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BSc, MSc, PhD, DIC, CEng, FIMechE
See:
http://scholar.google.co.uk/citations?user=dUx3ijAAAAAJ&hl=en
School of Mechanical, Aerospace and Civil Engineering
The University of Manchester, UK
Biographical Sketch:
She received her PhD and DIC at the Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine and is a fellow of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers. She gives lectures to Aerospace students and has published over 20 papers in international journals, in 14 of which she is the sole author. Her recent research is focused on creating efficient computer models and algorithms for the analysis of composite structures under various service conditions including buckling, impact, delamination, fracture, and stress corrosion.
Research Interests:
Analysis of structures using the finite element and boundary element methods
Shape and topology optimisation of engineering structures
Composite structures
Numerical optimisation algorithms
Fracture mechanics
Contact analysis
Teaching:
Aerospace structures (2nd yr)
Aerospace structures (3rd yr)
Numerical stress analysis (4th yr)
Solids and Structures(1st yr)
Selected Publications:
A. Tafreshi, “Buckling and post-buckling analysis of composite cylindrical shells with cutouts subjected to internal pressure and axial compression loads”, International journal of pressure vessels and piping 79 (5), 351-359, 2002
A. Tafreshi, “Efficient modelling of delamination buckling in composite cylindrical shells under axial compression”, Composite structures 64 (3), 511-520, 2004
A Tafreshi and CG Bailey, “Instability of imperfect composite cylindrical shells under combined loading”,
Composite structures 80 (1), 49-64, 2007
A. Tafreshi, “Delamination buckling and postbuckling in composite cylindrical shells under combined axial compression and external pressure”, Composite structures 72 (4), 401-418, 2006
A Tafreshi , “Delamination buckling and postbuckling in composite cylindrical shells under external pressure”, Thin-walled structures 42 (10), 1379-1404, 2004
A Tafreshi and T Oswald, “Global buckling behaviour and local damage propagation in composite plates with embedded delaminations”, International journal of pressure vessels and piping 80 (1), 9-20, 2003
A Tafreshi , “Numerical analysis of thin torispherical end closures”, International journal of pressure vessels and piping 71 (1), 77-88, 1997
A Tafreshi , “Instability of delaminated composite cylindrical shells under combined axial compression and bending”, Composite Structures 82 (3), 422-433, 2008
A Tafreshi and TE Thorpe, “Effects of local departures from nominal dimensions on stresses in thin torispherical end closures”, The Journal of Strain Analysis for Engineering Design 31 (4), 315, 1996
A Tafreshi and RT Fenner, “Design sensitivity analysis using the boundary element method”, The Journal of Strain Analysis for Engineering Design 28 (4), 283-291, 1993
A. Tafreshi. Design optimization using the boundary integral equation method. Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine:1990. eScholarID:133013
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