International Journal of Mechanics and Applications

International Journal of Mechanics and Applications publishes refereed articles on original research, short communications and reviews covering mechanics and applications of industrial materials. In addition to regular issues, special issues on specific subjects are published. These special issues contain invited reviews by eminent researchers in the specific field.

Farzad Ebrahimi

Editorial Board Member of International Journal of Mechanics and Applications

Assistant Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Tehran, Iran

Research Areas

Smart Materials and Structures, Plate And Shell Theory, Vibration Analysis of Continuous Systems, Composite Materials and Structures, Functionally Graded Materials and Structures, Finite Element Analysis, Fracture Mechanics

Education

2010Ph.DThe University of Tehran, Mechanical engineering department
2004M.ScThe University of Tehran, Mechanical engineering department
2002B.ScThe University of Tehran, Mechanical engineering department, Mechanical Engineering

Experience

2012-NowAssistant professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, International University of Imam Khomeini, Qazvin, Iran
2005-2012Research assistant, Smart materials and Structures Lab., Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran

Academic Achievement

Nominated as an Elite Ph.D student at university of Tehran in Mechanical Engineering (2008)
Candidate for TWAS Prizes for Young Scientists in Developing Countries by university of Tehran (2010)
Ranked 52nd among more than 9, 000 candidates participating in the nationwide university admission exam for M.Sc. in Mechanical Engineering (Applied Design), (2003)
Ranked 90th among more than 800, 000 candidates participating in the nationwide university admission exam for undergraduate studies in B.Sc. (1998)

