Navid Zobeiry

Ph.D., Post-Doctoral Fellow
Research Coordinator

Contact:

Email: my first name [at] composites.ubc.ca

Frank Forward Building
The University of British Columbia
105 - 6350 Stores Road
Vancouver, B.C., Canada V6T 1Z4
Phone: 604 822 2763

Biography:

Research Coordinator at the University of British Columbia since 2011
Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of British Columbia since 2010
Ph.D., Civil Engineering, University of British Columbia, 2010
M.A.Sc., Civil Engineering, University of British Columbia, 2005
B.Sc., Civil Engineering, University of Tehran 2001

Research Projects

Fracture and damage characterization of composite materials
Progressive damage modeling of composite materials
Multiscale modelling of the failure process in wood composite products
Quality enhancement of roll formed woven fabric webs used in deck slabs
Durability of ploymer coatings

Recent Publications:

Journals

Forghani, A., Zobeiry, N., Poursartip, A., Vaziri, R., (2011). "A Structural Modelling Framework for Prediction of Damage Development and Failure of Composite Laminates", Composite Science and Technology, approved
Zobeiry, N., Vaziri, R., Poursartip, A., (2010). "Characterization of the damaging behaviour of composites using full-field using displacement measurement", Composite Science and Technology, submitted
Lia, X., Stephen R. Halletta, S.R., Wisnom, M.R., Zobeiry, N., Vaziri, R., Poursartip, A., (2009). "Experimental study of damage propagation in overheight compact tension tests", Composites: Part A, doi:10.1016/j.compositesa.2009.08.017.
Zobeiry, N., Forghani, A., McGregor, C., Vaziri, R., Poursartip, A., (2008). "Progressive damage modeling of composite materials under both tensile and compressive loading regimes", Mechanical Response of Composites, Springer book, Series: Computational Methods in Applied Sciences, Vol. 10, Chapter 9.
McGregor, C., Zobeiry, N., Vaziri, R., Poursartip, A., (2008). "A constitutive model for progressive compressive failure of composites", Journal of Composite Materials. Vol. 42, No. 25, pp. 2687-2716.

Conference Proceedings

Forghani, A., Zobeiry, N., Poursartip, A., Vaziri, R., (2010). "Further developments of a damage model for failure prediction of composites structures", SAMPE Conference, Seattle, US.
Zobeiry, N., Vaziri, R., Poursartip, A., (2009). "Characterization of damage in composites using a combination of full field displacement measurement and finite element simulation", 2nd ECCOMAS Thematic Conference, London, UK.
Forghani, A., Zobeiry, N., Vaziri, R., Poursartip, A., Ellyin, F., (2009). "A consistent framework for formulation and characterization of a sub-laminate based damage model", ICCM-17 17th International Conference on Composite Materials, Edinburgh, UK.
Zobeiry, N., Forghani, A., McGregor, C., Vaziri, R., Poursartip, A., (2007). "Progressive damage modeling of composite materials under both tensile and compressive loading regimes", ECCOMAS Thematic Conference, Porto, Portugal.
Zobeiry, N., McGregor, C., Vaziri, R., Poursartip, A., (2005). "Simulation of the nonlinear compressive response and failure of fibre reinforced composites", 5th Canadian International Composites Conference, Vancouver, Canada.
Alizadeh, R., Chini, M., Ghods, P., Hosseini, M., and Zobeiry, N., Ghalibafian, M., (2005). "Experimental study on the assimilation of Iranian concrete code (aba) about the behavior of HSC beams compared to ACI code", 3rd International Conference on Construction Materials: Performance, Innovations and Structural Implications, Vancouver, Canada.
Alizadeh, R., Chini, M., Ghods, P., Hosseini, M., Montazer, S. and Zobeiry, N. (2001). "Designing, fabricating and analysis of high strength beams", 1st International Conference on Concrete and Development, Tehran, Iran.

Dissertations

Zobeiry, N., (2010). "Extracting the strain-softening response of composites using full-field displacement measurement", Ph.D. Thesis, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada.
Zobeiry, N., (2005). "Progressive damage modeling of composite materials under compressive loads", M.A.Sc. Thesis, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada.

Awards and Honors:

University Graduate Fellowship (UGF), University of British Columbia, 2007
Graduate Entrance Scholarship (GES), University of British Columbia, 2002
Scientific Achievement Award, Ministry of Science, Iran, 2001
Honored by the dean of the faculty of engineering of University of Tehran for research on high strength concrete, 2001
Recipient of Silver medal in the National Mathematics Olympiad, Iran, 1996