Advances in Life Sciences

Advances in Life Sciences is an international journal publishing articles that emphasize the molecular, cellular, and functional basis of therapy. All articles are rigorously reviewed. The journal favors publication of full-length papers where modern scientific technologies are used to explain molecular, cellular and physiological mechanisms.

Behzad Fatahi

Editorial Board Member of Advances in Life Sciences

Assistant Professor, University of Technology Sydney, Australia

Research Areas

Geotechnical Engineering, Soil-Structure Interaction and Erathquake Geomechanics, Bioengineering, Ground Improvement Techniques, Viscous Behaviour Clays, Unsaturated Soils, Embankment Dam Design and Construction

Education

Ph.DCivil Engineering, University of Wollongong, Australia
MEngCivil Engineering, Tehran University of Polytechnique, Tehran
BengCivil Engineering, University of Tehran, Tehran

Experience

presentSenior Lecturer, School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Technology Sydney

Membership

Core Member, Centre for Built Infrastructure Research
Associate Member, Centre for Technology in Water and Wastewater
Engineers Australia, MIEAust, CPEng
National Professional Engineers Register (NPER)
Australian Geomechanics Society (AGS)
Railway Technical Society of Australasia (RTSA)
International Society of Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering (ISSMGE)
American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)
Member, Institution of Engineers, Australia

Publications: Journals

[1]  Fatahi, B., Khabbaz, H. & Basack, S. 2011, 'Effects Of Salinity And Sand Content On Liquid Limit And Hydraulic Conductivity', Australian Geomechanics Journal, vol. 46, no. 1, pp. 67-76.
[2]  Hokmabadi, A.S., Fakher, A. & Fatahi, B. 2011, 'SEISMIC STRAIN WEDGE MODEL FOR ANALYSIS OF SINGLE PILES UNDER LATERAL SEISMIC LOADING', Australian Geomechanics Journal, vol. 46, no. 1, pp. 31-41.
[3]  Fatahi, B., Khabbaz, H. & Indraratna, B. 2010, 'Bioengineering ground improvement considering root water uptake model', Ecological Engineering, vol. 36, no. 2, pp. 222-229.
[4]  Fatahi, B., Khabbaz, H. & Indraratna, B. 2009, 'Parametric studies on bioengineering effects of tree root-based suction on ground behaviour', Ecological Engineering, vol. 35, no. 10, pp. 1415-1426.
[5]  Fatahi, B., Indraratna, B. & Khabbaz, H. 2007, 'Soft Soil Improvement Induced by Tree Root Suction', Australian Geomechanics Journal, vol. 42, no. 4, pp. 13-18.
[6]  Indraratna, B., Fatahi, B. & Khabbaz, H. 2006, 'Numerical analysis of matric suction effects of tree roots', Proceedings of Institution of Civil Engineers, Geote..., vol. 159, no. 2, pp. 77-90.

