Dr. Sabermahani, Mohsen

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Mohsen Sabermahani

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Position: Associate Professor

Program Area: Geotechnical Engineering

Phone: (+98-21) 7322-7126

Fax: (+98-21) 77240398

Email: msabermahani AT iust.ac.ir

University Address:

School of Civil Engineering, Iran University of Science and Technology, Narmak, Tehran, Iran. 16846-13114

EDUCATION

Ph.D. University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran (2001 – 2008)
Thesis Title: Study on Deformation Modes and Seismic Response of Reinforced Soil Walls Using 1g Shaking Table

M.Sc. University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran (1999 – 2001)
Thesis Title: Probabilistic slope stability analysis using Monte-Carlo simulation

B.Sc. University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran (1995 – 1999)

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Research Interests

  • Soil improvement methods – Jet grouting, Deep soil mixing, Vibro stone column, Vibro Compaction, Dynamic compaction, Micropiles, Grouting, Bio cementation methods (Numerical modeling, 1g and Ng Physical modeling, Laboratory element test, Field study)

  • Deep excavation stabilization – Soil nailing and Anchorage, Top-Down construction, Diaphragm walls, Reinforced soil walls (Numerical modeling, 1g and Ng Physical modeling, Field study)

  • Problematic soils (1g and Ng Physical modeling, Laboratory element test, Field study)

  • Seismic behavior of geo-structures (Numerical modeling, 1g and Ng Physical modeling)

ACADEMIC AND PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCES

Assistant Professor and Faculty member – Iran University of science and Technology (December 2011 – Present)

  • Soil improvement

  • Soil mechanics

  • Soil mechanics laboratory

  • Tunnel engineering

  • Rock mechanics

  • Construction materials laboratory

Visiting Professor – University of Science and Culture (September 2008 – September 2010)

  • Soil mechanics

  • Soil mechanics laboratory

  • Foundation engineering

  • Tunnel engineering

  • Dam engineering

Visiting Professor – Sadra Institute of Higher Education (September 2008 – September 2010)

  • Soil mechanics

  • Foundation engineering

ACADEMIC AND PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS

International Society for Soil Mech. And Geotechnical Eng. – Member

Iran Geotechnics Society – Member

Iranian National Committee on Large Dams – Member of Material Committee

University of Tehran- Faculty of Engineering Alumni Association – Member

Iran-Oman Chamber of Commerce, Industries, Mines and Agriculture – Member of Technical Committee

PUBLICATIONS AND PRESENTATIONS

Journal Papers

Ghanbari, Ali, Abbas Khalilpasha, Mohsen Sabermahani, and Babak Heydari. "An analytical technique for estimation of seismic displacements in reinforced slopes based on horizontal slices method (HSM)." Geomechanics and Engineering 5, no. 2 (2013): 143-164.

Shahraki Ghadimi, Amir, Ali Ghanbari, Mohsen Sabermahani, and Mahmoud Yazdani. "Effect of soil type on nail pull-out resistance", Ground Improvement Journal, ICE Publication, Ground Improvement.Vol. 170- (2017) Issue 2 Pages 81–88.

Mohsen Sabermahani, Morteza Esmaeili, Hossein Kalantar Neyestanaki "Effect of the grouted tied back-to-back system on the stability of railway embankments” International Journal of Physical Modeling in Geotechnics, Ahead of Print

Sabermahani, Mohsen, and Faraz Ahi Moghaddam. " Effect of surcharge magnitude on soil-nailed wall behaviour in a geotechnical centrifuge " International Journal of Physical Modeling in Geotechnics, Ahead of Print

Mahdavisefat, Ehsan, Ali Akbar Heshmati, Mohsen Sabermahani, and Hamed Bahmani. "Vibration Isolation Using Trench Barriers, A Review " Arabian Journal of Geoscience, Ahead of Print.

