International Journal of Composite Materials

The International Journal of Composite Materials is a bimonthly peer-reviewed scientific journal. The journal covers all scientific and technological aspects of composite materials and their structures, including physical, chemical, artificial, mechanical, and other properties of Composite Materials as well as microscopic to macroscopic behavior studied both experimentally and theoretically.

Amir Refahi Oskouei

Assistant Professor, Islamic Azad University, Eastern Tehran Branch, Iran

Research Areas

Fracture and damage identification in composite materials, Fault detection in rotary device, Non-destructive testing (Acoustic Emission)

Education

2005-2010Ph.D.Mechanical Engineering, Amirkabir University of Technology (Tehran Polytechnic), Tehran, Iran
2003-2005M. Sc.Mechanical Engineering – Manufacturing & Product, Khaj-e-Nasir University of Technology, Tehran, Iran
1999- 2003B. Sc. Mechanical Engineering – Manufacturing & Product, Amirkabir University of Technology (Tehran Polytechnic), Tehran, Iran

Publications: Journals

[1]  A. Refahi Oskouei, H. Heidary, M. Ahmadi, M. Farajpour. Unsupervised Acoustic Emission Data Clustering for the Analysis of Damage Mechanisms in Glass/Polyester Composites, (Journal of Materials & Design)
[2]  M. Nazmdar, J. Yousefi, A. Refahi Oskouei, M. Ahmadi. Damage Categorization of Glass/Epoxy Composite Material under Mode II Delamination using Acoustic Emission Data: A Clustering Approach to Elucidate Wavelet Transformation Analysis (submitted to Composite Materials Journal),
[3]  M. Fotohi, M. Ahmadi, A. Refahi Oskouei. Monitoring the initiation and growth of delamination in composite materials using Acoustic Emission under quasi-static 3-point bending test(Journal of Plastic Reinforced composites).
[4]  M. Hajikhani, M. Ahmadi, A. Refahi Oskouei, M. Farajpour, A. Sharifi. Strain Energy Release Rate Assessment in Mode I Delamination of Foam Core Sandwich Composites by Acoustic Emission, journal of composite materials, 2010. IF = 0.806 , ERA =B ,
[5]  A. Refahi Oskouei, A. Zucchelli, A. Ahmadi, G. Minak. An integrated approach based on acoustic emission and mechanical information to evaluate the delamination fracture toughness at mode I in composite laminate, Materials and design, 2010. IF= 1.518, ERA= A
[6]  M. Hajikhani, A. Refahi Oskouei, M. Ahmadi, A. Sharifi. Progressive Fracture Evaluation in Composite Materials by Acoustic Emission Technique, Key Engineering Materials, 2011, ISSN: 1013-9826.IF= 0.363, ERA=C
[7]  A. Refahi Oskouei, M. Hajikhani, A. Ahmadi. Damage Progression and Residual Strength Evaluation in Sandwich Panels Loaded at the Center, Key Engineering Materials, 2011, ISSN: 1013-9826.IF= 0.363, ERA=C
[8]  R. Khamedi, A. Fallahi, A. Refahi Oskouei. Effect of Martensite Phase Volume Fraction on Acoustic Emission Signals Using Wavelet Packet Analysis during Tensile Loading of Dual Phase Steels, Materials and Design, 2010. IF=1.518, ERA=A
[9]  A. Refahi Oskouei, A. Ahmadi. Wavelet-based acoustic emission characterization of damage mechanism in composite materials under mode I delamination at different interfaces, eXPRESS Polymer Letters Vol.3, No.12 (2009) 804–813, DOI: 10.3144/expresspolymlett.2009.99. IF=1.4,
[10]  A. Refahi Oskouei, A. Ahmadi. Fracture Strength Distribution in E-Glass Fiber Using Acoustic Emission, J. Composite Materials, 2009. IF= 0.806, ERA=B
[11]  A. Refahi Oskouei, A. Ahmadi. Acoustic Emission Characteristics of Mode I Delamination in Glass/Polyester Composites, J. Composite Materials, 2009.IF= 0.806, ERA=B
[12]  A. Refahi Oskouei, A. Ahmadi. Using wavelet transform to locate acoustic emission source in composite plate with one sensor, Journal of the Acoustical Society of America (J. Acoust. Soc. Am.; 123 (5):3316 PubMed ID: 18530511 (May 2008). IF= 1.252, ERA=A
[13]  H. Heidary, A. Refahi Oskouei, M. Ahmadi. Mechanism detection of stress corrosion cracking by acoustic emission and effect of manufacturing process on AE signals, J. Acoust. Soc. Am.; 123 (5):3232 PubMed ID:18530511 (May 2008). IF= 1.252, ERA=A
[14]  A. Refahi Oskouei, M. Ahmadi, R. Khamedi. CHARACTERIZATION OF MODE I DELAMINATION IN COMPOSITE MATERIALS BY ACOUSTIC EMISSION (Journal of Pure and Applied Ultrasonics 2008).
[15]  R. Khamedi, A. Fallahi, A. Refahi Oskouei. The effect of martensite phase in dual-phase steels on Acoustic Emission signals under tensile loading. (Journal of Pure and Applied Ultrasonics 2008)

