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Dr Babak Shahbodaghkhan
Lecturer

Dr Babak Shahbodaghkhan

PhD in Civil/Geotechnical Engineering, Kyoto University, Japan (2008-2011)

MSc in Civil/Structural Engineering, University of Tehran, Iran (2005-2008)

Engineering
Civil and Environmental Engineering

Lecturer in the School of Civil and Environmental Engineering

Dr Babak Shahbodagh received his PhD from Kyoto University in 2011. He was awarded the Monbusho Scholarship for his PhD program from the Ministry of Education, Science and Technology, Japan. He is currently a lecturer in the School of Civil and Environmental Engineering at UNSW. His research interests include:

- Computational Geomechanics

- Dynamics of Unsaturated Soils

- Constitutive Modelling of Geomaterials

- Seismic Analysis of Geostructures

- Dynamic Soil-Structure Interaction
Phone
(+61 2) 9385 5022
E-mail
b.shahbodagh@unsw.edu.au
Location
Civil Engineering Building (H20) Level 5, Room CE507 Kensington Campus
  • Journal articles | 2023
    Ahmadinezhad A; Jafarzadeh F; Shahbodagh B; Hosseinpour S; Khorami S, 2023, 'Development of a dynamic hollow cylinder apparatus for investigating the cyclic response of unsaturated soils subjected to stress anisotropy', Transportation Geotechnics, vol. 40, pp. 100968 - 100968, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.trgeo.2023.100968
    Journal articles | 2023
    Shahbodagh B; Perić D; Khalili N, 2023, 'Effects of stress histories and drainage conditions on inception of strain localization in unsaturated soils', Computers and Geotechnics, vol. 156, pp. 105291 - 105291, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.compgeo.2023.105291
    Journal articles | 2022
    Khaleghi M; Haghighat E; Vahab M; Shahbodagh B; Khalili N, 2022, 'Fracture characterization from noisy displacement data using artificial neural networks', Engineering Fracture Mechanics, vol. 271, pp. 108649 - 108649, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.engfracmech.2022.108649
    Journal articles | 2021
    Mehran Khoshoei S; Mortazavi Bak H; Mahdi Abtahi S; Mahdi Hejazi S; Shahbodagh B, 2021, 'Experimental Investigation of the Cyclic Behavior of Steel-Slag Ballast Mixed with Tire-Derived Aggregate', Journal of Materials in Civil Engineering, vol. 33, http://dx.doi.org/10.1061/(ASCE)MT.1943-5533.0003586
    Journal articles | 2021
    Moghaddasi H; Shahbodagh B; Esgandani GA; Khoshghalb A; Khalili N, 2021, 'Generalized Mapping Rule for Image Point Identification in 3D Bounding Surface Plasticity Models', International Journal of Geomechanics, vol. 21, http://dx.doi.org/10.1061/(ASCE)GM.1943-5622.0002052
    Journal articles | 2021
    Moghaddasi H; Shahbodagh B; Khalili N, 2021, 'A bounding surface plasticity model for unsaturated structured soils', Computers and Geotechnics, vol. 138, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.compgeo.2021.104313
    Journal articles | 2021
    Mortazavi Bak H; Kariminia T; Shahbodagh B; Rowshanzamir MA; Khoshghalb A, 2021, 'Application of bio-cementation to enhance shear strength parameters of soil-steel interface', Construction and Building Materials, vol. 294, pp. 123470 - 123470, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.conbuildmat.2021.123470
    Journal articles | 2020
    Dong M; Wang L; Shahbodagh B; Du X; Deng S; Sun Z, 2020, 'Effect of the soft and hard interbedded layers of bedrock on the mechanical characteristics of stabilizing piles', Applied Sciences (Switzerland), vol. 10, http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/app10144760
    Journal articles | 2020
    Moghaddasi H; Shahbodagh B; Khalili N, 2020, 'Lateral Vibration of Piles and Pile Groups in Nonhomogeneous Transversely Isotropic Media', International Journal of Geomechanics, vol. 20, http://dx.doi.org/10.1061/(ASCE)GM.1943-5622.0001753