Sabermahani, Mohsen , Abbas Ghalandarzadeh, and Ali Fakher. "Experimental study on seismic deformation modes of reinforced-soil walls." Geotextiles and Geomembranes 27, no. 2 (2009): 121-136.

Sabermahani M , Keshavarz M., Study on Limitative Effects of Adjacent Walls of Soil Nailed Trenches by Comparing 2D & 3D Analysis Results. Dam and Hydroelectric Power plant. 2017; 4 (13) :26-42

Sabermahani M , Gholaminia M., A Study on the Effects of Nail Arrangement on the Stability and Performance of Soil Nailed Walls. jeg. 2017; 11 (2)

Hajimollaali, Hesam, Hamidreza Elahi, and Mohsen Sabermahani. "A Study on Correlation between Safety Factor of Pile-Slope Systems and Seismically Induced Displacements of Pile Groups." Jordan Journal of Civil Engineering 9, no. 4 (2015).

Elahi, Hamidreza, Mohsen Sabermahani, and Hesam Vahidifard. "Shoring-structure interaction in stabilization of excavation adjacent to historic buildings–A Case Study." In Soil-Structure Interaction, Underground Structures and Retaining Walls: Proceedings of the ISSMGE Technical Committee 207 International Conference on Geotechnical Engineering, vol. 4, p. 290. IOS Press, 2015.

Elahi, Hamidreza, Mohsen Sabermahani, Mohsen Keramati, and Hamidreza Hashemi. "Application of Standard Penetration Test (SPT) In Soil Improvement Using Vibro Stone Column (VSC)." International Conference on Ground Improvement and Ground Control, Transportatin Infrastracture Development and Natural Hazard Mitigation, ICGI2012. 2012.

Sabermahani, Mohsen , Mohammad Nasr, and Hamidreza Elahi. "Study on soil type effects on micropile behavior using full scale loading tests." In GeoCongress 2012: State of the Art and Practice in Geotechnical Engineering, pp. 2678-2687. 2012.

Sabermahani, Mohsen , Mohammad Nasr, and Hamidreza Elahi. "Site characterization based on micropile loading test in sandy and clayey Soils." Geotechnical and Geophysical Site Characterization 4, Edited by Roberto Quental Coutinho and Paul W. Mayne, CRC Press, pp. 1099–1103. 2012.

Elahi, Hamidreza, and Mohsen Sabermahani. "Ground Improvement with Vibro Stone Columns - A Case Study from Iran." International Symposium on Ground Improvement Technologies and Case Histories, ISGI'09. 2009.

Sabermahani, Mohsen , Hamidreza Elahi. "Site Characterization Based on micropile loading test in Sandy, Clayey and Mixed soils." 3th International Conference of Site Characterization, ISC3. 2008.

Sabermahani, Mohsen, Abbas Ghalandarzadeh, and Ali Fakher. "Failure Mechanisms and Deformation Modes of Reinforced Soil walls" 4th European Geosynthetics Conference. 2008.

Sabermahani, Mohsen, Abbas Ghalandarzadeh, and Ali Fakher. "Cyclic Behavior Parameters of Reinforced Soil Walls" 4th European Geosynthetics Conference. 2008. ch

Sabermahani, M., Latifi, M., (2005). “Probabilistic Slope Stability Analysis Using Monte Carlo Simulation Method”, 3rd International conference on Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering, Iran.

Shekarian, H., Ghanbari, A., Sabermahani, M., (2008). “Reinforced slope safety factor variation using diagonal slices”, Scientific Publication of Amirkabir University.

Sabermahani, M ., Fakher, A., Ghalandarzadeh, A, (2008). “Investigation of seismic behavior of reinforced soil walls using 1g physical model”, 4 th International Congress on Civil Engineering, University of Tehran.

Sabermahani, M ., Fakher, A., Ghalandarzadeh, A, (2008). “Evaluation of sciesmic deformation modes in reinforced soil wall using 1g shake table”, 4 th International Congress on Civil Engineering, University of Tehran.

