Farzad Mohebbi

Research interests (multidisciplinary: Mechanical/Aerospace Engineering, Applied Mathematics, Engineering Science)

Numerical Heat Transfer, Fluid Mechanics, Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD), Aerodynamics, Finite Element Method (FEM), Finite Difference Method (FDM), Numerical Analysis, Mathematical Modelling, Shape and Topology Optimization, Grid Generation, Inverse Problems, Rheology (Non-Newtonian fluid mechanics), and Uncertainty Quantification.

Teaching interests

Heat Transfer, Fluid Mechanics, Aerodynamics, Numerical Analysis, Optimization, Statics, Dynamics, Mechanics of Materials, Engineering Mathematics.

Work experience

University of Canterbury, New Zealand

Senior tutor and researcher, 10/2024 - ongoing

Swansea University, UK

Marie-Curie Postdoctoral fellow, 11/2017 – 02/2022

•   A research position in mechanical/aerospace engineering, working on aerodynamic shape optimization and inverse heat transfer problems (mathematical modelling and inverse analysis)

TU Wien, Austria

Postdoctoral fellow, 07/2017-08/2017

Bauhaus University of Weimar, Germany

Postdoctoral fellow, 09/2014-04/2017

• Working in the computational mechanics research group (Chair: Professor Timon Rabczuk, ISI highly cited researcher)
• Working on thermal management and inverse heat transfer problems (mathematical modelling and inverse analysis)

University of Canterbury, New Zealand

• Teaching assistant,08/2009 – 05/2012
•  Engineering Mechanics (Statics and Dynamics)(Civil Engineering department)
• Mechanics of Materials (Mechanical Engineering department)
• Finite Element Analysis (Mechanical Engineering department)
• Engineering Mathematics (Mathematics department)
• Computational Fluid Dynamics (Mechanical Engineering department)
• Fluid Mechanics (Mechanical Engineering department)
• Heat Transfer/Thermodynamics (Mechanical Engineering department)
• Quiz developer on LEARN (Moodle) for two courses Mechanics of Materials and Engineering Mechanics.

Education

University of Canterbury, New Zealand

Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering, 08/2009-07/2014

• Supervisor: Professor Mathieu Sellier
• Thesis Title: Optimal shape design based on body-fitted grid generation.
• Awarded departmental Premier Doctoral Scholarship

Publications

Journal Articles:

1) Mohebbi, F. and Sellier, M. (2024) Identification of spatially distributed rheological parameters for viscoplastic gravity currents. International Journal of Thermofluids (https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijft.2024.100638)

2) Mohebbi, F. and Sellier, M. (2022) Identification of rheological parameters of Herschel-Bulkley fluids from free surface data. International Journal of Thermofluids (https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijft.2022.100253)

3) Mohebbi, F. and Sellier, M. (2022) Viscosity and effusion rate identification from free surface data. InternationalJournal of Thermofluids (https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijft.2022.100184)

4) Mohebbi, F. and Sellier, M. (2021) Estimation of Functional Form of Time-Dependent Heat Transfer Coefficient Using an Accurate and Robust Parameter Estimation Approach: An Inverse Analysis. Energies (https://doi.org/10.3390/en14165073)

5) Mohebbi, F., Evans, B., Sellier, M. (2021) On an Exact Step Length in Gradient-Based Aerodynamic Shape Optimization—Part II: Viscous Flows. Fluids (https://doi.org/10.3390/fluids6030106)

6) Mohebbi, F. (2020) Explicit Sensitivity Coefficients for Estimation of Temperature-Dependent Thermophysical Properties in Inverse Transient Heat Conduction Problems. Computation (https://doi.org/10.3390/computation8040095)

7) Mohebbi, F., Evans, B., Rabczuk, T. (2020) Solving direct and inverse heat conduction problems in functionally graded materials using an accurate and robust numerical method. International Journal of Thermal Sciences (https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijthermalsci.2020.106629)

8) Mohebbi, F. (2020) Function estimation in inverse heat transfer problems based on parameter estimation approach. Energies (https://doi.org/10.3390/en13174410)

9) Mohebbi, F. and Evans, B. (2020) On an exact step-length in gradient-based aerodynamic shape optimization. Fluids (https://doi.org/10.3390/fluids5020070)

10) Mohebbi, F. and Evans, B. (2020) Simultaneous estimation of heat flux and heat transfer coefficient in irregular geometries made of functionally graded materials. International Journal of Thermofluids (https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijft.2019.100009)

11) Mohebbi, F., Evans, B., Sellier, M. (2019) On the Kutta condition in compressible flow over isolated airfoils. Fluids (https://doi.org/10.3390/fluids4020102)

12) Mohebbi, F., Evans, B., Shaw, A., Sellier, M. (2019) An inverse analysis for determination of space-dependent heat flux in heat conduction problems in the presence of variable thermal conductivity. International Journal for Computational Methods in Engineering Science and Mechanics (http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/15502287.2019.1615579)

