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Mojtaba Kheiri

  • Associate Professor, Mechanical, Industrial and Aerospace Engineering

Research areas: Fluid-structure interactions, Aeroelasticity, Flow-induced vibration, Wind engineering, Airborne wind energy, Aerodynamics, Fluid Mechanics, Renewable energy systems, Energy harvesting, Numerical methods

Contact information

Availability:

Monday & Thursday 11 am to 12 pm (by appointment)
EV 4.149

Teaching activities

Fall 2023

Principles of Aeroelasticity AERO 431 

Fall 2023

Aeroelasticity MECH 6481

Publications

Selected journal articles

Tabatabaei S S, Kheiri M, Dargahi J (2021). Dynamics and stability of imperfect flexible cylinders in axial flow. Journal of Fluids and Structures, Accepted.Tavallaeinejad M, Salinas M F, Paidoussis M P, Legrand M, Kheiri M, Botez R M (2021). Dynamics of inverted flags: Experiments and comparison with theory. Journal of Fluids and Structures 101 103199.Tavallaeinejad M, Paidoussis M P, Salinas M F, Legrand M, Kheiri M, Botez R M (2020). Flapping of heavy inverted flags: a fluid-elastic instability. Journal of Fluid Mechanics 904 R5. Zhang X, Kheiri M, Xie W-F (2020). Nonlinear dynamics and gust response of a two-dimensional wing. International Journal of Non-Linear Mechanics 123, 103478.Tavallaeinejad M, Paidoussis M P, Legrand M, Kheiri M, (2020). Instability and post-critical behaviour of inverted flags. Journal of Fluid Mechanics 890. 
Kheiri M, (2020). Nonlinear dynamics of imperfectly-supported pipes conveying fluid, Journal of Fluids and Structures 93, 102850.Kheiri M, (2019). Airborne Wind Energy: A Game Changer in Wind Energy. Feature Article in the CSME Bulletin, Special Issue on Energy, Spring 2019, 9-10.

Kheiri M, Saberi Nasrabad V, Bourgault F. (2019). A new perspective on the aerodynamic performance and power limit of crosswind kite systems. Journal of Wind Engineering & Industrial Aerodynamics. 190: 190-199.


Kheiri M, Bourgault F, Saberi Nasrabad V, Victor S. (2018). On the aerodynamic performance of crosswind

kite power systems. Journal of Wind Engineering & Industrial Aerodynamics. 181: 1-13.  

Zhang X, Kheiri M, Xie W-F (2021). Aero-servo-elasticity of an airfoil with parametric uncertainty and subjected to atmospheric gusts. AIAA Journal, Accepted.

Kheiri M. (2016). Dynamics and stability of a flexible, slender cylinder flexibly restrained at one end and free

at the other and subjected to axial flow. Archive of Mechanical Engineering. 63: 379-396.

Kheiri M, Paidoussis M P, Amabili M. (2015). An experimental study of dynamics of towed flexible

cylinders. Journal of Sound and Vibration. 348: 149-166.

Kheiri M, Paidoussis M P, *Costa Del Pozo G, Amabili M. (2014). Dynamics of a pipe conveying fluid

flexibly restrained at the ends. Journal of Fluids and Structures. 49: 360-385.

Kheiri M, Paidoussis M P. (2014). On the use of generalized Hamilton’s principle for the derivation of the

equation of motion of a pipe conveying fluid. Journal of Fluids and Structures. 50: 18-24.

Kheiri M, Paidoussis M P, Amabili M. (2013). A nonlinear model for a towed flexible cylinder. Journal of

Sound and Vibration. 332: 1789-1806.

Selected conference papers

Kheiri M, Saberi Nasrabad V, Victor S, Bourgault F. (2017). A Wake Model for Crosswind Kite Systems.

Airborne Wind Energy Conference (AWEC), Freiburg, Germany

Kheiri M, Bourgault F, Saberi Nasrabad, V. (2017). Power Limit for Crosswind Kite Systems. Proceedings

of ISWTP 2017. International Symposium on Wind and Tidal Power, Montreal, Canada

Kheiri M., Paidoussis M P, Amabili M. (2013). Some aspects of nonlinear dynamics of towed flexible

cylinders. Proceedings of the 4th CanCNSM. The 4th CanCNSM (Canadian Conference on Nonlinear Solid

Mechanics)

Kadavilparambil Akberali A F, Kheiri M, Bourgault F (2021). Generalized aerodynamic models for crosswind kite power systems. Journal of Wind Engineering & Industrial Aerodynamics, Accepted.

Participation activities

Reviewer

Journal of Fluids and Structures
International Journal of Non-Linear Mechanics
Ocean Engineering
ASME Journal of Vibration and Acoustics
Journal of Wind Engineering & Industrial Aerodynamics
Journal of Mechanics of Materials and Structures
European Journal of Mechanics / A Solids

Education

B.Sc., Aerospace Engineering, Sharif University of Technology, Iran
M.Sc., Aerospace Engineering, Sharif University of Technology, Iran
Ph.D., Mechanical Engineering, McGill University, Canada
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