Journal of Civil Engineering Research

Journal of Civil Engineering Research is an open access scientific journal intended to bring together the information in different areas of civil engineering around the world. The aim of this journal is to combine theory and practice in civil engineering and thus advancement of civil engineering sciences. It will provide a platform for academicians, researchers and engineers to share their experience and solution to problems in different areas of civil engineering.

Hasan Mirzabozorg

Editorial Board Member of Journal of Civil Engineering Research

Assistant Professor, KN Toosi University of Technology, Iran

Research Areas

Dam Engineering, Structural Engineering, Finite Element Analysis

Education

2001-2004Ph.DSharif University of Technology, Tehran, Iran, Structural Engineering
1998-2000M.Sc Sharif University of Technology, Tehran, Iran, Structural Engineering
1993-1998B.Sc "Sharif University of Technology, Tehran, Civil Engineering

Experience

2011-presentKN-Toosi University of Technology, Directorate for Academic Affairs
2007-2011Civil Engineering Department, K.N. Toosi University of Technology, Head Of Graduate Students Office
2004-presentCivil Engineering Department, K.N. Toosi University of Technology, Assistant Professor

Publications: Journals

[1]  Mirzabozorg, H., Lamea, M. & Sehat, H.R., Hydrodynamic Isolaton And 3d Seismic Response Of Concrete Arch Dams. Dam Engineering International Journal, Accepted to be published, 2011.
[2]  Hariri Ardebili, M.A. & Mirzabozorg, H.,Investigation of Endurance Time Method Capability in Seismic Performance Evaluation of Concrete Arch Dams, Journal of Dam Engineering, (Accepted for publishing 2011)
[3]  Hariri Ardebili, M.A. & Mirzabozorg, H.,Estimation of Concrete Arch Dams Responses in Linear Domain Using Endurance Time Method, Journal of Civil Engineering and Architecture, USA, David publishing, (Accepted for publishing 2011)
[4]  Hariri Ardebili, M.A., Mirzabozorg, H. & Akbari, M., Effects of foundation flexibility on seismic safety analysis of a double curvature arch dam, Disaster Journal, (Accepted for publishing 2011)
[5]  Mirzabozorg, H., Akbari, M. & Hariri Ardebili, M.A., Nonlinear seismic response of high arch dams to non-uniform excitation, Disaster Journal, (Accepted for publishing 2011)
[6]  Hariri Ardebili, M.A. & Mirzabozorg, H., Seismic Performance Evaluation and Analysis of Major Arch Dams Considering Material and Joint Nonlinearity Effects, ISRN Civil engineering journal, (Accepted for publishing 2011)
[7]  Hariri Ardebili, M.A. & Mirzabozorg, H., Reservoir Fluctuation Effects on Seismic Response of High Concrete Arch Dams Considering Material Nonlinearity, Journal of Civil engineering Research SAP, (Accepted for publishing 2011)
[8]  Mirzabozorg, H., Varmazyari, M. and Ghaemian, M." Dam-Reservoir-Massed Foundation System and Travelling Wave along Reservoir Bottom ", Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering, 30(8), 2010: 746-756.