13) Mohebbi, F. and Sellier, M. (2018) Identification of space- and temperature-dependent heat transfer coefficient, International Journal of ThermalSciences (https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijthermalsci.2018.02.007)

14) Mortazavi, B., Yang, H., Mohebbi, F., Cuniberti, G., Rabczuk, T. (2017) Graphene or h-BN/paraffin nanocomposites for the heat management of Li-ion batteries: A multiscale investigation. Applied Energy ( https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apenergy.2017.05.175)

15) Mohebbi, F., Sellier, M., Rabczuk, T. (2017) Inverse problem of simultaneously estimating the thermal conductivity and boundary shape. International Journal for Computational Methods in Engineering Science and Mechanics (http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/15502287.2017.1303006)

16) Mohebbi, F., Sellier, M., Rabczuk, T. (2017) Estimation of linearly temperature-dependent thermal conductivity using an inverse analysis. International Journal of Thermal Sciences (https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijthermalsci.2017.03.016)

17) Mohebbi, F. and Sellier, M. (2016) Parameter estimation in heat conduction using a two dimensional inverse analysis. International Journal for Computational Methods in Engineering Science and Mechanics (https://doi.org/10.1080/15502287.2016.1204034)

18) Shirazi, AHN., Mohebbi, F., Azadi Kakavand, MR., He, B., Rabczuk, T. (2016) Paraffin nanocomposites for heat management of Lithium-ion batteries: A computational investigation. Journal of Nanomaterials (http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2016/2131946))

19) Mohebbi, F. and Sellier, M. (2015) Estimation of thermal conductivity, heat transfer coefficient, and heat flux using a three-dimensional inverse analysis. International Journal of Thermal Sciences (https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijthermalsci.2015.09.002)

20)Mohebbi, F. and Sellier, M. (2014) Aerodynamic Optimal shape design based on body-fitted grid generation. Mathematical Problems in Engineering (http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2014/505372)

21) Mohebbi, F. and Sellier, M. (2014) On the Kutta condition in potential flow over airfoil. Journal of Aerodynamics (http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2014/676912)

22) Mohebbi, F. and Sellier, M. (2013) Three-dimensional optimal shape design in heat transfer based on body-fitted grid generation. International Journal for Computational Methods in Engineering Science and Mechanics (http://dx.doi.org//10.1080/15502287.2013.784384)

23) Mohebbi, F. and Sellier, M. (2013) Optimal shape design in heat transfer based on body-fitted grid generation. International Journal for Computational Methods in Engineering Science and Mechanics (http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/15502287.2012.711426)

PhD thesis:

Mohebbi, F. (2014) Optimal shape design based on body-fitted grid generation. (link to the thesis: http://hdl.handle.net/10092/9427)

Conference Contribution:

1) Mohebbi, F. and Sellier, M. (2013) Numerical Solution OfA Heat Conduction Problem For An Irregular Body UnderRadiation Boundary Conditions - 21st International Conference on Mechanical Engineering, 7-9 May 2013, Tehran.

Awards, fellowships, scholarships

• Marie-Curie Postdoctoral Fellowship, £250,000 (Nov. 2017-Feb. 2022)  funded by European Union (for my research proposal on aerodynamic shape optimization).
• Departmental Premier Doctoral Scholarship.

Peer-review activities

Reviewer for

• Inverse Problems in Science and Engineering (Top reviewer)
• International Journal of Thermal Sciences (Top reviewer)
• AIAA Journal of Thermophysics and Heat Transfer
• International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer
• Applied Thermal Engineering
• Applied Mathematical Modelling
• Mathematics and Computers in Simulation
• Journal of Computational and Applied Mathematics
• Ain Shams Engineering Journal
• Heliyon
• IEEE Access
• Scientia Iranica
• Computational and Mathematical Methods in Medicine
• Thermal Science and Engineering Progress
• Fluids
• Applied Sciences
• Aerospace (MDPI)

Software development(free codes)

• Mohebbi, F. (2018) FOILincom: A fast and robust program for solving two dimensional inviscid steady incompressible flows (potential flows) over isolated airfoils.

(doi:10.13140/RG.2.2.21727.15524)

• Mohebbi, F. (2018) FOILcom: A fast and robust programfor solving two dimensional subsonic (subcritical) inviscidsteady compressible flows over isolated airfoils.

(doi:10.13140/RG.2.2.36459.64801/1)

• Mohebbi, F. (2018) BezierAirfoil: A MATLAB code forgenerating airfoil shape using Bezier curve.

(doi:10.13140/RG.2.2.17509.65760)

• Mohebbi, F. (2015) 2D truss FEM: Finite Element Matlab program to solve two dimensional truss problems.

           (http://www.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/fileexchange/54011-2d-truss-fem-program-by-farzad-mohebbi)

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