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Farshid Mossaiby

Associate Professor, University of Isfahan
Researcher, Helmholtz-Zentrum Hereon, Germany

  • Former head, Dept. of Civil Eng., University of Isfahan
  • Former deputy of education, Dept. of Civil Eng., University of Isfahan
Education
  • BSc in Civil Engineering, Isfahan University of Technology, 1996-2000
  • MSc in Civil Engineering, Isfahan University of Technology, 2000-2003
  • PhD in Civil Engineering, Isfahan University of Technology, 2004-2010
MSc thesis

An investigation on error recovery methods for error estimation in 3D finite element problems

Supervisor: Prof. B. Boroomand

PhD thesis

Solution of solid mechanics’ problems in bounded and unbounded domains, using semi-analytic and finite element methods

Supervisor: Prof. B. Boroomand

Selected Publications
  1. Mossaiby, F., Rossi, R., Dadvand, P. and Idelsohn, S., “OpenCL-based implementation of an unstructured edge-based finite element convection-diffusion solver on graphics hardware”, International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering, Vol. 89, pp. 1635–1651, 2012.
    DOI: 10.1002/nme.3302
  2. Rossi, R., Mossaiby, F., and Idelsohn, S., “A portable OpenCL-based unstructured edge-based Finite Element Navier-Stokes solver on graphics hardware”, Computers & Fluids, Vol. 81, pp. 134–144, 2013.
    DOI: 10.1016/j.compfluid.2013.04.017
  3. Soleimanifar, E., Boroomand, B., and Mossaiby, F., “A meshless method using local exponential basis functions with weak continuity up to a desired order”, Computational Mechanics, Vol. 53, pp. 1355–1374, 2014.
    DOI: 10.1007/s00466-014-0979-3
  4. Mossaiby, F., Bazrpach, M. and Shojaei, A., “Extending the method of exponential basis functions to problems with singularities”, Engineering Computations, Vol. 32, No. 2, pp. 406–423, 2015.
    DOI: 10.1108/EC-01-2014-0019
  5. Shojaei, A., Boroomand, B. and Mossaiby, F., “A simple meshless method for challenging engineering problems”, Engineering Computations, Vol. 32, No. 6, pp. 1567–1600, 2015.
    DOI: 10.1108/EC-06-2014-0131
  6. Mossaiby, F., Ghaderian, M. and Rossi, R., “Implementation of a generalized exponential basis functions method for linear and non-linear problems”, International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering, Vol. 105, pp. 221–240, 2016.
    DOI: 10.1002/nme.4985
  7. Haftbaradaran, H. and Mossaiby, F., “A theoretical investigation of size-dependent composition and stresses in nanowires and nanotubes of ceria”, Scripta Materialia, Vol. 114, pp. 142–145, 2016.
    DOI: 10.1016/j.scriptamat.2015.12.006
  8. Haftbaradaran, H. and Mossaiby, F., “Continuum modeling of size effects on the composition and stresses in nanoparticles of ionic solids with application to ceria”, Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids, Vol. 88, pp. 1–11, 2016.
    DOI: gateio
  9. Mossaiby, F. and Ghaderian, M., “A preliminary study on the meshless local exponential basis functions method for non-linear and variable coefficient PDEs”, Engineering Computations, Vol. 33, No. 8, pp. 2238–2263, 2016.
    DOI: 10.1108/EC-07-2015-0208
  10. Haftbaradaran, H., Maddahian, A. and Mossaiby, F., “A fracture mechanics study of the phase separating planar electrodes: Phase field modeling and analytical results”, Journal of Power Sources, Vol. 350, pp. 127–139, 2017.
    DOI: 10.1016/j.jpowsour.2017.03.073
  11. Yazdanparast, M., Voosoghi, B. and Mossaiby, F., “Determination of Cerro Blanco volcano deformation field using method of fundamental solutions”, Geomatics, Natural Hazards and Risk, Vol. 8, No. 2, pp. 1258–1275, 2017.
    DOI: 10.1080/19475705.2017.1310765
  12. Shojaei, A., Mossaiby, F., Zaccariotto, M. and Galvanetto, U., “The meshless finite point method for transient elastodynamic problems”, Acta Mechanica, Vol. 228, No. 10, pp. 3581–3593, 2017.
