Faradjollah ASKARI

Present Occupation: Assistant Professor at Geotechnical Research Center

E-mail: askari@iiees.ac.ir
Tel: +98 21 2280 1116-19
Fax: +98 21 2280 3656

Joined IIEES on Apr. 1991

Education

• Ph.D. (Geotechnical Engineering)
  Dissertation: : A Limit Analysis Method for Three Dimensional Seismic Stability Analysis of Nonhomogeneous Slopes - Department of Civil Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Tehran University, Iran, 1999.

• M.Sc.  (Soil Mechanics & Foundation Engineering)
  Thesis: An experimental investigation on dispersive clays - Department of Civil Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Tehran University, Iran, 1993.

• B.Sc. (Civil Engineering)
  Department of Civil Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Tehran University, Iran, 1989.

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Research/Teaching & Memberships

Research Interests

• Limit states in Soil Mechanics and its application in seismic problems

• Reliability analysis in Geotechnical Engineering

• Slope development from geotechnical point of view and three dimensional slope stability analysis

• Liquefaction potential evaluation methods

Active Projects

• Liquefaction potential evaluation by shear wave velocity measurement

• Seismic passive earth pressure by characteristics method

Recent Accomplished Projects

• Seismic bearing capacity of shallow foundations by Limit Analysis

• Effects of pore water pressure in three dimensional slope stability analysis

Teaching

• Soil Dynamics in Master Level

• Advanced soil Dynamics in Ph.D. Level

• Limit State methods in soil mechanics in Ph.D. Level

Membership

• Alumni Association of Faculty of Engineering, University of Tehran

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Professional Experience

Engineering

• Developing the Seismic Rehabilitation Guidelines for foundations, IIEES

• Cooperation in various projects on Evaluation of Geotechnical hazards potential evaluations, IIEES

Administration

• Head of the landslide Department, International Institute of Earthquake Engineering and Seismology (IIEES), 1999 - 2005

• Head of Analytical Soil Mechanics Department, International Institute of Earthquake Engineering and Seismology (IIEES), 2005-.

• Director of Research affairs (IIEES), 2005-.

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Selected Publications

• Askari, F., Azadi, A., Davoodi, M., Ghayamghamian, M.R., Haghshenas, E., Hamzehloo, H., Jafari, M.K., Kamalian, M., Keshavarz, M., Ravanfar, O., Shafiee, A. and Sourabi-Bidar, A. (2004) "Preliminary seismic microzonation of Bam", JSEE special issue on Bam Earthquake, 69-80.

• Askari, F. and Farzaneh, O. (2003) "Stability of Locally loaded Slopes", 4^th International Conference of Earthquake Engineering and Seismology, Tehran, Iran.

• Askari, F. and Farzaneh, O. (2003) “Upper-Bound Solution for Seismic Bearing Capacity of Shallow Foundations near Slopes”, Geotechnique 53, No. 8, 697-702

• Farzaneh, O. and Askari, F. (2003) "Three-Dimensional Analysis of Nonhomogeneous Slopes", Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering, ASCE, Vol. , No.2, 137-145

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