Mohammad Rasoul Delfani

Associate Professor

Update: 2026-05-22

Mohammad Rasoul Delfani

Civil Engineering / Structural Engineering

Journal Paper

  1. "Cohesion moduli and higher-order elastic constants of fcc metals in the framework of anisotropic second strain-gradient theory"
    Vahid Bagherpour, Mohammad Rasoul Delfani
    EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF MECHANICS A-SOLIDS, Vol. 116, 2026
  2. "Strain-gradient solution for solid-state ion diffusion induced stress in cylindrical nanowires with dislocation effects"
    Mohammad Rasoul Delfani, Maryam Yadollahi
    APPLIED MATHEMATICAL MODELLING, Vol. 156, 2026
  3. "Anti-plane elastic field of a cylindrical inhomogeneity within first strain-gradient theory: exact solution vs. extended equivalent inclusion method"
    Mohammad Rasoul Delfani, Mona Karami
    ARCHIVE OF APPLIED MECHANICS, Vol. 95, 2025
  4. "Determination of characteristic lengths of fcc metals within anisotropic second strain gradient theory using molecular simulations"
    Vahid Bagherpour, Mohammad Rasoul Delfani
    EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF MECHANICS A-SOLIDS, 2024
  5. "Computational homogenization of the elastic properties of polycrystalline fcc metals within Mindlin's second strain-gradient theory"
    Vahid Bagherpour, Mohammad Rasoul Delfani
    INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SOLIDS AND STRUCTURES, Vol. 301, 2024
  6. "Strain-gradient solution to elastodynamic scattering from a cylindrical inhomogeneity"
    Mohammad Rasoul Delfani, Hamed Bidi
    INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MECHANICAL SCIENCES, Vol. 261, pp.3-16, 2024
  7. "Elastic and plastic fields induced by a screw dislocation in a nanowire within Mindlin's second strain gradient theory"
    Mohammad Rasoul Delfani, Sepideh AmadehRajiri
    APPLIED MATHEMATICAL MODELLING, Vol. 109, pp.77-97, 2022
  8. "Interaction of a semi-infinite crack with a screw dislocation within Mindlin's first strain-gradient elasticity"
    Mohammad Rasoul Delfani, Hamidreza Kosari
    ENGINEERING FRACTURE MECHANICS, Vol. 275, pp.1-18, 2022
  9. "Elastic fields due to a suddenly expanding spherical inclusion within Mindlin's first strain-gradient theory"
    Mohammad Rasoul Delfani, Ali Tarvirdilu Asl, Milad Sajedipour
    CONTINUUM MECHANICS AND THERMODYNAMICS, pp.1-23, 2022
  10. "Closed-form solutions for the elastic fields due to the motion of a screw dislocation at a constant velocity along a linear path with an arbitrary direction"
    Mohammad Rasoul Delfani
    Vol. 36, pp.73-80, 2021
  11. "Uniform motion of an edge dislocation within Mindlin,s first strain gradient elasticity"
    Mohammad Rasoul Delfani, Sahar Taaghi, Ehsan Tavakol
    INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MECHANICAL SCIENCES, Vol. 179, pp.1-15, 2020
  12. "Frank network of dislocations within Mindlin's second strain gradient theory of elasticity"
    Mohammad Rasoul Delfani, Fahime Kakavand
    INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MECHANICAL SCIENCES, Vol. 164, pp.105-150, 2019
  13. "Dual ideal shear strengths for chiral single-walled carbon nanotubes"
    Mohammad Rasoul Delfani, H.M. Shodja
    INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF NON-LINEAR MECHANICS, Vol. 120, pp.1-11, 2019
  14. "Uniformly moving screw dislocation in strain gradient elasticity"
    Mohammad Rasoul Delfani, Ehsan Tavakol
    EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF MECHANICS A-SOLIDS, Vol. 73, pp.349-355, 2019
  15. "Interaction of a straight screw dislocation with a circular cylindrical inhomogeneity in the context of second strain gradient theory of elasticity"
    Mohammad Rasoul Delfani, Pooya Forghani Arani
