ALI AHMADPOUR - Amirkabir University of Technology

Supervised PhD Theses

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Thermal management of a proton exchange membrane fuel cell using two-phase Taylor flow

BEHNAM VOJOUDI & MohammadReza Hajmohammadi

2024 Dec

2

Simulation Study on Implementing Polymeric Nanofluid in Modified Hele-Shaw Cell (MHSC)

ATAOLLAH FIROOZI

2025 Sep

3

selecting the appropriatet configuration and improving performance for the integrated solar combined cycle power plant according to the the country's conditions

AMIN TARABKHAH & REZA HOSSEINI ABARDEH

2025 Mar

Supervised MSc Theses

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Numerical simulation of Non-Newtonian mixing of fluids in helical tubes

ALI KAMANI

2024 Mar

2

Application of machine learning in performance evaluation and optimization of flattened microchannel heat sinks containing non-Newtonian nanofluid for the electronic cooling application

SEYED AMIN CHABOK

2024 Feb

3

Improvement internal cooling of the gas turbine blade by using winglet vortex generators

SEPEHR SAFARI & MohammadReza Hajmohammadi

2024 Feb

4

Investigation of charge and discharge PCM inside a new encapsulation design for thermal energy storage system

ALIREZA REZAEISHAKER & MohammadReza Hajmohammadi

2024 Feb

5

Numerical solution of fluid flow in a stirrer and comparison of relations with quasi-experimental relations

MOHAMMAD HOSSEIN KHORRAMI BAGHMALAKI & MOHAMMAD JAFAR KERMANI

2023 Sep

6

Numerical simulation of waxy crude oil flows inside curved pipes

DARIUSH KALANIPOUR

2023 Jul

7

Numerical investigation of flow boiling heat transfer in micro-channels

MOHAMMAD SINA YAGHOUBI

2023 Jun

8

numerical study of non-Newtonian blood flow around micro robots

YOUSEF YOUSEFI AZAR

2023 Mar

9

Reduction in Melting time of phase change materials by optimization of the fins configuration

FARZAD DADBAKHSH & MohammadReza Hajmohammadi

2023 Mar

10

Cooling performance enhancement of micro-channel heat sinks with ribs by two phase flow

HANI KHASSAF

2023 Feb

11

Investigation of the effect of electric field on the formation of non-Newtonian compound droplets in microfluidic circuits

ARMAN KHOSHNEVIS

2022 Nov

12

Effects of a magnetic field on thermal performance and geometric design aof a double-layer microchannel heatsink

ARVIN KARIMIAN & MohammadReza Hajmohammadi

2022 Oct

13

Performance evaluation and performance enhancement of liquid-infused surfaces for yield stress fluid flows in microchannels

MOHAMMADAMIN NASERI

2022 Aug

14

Two-dimensional numerical simulation of a pulsating heatpipe twophase flow under different operating conditions

MONA ASHRAFIMOGHADAM

2022 Jul

15

Modeling the diffusion of magnetic nano particles in porous medium to study the method of injecting nano particles in the treatment of human brain cancer

SAM MASROUR

2022 Jul

16

Thermal design and optimization of a Porous-Microchannel Heat Sink

MOHAMMAD REZA EBRAHIMI POUR & MohammadReza Hajmohammadi

2022 Mar

17

Development of a new seeding model for flow boiling heat transfer inside a micro evaporator under the effect of a DC electric field

MEHRAN SOLEIMANI & EHSAN AMANI

2022 Mar

18

Study of arrangement of vortex generators on heat transfer enhancement in a two dimensional channel using lattice Boltzmann method

SABA MIRAHSANI & MohammadReza Hajmohammadi

2021 Sep

19

Numerical study of blood flow in an asymmetric bifurcation under the effect of an external magnetic field

SEYED REZA NODEH FARAHANI

2021 Jun

20

Three-dimensional optimum design of highly thermal conductive pathways embedded in a heat generating medium

ROMINA KABIRI KHALAJZADEH & MohammadReza Hajmohammadi

2021 Apr

21

Numerical investigation of magnetic drug targeting in lymphatic vessels considering lymph-leaflet interaction

