Professor Mahmoud Mostafavi
BSc, MSc, PhD(Bristol)
Current positions
Professor of Structural Integrity (Royal Academy of Engineering Research Chair)
School of Electrical, Electronic and Mechanical Engineering
Contact
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Research interests
I am a mechanical engineer and a materials science enthusiast. My main research interest is structural integrity: fatigue, fracture and creep. I use advanced techniques such as synchrotron X-ray tomography combined with digital volume correlation and finite element modelling to understand the physics of failure in a range of materials. I specialise in image-based solid mechanics in which I integrate full-field techniques such as digital image correlation and finite element formulation to measure engineering parameters for structural integrity. I study damage in ductile and quasi-brittle materials across the length scales from nanometers to component level.
Projects and supervisions
Research projects
Prosperity Partnership with EDF
Principal Investigator
Managing organisational unit
Department of Mechanical EngineeringDates
01/05/2021 to 30/04/2026
SINDRI: Synergistic utilisation of INformatics and Data centRic Integrity engineering
Principal Investigator
Managing organisational unit
Department of Mechanical EngineeringDates
01/05/2021 to 30/04/2026
SINDRI: Synergistic utilisation of INformatics and Data centRic Integrity engineering
Principal Investigator
Managing organisational unit
School of Electrical, Electronic and Mechanical EngineeringDates
01/05/2021 to 30/04/2026
European Database for Multiscale Modelling of Radiation Damage
Principal Investigator
Managing organisational unit
Department of Mechanical EngineeringDates
01/09/2020 to 31/08/2024
MAINTAiN - Multi-scAle INTegrity assessment for Advanced high-temperature Nuclear systems
Principal Investigator
Managing organisational unit
Department of Mechanical EngineeringDates
01/04/2018 to 30/09/2022
Thesis supervisions
Residual Stresses in Clad Nuclear Pressure Vessels and Their Interaction with Thermal and Mechanical Load
Supervisors
Fracture instability in nuclear graphite
Supervisors
The effect of creep strain rate on damage accumulation in type 316H austenitic stainless steel
Supervisors
Measurement and evaluation of residual stresses within aged and overlay repair welded piping components
Supervisors
Effect of biaxiality on engineering critical assessments
Supervisors
Publications
Recent publications
01/08/2023A novel unified constraint parameter based on plastic strain energy
Theoretical and Applied Fracture Mechanics
A method to extract slip system dependent information for crystal plasticity models
MethodsX
Investigating the mechanical behaviour of Fukushima MCCI using synchrotron Xray tomography and digital volume correlation
npj Materials Degradation
New Correlative Microscopy Approaches to Understand the Microstructural Origins of Creep Cavitation in Austenitic Steels
Microscopy and Microanalysis
Evaluation of fracture toughness and residual stress in AISI 316L electron beam welds
Fatigue and Fracture of Engineering Materials and Structures
Related people
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Emeritus Professor
School of Electrical, Electronic and Mechanical Engineering
Professor Christopher Truman
Professor of Solid Mechanics
School of Electrical, Electronic and Mechanical Engineering
Dr Matthew Peel
Senior Lecturer
School of Electrical, Electronic and Mechanical Engineering
Professor David Knowles
Professor of Nuclear Engineering/Director (Engineering) of South West Hub
School of Electrical, Electronic and Mechanical Engineering
Mr Mehdi Mokhtarishirazabad
Technical Specialist - Solid Mechanics
Engineering Faculty Office