    MECHANICS OF MATERIALS, Vol. 139, pp.1-14, 2019
  16. "Effective Shear Modulus of Functionally Graded Fibrous Composites in Second Strain Gradient Elasticity"
    Mohammad Rasoul Delfani, Shiva Shojaeimanesh, Vahid Bagherpour
    JOURNAL OF ELASTICITY, Vol. -, pp.1-20, 2018
  17. "Spherical inclusion with time-harmonic eigenfields in strain gradient elasticity considering the effect of micro inertia"
    Mohammad Rasoul Delfani, Milad Sajedipour
    INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SOLIDS AND STRUCTURES, pp.1-8, 2018
  18. "Nonlinear elasticity of monolayer hexagonal crystals Theory and application to circular bulge test"
    Mohammad Rasoul Delfani
    EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF MECHANICS A-SOLIDS, Vol. 68, 2017
  19. "Overall properties of particulate composites with periodic microstructure in second strain gradient theory of elasticity"
    Mohammad Rasoul Delfani, Vahid Bagherpour
    MECHANICS OF MATERIALS, Vol. 113, pp.89-101, 2017
  20. "Elastic field of a spherical inclusion with non-uniform eigenfields in second strain gradient elasticity"
    Mohammad Rasoul Delfani, Majid Latifi shahandashti
    PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY A-MATHEMATICAL PHYSICAL AND ENGINEERING SCIENCES, Vol. 473, pp.1-20, 2017
  21. "Extended theory of elastica for free torsional longitudinal and radial breathing vibrations of single-walled carbon nanotubes"
    Mohammad Rasoul Delfani
    JOURNAL OF SOUND AND VIBRATION, Vol. 403, pp.104-128, 2017
  22. "Two-Dimensional Elastica Model for Describing the Flexural Behavior of Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes"
    Mohammad Rasoul Delfani
    JOURNAL OF ELASTICITY, Vol. 127, pp.1-27, 2016
  23. "A large-deformation thin plate theory with application to one-atom-thick layers"
    Mohammad Rasoul Delfani, Hossein M. Shodja
    JOURNAL OF THE MECHANICS AND PHYSICS OF SOLIDS, Vol. 87, pp.65-85, 2016
  24. "Scattering of an anti-plane shear wave by an embedded cylindrical micro-/nano-fiber within couple stress theory with micro inertia"
    Hossein M. Shodja, A Goodarzi, Mohammad Rasoul Delfani, H Haftbaradaran
    INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SOLIDS AND STRUCTURES, Vol. 58, pp.73-90, 2015
  25. "An exact analysis for the hoop elasticity and pressure-induced twist of CNT-nanovessels and CNT-nanopipes"
    Mohammad Rasoul Delfani, Hossein Shodja
    MECHANICS OF MATERIALS, Vol. 82, pp.47-62, 2015
  26. "An enhanced continuum modeling of the ideal strength and the angle of twist in tensile behavior of single-walled carbon nanotubes"
    Mohammad Rasoul Delfani, Hossein Shodja
    JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYSICS, Vol. 114, pp.1-11, 2013
  27. "Mechanics and morphology of single-walled carbon nanotubes from graphene to the elastica"
    Mohammad Rasoul Delfani, Hossein Shodja, Farzaneh Ojaghnezhad
    PHILOSOPHICAL MAGAZINE, Vol. 93, pp.2057-2088, 2013
  28. "A novel nonlinear constitutive relation for graphene and its consequence for developing closed-form expressions for Young s modulus and critical buckling strain of single-walled carbon nanotubes"
    Hossein Shodja, Mohammad Rasoul Delfani
    ACTA MECHANICA, Vol. 222, pp.91-101, 2011
  29. "3D elastodynamic fields of non-uniformly coated obstacles Notion of eigenstress and eigenbody-force fields"
    Hossein Shodja, Mohammad Rasoul Delfani
    MECHANICS OF MATERIALS, Vol. 41, pp.989-999, 2009
  30. "Determination of the scattered fields of an SH-wave by an eccentric coating-fiber ensemble using DEIM"
    Alireza Sarvestani, Hossein Shodja, Mohammad Rasoul Delfani
    INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENGINEERING SCIENCE, Vol. 46, pp.1136-1146, 2008