Publications: Conferences/Workshops/Symposiums

[1]  A. Refahi Oskouei, M. Ansari, M. Ahmadi. Analyzing of AE Signals by Wavelet to Investigate Damage Mechanisms in Composite Materials, (ICU2007, 9-12 April, Vienna-Austria, 2007).
[2]  S. Akhshik, A. Agahi, A. Refahi Oskouei, A. Ahmadi. The use of ultrasonic for determination of third-order elastic constants, (ICU2007, 9-12 April, Vienna-Austria, 2007).
[3]  S. Akhshik, A. Agahi, A. Refahi Oskouei, A. Ahmadi. Nondestructive evaluation of residual stresses due to multipass welding in dissimilar pipe welded joint using Rayleigh wave method, (ICU2007, 9-12 April, Vienna-Austria, 2007)
[4]  S. Akhshik, A. Agahi, A. Refahi Oskouei, A. Ahmadi. Quantitative Evaluation of the Depth of a Surface–breaking Crack Using Rayleigh Surface Waves, (ICU2007, 9-12 April, Vienna-Austria, 2007).
[5]  S. Akhshik, A. Agahi, A. Refahi Oskouei, A. Ahmadi. Simulation of Elastic Wave Propagation in Prestressed Bodies, (ICU2007, 9-12 April, Vienna-Austria, 2007).
[6]  H. Heidary, A. Refahi Oskouei, A. Ahmadi. Mechanism detection of stress corrosion cracking during static U-bend tests on 304 stainless steel by signal processing of acoustic emission, (SCC Conference, Malaysia, 2007).
[7]  A. Refahi Oskouei, A. Ahmadi. Using wavelet transform to locate acoustic emission source in composite plate with one sensor (Acoustics2008, France, 30 Jun-4 July, 2008).
[8]  H. Heidary, A. Refahi Oskouei, A. Ahmadi. Mechanism detection of stress corrosion cracking by acoustic emission and effect of manufacturing process on AE signals (Acoustics2008, France, and 30th Jun-4th July, 2008).
[9]  A. Amia, M. Esmaili, H. Faraji, A. Refahi Oskouei. Classification of acoustic emission signals from different sources by using three-layer supervised neural network (The 2nd International Conference on Technical Inspection and NDT (TINDT2008)-October 2008-Tehran, Iran). Winner of The Best Young Researcher Award.
[10]  A. Amia, M. Esmaili, H. Faraji, A. Refahi Oskouei. Clustering of Acoustic Emission Sources by Using of Neuro-Fuzzy Method (The 2nd International Conference on Technical Inspection and NDT (TINDT2008)- October 2008-Tehran, Iran).
[11]  A. Refahi Oskouei, M. Ahmadi, R. Khamedi. CHARACTERIZATION OF MODE I DELAMINATION IN COMPOSITE MATERIALS BY ACOUSTIC EMISSION, (International Symposium on ultrasonics, India, Dec. 4-6 2008)
[12]  R. Khamedi, A. Fallahi, A. Refahi Oskouei. The effect of martensite phase in dual-phase steels on Acoustic Emission signals under tensile loading, (International Symposium on ultrasonics, India, Dec. 4-6 2008)
