English version  Dr inż. Hassan Abdolpour hassan.abdolpour@pwr.edu.pl, budynek C-7, p. 709. Strony:

Hassan Abdolpour (PhD, Eng), an Post-Doctoral researcher at the Faculty of Civil Engineering, Wrocław University of Science Technology (WUST), Poland under NAWA program.

He was selected as a Ph.D. candidate in the University of Minho (UM) in Portugal (according to the Academic Ranking of World University in 2019, UM was ranked 401- 500 worldwide and 3-4 in Portugal) in 2011. His Ph.D. thesis titled by Development of Prefabricated Modular Building in Pure Composite Sandwich Panels with the supervision of Professor Joaquim Barros (Google Scholar). He carried out his research in the field of introducing prefabricated FRP composite sandwich panels which were connected together to form the entire structure for temporary building. He was immensely collaborated with different industrial companies, laboratories as well as well-known professors during his research. His research categorized into five groups as (i) designing, manufacturing, testing FRP composite sandwich panels, (ii) proposing and testing a demountable fitting connection system using mechanical connector for jointing two and three composite sandwich panels, (iii) evaluating functional performances and mechanical performances of each element as well as whole prototype of modular building, (iv) developing high performance SHCC concrete, (v) application and testing SHCC mortar on the sandwich panels.

His research interests are situated primarily in the field of Structural Engineering and Composite Structures, with a particular focus on structural retrofitting, numerical modelling and the use of mathematical tools like artificial neural networks (a mathematical tool based on the behavior of the human brain, which has the ability to learn from experience by training them to recognize certain patterns). Besides his Ph.D. thesis, he is author of over ten scientific journal articles and a series of scientific conferences participations (Google Scholar). This research work conducted during the approximately 6 years of his career as a researcher, could be separated in two main areas (a) composite structures and (b) high-strength reinforced concrete:

(a) Composite structures and utilizing FRP material in the Civil Engineering application: this topic is related to the applicant’s PhD Thesis, and it deals with the use of FRP material as introducing light-weight structures for rehabilitation and/or new construction of bridge, residential building and etc. Both experimental and numerical studies were carried out. In the experimental part, mechanical performance of single and jointed composite sandwich panels was assessed under static, dynamic, creep tests. More precisely, a demountable connection system using fitting techniques and mechanical connectors were introduced and tested under shear tests, bearing tests, bending tests. In the numerical study, a finite element model by using the commercial software ABAQUS was developed to represent the specimens experimentally tested. The numerical model was used to undertake more than 500 numerical models with the aim of performing a parametric study to analyze the influence of a series of factors.

(b) High-performance reinforced concrete (HPRC) for retrofitting purpose: research in this area was focused on developing strain hardening cementitious base composite (SHCC) for retrofitting purpose. This material characterized by a strain hardening and multi cracking under direct tensile loads, are also very promising alternatives and offer many advantages such as high flexural resistance and stiffness compared to the weight of the panel, as well as high impact strength, low thermal and acoustic conductivity and high corrosion resistance. Proposed material using some polypropylene polymer (PP) was used on the composite sandwich panels to examine the properties to this material under flexural and shear loading tests. Experimental and FEM simulations were done to simulate and estimate mechanical performance of HPRC with presence of FRP composite sandwich panels.

Currently he is funded for 24 months with a financial supporting of 247,000 PLN and will last for 24 months (01.01.2021-01.01.23) and entitled by “UHPSCM: Synergy of recycled steel fibers and spent equilibrium catalyst from oil refinery for sustainable development of repair material made of environmentally-friendly ultra-high performance self-compacting mortars”. It is a great value both economically and ecologically if the waste materials could be reused as an addition in self-compacting mortar. This research, tends to use Recycled Steel Fibres (RSF) from post-consumed tyres and spent equilibrium catalyst (ECat) from oil refinery to produce ultra-high performance self-compacting mortar (UHPSCM) which is currently gap in the literature.

Research interests:
concrete, retrofitting techniques, finite element simulations, fracture analysis, fiber reinforced polymer, composite panels, ultra-high performance concrete, recycled materials applications.

