai0406[at]nycu.edu.tw

Experience

Projects

Publications

Resources

2024/08~present Associate professor, Department of Civil Engineering, NYCU

2024/02~2024/08 Professor, Department of Environmental Information and Engineering, CCIT, NDU

2020/08~2024/01 Associate Professor, Department of Environmental Information and Engineering, CCIT, NDU

2016/01~2020/07 Assistant Professor, Department of Environmental Information and Engineering, CCIT, NDU

2022/05~2022/08 Visiting scholar, Engineering School of Sustainable Infrastructure & Environment (ESSIE), University of Florida, USA

2024/02~2024/08 Director, Career Development Center, CCIT, NDU

2017/01~2024/03 Leader of the Military Engineering Group, Department of Environmental Information and Engineering, CCIT, NDU

2017/01~2024/08 Member of Military Facilities Engineering Consulting Group, Ministry of National Defense

Relevant experience

1. Member of Academic Activities Committee, Chinese Society of Structural Engineering

2. Member of Young Engineers Committee, Chinese Institute of Civil and Hydraulic Engineering

3. Member of the Science Popularization Committee, Society of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics

4. National Defense Science and Technology Academic Research Project of the Armament Administration censorship committee

5. Technical Editor, Journal of Chung-Cheng Institute of Technology

Project	Funding Agency	Project Duration
Comprehensive assessment of cervical spine and brain injuries resulting from ballistic and primary blast waves	MND	2025/1~2027/12
Dynamic compressive properties of Concrete Composites Reinforced with Metallic Hollow Spheres	MOST	2024/8~2025/7
Civil Space Interdisciplinary Project-Multiple sensors used in national critical facilities, bridges, and slope monitoring systems	MOST	2024/8~2025/7
Research on the mechanical and electromagnetic shielding properties of recycled and conventional carbon fiber modified converter stone concrete	MOST	2024/8~2025/7
Research on the surface treatment of basalt fiber and the static and dynamic mechanical properties of basalt fiber concrete	MOST	2023/8~2024/7
Research on the structural protection of tunnel bunkers to preserve the combat power of the national army	MDIDF	2024/2~2027/ 2
Development and application of new combat injury treatment materials, biodegradable magnesium alloy bone defect components	MDIDF	2024/2~2027/ 2
Numerical simulation and experimental research on improving the protective performance of national army anti-explosion bunkers	NCSIST	2022/7~2024/6
Research of the communication stations enhancement toward the protection of electromagnetic pulse and structure security for Information, Communications and Electronic Force Command	MND	2022/1~2024/12
Development of novel lightweight composite anti-explosion materials and structures	MND	2023/1~2025/12
Research on the Improvement of Explosion Resistant and Anti-Corrosion Performance of New Generation Aircraft Shelters	MND	2022/1~2024/12
Development and implementation of rapid-setting geopolymer concrete for airfield damage repair	MND	2022/1~2023/12
Research on Damage Evaluation and Parameter Establishment of Targets by Various Missiles	MND	2022/1~2023/12
Research on static and dynamic mechanical behavior of short fiber Kevlar concrete	MOST	2021/8~2022/7
Development and experimental investigation of precast fiber reinforced geopolymer concrete blast resistant panels	MOST	2020/11~2021/10
Experimental and numerical study on the blast resistant performance of geopolymer concrete	MOST	2019/8~2021/7
Experimental and numerical study on the blast resistant performance of geopolymer concrete	MOST	2019/8~2021/7
Performance Analysis and Simulation Study of Tracked Vehicles	NCSIST	2019/3~2019/12
Disaster prevention and relief application and camp surveillance system construction and development	MDIDF	2017/5~2019/12
Numerical simulation of pressure distribution in a simplified human ear canal model with impulse noise exposure	MDIDF	2018/8~2021/7
Research on Detection and Analysis of Polyurea Explosive Coatings and Application of Antiknock Performance	MOST	2018/6~2019/5
An energy flow approach to the assessment of the behavior of structural element under blast loads	MOST	2017/8~2018/7

