Associate Professor Ahad Javanmardi

Biography

Dr. Ahad Javanmardi holds an adjunct appointment with the College of Civil Engineering at Fuzhou University, China. Since May 2023, he has been a Visiting Fellow at the Centre for Infrastructure Engineering, Western Sydney University. His experience spans both industry and academia.

His professional interests include structural engineering, condition assessment and inspection, infrastructure management, structural health monitoring, and digital engineering applications.

Areas of Research/Teaching Expertise

Dr. Javanmardi has hands-on experience in designing and conducting small-to-large-scale tests, operating hydraulic actuators (MTS and Instron), using 3-array shaking tables, and managing sensor installation and data acquisition systems.

His research areas include:

Current Grants and Projects

Selected Publications

Ghaedi, K., Javanmardi, A.*, et al., (2023). Experimental and numerical studies on the cyclic performance of structural frames equipped with bar dampers. Structures, 50, 707–722. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.istruc.2023.02.070

Ghalehnoei, M. S., Javanmardi, A.*, et al., (2023). Finite Element Analysis of Shear Reinforcing of Reinforced Concrete Beams with Carbon Fiber Reinforced Polymer. Buildings, 13(1034), 1–22. https://doi.org/10.3390/ buildings13041034

Javanmardi, A., Ghaedi, K., et al., (2022). Pounding mitigation of a short-span cable-stayed bridge using a new hybrid passive control system. Engineering Analysis with Boundary Elements, 134, 625–636. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enganabound.2021.10.020

Javanmardi, A., Huang, F., et al., (2022). Experimental Study on Seismic Response of an Integral Abutment- Steel H-pile Structure under Quasi-static Cyclic Loads. Journal of Earthquake Engineering, https://doi.org/10.1080/13632469.2022.2112999

Huang, F., Li, L., Javanmardi, A.*, et al., (2022). Modified calculation method of earth pressure and internal force of the abutment-pile in integral abutment jointless bridges. Archives of Civil and Mechanical Engineering, 22:205, 1-20. https://doi.org/10.1007/s43452-022-00533-2

Javanmardi, A., Ghaedi, K., Huang, F., et al., (2021). Application of structural control systems for the cables of cable-stayed bridges: State-of-the-art and state-of-the-practice. Archives of Computational Methods in Engineering. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11831-021-09632-4

Ghaedi, K., Ibrahim, Z., Javanmardi, A., & Rupakhety, R. (2021). Experimental study of a new bar damper device for vibration control of structures subjected to earthquake loads. Journal of Earthquake Engineering, 25:2, 300-318, https://doi.org/10.1080/13632469.2018.1515796

Javanmardi, A.*, Ibrahim, Z., Ghaedi, K., et al., (2020). State-of-the-art Review of Metallic Dampers: Testing, Development and Implementation. Archives of Computational Methods in Engineering, 27 (2), 455-478. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11831-019-09329-9

Javanmardi, A.*, Ghaedi, K., Ibrahim, et al., (2020). Development of a new hexagonal honeycomb steel damper. Archives of Civil and Mechanical Engineering, 20 (2), 1–19. https://doi.org/10.1007/s43452-020-00063-9

Javanmardi, A., Ibrahim, Z., Ghaedi, K., et al., (2017). Seismic response characteristics of a base-isolated cable-stayed bridge under moderate and strong ground motions. Archives of Civil and Mechanical Engineering, 17(2), 419–432. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.acme.2016.12.002

Contact details

Email: A.Javanmardi@westernsydney.edu.au

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