Sabermahani, M ., Fakher, A., Ghalandarzadeh, A., (2011). “A study on seismic behavior parameters of reinforced soil walls using 1g shaking table test”, 4 th International Congress on Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering, Tehran, Iran.

Sabermahani, M., Elahi, H, Hashemi, H., (2011). “Investigation of the results of compressive loading on micropiles in sandy and clayey soils” 4th International Congress on Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering, Tehran, Iran.

Elahi, H., Sabermahani, M., Hashemi, H., (2011). “A Case Study on Soil Improvement using Vibro Stone Column Method”, 4 th International Conference on Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering, Tehran, Iran.

Elahi, H., Sabermahani, M., Hashemi, H., (2012). “Load Distribution between Pile and Soil in Piled Raft Systems”, 6 th National Civil Engineering Congress, Semnan University.

Elahi, H., Sabermahani, M., Hashemi, H., (2012). “Stabilization of Saturated Clayey Soils using Nailing Technique-Case Study”, 6th National Civil Engineering Congress, Semnan University.

Elahi, H., Sabermahani, M., Hashemi, H., (2012). “A Study on the Performance of Vibro-Alternavie Stone Column in Soil Improvement”, 6th National Civil Engineering Congress, Semnan University.

Shirdel, M., Elahi, H., Sabermahani, M., (2012). “ Evaluation of Vibroflotation and Vibroreplacement Methods with a Case Study”, Civil and environmental engineering journal, Tabriz University, Vol. 42-3

Sabermahani, M ., Ghanbari, M., (2012). “Evaluation of three dimensional behavior of soil nailed trenches with FLAC 3D”, 4th International Railway Engineering Congress, Tehran.

Successfully Guided and Reviewed Thesis

“Analytical study of seismic displacement of reinforced soil by limit equilibrium method”, Yaser Afsharipoor, University of Teacher Training, 2009

“Development of Pseudo-static method in stability analyses of embankment dams”, Mahdi Shirdel, University of Teacher Training, 2009

“Stability analysis for slopes of part 1 of Mianeh-Ardebil railway project”, Yaser Afsharipoor, Islamic Azad University, 2010

“Analytical study on seismic displacement of reinforced soil mass using horizontal slices method”, Abbas Khalilpasha, Kharazmi University, 2010

“Quantative study of stone column execution on improvement of loose soils with using in situ tests and numerical modeling”, Homayoun Khodadad, Islamic Azad University, 2011

“Experimental study on seismic performance of mechanically stabilized earth walls using shaking table (1g)”, Mehdi Mahdavi Koloocheh, University of Tehran, 2011

“Study on the effect of use of geosynthetics on the failure mechanism and bearing capacity of surface foundation by using of centrifuge model test”, Majid Keshavarz Hedayati, University of Tehran, 2011

“Numerical study of seismic response of earth dams under near and far field records with regard to dam-foundation interaction”, Elahe Jabalbarezi Sarbizhan, University of Teacher Training, 2011

“Numerical analysis of pile foundation based on clayey soil under earthquake loads”, Tara Maali, Iran University of Science and Technology, 2012

“Ultimate bearing capacity prediction of shallow foundation on cohesionless soils using data mining approaches”, Saied Shakibarad, Iran University of Science and Technology, 2012

“The effect of elevated temprature on consolidation behavior of the bentonite in saline water”, Mohammad Mehdi Yazdanpanah, Iran University of Science and Technology, 2012

“Prediction of axial bearing capacity of piles using the results SPT tests”, Pantea Azimi, Iran University of Science and Technology, 2012

“Numerical modeling of braced walls behavior”, Faezeh Kazemi Pooran Badr, Iran University of Science and Technology, 2012

“Numerical modeling of behavior of anchored geosynthetic reinforced slopes under seepage condition”, Mehdi Shekari, Iran University of Science and Technology, 2012

“Evaluation of the relation between slope factor of safety and seismic displacement of pile group on it”, Hesam Hajmollaali, Iran University of Science and Technology, 2013