Projects:

Title: UHPSCM: Synergy of recycled steel fibers and spent equilibrium catalyst from oil refinery for sustainable development of repair material made of environmentally-friendly ultra-high performance self-compacting mortars
Registration number: PPN/ULM/2020/1/00286
Source(s) of funding: Narodowa Agencja Wymiany Akademickiej (NAWA)
Ammount of funding: 240 000 PLN
Entity's name: Hassan Abdolpour
Start date (yyyy-mm-dd): 2021-01-01
End date (yyyy-mm-dd): 2022-12-31

Title: CLICKHOUSE
Registration number: CLICKHOUSE/150/A/19586
Source(s) of funding: Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia (FCT)
Ammount of funding: 55 000 EUR
Entity's name: Hassan Abdolpour
Start date (yyyy-mm-dd): 2013-02-01
End date (yyyy-mm-dd): 2017-09-01

Title: LEGOUSE
Registration number: L/12/D/256/125
Source(s) of funding: Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia (FCT)
Ammount of funding: 24 000 EUR
Entity's name: Hassan Abdolpour
Start date (yyyy-mm-dd): 2011-02-01
End date (yyyy-mm-dd): 2013-02-01

Prize and awards:

- 02/2009 Best academic record of Civil Engineering School, Department of Civil Engineering, Azad University of Tabriz, Iran.
- 08/2010 Best professor in Civil Engineering School, Department of Civil Engineering, Azad University of Tabriz, Iran.
- 07/2013 Excellent report award, Strengthening CFRP Challenge at the University of Minho, Guimarães, Portugal.

Articles:

• Hassan Abdolpour, Paweł Niewiadomski, Łukasz Sadowski. Recycling of steel fibres and spent equilibrium catalyst in ultra-high performance concrete: Literature review, research gaps, and future development, Construction and Building Materials. 2021;309:125147.
• Ł. Sadowski, Ł. Kampa, A. Chowaniec, A. Królicka, A. Żak, H. Abdoulpour, S. Vantadori, Enhanced adhesive performance of epoxy resin coating by a novel bonding agent, Construction and Building Materials. 301 (2021) 124078.
• Abdolpour, H., Garzón-Roca, J., Sena-Cruz, J. M., Barros, J. A. O., and Valente, I. B. (2020). FEM-Based Numerical Strategy for Analysis of Composite Modular Floor Prototype for Emergency Housing Applications. Journal of Structural Engineering. 2020. 146(1).
• Abdolpour H, Garzón-Roca J, Mameghani P. Increasing flexural performance of hybrid sandwich panels by using strain hardening cementitious base composite and glass fibre-reinforced polymer. Journal of Composite Materials. 2018. ISSN: 0021-9983.
• Abdolpour H, Garzón-Roca J, Escusa G, Sena-Cruz JM, Barros JAO, Valente IB. Composite modular floor prototype for emergency housing applications: Experimental and analytical approach. Journal of Composite Materials. 2017. ISSN: 0021-9983.
• Abdolpour H, Escusa G, Sena-Cruz JM, Valente IB, Barros JAO. Axial Performance of Jointed Sandwich Wall Panels. Journal of Composites for Construction. 2017;21. ISSN:1090-0268.
• Abdolpour H, Garzón-Roca J, Escusa G, Sena-Cruz JM, Barros JAO, Valente IB. Development of a composite prototype with GFRP profiles and sandwich panels used as a floor module of an emergency house, Composite Structures. 2016; 153:81-95, ISSN:0263-8223.

International conferences

• ICCS24 - 24th International Conference on Composite Structures, 2021, Porto, Portugal
  
  • Abdolpour, H., Niewiadomski, P., Sadowski, L., Utilising recycled fiber in ultra-high performance concrete.

• 5th International Structural Engineering and Construction Conference (ISEC-5, Las Vegas, USA, September 2009).
  • Abdolpour H, Zamanzadeh Z, Behravesh A, Estimation of statically equivalent seismic forces of single layer reticular domes.
  • Zamanzadeh, Z, Abdolpour H, Behravesh A, Investigating the buckling behaviour of single layer dome form of space structures.

• 4th conference on Civil Engineering, Semnan, Iran (CESC, 2009)
  • Zamanzadeh Z, Abdolpour H, Direct method for buckling of reticular single layer dome without estimating the effective length factor.
  • Abdolpour H, Zamanzadeh Z, Result of Conventional and Adaptive Push over Non Liner Static Analysis on Irregular 3D Structures.

• JPEEE 2014, 5as Jornadas Portuguesas de Engenharia de Estruturas
  • Gonçalo Escusa, Julio Garzón-Roca, Hassan Abdolpour, José Sena-Cruz, Joaquim Barros, Isabel Valente, João Martins, João R. Correia, Fernando A. Branco, CARACTERIZAÇÃO EXPERIMENTAL DO COMPORTAMENTO MECÂNICO DE PAINÉIS SANDWICH COM LÂMINAS DE GFRP E NÚCLEO DE POLIURETANO.