Publications: Journals

[1]  F. Ebrahimi and A. Rastgoo, 2011, "Nonlinear vibration analysis of piezo-thermo-electrically actuated functionally graded circular plates", Archive of applied mechanics, Vol. 81(3) , pp. 361-383. (ISI)
[2]  F. Ebrahimi, H.A. Sepiani, 2011," Meshfree modeling of shape memory alloy wires thermomechanical behavior Analytical", International Journal of the Physical Sciences, Vol. 6 (20), pp. 4739-4748. (ISI)
[3]  F. Ebrahimi, 2011," A study on the influence of transverse shear and rotary inertia on the dynamic stability of cylindrical shells made from functionally graded material", Scientific Research and Essays Vol. 6 (11), pp. 2286-2295. (ISI)
[4]  F. Ebrahimi and A. Rastgoo, 2011, " An analytical model for free vibration analysis of smart annular fgm plates integrated with piezoelectric layers ", Majlesi Journal of Mechanical Engineering, Vol. 4(2) , pp. 31-42.
[5]  F. Ebrahimi, H. A. Sepiani, 2010, "An Investigation on the Influence of Transverse Shear and Rotary Inertia on Vibration and Buckling of Functionally Graded Cylindrical Shells", Mechanics of Advanced Materials and Structures, Vol. 17, 176-182. (ISI)
[6]  F. Ebrahimi and H.A. Sepiani, 2010, "Vibration and buckling analysis of cylindrical shells made of functionally graded materials under combined static and periodic axial forces", Advanced Composites Letters, Vol. 19, (2) , 67-74. (ISI)
[7]  F. Ebrahimi, A. Rastgoo and M. Nikkhah Bahrami, 2010," Investigating the thermal environment effects on geometrically nonlinear vibration of smart functionally graded plates", Journal of Mechanical Science and Technology, Vol.24 (3), pp.775-791. (ISI)
[8]  F. Ebrahimi and A. Rastgoo, 2009, "Nonlinear vibration of smart circular functionally graded plates coupled with piezoelectric layers", International Journal of Mechanics and Materials in Design, Vol. 5, 157-165.
[9]  F. Ebrahimi, A. Rastgoo and M.H. Kargarnovin, 2008,"Analytical investigation on axisymmetric free vibrations of moderately thick circular functionally graded plate integrated with piezoelectric layers", Journal of Mechanical Science and Technology, Vol.22, pp.1058-1072. (ISI)
[10]  F. Ebrahimi and A .Rastgoo, 2008, "An analytical study on the free vibration of smart circular thin FGM plate based on classical plate theory", Thin-Walled Structures, 46, 1402-1408. (ISI)
[11]  F Ebrahimi and A. Rastgoo, 2008, "Free vibration analysis of smart annular FGM plates integrated with piezoelectric layers", Smart Materials and Structures, Vol. 17-015044 (13pp), doi: 10.1088/0964-1726/17/1/015044.(ISI)
[12]  F. Ebrahimi and A. Rastgoo, 2008. "Free Vibration Analysis of Smart FGM Plates", International Journal of Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering, Vol. 2 No. 2, pp. 94-99.
[13]  H.A Sepiani, F. Ebrahimi, H. Karimipour, 2009 "A mathematical model for smart functionally graded beam integrated with shape memory alloy actuators, Journal of mechanical science and technology, Vol. 23, 3179-3190. (ISI)
[14]  F. Ebrahimi and A. Rastgoo, A. Feyz Dizaji, 2006, "On the existence of periodic solution for equation of motion of thick beams having arbitrary cross section with tip mass under harmonic support motion", International Journal of Mechanics and Materials in Design, Vol. 3 , pp. 29-38.
[15]  F. Ebrahimi and A. Rastgoo, 2009, "FSDPT based study for vibration analysis of piezoelectric coupled annular FGM plate" Journal of Mechanical Science and Technology", 23, 2157-2168. (ISI)
[16]  F. Ebrahimi, A. Rastgoo and A.A. Atai, 2009, "A theoretical analysis of smart moderately thick shear deformable annular functionally graded plate", European Journal of Mechanics-A/Solids, 28 962-973. (ISI)
[17]  F. Ebrahimi, M.H. Naei and A. Rastgoo, 2009, "Geometrically nonlinear vibration analysis of piezoelectrically actuated FGM plate with an initial large deformation", Journal of mechanical science and technology, 23, 2107-2124. (ISI)
[18]  H.A. Sepiani, A. Rastgoo, F. Ebrahimi and G. Arani A. 2010 "Vibration and buckling analysis of two-layered functionally graded cylindrical shell, considering the effects of transverse shear and rotary inertia", Materials and Design 31 1063-1069. (ISI)
[19]  F. Ebrahimi, 2010, "Dynamic Stability of FGM Cylindrical Shells", Journal of Advanced Research in Mechanical Engineering, 1 (2), 111-119.
[20]  A. Feyz Dizaji, H.A. Sepiani, F. Ebrahimi, et al., 2009, "Schauder fixed point theorem based existence of periodic solution for the response of Duffing's oscillator", Journal of mechanical science and technology, 23, 2299-2307.(ISI)
[21]  F. Ebrahimi and H.A. Sepiani, 2010, "Vibration and Buckling Analysis of Cylindrical Shells made of Functionally Graded Materials under Combined Static and Periodic Axial Forces", Advanced Composites Letters, 19 (2) , 77-84. (ISI)
[22]  F. Ebrahimi and H.A. Sepiani, 2010, "Transverse shear and rotary inertia effects on the stability analysis of functionally graded shells under combined static and periodic axial loadings", Journal of mechanical science and technology, 24(12) 1-9. (ISI)
[23]  M. Aghelinejad, K. Zare, F. Ebrahimi and A. Rastgoo, 2011, "Nonlinear thermomechanical post-buckling analysis of thin functionally graded annular plates based on Von-Karman's plate theory", Mechanics of Advanced Materials and Structures, 18, pp. 319-326. (ISI)
[24]  F. Ebrahimi, and A. Rastgoo, 2009, "Temperature effects on nonlinear vibration of FGM plates couples with piezoelectric actuators", An International Quarterly journal of solid mechanics, vol. 1, no. 4, 2009. pp. 271-288.
[25]  F. Ebrahimi, and M.H. Naei, 2008, Application of Galerkin mesh-free methods in Crack Propagation analysis of functionally graded plates , Journal of faculty of Engineering, vol. 42, no. 1, 2008. pp. 107-118 (in Persian)
[26]  F. Ebrahimi, and A. Rastgoo, 2009, Vibration analysis of thin circular FGM plate coupled with piezoelectric layers, Amirkabir journal-Mechanical engineering, vol. 41, no.1, 2009. pp. 1-8 (in Persian)
[27]  F. Ebrahimi, A. Rastgoo and M. Mousavi Mashhadi, 2009, Vibration analysis of thick circular FGM plate coupled with piezoelectric layers, Iranian Journal of Mechanical Engineering-Transaction of the ISME, vol. 11, no. 2, 2009. pp. 86-110 (in Persian)

