Mohsen KAMALIAN

Present Occupation: Associate Professor of Geotechnical Engineering Research Center

E-mail: kamalian@iiees.ac.ir
Tel: +98 21 2283 1118
Fax: +98 21 2280 3656

Joined IIEES on July, 2001

Education

• Ph.D. (Geotechnical Engineering)
  Dissertation: "Time Domain Two-Dimensional Hybrid FEM/BEM Dynamic Analysis Of Nonlinear Saturated Porous Media"; Civil Engineering Department, School of Engineering, Tehran University; 2001.

• M.Sc. (Geotechnical Engineering)
  Civil Engineering Department, School of Engineering, Tehran University; 1991.

• B.Sc. (Civil Engineering)
  Civil Engineering Department, School of Engineering, Tehran University; 1988.

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Research/Teaching & Memberships

Research Interests

• Site Effect (Geology and Topography), Seismic Zonation & Microzonation

• Wave Propagation Analysis of Porous Media by BEM and FEM

• Dynamic Soil Structure Interaction

• Seismic Bearing Capacity Analysis by the Characteristic Lines Method

Active Projects

• Boundary Integral Equation and Foundamental Solutions of 2D & 3D Poroelastodynamic Un-Saturated Media in Laplace & Time Domains

• Numerical Assessment of Seismic Bearing Capacity Factors on Slopes by the Characteristic Method.

Recent Accomplished Projects

• Numerical Assessment of Friction Coefficient Effect on Seismic Bearing Capacity by the Characteristic Method.

• Dynamic Analysis of 3D Saturated Poroelastic Media with Incompressible Constituents in Time-Domain by BEM

• Time-Domain Three-Dimensional Site Response Analysis of Topographic Structures by BEM

• Time-Domain 3D Fundamental Solutions of Dynamic Poroelastic Media with Incompressible Constituents.

• Numerical Study on Seismic Behavior of 2D Hills Subjected to Vertically Propagating In-Plane Incident Waves

Teaching

• "Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering", "Dynamic Soil Structure Interaction", "Mechanics of Porous Media" & "Advanced Numerical Methods in Geotechnical Engineering" at IIEES in Ph.D. Level.

• "Advanced Soil Mechanics" at IIEES and "Continuum Mechanics" at Tarbiat Modarres University in Master Level.

Membership

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Professional Experience

Engineering

• Seismic Microzonation of Qom, IIEES, 2004-2005

• Cooperation in various projects on Seismic Evaluation and Retrofit of Existing Buildings at IIEES

Administration

• Director of Geotechnical Engineering Research Center, IIEES, 2005/2/3 – 2007/4/9.

• Member of Research Council, IIEES, 2003 – 2007.

• Head of the Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering Department, IIEES, 2001- 2007.

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Selected Publications

• A. Sohrabi Bidar, M. Kamalian, M.K. Jafari; 2009; "Time-domain BEM for three-dimensional site response analysis of topographic structures", International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering (NME), (ِDOI: 10.1002/nme.2619 ).

• M. Kamalian & M. K. Jafari; 2007; "Urban Development Regulations Based on Seismo-geotechnic Concerns"; Soffeh (Journal of the school of architecture & urban planning (Shahid Beheshti Uni.)); No. 45 (Fall & Winter); 140-164.

• M. Kamalian, A. Sohrabi Bidar, A. Razmkhah, A.A. Taghavi & I. Rahmani; 2008; "Considerations on Seismic Microzonation in Areas with Two-Dimensional Hills", Journal of Earth System Science (JESS); Vol. 117, No. S2; 783-796.

• M. Kamalian, B. Gatmiri & M. Jiryaei Sharahi; (Accepted, In Press); "Time Domain 3D Fundamental Solutions for Saturated Porelastic Media with Incompressible Constituents", Communications in Numerical Methods in Engineering; Vol. 24, No. 9; 749-759.

• M. Kamalian, M.K. Jafari, A. Sohrabi Bidar & A. Razmkhah; 2008; "Seismic Response of 2D Semi-Sine Shaped Hills to Vertically Propagating Incident Waves: Amplification Patterns and Engineering Applications", Earthquake Spectra, Vol. 24, No. 2, pp. 405-430.

• M. Kamalian, M.K. Jafari, M.R. Ghayamghamian, A. Shafiee, H. Hamzehloo, E. Haghshenas & A. Sohrabi Bidar; 2008, "Site Effect Microzonation of Qom, Iran", Engineering Geology, Vo;. 97, No. 1-2, pp. 63-79.

• M. Kamalian, B. Gatmiri, A. Sohrabi Bidar, A. Khalaj; 2007, "Amplification Pattern of 2D Semi-Sine Shaped Valleys Subjected To Vertically Propagating Incident Waves", Communications in Numerical Methods in Engineering; Vol. 23, No. 9; 871-887.

• M. Kamalian, M.K. Jafari, A. Sohrabi & A. Razmkhah; 2007; "Amplification Pattern of 2D Trapezoidal Shaped Hills Subjected To Vertically Propagating Incident Waves"; Modarres, Vol. 29, Fall, pp. 11-30 (in Persian).

• M. Kamalian, M.K. Jafari, A. Sohrabi, A. Razmkhah & B. Gatmiri; 2006; "Time-Domain Two-Dimensional Site Response Analysis of Non-Homogeneous Topographic Structures by a Hybrid FE/BE Method"; Soil Dynamic and Earthquake Engineering; Vol. 26, No. 8; 753-765.

• M. Kamalian & A. Sohrabi; 2006; "Transient Site Response Analysis Of Nonhomogenous Two-Dimensional Topographic Features By BEM"; Esteghlal; Vol. 24, No. 2; 51-68 (in Persian).

• M. Kamalian, M.K. Jafari, A. Sohrabi & A. Razmkhah; (2006); "Shape Effects On Amplification Potential of Two-Dimensional Hills"; Journal of Seismology and Earthquake Engineering (JSEE); Vol. 8 (2), pp. 59-70 (in Persian).

• M.K. Jafari, M.R. Ghayamghamian, M. Davoodi, M. Kamalian M. & A. Sohrabi-Bidar; 2005; "Site Effects of the 2003 Bam , Iran, Earthquake"; Spectra; Vol. 21, Nu. S1; pp. 125-136.

• Gatmiri B., Kamalian M.; 2002; “On the Fundamental Solution of Dynamic Poroelastic Boundary Integral Equations in Time Domain”; ASCE; The International Journal of Geomechanics, Vol. 2, No. 4., pp. 381-398.

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