Publications: Conferences/Workshops/Symposiums

[1]  Fatahi, B. & Khabbaz, H. 2011, 'Enhancement of Ballasted Rail Track Performance Using Geosynthetics', The 2011 Geohunan International Conference, Hunan, China, June 2011 in Advances in Pile Foundations, Geosynthetics, Geoinvestigations, and Foundation Failure Analysis and Repairs (GSP 220) Proceedings of the 2011 GeoHunan International Conference, ed Adam F. Sevi; Jiuyuan Liu; Cheng-wei Chen; Sao-Jeng Chao, ASCE, USA, pp. 222-230.
[2]  Fatahi, B., Tabatabaiefar, S. & Samali, B. 2011, 'Performance Based Assessment of Dynamic Soil-Structure Interaction Effects on Seismic Response of Building Frames', GEORISK 2011-Geotechnical Risk Assessmenl & Management, Atlanta, Georgia, USA, June 2011 in PROCEEDINGS OF GEORISK 2011-Geotechnical Risk Assessmenl & Management (Geotechnical Special Publication No. 224), ed C. Hsein Juang; Kok Kwang Phoon; Anand J. Puppala; Russell A. Green; Gordon A. Fenton, American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE), USA, pp. 344-351.
[3]  Samali, B., Fatahi, B. & Tabatabaiefar, S. 2011, 'Seismic behaviour of concrete moment resisting buildings on soft soil considering soil-structure interaction', Australasian Conference on the Mechanics of Structures and Materials (ACMSM21), Melbourne, Australia, December 2010 in Incorporating Sustainable Practice in Mechanics of Structures and Materials-Proceedings of the 21st Australasian Conference on the Mechanics of Structures and Materials (ACMSM21), ed Sam Fragomeni, Srikanth Venkatesan, Nelson T.K. Lam, Sujeeva Setunge, CRC Press/Balkema, The Netherlands, pp. 407-412.
[4]  Shrestha, B., Khabbaz, H. & Fatahi, B. 2011, 'Performance Analysis of Reinforced Soil Foundation Structures With Vertical Reinforcement', The 3rd International Conference on Geotechnical Engineering for Disaster Mitigation and Rehabilitation (3ICGEDMAR 2011), Indonesia, May 2011 in Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Geotechnical Engineering for Disaster Mitigation and Rehabilitation (3ICGEDMAR 2011), ed S. P. R. Wardani, J. Chu, S. C. Robert Lo, S. Iai, K. K. Phoon, World Sciencetific, Singapore, pp. 443-448.
[5]  Tabatabaiefar, S., Fatahi, B. & Samali, B. 2011, 'Effects of Dynamic Soil-Structure Interaction on Performance Level of Moment Resisting Buildings Resting on Different Types of Soil', Pacific Conference on Earthquake Engineering (PCEE)-'Building an Earthquake Resilient Society', New Zealand, April 2011 in Proceedings of the 2011 Pacific Conference on Earthquake Engineering (PCEE), ed Technical Committee, New Zealand Society for Earthquake Engineering Inc., New Zealand, pp. 1-8.
[6]  Fatahi, B., Tabatabaiefar, S. & Samali, B. 2010, 'Influence Of Soil Characteristics On Seismic Response Of Mid-Rise Moment Resisting Buildings Considering Soil-Structure Interaction', Seismic Engineering Design for Management of Geohazards, Sydney, NSW, Australia, October 2010 in Seismic Engineering Design for Management of Geohazards-Proceedings of the 2010 Symposium, ed Cholachat Rujikiatkamjorn, Jessica McUveen, Roberta Lamont and Mike Haysler, The Australian Geomechanics Society, NSW, Australia, pp. 67-74.
[7]  Parsa Pajouh, A., Fatahi, B. & Khabbaz, H. 2010, 'Uncertainties of Smear Zone Characteristics in the Design of Preloading with Prefabricated Vertical Drains', The 4th International Conference on Geotechnical Engineering and Soil Mechanics (ICSESM 2010), Tehran, Iran, November 2010 in The 4th International Conference on Geotechnical Engineering and Soil Mechanics (ICSESM 2010), ed Technical Committee, Iranian Geotechnical Society (IGS), Iran, pp. 1-8.
[8]  Tabatabaiefar, S., Samali, B. & Fatahi, B. 2010, 'Effects of Dynamic Soil-Structure Interaction on Inelastic Behaviour of Mid-Rise Moment Resisting Buildings on Soft Soils', Australian Earthquake Engineering Society 2010 Conference, Perth, Western Australia, November 2010 in AEES Conference 2010-Australian Earthquake Engineering Society 2010 Conference, ed Kevin McCue, Sharon Anderson, Australian Earthquake Engineering Society, Perth, Australia, pp. 1-11.