[13]  A. Refahi Oskouei, M. Ahmadi. Damage monitoring of composite materials by using acoustic emission (12th International Conference on Fracture, ICF 2009, Ottawa, Canada, 12-18 July 2009).
[14]  A. Refahi Oskouei, M. Ahmadi, Influence of mid-plane layout in mode I delamination of glass/polyester composites by acoustic emission monitoring, ( ICU2009, 11-17 Jan. 2009, Santiago, Chile).
[15]  R. Khamedi, A. Fallahi, A. Refahi Oskouei, M. Ahmadi, Wavelet based of Acoustic Emission signals processing for damage detection in Dual-Phase steels ( ICU2009, 11-17 Jan. 2009, Santiago, Chile).
[16]  A. Refahi Oskouei, H. Heidary, M. Ahmadi. Acoustic Emission Assessment of FRP Composites Delamination (Proceedings of the ASME 2010 10th Biennial Conference on Engineering Systems Design and Analysis ESDA2010 July 12-14, 2010, Istanbul, Turkey).
[17]  H. Heidary, A. Refahi Oskouei, M. Ahmadi. Acoustic Emission Signal Analysis by Wavelet Method to Investigate Damage Mechanisms During Drilling of Composite Materials (Proceedings of the ASME 2010 10th Biennial Conference on Engineering Systems Design and Analysis ESDA2010 July 12-14, 2010, Istanbul, Turkey).
[18]  B. Moosaloo, A. Refahi Oskouei, H. Heidary. Dynamic Behavior of Functionally Graded Cylindrical Shell under Impact Load, (Proceedings of the ASME 2010 10th Biennial Conference on Engineering Systems Design and Analysis ESDA2010 July 12-14, 2010, Istanbul, Turkey).
[19]  M. Hajikhani, A. Refahi Oskouei, M. Ahmadi, A. Sharifi. Progressive Fracture Evaluation in Composite Materials by Acoustic Emission Technique (Sixth International Conference on MATERIALS STRUCTURE & MICROMECHANICS OF FRACTURE MSMF-6 in Brno, Czech Republic June 28-30, 2010).
[20]  A. Refahi Oskouei, M. Hajikhani, M. Ahmadi, A. Sharifi. Damage Progression and Residual Strength Evaluation in Sandwich Panels Loaded at the Center (Sixth International Conference on MATERIALS STRUCTURE & MICROMECHANICS OF FRACTURE MSMF-6 in Brno, Czech Republic June 28-30, 2010).
[21]  R. Khamedi, A. Refahi Oskouei, G. Minak, A. Zucchelli. Effectofmartensitephase morphologyonacousticemissionsignalsusingenergyanalysisduringtensile loadingofdualphasesteels, (International Congress on Ultrasonics, ICU2011, 5-8 September 2011, Gdansk, Poland.)
[22]  M. Hajikhani, R. Khamedi, M. Ahmadi, A. Refahi Oskouei. Study of Failure Mechanisms at Mode I Delamination in Glass/Polyester Composites by Acoustic Emission Monitoring, (International Congress on Ultrasonics, ICU2011, 5-8 September 2011, Gdansk, Poland.)
[23]  A. Refahi Oskouei, R. Khamedi. Emission Data Clustering for Analyzing Damage Mechanism in Glass/Polyester Composites under Mode I Delamination, (International Congress on Ultrasonics, ICU2011, 5-8 September 2011, Gdansk, Poland.)