“Study of blast loading and its effects on underground structures using geotechnical centrifuge”, Mohammad Kazemi Varnamkhsti, Iran University of Science and Technology, 2013

“Study of failure surface in geotextile reinforced soil retaining walls”, Javad Golin Moghaddam, Iran University of Science and Technology, 2013

“Development of hypoplastic constitutive model for saturated and unsaturated soils under monotonic loading conditions”, Mohammadreza Motahhari, Iran University of Science and Technology, 2013

“Optimum design of nailed soil slopes using charged system search algorithm”, Ramin Ghaffari Fard, Iran University of Science and Technology, 2013

“Evaluation of consolidation on clayey nailed walls with three-dimensional modeling”, Mohammadreza Ghanbari, Islamic Azad University, 2013

“Seismic performance evaluation of reinforced slopes with hand shake table”, Moien Jelvani, Iran University of Science and Technology, 2013

“Evaluation of effective parameters on the soil nailed walls with centrifuge apparatus”, Faraz Ahi Moghaddam, Iran University of Science and Technology, 2014

“Optimization of deep excavation stabilization system using artificial neural network (ANN)”, Valiollah Ghalenavi, Iran University of Science and Technology, 2014

“Evaluation of two-dimensional and three-dimensional analysis of soil nailed walls and relation between their results”, Morteza Keshavarz Tork, Iran University of Science and Technology, 2014

“Numerical modeling of load-settlement method for jet grouted raft”, Mehrdad Khalilpour, Iran University of Science and Technology, 2015

“Evaluation of vibroflotation method on improvement of fill material”, Alireza Eslami Kalajahi, Iran University of Science and Technology, 2015

“Stability of deep excavation behavior and offering optimal design methods”, Yashar Ziaiimehr, Iran University of Science and Technology, 2015

“Evaluation of reinforcing elements properties on seismic performance of reinforced walls with physical modeling of steel bars”, Hamed Bahmani, Iran University of Science and Technology, 2015

“Determination of optimized nail density based on allowable deformation by artificial neural network”, Milad Gholaminia, Iran University of Science and Technology, 2015

“The optimum pattern of micropiles to improve the behavior of the micropiled-raft”, Mahsa Bahram Nejad, University of Science and Culture, 2016

“Assessment of the reliability in stabilized slope by nailing”, Elham Ghorbani Tavani, University of Science and Culture, 2016

“Laboratory investigating of grouted tiedback system effect on embankments stability”, Hosseyn Kalantar Neyestanaki, Iran University of Science and Technology, 2016

“Design of optimized stability systems in deep excavation protection by artificial neural network”, Mohammad Ameli, Iran University of Science and Technology, 2016

“Study on reinforced slopes behavior and shallow foundation located on it by means of centrifuge test”, Seyyed Mehran Bahreini, University of Tehran, 2016

“Study on the nail reinforced slope behavior during excavation and loading by means of centrifuge test”, Alireza Akoochian, University of Tehran, 2016

“Numerical evaluation of two-dimensional and three-dimensional behaviour of soil-nailed walls in convex corners”, Mohammad Reza Nabizadeh Shahrbabak, Iran University of Science and Technology, 2016

“Experimental study on seismic behavior of micropile-raft foundation”, Hamed Khosroabadi, Iran University of Science and Technology, 2016

“Performance evaluation of sandy soil stabilized with bio-cementation”, Armin Saiedi Javadi, Iran University of Science and Technology, 2016

“Numerical analysis of deformation of soil nails and soldiers combined excavation stability system”, Roksana Kheyri, Iran University of Science and Technology, 2016

“Optimization of deep excavations stabilization system with surcharge loading using artificial neural network”, Mohammadali Taghavi Zargar, Iran University of Science and Technology, 2017

“Dynamic behavior of soil nailed wall structured with steel rods with shaking table”, Milad Dehghan Korooki, Iran University of Science and Technology, 2017


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