Journal article

Yeou-Fong Li, Yu-Fang Liang, Jin-Yuan Syu, Chih-Hong Huang, Ying-Kuan Tsai, Man-Hoi Lok (2024, Dec). Static and Dynamic Mechanical Characteristics of 3D-Printed Anisotropic Basalt Fiber-Reinforced Cement Mortar. Journal of Building Engineering, 2024, 111692. (SCI, 1/189,,Q1 in Architecture, Impact Factor: 6.7). NSTC 112 2221-E-027-057.
Wu, Jia Wei, Hao Jhu Syu, Ying Kuan Tsai, Yeou Fong Li, Wei Hao Lee, Chang Yu Kuo, Chien Chin Chen, Wan Chun Lin, and Yu Wei Wang. “Experimental and Numerical Study on the Blast Resistant Performance of Geopolymer Concrete.” Key Engineering Materials. Trans Tech Publications, Ltd., August 29, 2024.
Chang-Yu Kuo, Ying-Kuan Tsai, Jo-Yen Nieh, Yi-Shiuan Tian (2024, Aug). An Experimental Study on Electromagnetic Shielding Effectiveness and Impact Resistance of UHPC for Protective Facilities. Key Engineering Materials, 983. 87-95.
Chien -Chin Chen, Ying- Kuan Tsai * , Yu-Kai Lin, Pin- Hsuan Ho, Chang- Chien-Chin Chen, Ying-Kuan Tsai*, Yu-Kai Lin, Pin-Hsuan Ho, Chang-Yu Kuo. 2023. "Experimental and Numerical Investigation of the Mechanical Properties of a Fiber-Reinforced Geopolymer Mortar Blast Resistant Panel," Polymers. 15, no. 16: 3440. [SCI, Q1 in Polymer Science, Impact Factor: 5.0]
Yeou-Fong Li, Guo-Wei Hao, Jin-Yuan Syu, Bian-Yu Chen, Wei-Hao Lee, Ying-Kuan Tsai*. 2023. "Use of Geopolymer and Carbon Fiber-Reinforced Polymer for Repairing Reinforced Concrete Deck Soffit," Materials. 16, no. 12: 4459. [SCI, Q2 in Materials Science, Impact Factor: 3.4]
Cheng-Wei Hung, Ying-Kuan Tsai*, Li-Kai Chien, Sheng-Jung Pi (2023). Numerical Study of a Near-Field Explosion using ALE Mapping Technique. International Journal of Protective Structures, 2023;0(0). [ESCI, Scopus, SCImago Journal Rank: Q2 in Building and construction, Impact Factor: 2.0].
Yeou-Fong Li, Yan-Ru Huang, Jin-Yuan Syu, Ying-Kuan Tsai*, Chih-Hong Huang (2022, Aug). A study on mechanical behavior of Kevlar fiber reinforced concrete under static and high-strain rate loading. International Journal of Protective Structures, 2023;14(3):407-437. [ESCI, Scopus, SCImago Journal Rank: Q2 in Building and construction, Impact Factor: 2.0].
Yeou-Fong Li, Kun-Han Yang, Pei-Yao Hsu, Jin-Yuan Syu, Shea-Jue Wang, Wen-Shyong Kuo, and Ying-Kuan Tsai. 2023. "Comparing Mechanical Characterization of Carbon, Kevlar, and Hybrid-Fiber-Reinforced Concrete under Quasi-static and Dynamic Loadings" Buildings 13, no. 8: 2044. [SCI, Q1 in Architecture].
Shih-Chieh Tseng, Kuo-Hsin Yang*, Ying-Kuan Tsai, and Fuchen Teng. 2022. "Investigation of the Blast-Resistance Performance of Geotextile-Reinforced Soil," Geosynthetics International. 0:0, 1-60. [SCI, Q1 in Engineering, Impact Factor: 4.5]
Yeou-Fong Li*, Hsin-Fu Wang, Jin-Yuan Syu, Gobinathan Kadagathur Ramanathan and Ying-Kuan Tsai (2022, Sep). Investigating the Mechanical Performance on Static and Shock Wave Loading of Aramid Fiber-Reinforced Concrete. Fiber, 2022, 10, 82. https://doi.org/ 10.3390/fib10100082. [ESCI, Scopus, Q1 in Civil and Structural Engineering]
Yeou-Fong Li, Gobinathan Kadagathur Ramanathan, Jin-Yuan Syu, Chih-Hong Huang, Ying-Kuan Tsai (2022). Mechanical behavior of different fiber lengths mix-proportions carbon fiber reinforced concrete subjected to static, impact, and blast loading. International Journal of Protective Structures, 2022;0(0). [ESCI, Scopus, SCImago Journal Rank, Q2 in Building and construction]
Murugan Subramani, Yu-Chih Tzeng, Li-Wei Tseng, Ying-Kuan Tsai, Gunng-Shinng Chen, Chen-Yuan Chung, Song-Jeng Huang (2021, Oct). Hot deformation behavior and processing map of AZ61/SiC composites. Materials Today Communications, 29(2021) 102861. [SCI, Q2 in Materials Chemistry]
Yeou-Fong Li*, Hsin-Fu Wang, Jin-Yuan Syu, Gobinathan Kadagathur Ramanathan, Ying-Kuan Tsai and Man Hoi Lok (2021, Oct). Mechanical Properties of Aramid/Carbon Hybrid Fiber-Reinforced Concrete. Materials, Vol. 14, No. 19, 5881. https://doi.org/10.3390/ma14195881. [SCI, Q2 in Physics and Astronomy]
Cheng-Wei Hung, Ying-Kuan Tsai, Tai-An Chen*, Hsin-Hung Lai and Pin-Wen Wu (2021, Jun). Numerical Study of Pressure Attenuation Effect on Tunnel Structures Subjected to Blast Loads. Applied Sciences, 2021, 11, 5646. [SCI, Q2 in Engineering & Multidisciplinary]
Yeou-Fong Li*, Jie-You Li, Gobinathan Kadagathur Ramanathan, Shu-Mei Chang, Ming-Yuan Shen, Ying-Kuan Tsai and Chih-Hong Huang (2021, Jun). An Experimental Study on Mechanical Behaviors of Carbon Fiber and Microwave-Assisted Pyrolysis Recycled Carbon Fiber-Reinforced Concrete. Sustainability, Special Issue: The Sustainable Composite Materials in Civil and Architectural Engineering, Vol. 13, 6829, June 2021. https://doi.org/10.3390/su13126829. [SCI, Q1 in Geography, Planning and Development]
Yeou-Fong Li, Kun-Fang Lee, Gobinathan Kadagathur Ramanathan, Ta-Wui Cheng, Chih-Hong Huang, and Ying-Kuan Tsai (2021, Feb). Static and Dynamic Performances of Chopped Carbon-Fiber-Reinforced Mortar and Concrete Incorporated with Disparate Lengths. Materials, 2021, Vol. 14, No. 4, 972. https://doi.org/10.3390/ ma14040972. [SCI, Q2 in Physics and Astronomy]
Yeou-Fong Li, Wai-Keong Sio, Tzu-Hsien Yang, Ying-Kuan Tsai*. 2020. "A Constitutive Model of High-Early-Strength Cement with Perlite Powder as a Thermal-Insulating Material Confined by Caron Fiber Reinforced Plastics at Elevated Temperatures," Polymers. 12, no. 10: 2369. [SCI, Q1 in Polymer Science]
Chi-Chieh Chen, Hung-Hui Li, Ya-Chu Chiu, Ying-Kuan Tsai (2020, Nov). Dynamic response of a physical anti-dip rock slope model revealed by shaking table tests. Engineering Geology, Volume 277, November 2020, 105772. [SCI, Q1 in Geology]
Cheng-Wei Hung, Ying-Kuan Tsai*, Tai-An Chen, and Pin-Wen Wu. 2020. "An Experimentally Validated Numerical Model for the Near-Field Explosion of an Ammunition Storage Magazine," Applied Sciences. 10, no. 19: 6849. [SCI, Q1 in Engineering]
Yeou-Fong Li, Wai-Keong Sio and Ying-Kuan Tsai* (2019, Dec). A Compressive Peak Strength Model for CFRP-Confined Thermal Insulation Materials under Elevated Temperature. Materials, Vol. 13, No. 26, January 2020. doi:10.3390/ma13010026. (SCI, (Physics and Astronomy: Condensed Matter Physics: 135/411).
Yeou-Fong Li, Tzu-Hsien Yang,* Chang-Yu Kuo and Ying-Kuan Tsai (2019, Aug). A Study on Improving the Mechanical Performance of Carbon-Fiber-Reinforced Cement. Materials 2019, 12, 2715; doi:10.3390/ma12172715. (SCIE, 97/439 (Q1) in 'General Materials Science').
Ying-Kuan Tsai*, Ted Krauthammer (2019, Jun). Energy Based Load-Impulse Diagrams with Multiple Failure Modes for Blast-Loaded Reinforced Concrete Structural Elements. Engineering Failure Analysis, 104 (2019) 830-843. (SCI, Q1 in 'Aerospace Engineering'). MOST 106-2218-E-606-006.
Ying-Kuan Tsai*, Ted Krauthammer (2017, Oct). Energy based load-impulse diagrams. Journal of Engineering Structures, Volume 149, 15 October 2017, Pages 64-77. (SCI, Q1 in 'Civil and Structural Engineering').