AMIR POORGHANI & EHSAN AMANI

2021 Mar

22

Heat transfer enhancement in curved tube under magnetic field using ferrofluid

HADI ZEINALZADEH & MAJID SAFFAR-AVVAL

2021 Jan

23

optimal design of wavy microchannel heatsinks cooled with a fluid containing encapsulated phase-change materials

HADI NEMATI MOGHADDAM

2021 Jan

24

Numerical Simulation of Non-Newtonian Turbulent Flows Using LES method

MOHAMMADJAVAD AGHAJARI

2020 Jul

25

The effect of cross-section geometry on thermal performance of microchannel heat sinks

SAYED MOEIN AYATOLLAHI & MohammadReza Hajmohammadi

2020 Jul

26

Numerical investigation of pressure drop and heat Transfer for laminar force convection of a non-Newtonian nanofluids in microchannel with different cross sections

AMINREZA RAMEZAN & MohammadReza Hajmohammadi

2019 Sep

27

Evolution of a vortex in a stratified- rotating shear flow

IMAN TOGHRAEI

2019 Sep

28

Numerical Simulation of Two Phase Viscoplastic Fluids and Water in Different Flow Regimes

MOHAMMAD REZA DANESHVAR GARMROODI

2019 Jul

29

A numerical simulation of turbulent two-phase slug flow of a gas and non-newtonian liquid

FATEME DARLIK & EHSAN AMANI

2019 Feb

30

Design and manufacturing of a solar-dryer for dry climate zones

POURIA MOGHIMIGHADIKOLAEI & HASSAN RAHIMZADEH

2019 Feb

31

Numerical simulation of waxy crude oil pipe flows using thixoelastic constitutive equations

ALIREZA ALLAHYARIKARNAGH

2019 Feb

32

Cooling performance enhancement of microchannel heat sinks using a nanofluid with non-Newtonian viscosity

ALI SARLAK & MohammadReza Hajmohammadi

2018 Oct

33

Study of Forced convective heat transfer of non-newtonian nanofluid in bend tube with variable angles

SEYYEDEH HANIEH MOUSAVI & MAJID SAFFAR-AVVAL

2018 Sep

34

Numerical Simulation of Magnetohydrodynamic Flow of Blood in Arteries

NAZAR OUDAH MOSA AL-YASEEN & HASSAN RAHIMZADEH

2017 Dec

35

Instability Analysis of Taylor Couette Flow Using FTADM

REZVAN SEDIGHI & S.Salman Nourazar Khoshknab

2026 Jun

36

Numerical study of bio-magnetic blood flow in stenotic Vessels

ALI ASADI

2026 Jan

37

Simulation and Semi-analytical solution of natural convection Heat transfer in porous media

PARSA SADRAEIMAJD & S.Salman Nourazar Khoshknab

2026 Feb

38

close form semi-analytical solution of the MHD Jeffery-Hamel flow problem using Burgers approximation

MOHSSEN LAK GHASHGHAEI & S.Salman Nourazar Khoshknab

2025 Sep

39

Investigating the effect of spatial fractional thermal conductivity in MHD boundary layer flow using Gr-Fe3O4-H2O hybrid nanofluid with semi-analytical methods and using reinforcement learning

AMIRHOSEIN MORTAZAVIFAR & S.Salman Nourazar Khoshknab

2025 Sep

40

Improvement of immersion cooling system geometry for data servers

ALI ANARIMOMENABADI & MohammadReza Hajmohammadi

2025 Oct

41

Numerical simulation of cell separation in microfluidic devices using hybrid methods

SEYEDALI HOSSEINI KALKOU

2025 Mar

42

Using liquid-infused surfaces to enhance forced convection heat transfer

MOJTABA KARIMTABAR

2025 Mar

43

Evaluation and optimization of variety ORC cycle configuration for solar usage: Energy-Exergy-Environmental analysis

NILOOFAR KHOSHGHADAM

2025 Apr

Journal Papers

1

POURFATOLAH AMIRHOSSEIN ، CHABOK SEYED AMIN ، AHMADPOUR ALI, "Data-driven optimal design of microchannel heat sinks with rectangular ribs and sinusoidal cavities: a ternary hybrid nanofluid coolant", International Journal of Thermofluids, 2026 Aug vol. 35, no. , pp.1-18, 2026.