[9]  Mirzabozorg, H., Varmazyari, M. and Noorzad, A." Nonlinear Seismic Behavior of Concrete Gravity Dams and Traveling Wave Effect along Reservoir Bottom ", Dam Engineering International Journal, XXI(1), 2010
[10]  Mirzabozorg, H., Kianoush, R. and Varmazyari, M. " Nonlinear Behavior of Concrete Gravity Dams and Effect of Input Spatially Variation ", Structural Engineering and Mechanics, An Int'l Journal Vol. 35 No. 3, 2010.
[11]  Mirzabozorg, H., Kianoush, R. and Jalalzadeh, B. "Damage Mechanics Approach and Modeling Nonuniform Cracking within Finite Elements for Safety Evaluation of Concrete Dams in 3D Space", Structural Engineering and Mechanics, An Int'l Journal Vol. 33 No. 1, 2009
[12]  Mirzabozorg, H., Ghaemian, M., Noorzad, A and Abbasi Zoghi, M. "Dam-Reservoir-Foundation Interaction Effects on Nonlinear Seismic Behavior of Concrete Gravity Dams Using Damage Mechanics Approach", International Journal of Earthquake Engineering and Engineering Seismology (EEE), 3, 2007: 52-60.
[13]  Mirzabozorg, H., Khaloo, A.R., Ghaemian, M. and Jalalzadeh, B. "Non-uniform Cracking in Smeared Crack Approach for Seismic Analysis of Concrete Dams in 3D Space", International Journal of Earthquake Engineering and Engineering Seismology (EEE), 2, 2007: 48-57.
[14]  Ardakanian, R. , Ghaemian, M. and Mirzabozorg, H. "Nonlinear behaviour of mass concrete in 3-D problems using Damage Mechanics approach" European Earthquake Engineering, Vol. 2, pp. 89-65, 2006.
[15]  Kianoush, M.R., Mirzabozorg, H. and Ghaemian, M. "Dynamic Analysis of Rectangular Liquid Containers in Three-Dimensional Space" Canadian Journal of Civil Engineering, 33: PP. 501-507, 2006.
[16]  Ghaemian, M., Kianoush, M.R. and Mirzabozorg, H. "Time Domain Dynamic Analysis of Rectangular Liquid Containers in Three-Dimensional Space" European Earthquake Engineering, Vol. 2, pp. 3-9, 2005.
[17]  Mirzabozorg, H., Ghaemian, M. "Nonlinear Behavior of Mass Concrete in Three-dimensional Problems Using Smeared Crack Approach", Earthquake Engineering & Structural Dynamics (EESD), 34, 247-269, 2005.
[18]  Mirzabozorg, H., Ghaemian, M. and M.R. Kianoush "Damage mechanics approach in seismic analysis of concrete gravity dams including dam-reservoir interaction" European Earthquake Engineering, Vol. XVIII-n.3, pp. 17-24, 2004.
[19]  Mirzabozorg, H., Khaloo, A.R. and Ghaemian, M. "Staggered solution scheme for three dimensional analysis of dam-reservoir interaction", The Journal of Dam Engineering, Vol. XIV, Issue 3, pp. 147-164, 2003.
[20]  Khaloo, A.R. and Mirzabozorg, H. Load distribution factors in skew bridges, Asian Journal of Civil Engineering, AJCE, 2(3), 233-243, 2001.
[21]  Khaloo, A.R. and Mirzabozorg, H. Load distribution factors in skew composite bridges with concrete longitudinal girders, Journal of Bridge Engineering, ASCE, 8(4), 241-244, 2003.

