Renewable Energy and Sustainable Technologies
In close link with Energy Systems and Advanced Materials Group, we are also active in the areas of Wind Energy and High Performance Structures and Materials. The research facilities include Composites and Lightweight Structures fabrication workshop with facilities for the preparation, processing and testing of composite materials; two micro wind turbines; in-house software tools for simulation and design of wind turbines; and a high performance FEA suite for structural analysis of anisotropic composite materials.
Current Research Projects
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Advanced Techniques in Design of Wind Turbines for Low-Wind Regions
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Damage Behaviour of Smart Composite Structures
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Hybrid FRP-CFRP Retrofitting of RC Structures
Recent Publications
Wiratama I, Maheri A, "An Investigation into the Potential Use of Microtabs in Enhancing Energy Capture Capability of Wind Turbines", The 12th International Conference on QiR (Quality in Research), Bali 4-7 July 2011.
Maheri MR, Maheri A, Pourfallah S, Azarm R, Hadjipour A, "Improving the durability of straw-reinforced clay plaster cladding for earthen buildings", Architectural Heritage, 5 (3), pp 349-366, 2011.
Maheri A, Isikveren AT, "Performance Prediction of Wind Turbines Utilizing Passive Smart Blades: Approaches and Evaluation", Wind Energy, 13 (2), pp 255–265, 2010.
Niroomandi A, Maheri A, Maheri MR, Mahini S, "Seismic Performance of Ordinary RC Frames, Retrofitted at Joints by FRP Sheets", Engineering Structures, 32, pp 2326-2336, 2010.
Maheri, A, Isikveren, AT, Design of Wind Turbine Passive Smart Blades, European Wind Energy Conference, Marseille, France, 16-19 March 2009.
Niroomandi, A, Maheri, A, Upgrading the Performance Level of Ordinary Frames Using Fibre Reinforced Plastic Sheets, The 8th International Congress on Civil Engineering, Shiraz, Iran, 11-13 May 2009.
Niroomandi, A, Maheri, A, Upgrading the Ductility and Seismic Behaviour Factor of Ordinary RC frames Using Fibre Composite Sheets, The 3rd International Congress on Concrete & Development, Tehran, Iran, 587-598, 2009.
Maheri, A, Isikveren, AT, Variable-State Design Parameters in Design of Aero-Structures Made of Intrinsically Smart Materials, High Performance Structures and Materials IV, Editors de Wilde WP and Brebbia CA, WIT Press, pp 421-430, 2008.
Maheri, A, Noroozi, S, Vinney, J, Application of combined analytical/FEA coupled-aero-structure simulation in design of wind turbine adaptive blades, Renewable Energy, 32(12), pp 2011-2018, 2007.
Maheri, A, Noroozi, S, Vinney, J, Decoupled design of wind turbine adaptive blades, Renewable Energy, 32(10), pp 1753-1767, 2007.
Maheri, A, Noroozi, S, Vinney, J, Combined Analytical/FEA-based Coupled-Aero-Structure Simulation of Wind Turbines with Bend-Twist Adaptive Blades, Renewable Energy, 32 (6), pp 916-930, 2007.
Maheri, A, Noroozi, S, Toomer, C, Vinney, J, Efficient meshing of a wind turbine blade using force adaptive mesh sizing functions, Renewable Energy, 32 (1), pp 95-104, 2007.
Maheri, A, Noroozi, S, Toomer, C, Vinney, J, WTAB, a Computer Program for Predicting the Performance of Horizontal Axis Wind Turbines with Adaptive Blades, Renewable Energy, 31(11), pp 1673-1685, 2006.
Maheri, A, Noroozi, S, Toomer, C, Vinney, J, Single step versus coupled aero-structure simulation of a wind turbine with bend-twist adaptive blades, European Wind Energy Conference, Athens, Greece, 27 February-2 March 2006.
Maheri, A, Noroozi, S, Toomer, C, Vinney, J, A simple algorithm to modify an ordinary wind turbine blade to an adaptive one, European Wind Energy Conference, Athens, Greece, 27 February-2 March 2006.
Maheri, A, Noroozi, S, Toomer, C, Vinney, J, Damping the fluctuating behaviour and improving the convergence rate of the axial induction factor in the BEMT-based rotor aerodynamic codes, European Wind Energy Conference, Athens, Greece, 27 February-2 March 2006.