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DADBAKHSH FARZAD ، REZAEISHAKER ALIREZA ، AHMADPOUR ALI ، Hajmohammadi MohammadReza, "Introducing a novel fin design with concave branches for enhanced melting in a shell-and-tube LHTES system", Results In Engineering, 2026 Jul vol. 32, no. , pp.111924-111924, 2026.

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FIROOZI ATAOLLAH ، AHMADPOUR ALI ، Hajmohammadi MohammadReza, "Polymer flooding characteristics in modified Hele-Shaw cells", Physics of Fluids, 2025 Feb vol. 37, no. 2, pp.1-20, 2025.

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VOJOUDI BEHNAM ، AHMADPOUR ALI ، Hajmohammadi MohammadReza, "Gas/liquid slug flow-based thermal management technique for enhanced proton exchange membrane fuel cell performance", International Journal of Thermal Sciences, 2025 Feb vol. 212, no. 0, pp.1-16, 2025.

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REZAEISHAKER ALIREZA ، AHMADPOUR ALI ، Hajmohammadi MohammadReza, "A novel design for macro encapsulation of phase change materials for energy storage systems", Journal of Energy Storage, 2025 Feb vol. 113, no. 0, pp.1-16, 2025.

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MOHAMMADI MELIKA ، AHMADPOUR ALI ، CHABOK SEYED AMIN, "Performance enhancement of double-rotor viscous micropump for transporting Bingham fluid", International Journal of Thermofluids, 2025 Feb vol. 26, no. 0, pp.1-15, 2025.

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CHABOK SEYED AMIN ، AHMADPOUR ALI, "Data Driven Optimal Design of Flattened Microchannel Heat Sinks with Non-Newtonian Coolants", Heat Transfer Engineering, 2025 Feb vol. 47, no. 6, pp.1-22, 2025.

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YAGHOUBI MOHAMMAD SINA ، AHMADPOUR ALI ، SAFFAR-AVVAL MAJID, "Geometrical Design of Minichannels with Rectangular Wall Cavities for Flow Boiling Heat Transfer Enhancement", Results In Engineering, 2025 Jan vol. 25, no. 0, pp.1-15, 2025.

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TARABKHAH AMIN ، HOSSEINI ABARDEH REZA ، AHMADPOUR ALI, "Thermo-economic and environmental study of solar hybridization for existing fossil-fueled combined cycle power plants: comparison of two practical approaches", Clean Technologies and Environmental Policy, 2024 Dec vol. 0, no. 0, , 2024.

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KHOSHNEVIS ARMAN ، AHMADPOUR ALI ، AMANI EHSAN, "Double Emulsion Generation in Shear-thinning Fluids under Electric Field Effects", International Journal of Mechanical Sciences, 2024 Jul vol. 281, no. 0, pp.1-19, 2024.

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VOJOUDI BEHNAM ، Hajmohammadi MohammadReza ، AHMADPOUR ALI, "Exploring heat transfer augmentation in slug flow through converging channels: A study on enhancement strategies", International Communications In Heat and Mass Transfer, 2024 Jul vol. 157, no. 0, pp.1-10, 2024.

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SOLEIMANI MEHRAN ، AHMADPOUR ALI ، AMANI EHSAN, "Numerical investigation of electrohydrodynamically-enhanced flow boiling inside minichannels: The seeding model", Physics of Fluids, 2023 Apr vol. 35, no. 4, pp.1-17, 2023.

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MIRAHSANI SABA ، AHMADPOUR ALI ، Hajmohammadi MohammadReza, "Optimal design of an array of porous obstacles in a partially heated channel using lattice Boltzmann method for the heat transfer enhancement", International Communications In Heat and Mass Transfer, 2023 Mar vol. 143, no. 0, pp.1-13, 2023.

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AMANI EHSAN ، AHMADPOUR ALI ، AGHAJARI MOHAMMADJAVAD, "Large-eddy simulation of turbulent non-Newtonian flows: A comparison with state-of-the-art RANS closures", International Journal of Heat and Fluid Flow, 2022 Nov vol. 99, no. 0, pp.1-14, 2022.