Publications: Conferences/Workshops/Symposiums

[1]  Hariri Ardebili, M.A., Mirzabozorg, H., & Estekanchi, H.E.,Capability of Endurance Time method in analysis of arch dams and prediction of joints behavior, Proceeding of the 6th International Conference in Dam Engineering, Lisbon, Portugal, Feb2011.
[2]  Hariri Ardebili, M.A., Mirzabozorg, H. & Ghaemian, M.,Seismic performance evaluation of high arch dams considering reservoir fluctuation, Proceeding of the 6th International Conference in Dam Engineering, Lisbon, Portugal, Feb2011.
[3]  Hariri Ardebili, M.A., Mirzabozorg, H., Ghaemian, M., Akhavan, M. & Amini, R.,Calibration of 3D FE model of DEZ high arch dam in thermal and static conditions using instruments and site observation, Proceeding of the 6th International Conference in Dam Engineering, Lisbon, Portugal, Feb2011.
[4]  Hariri Ardebili, M.A., Mirzabozorg, H., Akbari, M. & Hariri Ardebili, A.A.,Effects of foundation flexibility on seismic analysis of a double curvature concrete arch dam, Proceeding of the 5th Symposium on Advances in Science and Technology (5thSASTech), Mashhad, Iran, May2011.
[5]  Mirzabozorg, H., Akbari, M., Hariri Ardebili, M.A. & Sadrodini, M., Nonlinear seismic response of high concrete arch dams subjected to foundation non-uniform excitation, Proceeding of the 5th Symposium on Advances in Science and Technology (5thSASTech), Mashhad, Iran, May2011.
[6]  Hariri Ardebili, M.A. & Mirzabozorg, H.,Analysis of arch dams based on Endurance Time method considering material nonlinearity for mass concrete, Proceeding of the 6th International Conference on Seismology and Earthquake Engineering, Tehran, Iran, May2011.
[7]  Hariri Ardebili, M.A., Akbari, M., Mirzabozorg, H., & Danesh, F. Effects of near-fault ground motions in seismic performance evaluation of a symmetry arch dam on rigid and mass-less foundations, Proceeding of the 6th International Conference on Seismology and Earthquake Engineering, Tehran, Iran, May2011.
[8]  Hariri Ardebili, M.A., Akbari, M. & Mirzabozorg, H., Comparison of wave passage and incoherence effects on nonlinear non-uniform excitation of concrete arch dams, ANCOLD conference: The futre of dams, Melbourne, Australia, Oct2011, (Full paper accepted)
[9]  Mirzabozorg, H., Hariri Ardebili, M.A. & Amirpour, A.,Nonlinear Seismic Analysis of Concrete Arch Dams Using Discrete Crack and Smeared Crack Approaches, Proceedings of the 1st Makassar International Conference on Civil Engineering, Makassar, pp.1229-1239, Indonesia, 2010.
[10]  Mirzabozorg, H., Hariri Ardebili, M.A. & Amirpour, A.,Perimetral Joint Effects on Stress Distribution and Seismic Behavior of Arch Dams, Proceeding of the 34th IABSE Symposium, pp.364-371, Venice, Italy, 2010.
[11]  Mirzabozorg, H., Hariri Ardebili, M.A. & Amirpour, A.,Material and Joint Nonlinearity Effects on Seismic Performance Evaluation of High Concrete Arch Dams, Proceeding of the 9th International Congress on Advances in Civil Engineering, Trabzon, Performance Evaluation, Issue: Sep, pp.27-30, Turkey, 2010.
[12]  Hariri Ardebili, M.A. & Mirzabozorg, H.,Numerical Simulation of Reservoir Fluctuation Effects on Nonlinear Dynamic Response of Concrete Arch Dams, Advance Fluid Mechanics VIII (AFM), WIT Press, pp.427-438, Algarve, Portugal, 2010.
[13]  Hariri Ardebili, M.A., Mirzabozorg, H., & Ghaemian, M.,Predicting Concrete Arch Dams Stresses in Linear Domain Using Endurance Time Method, Proceeding of the 2nd International Conference on Dam Maintenance and Rehabilitation, pp.125-132, Zaragoza, Spain, 2010.
[14]  Hariri Ardebili, M.A. & Mirzabozorg, H.,Estimation of Concrete Arch Dams Responses in Linear Domain Using Endurance Time Method, Proceeding of the 5th Civil Engineering Conference in the Asian Region and Australasian Structural Engineering Conference, pp.144-149, Sydney, N. S. W., Australia, 2010.