Conference papers

Chang-Yu Kuo, Ying Kuan Tsai, Jo Yen Nieh and Yi Shiuan Tian. “An Experimental Study on Electromagnetic Shielding Effectiveness and Impact Resistance of UHPC for Protective Facilities.” Key Engineering Materials (2024): n. pag.
Chang-Yu Kuo, Ying-Kuan Tsai, Yeou-Fong Li, (2023, Mar). Experimental and Numerical Investigation on Carbon Fiber Reinforced Cement. 8th International Conference on Building Materials and Construction (ICBMC 2023). published in Lecture Notes in Civil Engineering (ISSN: 2366-2557), which is indexed by Ei Compendex, Scopus etc.
Wei-Hao Lee, Ying-Kuan Tsai, Chien-Chin Chen, De-Wei Gao, (2023, Mar). Development of rapid-setting repair materials through one-part geopolymer technology. 8th International Conference on Building Materials and Construction (ICBMC 2023). published in Lecture Notes in Civil Engineering (ISSN: 2366-2557), which is indexed by Ei Compendex, Scopus etc.
Yeou-Fong Li, Wai-Keong Sio and Ying-Kuan Tsai (2019, Jul). A Constitutive Equation of Insulating Material Confined by CFRP Composite Material under High Temperature. 5th International Conference on Mechanics of Composites, Lisbon, Portugal.
Tsai, Y.K., and Krauthammer, T. (2018, Jul). Energy based load-impulse diagrams in assessment of multi-failure types of RC elements under blast loadings. 8th International Conference on Engineering Failure Analysis. MOST 106-2218-E-606-006.

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