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Professor Alireza Maheri

School of Engineering, King’s College
University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen, UK

Biography:
Dr Maheri joined University of Aberdeen in 2016. Prior to that, he was a Senior Lecturer at the Department of Mechanical and Construction Engineering, Northumbria University (2009-2016) and a member of Aerospace Vehicle Architecture and Design Integration Research and Teaching Group, Department of Aerospace Engineering, University of Bristol (2007-2009). Dr Maheri has a BSc in Mechanical Engineering from Shiraz University, a Masters in Mechanical Engineering-Energy Conversion from Amirkabir University of Technology and a PhD in Mechanical Engineering-Design and Simulation of Adaptive Aero-structures from UWE Bristol.

Selected Publications:
Maheri, A., Noroozi, S., Toomer, C., & Vinney, J., WTAB, a Computer Program for Predicting the Performance of Horizontal Axis Wind Turbines with Adaptive Blades. Renewable Energy, 31(11), pp. 1673-1685, 2006. 

Maheri, A., Noroozi, S., Toomer, C., & Vinney, J., Efficient meshing of a wind turbine blade using force adaptive mesh sizing functions. Renewable Energy, 32(1), pp. 95-104, 2007.
Maheri, A., Noroozi, S. & Vinney, J., Decoupled design of wind turbine adaptive blades. Renewable Energy, 32(10), pp 1753-1767, 2007. 

Maheri, A., Noroozi, S. & Vinney, J., Application of combined analytical/FEA coupled-aero-structure simulation in design of wind turbine adaptive blades. Renewable Energy, 32(12), pp. 2011-2018, 2007. 

A. Maheri and A.T. Isikveren, “Variable-state design parameters in the design of aero-structures made of intrinsically smart materials”, High Performance Structures and Materials IV, 2008
Maheri and A.T. Isikveren. 2009. Design of wind turbine passive smart blades. European Wind Energy Conference, Marseille, France.
A. Niroomandi and A. Maheri, “Upgrading the ductility and seismic behavior factor of ordinary RC frames using fiber composite sheets”, Paper No. CD04-001, 3rd International Conference on Concrete and Development, pp 587-598, 2009
A. Maheri & A. Isikveren “Performance prediction of wind turbines utilizing passive smart blades: approaches and evaluation” Wind Energy, vol. 12, issue (2-3), pp 255-265. ISSN 1095-4244, 2010.
A. Maheri and A. Daadbin, “High performance finite element analysis of composite aeroelastic structures”, High Performance Structures and Materials, V. 2010
Maheri, A., A Finite Element Suite for Deformation Analysis of Composite Aeroelastic Structures Subjected to Operational Aerodynamic Loading, Proc. IMechE-C, Journal of Mechanical Science, 2011 

H. Zhang, A. Maheri, A. Daadbin and P. Hackney, “An analytical model for deformation analysis of wind turbine adaptive blades”, High Performance Structures and Materials VI, 2012
Hui Zhang and Alireza Maheri, “A software tool for optimizing structural and material configurations of wind turbine adaptive blades”, 3rd International Symposium on Environmental Friendly Energies and Applications (EFEA2014), 2014
Thuc P. Vo, Huu-Tai Thai, Trung-Kien Nguyen, Alireza Maheri and Jaehong Lee, “Finite element model for vibration and buckling of functionally graded sandwich beams based on a refined shear deformation theory”, Engineering Structures, Vol. 64, pp 12-22, April 2014
T. Macquart and A. Maheri. “Integrated Aeroelastic and Control Analysis of Wind Turbine Blades Equipped with Microtabs,” Renewable Energy. 2014, DOI: 10.1016/j.renene.2014.09.032
Masjedi, P.K., Maheri, A.: Chebyshev collocation method for the free vibration analysis of geometrically exact beams with fully intrinsic formulation. Eur. J. Mech. A-Solids 66, 329 (2017).
Pedram Khaneh Masjedi, Alireza Maheri and Paul M. Weaver, “Large deflection of functionally graded porous beams based on a geometrically exact theory with a fully intrinsic formulation”, Applied Mathematical Modelling, Vol. 76, pp 938-957, December 2019

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