    Journal articles | 2020
    Shahbodagh B; Mac TN; Esgandani GA; Khalili N, 2020, 'A Bounding Surface Viscoplasticity Model for Time-Dependent Behavior of Soils including Primary and Tertiary Creep', International Journal of Geomechanics, vol. 20, pp. 04020143 - 04020143, http://dx.doi.org/10.1061/(ASCE)GM.1943-5622.0001744
    Journal articles | 2020
    Shahbodagh B; Sadeghi H; Kimoto S; Oka F, 2020, 'Large deformation and failure analysis of river embankments subjected to seismic loading', Acta Geotechnica, vol. 15, pp. 1381 - 1408, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11440-019-00861-3
    Journal articles | 2019
    Ghaffaripour O; Esgandani GA; Khoshghalb A; Shahbodaghkhan B, 2019, 'Fully coupled elastoplastic hydro-mechanical analysis of unsaturated porous media using a meshfree method', International Journal for Numerical and Analytical Methods in Geomechanics, vol. 43, pp. 1919 - 1955, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/nag.2931
    Journal articles | 2019
    Oka F; Shahbodagh B; Kimoto S, 2019, 'A computational model for dynamic strain localization in unsaturated elasto-viscoplastic soils', International Journal for Numerical and Analytical Methods in Geomechanics, vol. 43, pp. 138 - 165, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/nag.2857
    Journal articles | 2017
    Shahbodagh B; Ashari M; Khalili N, 2017, 'A hybrid element method for dynamics of piles and pile groups in transversely isotropic media', Computers and Geotechnics, vol. 85, pp. 249 - 261, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.compgeo.2016.12.029
    Journal articles | 2017
    Shahbodagh B; Habte MA; Khoshghalb A; Khalili N, 2017, 'A bounding surface elasto-viscoplastic constitutive model for non-isothermal cyclic analysis of asphaltic materials', International Journal for Numerical and Analytical Methods in Geomechanics, vol. 41, pp. 721 - 739, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/nag.2574
    Journal articles | 2015
    Shahbodagh-Khan B; Khalili N; Alipour Esgandani G, 2015, 'A numerical model for nonlinear large deformation dynamic analysis of unsaturated porous media including hydraulic hysteresis', Computers and Geotechnics, vol. 69, pp. 411 - 423, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.compgeo.2015.06.008
    Journal articles | 2013
    Kimoto S; Shahbodagh Khan B; Mirjalili M; Oka F, 2013, 'A Cyclic Elasto-Viscoplastic Constitutive Model for Clay Considering the Nonlinear Kinematic Hardening Rules and the Structural Degradation', International Journal of Geomechanics, vol. 15, pp. n/a - n/a, http://dx.doi.org/10.1061/(ASCE)GM.1943-5622.0000327
    Journal articles | 2013
    Shahbodagh Khan B; Mirjalili M; Kimoto S; Oka F, 2013, 'Dynamic analysis of strain localization in water-saturated clay using a cyclic elasto-viscoplastic model', Int. J. Numer. Anal. Meth. Geomech., vol. 38, pp. n/a - n/a, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/nag.2221
    Journal articles | 2012
    Javanbarg MB; Scawthorn C; Kiyono J; Shahbodaghkhan B, 2012, 'Fuzzy AHP-based multicriteria decision making systems using particle swarm optimization', Expert Systems with Applications, vol. 39, pp. 960 - 966, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.eswa.2011.07.095
  • Conference Papers | 2021
    Moghaddasi H; Khalili N; Shahbodagh B; Esgandani GA; Khoshghalb A, 2021, 'An Image Point Identification Rule for 3D Bounding Surface Plasticity Models', in Lecture Notes in Civil Engineering, pp. 507 - 513, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-64514-4_50
    Conference Papers | 2021
    Shahbodagh B; Moghaddasi H; Khalili N, 2021, 'A Numerical-Analytical Method for Dynamic Analysis of Piles in Non-homogeneous Transversely Isotropic Media', in Lecture Notes in Civil Engineering, pp. 669 - 675, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-64518-2_79