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NEMATI MOGHADDAM HADI ، AHMADPOUR ALI ، Hajmohammadi MohammadReza, "-Numerical simulation of convective heat transfer of nano -encapsulated phase change material slurries in micro channels with sinusoidal cavities and rectangular ribs", Amirkabir Journal of Mechanical Engineering, 2022 Apr vol. 54, no. 1, pp.8-8, 2022.

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RAMEZAN AMINREZA ، AHMADPOUR ALI ، Hajmohammadi MohammadReza, "Thermo-hydraulic assessment of non-Newtonian MWCNT nanofluid flows inside microchannels with different cross-sections", Proceedings of The Institution of Mechanical Engineers Part C-Journal of Mechanical Engineering Science, 2021 Dec vol. 0, no. 0, pp.1-17, 2021.

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AMANI EHSAN ، AHMADPOUR ALI ، AGHAJARI MOHAMMADJAVAD, "Dynamic subgrid-scale LES model for turbulent non-Newtonian flows: A priori and a posteriori analyses of Burgers turbulence", Journal of Non-Newtonian Fluid Mechanics, 2021 Sep vol. 295, no. 104615, pp.1-11, 2021.

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AHMADPOUR ALI ، AMANI EHSAN ، MASHAYEKHI ALIREZA ، SOLEIMANI MEHRAN, "Newtonian and Shear-thinning Taylor flow heat transfer in wavy micro-tubes: a numerical study", Meccanica, 2021 Jul vol. 0, no. 0, pp.1-22, 2021.

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AHMADPOUR ALI ، KHOSHNEVIS ARMAN, "Numerical simulation of non-Newtonian blood flow in a three dimensional non-planar bifurcation with stenosis", Amirkabir Journal of Mechanical Engineering, 2021 Jul vol. 53, no. 9, pp.4865-4886, 2021.

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AYATOLLAHI SAYED MOEIN ، AHMADPOUR ALI ، Hajmohammadi MohammadReza, "Performance evaluation and optimization of flattened microchannel heat sinks for the electronic cooling application", Journal of Thermal Analysis and Calorimetry, 2021 Apr vol. 0, no. 0, pp.1-15, 2021.

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MOGHIMIGHADIKOLAEI POURIA ، RAHIMZADEH HASSAN ، AHMADPOUR ALI, "Experimental and numerical optimal design of a household solar fruit and vegetable dryer", Solar Energy, 2020 Dec vol. 214, no. 0, pp.575-587, 2020.

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DANESHVAR GARMROODI MOHAMMAD REZA ، AHMADPOUR ALI, "Numerical simulation of stratified waxy crude oil and water flows across horizontal pipes in the presence of wall heating", Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering, 2020 Oct vol. 193, no. 107458, , 2020.

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MOUSAVI SEYYEDEH HANIEH ، AHMADPOUR ALI ، SAFFAR-AVVAL MAJID, "Numerical simulation of convective heat transfer of non-Newtonian carbon-based nanofluids in U-bend tubes using Buongiorno's model", Journal of Thermal Analysis and Calorimetry, 2020 Oct vol. 0, no. 0, pp.1-19, 2020.

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Hajmohammadi MohammadReza ، GHOLAMREZAIE SEPEHR ، AHMADPOUR ALI ، MANSOORI ZOHREH, "Effects of applying uniform and non-uniform external magnetic fields on the optimal design of microchannel heat sinks", International Journal of Mechanical Sciences, 2020 Jun vol. 186, no. 0, pp.105886-105897, 2020.

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AHMADPOUR ALI ، MOUSAVI SEYED PEDRAM, "Forced convective heat transfer of Carreau fluids in crossflows over multiple cylinders in tandem and staggered arrangements", Journal of The Brazilian Society of Mechanical Sciences and Engineering, 2020 May vol. 42, no. 285, , 2020.

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DANESHVAR GARMROODI MOHAMMAD REZA ، AHMADPOUR ALI, "A numerical study on two-phase core-annular flows of waxy crude oil/water in inclined pipes", Chemical Engineering Research and Design, 2020 May vol. 159, no. 0, pp.362-376, 2020.