    DOI: 10.1007/s00707-017-1894-4
  13. Mossaiby, F., Shojaei, A., Zaccariotto, M. and Galvanetto, U., “OpenCL implementation of a high performance 3D Peridynamic model on graphics accelerators”, Computers and Mathematics with Applications, Vol. 74, No. 8, pp. 1856–1870, 2017.
    DOI: 10.1016/j.camwa.2017.06.045
  14. Shojaei, A., Mossaiby, F., Zaccariotto, M. and Galvanetto, U., “An adaptive multi-grid peridynamic method for dynamic fracture analysis”, International Journal of Mechanical Sciences, Vol. 144, pp. 600–617, 2018.
    DOI: 10.1016/j.ijmecsci.2018.06.020
  15. Mossaiby, F., Joulaian, M. and Düster, A., “The spectral cell method for wave propagation in heterogeneous materials simulated on multiple GPUs and CPUs”, Computational Mechanics, Vol. 63, pp. 805–819, 2019.
    DOI: 10.1007/s00466-018-1623-4
  16. Yazdanparast, M., Voosoghi, B. and Mossaiby, F., “The method of fundamental solutions for solving the inverse problem of magma source characterization”, Geomatics, Natural Hazards and Risk, Vol. 10, No. 1, pp. 797–819, 2019.
    DOI: 10.1080/19475705.2018.1547324
  17. Esmizadeh, S., Haftbaradaran, H. and Mossaiby, F., “An investigation of the critical conditions leading to deintercalation induced fracture in two-phase elastic electrode particles using a moving interphase core-shell model”, European Journal of Mechanics - A / Solids, Vol. 74, pp. 96–111, 2019.
    DOI: BIGWIN123
  18. Shojaei, A., Mossaiby, F., Zaccariotto, M. and Galvanetto, U., “A local collocation method to construct Dirichlet-type absorbing boundary conditions for transient scalar wave propagation problems”, Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering, Vol. 356, pp. 629–651, 2019.
    DOI: 10.1016/j.cma.2019.07.033
  19. Bazazzadeh, S., Mossaiby, F., Shojaei, A., “An adaptive thermo-mechanical peridynamic model for fracture analysis in ceramics”, Engineering Fracture Mechanics, Vol. 223, 106708, 2020.
    DOI: 10.1016/j.engfracmech.2019.106708
  20. Goodarzi, D., Sookhak Lari, K., Mossaiby, F., “Thermal effects on the hydraulic performance of sedimentation ponds”, Journal of Water Process Engineering, Vol. 33, 101100, 2020.
    DOI: 10.1016/j.jwpe.2019.101100
  21. Mossaiby, F., Shojaei, A., Boroomand, B., Zaccariotto, M. and Galvanetto, U., “Local Dirichlet-type absorbing boundary conditions for transient elastic wave propagation problems”, Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering, Vol. 362, 112856, 2020.
    DOI: 10.1016/j.cma.2020.112856
  22. Bahramifar, S., Haftbaradaran, H. and Mossaiby, F., “Cohesive modeling of crack formation in two-phase planar electrodes subject to diffusion induced stresses using the distributed dislocation method”, International Journal of Mechanical Sciences, Vol. 194, 10683, 2021.
    DOI: 10.1016/j.ijmecsci.2020.106183
  23. Mossaiby, F., Sheikhbahaei, P. and Shojaei, A., “Multi-adaptive coupling of finite element meshes with peridynamic grids: robust implementation and potential applications”, Engineering with Computers, Vol. 39, pp. 2807–2828, 2023.
    DOI: 10.1007/s00366-022-01656-z
  24. Afshari, E., Mossaiby, F. and Bakhshpoori, T., “On the application of peridynamics to crack detection in membranes using an upgraded metaheuristic”, Meccanica, Vol. 57, pp. 2517–2531, 2022.
    DOI: 10.1007/s11012-022-01571-z
  25. Bahramifar, S., Mossaiby, F. and Haftbaradaran, H., “A local meshless method for transient nonlinear problems: preliminary investigation and application to phase-field models”, Computers and Mathematics with Applications, Vol. 124, pp. 163–187, 2022.
    DOI: 10.1016/j.camwa.2022.08.027
  26. Afshari, E., Mossaiby, F. and Bakhshpoori, T., “Metaheuristic-based crack detection in beam-type structures using peridynamics theory: a comparative study”, Mechanics of Advanced Materials and Structures, Vol. 31, pp. 2844–2858, 2024.