Publications: Conferences/Workshops/Symposiums

[1]  F. Ebrahimi and A. Rastgoo, Nonlinear Free Vibration Analysis Of Smart Functionally Graded Plates Integrated With Piezoelectric Layers, Conference on Applications and Design in Mechanical Engineering, 25-26 October 2007, Kangar, Perlis, Malaysia.
[2]  F. Ebrahimi and A. Rastgoo ,On the Application of Mindlin's plate theory to free vibration analysis of piezoelectric coupled circular fgm plate, ASME Pressure Vessels and Piping Division Conference , July 27-31, 2008, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
[3]  A. Ghazavi, H. Sepiani, F. Ebrahimi, and A. Rastgoo, Steady State Response Evaluation Of Shape Memory Alloy Wire, ASME Pressure Vessels and Piping Division conference, July 23-27, 2006, Vancouver, Canada.
[4]  F. Ebrahimi and A. Rastgoo, On the application of classical plate theory in free vibration analysis of smart annular thin FG plate, Cansmart 2008, International Workshop, Smart Materials and Structures, 23-24 October 2008, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
[5]  F. Ebrahimi and A. Rastgoo, Nonlinear vibration analysis of piezoelectrically actuated smart FGM plate, Cansmart 2008, International Workshop, Smart Materials and Structures, 23-24 October 2008, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
[6]  F. Ebrahimi and A. Rastgoo, Free vibration of smart annular FGM plate based on first order shear deformation plate theory, 1st International composite conference, December 2008, Kish Island, Iran.
[7]  F. Ebrahimi and A. Rastgoo, Nonlinear vibration analysis of piezoelectrically actuated smart FGM plate, 1st International composite conference, December 2008, Kish Island, Iran.
[8]  F. Ebrahimi and A. Rastgoo, Classical plate theory application in vibration analysis of smart annular thin FGM plates, 17th Annual (International) Conference on Mechanical Engineering-ISME2009, Tehran, Iran.
[9]  F. Ebrahimi, Vibration and buckling analysis of functionally graded shells with transverse shear and rotary inertia, Proceedings of International Conference on Applications and Design in Mechanical Engineering (ICADME 2009), Kangar, Perlis, Malaysia.
[10]  F. Ebrahimi and A. Rastgoo, Nonlinear vibration analysis of piezo-thermo-electrically actuated smart functionally graded plates, Proceedings of International Conference on Applications and Design in Mechanical Engineering (ICADME 2009), Kangar, Perlis, Malaysia.
[11]  F. Ebrahimi and A. Rastgoo, Nonlinear vibration analysis of piezoelectrically actuated smart FGM plate, 7th International Conference on Composite Science & Technology (ICCST/7), 20-22 January 2009, Sharjah, UAE.
[12]  F. Ebrahimi, Geometrically nonlinear vibration of smart thermally actuated functionally graded circular plates, Proceedings of the ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress & Exposition (IMECE2010), November 12-18, 2010, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
[13]  F. Ebrahimi, A study on stability of functionally graded materials cylinders, Proceedings of the ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress & Exposition (IMECE2010), November 12-18, 2010, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.

Publications: Books/Book Chapters

[1]  F. Ebrahimi: "Smart functionally graded plates: Vibration Analysis of FGM plates coupled with piezoelectric layers", December 2010, Nova Science Publishers, New York
[2]  F. Ebrahimi: "Advances in Vibration analysis research", Intech Publication, Croatia, April 2011.
[3]  F. Ebrahimi, H.A. Sepiani, and A. G. Arani: "Progress in Analysis of functionally graded structures", Nova Science Publishers, NY, Oct. 2011.
[4]  F. Ebrahimi, "Smart functionally graded plates: Vibration Analysis of FGM plates coupled with piezoelectric layers", December 2010, Nova Science Publishers, New York.
[5]  F. Ebrahimi: "Piezoelectric Transducers", to be appeared Dec. 2011, Intech Publication, Croatia.