[9]  Fatahi, B., Khabbaz, H. & Indraratna, B. 2008, 'Analysis of Matric Suction Effects Induced by Tree Roots on Rail Track Subgrade', Conference on Railway Engineering, Perth, WA, Australia, September 2008 in Conference Proceedings: CORE2008 Conference on Railway Engineering, ed John Goodall, Bill Singleton, RTSA, Australia, pp. 599-610.
[10]  Fatahi, B., Indraratna, B. & Khabbaz, H. 2008, 'Numerical and Experimental Study of Tree Influence on the Ground', Geo congress of the Geo-Institute of ASCE, New Orleans, USA, March 2008 in Proceedings of selected sessions of GeoCongress 2008: Characterisation, Monitoring, and Modelling of GeoSystems, ed Akram N. Alshawabkeh, Krishna R. Reddy, milind V. Khire, American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE), USA, pp. 694-701.
[11]  Indraratna, B., Khabbaz, H. & Fatahi, B. 2008, 'Conceptual Development and Numerical Modelling of Vegetation Induced Suction and implications on Rail Track Stabilisation', International Conference of International Association for Computer Methods and Advances in Geomechanics, Goa, India, October 2008 in Proceedings of the 12th International Conference of International Association for Computer Methods and Advances in Geomechanics (IACMAG), ed Mahendra N. Jadhav, O. B. Bhendigeri, B. Hanumantha Rao, Anjan Patel, S. Shanthakumar, Suchit D. Gumaste, Sudarshan B.Shinde, Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay, Mumbai, India, pp. 4335-4344.
[12]  Fatahi, B., Indraratna, B. & Khabbaz, H. 2007, 'Analyzing Soft Ground Improvement Caused by Tree Root Suction', Geo-Denver 2007: New Peaks in Geotechnics, Denver, Colorado, USA, February 2007 in Advances in Measurement and Modeling of Soil Behavior: Proceedings of Sessions of Geo-Denver 2007, ed Don J. DeGroot, Cumaraswamy Vipulanandan, Jerry A. Yamamuro, Victor N. Kaliakin, Poul V. Lade, Mourad Zeghal, Usama El Shamy, Ning Lu, Chung R. Song, American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE), USA, pp. 1-10.
[13]  Fatahi, B., Indraratna, B. & Khabbaz, H. 2007, 'Enhanced numerical analysis of ground behaviour influenced by tree root suction', Australia New Zealand Geomechanics conference, Brisbane, Australia, October 2007 in Common Ground: Proceedings of the 10th Australia and New Zealand Conference on Geomechanics, ed Jay Ameratunga, Brett Taylor, Matthew Patten, Coffey Geotechnics, Australia, pp. 142-147.
[14]  Fatahi, B., Indraratna, B. & Khabbaz, H. 2006, 'Modelling of soil improvement induced by tree root suction', Sydney Chapter 2006 Symposium, Sydney, Australia, October 2006 in Soft Ground Engineering: Proceedings of the Sydney Chapter 2006 Symposium, ed Henk Buys, Paul Hewitt, Richard Moyle, Engineers Australia, ACT, Australia, pp. 155-166.
[15]  Fatahi, B. & Indraratna, B. 2006, 'Sensitivity analysis to examine tree root effectiveness in soft ground stabilisation', European Conference on Numerical Methods in Geotechnical Engineering, Austria, September 2006 in Proceedings of the 6th European Conference on Numerical Methods in Geotechnical Engineering, ed Helmut F. Schweiger, Balkema, Taylor & Francis Group, Netherlands, pp. 735-741.
[16]  Indraratna, B., Fatahi, B. & Khabbaz, H. 2006, 'Numerical Prediction of Vadose Zone Behaviour Influenced by Vegetation', International Conference on Unsaturated Soils, Arizona, USA, April 2006 in Proceedings of the 4th International Conference of Unsaturated Soils, ed Gerald A. Miller, Claudia E. Zapata, Sandra L. Houston, Delwyn G. Fredlund, American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE), USA, pp. 2256-2267.
[17]  Indraratna, B., Fatahi, B., Khabbaz, H. 2006, 'Parametric Study on Suction Effects Induced by Tree Roots on Ground Conditions', Geo congress of the Geo-Institute of ASCE, Atlanta, Georgia, USA, February 2006 in GeoCongress 2006: Geotechnical Engineering in the Information Technology Age, Proceedings of GeoCongress 2006, ed Don J. DeGroot, Jason T. DeJong, J. David Frost, Laurie G. Baise, American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE), USA, pp. 158-163.

Publications: Books/Book Chapters

[1]  Indraratna, B., Fatahi, B. & Khabbaz, H. 2007, 'Finite Element Modelling of Soil-Vegetation Interaction' in T. Schanz (eds), Theoretical and Numerical Unsaturated Soil Mechanics, Springer VB, Germany, pp. 211-223.