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DANESHVAR GARMROODI MOHAMMAD REZA ، AHMADPOUR ALI ، Hajmohammadi MohammadReza ، GHOLAMREZAIE SEPEHR, "Natural convection of a non-Newtonian ferrofluid in a porous elliptical enclosure in the presence of a non-uniform magnetic field", Journal of Thermal Analysis and Calorimetry, 2019 Nov vol. 0, no. 0, pp.1-17, 2019.

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TORKFAR ARMAN ، S.M.A. Noori Rahimabadi ، AHMADPOUR ALI, "Natural Convection Heat Transfer of Non-Newtonian Power-Law Fluids Within an Array of Elliptic Cylinders", Journal of Fluids Engineering-Transactions of The Asme, 2019 Oct vol. 142, no. 0, pp.1-12, 2019.

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AHMADPOUR ALI, "Displacement flow of thixoelastic fluids by a Newtonian liquid: A multiphase numerical study applicable to the start-up of gelled pipelines", Journal of Non-Newtonian Fluid Mechanics, 2019 Aug vol. 271, no. 0, pp.104-149, 2019.

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S.M.A. Noori Rahimabadi ، AHMADPOUR ALI ، J. P. Meyer, "Effects of vibration on pool boiling heat transfer from a vertically aligned array of heated tubes", International Journal of Multiphase Flow, 2019 Jun vol. 118, no. 0, pp.97-112, 2019.

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NASRFARD JAHROMI HAMED ، RAHIMZADEH HASSAN ، AHMADPOUR ALI ، AMANI EHSAN, "Simulation of Intermittent Flow Development in a Horizontal Pipe", Journal of Fluids Engineering-Transactions of The Asme, 2019 Jun vol. 141, no. 12, pp.1-33, 2019.

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AHMADPOUR ALI ، S.M.A. Noori Rahimabadi, "Thermal-hydraulic performance evaluation of gas-liquid multiphase flows in a vertical sinusoidal wavy channel in the presence/absence of phase change", International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, 2019 Apr vol. 138, no. 0, pp.677-689, 2019.

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YAZDANI MOTLAGH KAVEH ، SAHEBJAMEI MOHAMMAD ، AHMADPOUR ALI, "Natural Convection Heat Transfer and Entropy Generation in a Porous Trapezoidal Enclosure Saturated with Power-Law Non-Newtonian Fluids", Heat Transfer Engineering, 2019 Apr vol. 41, no. 11, pp.1-20, 2019.

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NASRFARD JAHROMI HAMED ، RAHIMZADEH HASSAN ، AHMADPOUR ALI ، NADERAN TAHAN HAMID, "Experimental study of condensation heat transfer for R141b in intermittent flow regime within a smooth horizontal tube", Experimental Thermal and Fluid Science, 2019 Mar vol. 105, no. 0, pp.109-122, 2019.

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AHMADPOUR ALI ، AMANI EHSAN ، ESMAILI MOHAMMAD, "Numerical simulation of shear thinning slug flows: the effect of viscosity variation on the shape of Taylor bubbles and wall shear stress", Journal of The Brazilian Society of Mechanical Sciences and Engineering, 2019 Jan vol. 41, no. 48, pp.1-18, 2019.

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AMANI EHSAN ، AHMADPOUR ALI ، TOHIDI MOGHADDAM MOHAMMAD, "A numerical study of the rise of a Taylor bubble through a sudden/gradual expansion in Newtonian and shear-thinning liquids", International Journal of Mechanical Sciences, 2019 Jan vol. 152, no. 0, pp.236-246, 2019.

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SARLAK ALI ، AHMADPOUR ALI ، Hajmohammadi MohammadReza, "Thermal design improvement of a double-layered microchannel heat sink by using multi-walled carbon nanotube (MWCNT) nanofluids with nonNewtonian viscosity", Applied Thermal Engineering, 2018 Oct vol. 147, no. 0, pp.205-215, 2018.

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DANESHVAR GARMROODI MOHAMMAD REZA ، AHMADPOUR ALI ، F. Talati, "MHD mixed convection of nanofluids in the presence of multiple rotating cylinders in different configurations: A two-phase numerical study", International Journal of Mechanical Sciences, 2018 Oct vol. 150, no. 0, pp.247-264, 2018.

