Professor Mahmoud Mostafavi
BSc, MSc, PhD(Bristol)
Current positions
Professor of Structural Integrity (Royal Academy of Engineering Research Chair)
Department of Mechanical Engineering
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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
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
MAINTAiN - Multi-scAle INTegrity assessment for Advanced high-temperature Nuclear systems
Principal Investigator
Managing organisational unit
Department of Mechanical EngineeringDates
01/04/2018 to 30/03/2022
Reducing risk through uncertainty quantification for past, present and future generations of nuclear power plants
Principal Investigator
Managing organisational unit
Department of Mechanical EngineeringDates
01/03/2018 to 28/02/2021
8036 - Characterisation, Imaging and Mapping of Fuel Debris for safe retrieval
Principal Investigator
Managing organisational unit
Department of Mechanical EngineeringDates
01/10/2017 to 30/09/2019
ATLAS+
Principal Investigator
Managing organisational unit
Department of Mechanical EngineeringDates
01/06/2017 to 31/05/2021
Thesis supervisions
Publications
Recent publications
01/08/2021Evaluation of fracture toughness and residual stress in AISI 316L electron beam welds
Fatigue and Fracture of Engineering Materials and Structures
Influence of microstructure on synchrotron X-ray diffraction lattice strain measurement uncertainty
Metals
In-situ Measurements of Stress During Thermal Shock in Clad Pressure Vessel Steel Using Synchrotron X-ray Diffraction
International Journal of Mechanical Sciences
Investigating the microstructure and mechanical behaviour of simulant “lava-like” fuel containing materials from the Chernobyl reactor Unit 4 meltdown
Materials and Design
Validation of BS 7910 fracture assessment procedures; Wide Plates and Cylinders
International Journal of Pressure Vessels and Piping
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