[15]  Hariri Ardebili, M.A. & Mirzabozorg, H.,Reservoir Level Variation Effects on Nonlinear Seismic Responses of High Concrete Arch Dams, Proceeding of the 5th Civil Engineering Conference in the Asian Region and Australasian Structural Engineering Conference, pp.316-321, Sydney, N. S. W., Australia, 2010.
[16]  Hariri Ardebili, M.A. & Mirzabozorg, H., Crack Detection in Seismic Analysis of Concrete Arch Dams Using Endurance Time Method, 9th International Congress on Advances in Civil Engineering, Trabzon, Turkey, 2010.
[17]  Mirzabozorg, H. and Varmazyari, M. Concrete Gravity Dams and Traveling Wave Effect along Reservoir Bottom, World Academic of Science, Engineering and Technology (WASET), 58, 2009.
[18]  Mirzabozorg, H. and Kianoush R. Seismic Safety Evaluation of Concrete Arch Dams Using Damage Mechanics Approach, 14th World Conference on Earthquake Engineering (14WCEE), October 12-18 2008, Beijing, Chaina.
[19]  Mirzabozorg, H., Kianoush R. and Varmazyari, M. Traveling Wave Effects on Nonlinear Seismic Behavior of Concrete Gravity Dams, 14th World Conference on Earthquake Engineering (14WCEE), October 12-18 2008, Beijing, Chaina.
[20]  Noorzad, A., Mirzabozorg, H. and Ghaemian M. Earthquake Risk Reduction and seismic Safety Evaluation of Arch Dams Using Infinite Elements, 14th World Conference on Earthquake Engineering (14WCEE), October 12-18 2008, Beijing, Chaina.
[21]  Noorzad, A., Mirzabozorg, H. and Ghaemian M. Safety Evaluation of Concrete Gravity Dams Utilizing Nonlinear Foundation Effects, ICOLD 76th Annual meeting, June 2-6 2008, Sufia, Bulgaria.
[22]  Noorzad, A., Ghaemian, M. and Mirzabozorg, A., " Reducing Foundation Uncertainty for the Nonlinear Seismic Analysis of Concrete Arch Dams", Twenty-Second International Congress on Large Dms, Barcelona-Spain, 18-23 June 2006.
[23]  Ardakanian, R., Ghaemian, M. and Mirzabozorg, H. " Three dimensional nonlinear seismic analysis of concrete dams" 73rd Annual Meeting of ICOLD, Tehran, Iran, May 1-6 2005.
[24]  Kianoush, M.R., Hafez, A. and Mirzabozorg, H. " A parametric study on the seismic behavior of liquid containing structures based on ACI 350 code", 1st Canadian Conference on Effective design of Structures (CCEDS-1), July 2005, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.
[25]  Mirzabozorg, H. and Ghaemian, M."Nonlinear seismic response of concrete gravity dams using damage mechanics" 4th International Conference on Dam Engineering DM04, October 2004, Nanjing, China.
[26]  Mirzabozorg, H., Ghannad M.A. and Ghaemian, M., "Foundation Interaction Effect on the Seismic response of Amir-Kabir Arch Dam", Proceedings of the Fourth International Conference on Earthquake Engineering and Seismology, Tehran, Iran, May 12-14, 2003.
[27]  Mirzabozorg, H., Ghaemian, M. and Khaloo, A.R., "Effect of Reservoir Bottom Absorption on the Seismic Response of Arch Dams", Proceedings of the Fourth International Conference on Earthquake Engineering and Seismology, Tehran, Iran, May 12-14, 2003.
[28]  Akhavan, A., Ghaemian, M., Ardakanian, R., and Mirrzabozorg, H., "Dynamic Analysis of Karaj Dam", Proceedings of the Fourth International Conference on Earthquake Engineering and Seismology, Tehran, Iran, May 12-14, 2003. (In Farsi)
[29]  Mirzabozorg, H., Ghaemian, M. and Khaloo, A.R., "Staggered Displacement Method for Three-Dimensional Analysis of dam-Reservoir System", Proceedings of the Sixth International Conference on Civil Engineering, Isfahan University of Technology-Iran, May 5-7 2003 (15-17 Ordibehesht 1382).
[30]  Ardakanian, R., Akhavan, A., Ghaemian, M., and Mirrzabozorg, H., "Safety Evaluation of the Amir-Kabir Arch Dam in Iran", Proceedings of International Conferece on Hydropower and Dams, Hydro2003, Croatia, November 2003.

Publications: Books/Book Chapters

[1]  Kianoush, M.R. and Mirzabozorg, H. "Advances on Fatigue Damage and Fracture of Materials: Chapter 11; Cracking and Damage on Concrete Structures", WIT press, UK, 2004.