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S.M.A. Noori Rahim Abadi ، AHMADPOUR ALI ، J.P. Meyer, "Numerical simulation of pool boiling on smooth, vertically aligned tandem tubes", International Journal of Thermal Sciences, 2018 Jul vol. 132, no. 0, pp.628-644, 2018.

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AHMADPOUR ALI ، S.M.A. Noori Rahim Abadi ، J.P. Meyer, "Numerical investigation of pool boiling on a staggered tube bundle for different working fluids", International Journal of Multiphase Flow, 2018 Apr vol. 104, no. 0, pp.89-102, 2018.

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AHMADPOUR ALI ، NASIRI MILAD ، KHAZAYINEJAD MEHDI ، ASGHARIAN NAVID, "Flow and convective heat transfer of Casson fluid between squeezing porous disks in the presence of thermal radiation, viscous dissipation, and variable heat source/sink", Journal of The Brazilian Society of Mechanical Sciences and Engineering, 2018 Feb vol. 40, no. 0, pp.1-13, 2018.

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Sahand Majidi ، AHMADPOUR ALI, "Thermally assisted restart of gelled pipelines: A weakly compressible numerical study", International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, 2017 Oct vol. 118, no. 0, pp.27-39, 2017.

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AHMADPOUR ALI ، ALLAHYARIKARNAGH ALIREZA, "Poiseuille flow of a thixo-elastic fluid: analytical and semi-analytical solutions", Journal of Non-Newtonian Fluid Mechanics, 2017 Aug vol. 247, no. 0, pp.239-253, 2017.

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S.M.A Noori Rahim Abadi ، AHMADPOUR ALI ، S.M.N.R. Abadi ، J.P. Meyer, "CFD-based shape optimization of steam turbine blade cascade in transonic two phase flows", Applied Thermal Engineering, 2017 Feb vol. 112, no. 0, pp.1575-1589, 2017.

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AHMADPOUR ALI ، SMA Noori Rahimabadi ، J.P. Meyer, "On the performance enhancement of thermo-compressor and steam turbine blade cascade in the presence of spontaneous nucleation", Energy, 2017 Jan vol. 119, no. 0, pp.675-693, 2017.

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A. Salehi-Shabestari ، AHMADPOUR ALI ، M. Raisee ، Kayvan Sadeghy, "Flow and Displacement of Waxy Crude Oils in a Homogenous Porous Medium: a Numerical Study", Journal of Non-Newtonian Fluid Mechanics, 2016 Jul vol. 235, no. 0, pp.47-63, 2016.

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AHMADPOUR ALI ، S.M.A Noori Rahimabadi ، Ramin Kouhikamali, "Numerical simulation of two-phase gas-liquid flow through gradual expansions/contractions", International Journal of Multiphase Flow, 2016 Apr vol. 79, no. 0, pp.31-49, 2016.

Conference Papers

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KHORRAMI BAGHMALAKI MOHAMMAD HOSSEIN ، KERMANI MOHAMMAD JAFAR ، AHMADPOUR ALI, "Numerical solution of liquid flow in a stirred tank and comparison with semi-empirical correlations,", ISME 2024, May 2024.

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DARLIK FATEME ، AMANI EHSAN ، AHMADPOUR ALI, "Simulation of slug flow of liquid-gas two-phase flow in vertical tubes,", The 8th national conference on CFD applications in chemical & petroleum industries, May 2017.

Journal Referee

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Applied Thermal Engineering

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Journal of Non-Newtonian Fluid Mechanics

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International Communications On Heat & Mass Transfer

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International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer

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Journal of the Brazilian Society of Mechanical Sciences and Engineering

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Special Topics & Reviews in Porous Media - An International Journal

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Journal of Power and Energy

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Computational Thermal Sciences

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AUT Journal of Mechanical Engineering

Taught Courses

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Course title

Description

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Date

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Introduction to Computational Fluid Dynamics

4051

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Fluid Mechanics (I)

مطالعه ی نظری رفتار جریانی سیالات تراکم ناپذیر

4042

3

Seminar

4041

4

Introduction to Computational Fluid Dynamics

4041

5

Heat Transfer (I)

4032

Inventions/Patents

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indirect modular solar fruit and vegetable dryer

100561

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2038/01/19