Dr Esmaeel Eftekharian

Dr Esmaeel Eftekharian

Senior Research Associate
  • PhD, Infrastructure Engineering, Western Sydney University
  • M.Sc, Mechanical Engineering, Shiraz University
Engineering
Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering

Dr Eftekharian is a senior research associate in School of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering at the University of New South Wales. He did his PhD in Infrastructure Engineering at Western Sydney University, Australia. His research interests include Computational Fluid Dynamics, Turbulent Flow, Computational Hydroacoustic/Aeroacoustic, Fire and Wind Engineering, and Heat Transfer.  

Location
Ainsworth Building (J17) Level 4, Room 408A
  • Book Chapters | 2020
    Eftekharian E; Ghodrat M; He Y; Ong RH; Kwok KCS; Samali B, 2020, 'Numerical Simulation of the Effect of Terrain Slope on Fire-Wind Enhancement', in Lecture Notes in Civil Engineering, pp. 1087 - 1096, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-7603-0_103
    Book Chapters | 2015
    Eftekharian E; Khatami A; Khosravi A; Nahavandi S, 2015, 'Data mining analysis of an urban tunnel pressure drop based on CFD data', in , pp. 128 - 135, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-26561-2_16
  • Journal articles | 2023
    Eftekharian E; Croaker P; Marburg S; Liu D; Kessissoglou N, 2023, 'Non-negative aeroacoustic source contributions to radiated sound power', Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 153, pp. 3522 - 3531, http://dx.doi.org/10.1121/10.0019855
    Journal articles | 2023
    Eftekharian E; Croaker P; Sandberg R; Wilkes D; Marburg S; Kessissoglou N, 2023, 'Contribution of jet flow noise sources to the far-field sound power', The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 154, pp. A37 - A37, http://dx.doi.org/10.1121/10.0022722
    Journal articles | 2023
    Eftekharian E; Rashidi M; Salehi F; Samali B, 2023, 'LES analysis on the effects of fire source asymmetry on enhanced wind by fire', International Journal of Thermofluids, 18, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijft.2023.100317
    Journal articles | 2023
    Eftekharian E, 2023, 'Contribution of Lighthill tensor components to far-field acoustic pressure', INTER-NOISE and NOISE-CON Congress and Conference Proceedings, 267, pp. 411 - 414, http://dx.doi.org/10.3397/no_2023_0115
    Journal articles | 2022
    Ong RH; Patruno L; He Y; Efthekarian E; Zhao Y; Hu G; Kwok KCS, 2022, 'Large-eddy simulation of wind-driven flame in the atmospheric boundary layer', International Journal of Thermal Sciences, 171, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijthermalsci.2021.107032
    Journal articles | 2021
    Eftekharian E; Ghodrat M; He Y; Ong RH; Kwok KCS; Zhao M, 2021, 'Numerical Analysis of the Effect of Fire Source Configuration on Fire-Wind Enhancement', Heat Transfer Engineering, 42, pp. 41 - 60, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/01457632.2019.1685249
    Journal articles | 2021
    Eftekharian E; Salehi F; He Y; Kwok KCS, 2021, 'LES analysis of fire source aspect ratio effects on fire-wind enhancement', International Journal of Heat and Fluid Flow, 89, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijheatfluidflow.2021.108803
    Journal articles | 2021
    Eftekharian E; Salehi F; He Y; Kwok KCS, 2021, 'LES analysis on the effects of baroclinic generation of vorticity on fire-wind enhancement', International Journal of Thermal Sciences, 162, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijthermalsci.2020.106775
    Journal articles | 2020
    Eftekharian E; Ghodrat M; He Y; Ong RH; Kwok KCS; Zhao M, 2020, 'Correlations for fire-wind enhancement flow characteristics based on LES simulations', International Journal of Heat and Fluid Flow, 82, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijheatfluidflow.2020.108558
    Journal articles | 2020
    Eftekharian E; Rashidi M; Ghodrat M; He Y; Kwok KCS, 2020, 'LES simulation of terrain slope effects on wind enhancement by a point source fire', Case Studies in Thermal Engineering, 18, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.csite.2020.100588
    Journal articles | 2019
    Eftekharian E; Ghodrat M; He Y; Ong RH; Kwok KCS; Zhao M; Samali B, 2019, 'Investigation of terrain slope effects on wind enhancement by a line source fire', Case Studies in Thermal Engineering, 14, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.csite.2019.100467
    Journal articles | 2019
    Eftekharian E; Ghodrat M; He Y; Ong RH; Kwok KCS; Zhao M, 2019, 'Numerical analysis of wind velocity effects on fire-wind enhancement', International Journal of Heat and Fluid Flow, 80, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijheatfluidflow.2019.108471
    Journal articles | 2019
    Eftekharian E; He Y; Kwok KCS; Ong RH; Yuan J, 2019, 'Investigation of fire-driven cross-wind velocity enhancement', International Journal of Thermal Sciences, 141, pp. 84 - 95, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijthermalsci.2019.03.033
    Journal articles | 2015
    Eftekharian E; Abouali O; Ahmadi G, 2015, 'An improved correlation for pressure drop in a tunnel under traffic jam using CFD', Journal of Wind Engineering and Industrial Aerodynamics, 143, pp. 34 - 41, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jweia.2015.04.013
    Journal articles | 2014
    Eftekharian E; Dastan A; Abouali O; Meigolinedjad J; Ahmadi G, 2014, 'A numerical investigation into the performance of two types of jet fans in ventilation of an urban tunnel under traffic jam condition', Tunnelling and Underground Space Technology, 44, pp. 56 - 67, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.tust.2014.07.005
  • Preprints | 2023
    Ong R; xxx X; He Y; w Q; Edge L, 2023, Experimental Investigation and Numerical Validation of the Effects of Wind-Blown Flames on Boundary Layer Profiles, , http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.4363295
    Conference Papers | 2021
    Eftekharian E; Croaker P; Marburg S; Kessissoglou N, 2021, 'Aeroacoustic source contributions to sound power', in Annual Conference of the Australian Acoustical Society 2021: Making Waves, AAS 2021, pp. 397 - 398
    Conference Papers | 2018
    Eftekharian E; Ghodrat M; Ong RH; He Y; Kwok KCS, 2018, 'CFD investigation of cross-flow effects on fire-wind enhancement', in Proceedings of the 21st Australasian Fluid Mechanics Conference, AFMC 2018
    Conference Papers | 2017
    Hassanli S; Jafari SAH; Eftekharian E; Kwok KCS, 2017, 'Performance Assessment of Cascaded Wind Turbines inside Through-building Openings', in 9th Asia Pacific Conference on Wind Engineering, APCWE 2017
    Conference Papers | 2017
    Jafari SAH; Hassanli S; Eftekharian E; Kwok KCS, 2017, 'Effect of incident wind angle on power generation of building integrated wind turbines', in 9th Asia Pacific Conference on Wind Engineering, APCWE 2017

2015: recipient of Postgraduate Research Award offered by Western Sydney University.

2019: recipient of Best Student Paper Prize offered by the Australian and New Zealand Section of the Combustion Institute. 

2021: recipient of CIB Best Doctoral Thesis/Dissertation Award offered by CIB, International Council for Research and Innovation in Building and Construction.

My current research activities include computational aeroacoustic/hydroacoustic with particular focus on flow-induced noise in turbulent flow. I also have conducted research in the field of combustion/fire and wind engineering with application in bushfire safety and control.  I also have performed research in the domain of industrial ventilation including design of ventilation system for urban/metro tunnels.