    DOI: 10.1080/15376494.2023.2164911
  27. Sheikhbahaei, P., Mossaiby, F. and Shojaei, A., “An efficient peridynamic framework based on the arc-length method for fracture modeling of brittle and quasi-brittle problems with snapping instabilities”, Computers and Mathematics with Applications, Vol. 136, pp. 165–190, 2023.
    DOI: 10.1016/j.camwa.2023.02.020
  28. Ongaro, G., Shojaei, A., Mossaiby, F., Hermann, A., Cyron, C. and Trovalusci P., “Multi-adaptive spatial discretization of bond-based peridynamics”, International Journal of Fracture, Published online.
    DOI: 10.1007/s10704-023-00709-8
  29. Sheikhbahaei, P., Mossaiby, F. and Shojaei, A., “Analyzing cyclic loading behavior of concrete structures: A peridynamic approach with softening models and validation”, Theoretical and Applied Fracture Mechanics, Accepted. Vol. 128, 104165, 2023.
    DOI: 10.1016/j.tafmec.2023.104165
Interests
  • Numerical methods (finite element and meshless methods)
  • Crack propagation, especially via Peridynamics
  • Scientific programming of numerical methods
  • Parallel programming on various platforms (MPI, OpenMP, CUDA and OpenCL)
  • Mobile application development on Android and iOS
  • System programming on Windows and Linux operating systems
Supervised Students
  • S. Amir Amiri (MSc), “Calculation of dynamic stiffness functions of foundations using a local meshless method”, 2012
  • Mehdi Ghaderian (MSc), “Solution of linear, variable coefficient and nonlinear solid mechanics problems using meshless local exponential basis functions method”, 2013
  • Maede Nasr (MSc), “Meshless local exponential basis functions in solution of singularity problems”, 2013
  • Parisa Sadeghian (MSc), “Exponential basis functions in solution of free-boundary problems in a meshless style: a case study of seepage through earth dams”, 2013
  • Ali Maddahian (MSc), “Diffusion induced stresses in nanoscale electrodes: a phase-field study”, 2015 (in cooperation with Dr. Haftbaradaran)
  • Arash Palizvan (MSc), “Extending the method of generalized exponential basis functions to viscoelastic plate problems”, 2015 (in cooperation with Dr. Amoushahi)
  • Saeed Bahramifar (PhD), “Analysis of crack nucleation in Li battery electrodes using the phase field model”, 2018 (in cooperation with Dr. Haftbaradaran)
  • Ehsan Afshari (PhD), “Crack detection in steel membranes and plates based on Peridynamic theory using metaheuristic optimization algorithm”, 2020
  • Pouria Sheikhbahaei (PhD), “Using Peridynamic theory to investigate crack propagation in concrete structures under cyclic loading”, 2021
  • Pouria Ghandi (MSc), “A local meshless method for solution of solid mechanics problems”, 2022
  • Mahsa Sotoudeh (PhD), “Reduction of computational cost in Peridynamics”, 2022
Honors and Awards
  • Best PhD thesis, Isfahan University of Technology, Isfahan, Iran, 2010.
  • Invited researcher, Centre Internacional de Mètodes Numèrics en Enginyeria (CIMNE), Barcelona, Spain, 2008, 2009, 2020.
  • Invited researcher, DAAD scholarship, Technische Universität Hamburg-Harburg (TUHH), Hamburg, Germany, 2016.
  • Invited researcher, Visiting Scientist 2017 one month scholarship, Università di Padova, Padova, Italy, 2017.
  • Distinguished researcher, Department of Civil Engineering, University of Isfahan, Iran, 2017.
  • Member of scientific committee and organizer of “meshfree and particle methods” session, 28th International Workshop on Computational Mechanics of Materials IWCMM28, Glasgow, UK, 2018.
  • Teaching staff, Erasmus+ program, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC), Barcelona, Spain, 2019.
Contact
Office

Room 38, Department of Civil Engineering, University of Isfahan, Isfahan, Iran

Email

mossaiby@eng.ui.ac.ir

Phone

+98 (31) 3793 5306

Fax

+98 (31) 3793 5085

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