    Conference Papers | 2019
    Mac TN; Shahbodagh B; Khalili N, 2019, 'A fully coupled flow-deformation model for time-dependent analysis of unsaturated soils', in 7th Asia-Pacific Conference on Unsaturated Soils, AP-UNSAT 2019, pp. 587 - 594, http://dx.doi.org/10.3208/jgssp.v07.091
    Conference Papers | 2019
    Shahbodagh B; Esgandani GA; Khalili N, 2019, 'A fully coupled flow-deformation model for cyclic elasto-plastic analysis of multiphase porous media', in 7th Asia-Pacific Conference on Unsaturated Soils, AP-UNSAT 2019, pp. 541 - 548, http://dx.doi.org/10.3208/jgssp.v07.084
    Conference Papers | 2018
    Esgandani GA; Moghaddasi H; Shahbodagh-Khan B; Khoshghalb A; Khalili N, 2018, 'A 3D Bounding Surface Plasticity Model for Soils', in Poromechanics VI - Proceedings of the 6th Biot Conference on Poromechanics, © 2017 American Society of Civil Engineers, Paris France, pp. 972 - 979, presented at Sixth Biot Conference on Poromechanics, Paris France, 09 July 2018 - 13 July 2017, http://dx.doi.org/10.1061/9780784480779.121
    Conference Papers | 2017
    Mac TN; Shahbodagh B; Khalili N, 2017, 'A Bounding Surface Viscoplastic Constitutive Model for Unsaturated Soils', in Poromechanics 2017 - Proceedings of the 6th Biot Conference on Poromechanics, pp. 1045 - 1052, http://dx.doi.org/10.1061/9780784480779.130
    Conference Papers | 2017
    Moghaddasi H; Esgandani GA; Khoshghalb A; Shahbodagh-Khan B; Khalili N, 2017, 'A Bounding Surface Plasticity Model for Unsaturated Soils Accounting for the Void Ratio Dependency of the Water Retention Curve', in Poromechanics 2017 - Proceedings of the 6th Biot Conference on Poromechanics, American Society of Civil Engineers, Paris France, pp. 1061 - 1068, presented at Sixth Biot Conference on Poromechanics, Paris France, 09 July 2017 - 13 July 2017, http://dx.doi.org/10.1061/9780784480779.132
    Conference Papers | 2016
    Shahbodaghkhan B; Khalili N; Alipour Esgandani G, 2016, 'Effect of hydraulic hysteresis on dynamic response of unsaturated soils', in E3S Web of Conferences, Paris, France, presented at 3rd European Conference on Unsaturated Soils – “E-UNSAT 2016”, Paris, France, 12 September 2016 - 15 September 2016, http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/e3sconf/20160908013
    Conference Papers | 2015
    Oka F; Shahbodagh Khan B; Mirjalili M; Kimoto S, 2015, 'Dynamic analysis of strain localization in water-saturated elasto-viscoplastic material', in Springer Series in Geomechanics and Geoengineering, pp. 355 - 360, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-13506-9_51
    Conference Papers | 2015
    Shahbodagh B; khalili N, 2015, 'A u-p Formulation for Fully Coupled Dynamic Analysis of Flow and Deformation in Unsaturated Soils', in Advances of Computational Mechanics in Australia, the 2nd Australasian Conference on Computational Mechanics, Brisbane, Australia, presented at the 2nd Australasian Conference on Computational Mechanics, Brisbane, Australia, 30 November 2015 - 01 December 2015, http://dx.doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMM.846.378
    Conference Papers | 2015
    Shahbodaghkhan B; Khalili N, 2015, 'A u-p Formulation for Fully Coupled Dynamic Analysis of Flow and Deformation in Unsaturated Soils', in Advances of Computational Mechanics in Australia, The 2nd Australasian Conference on Computational Mechanics (ACCM 2015), Brisbane, Australia, presented at The 2nd Australasian Conference on Computational Mechanics (ACCM 2015), Brisbane, Australia, 30 November 2015 - 01 December 2015, http://dx.doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMM.846.378
    Conference Papers | 2014
    Mac N; Shahbodaghkhan B; Khalili N, 2014, 'A Constitutive Model for Time-Dependent Behavior of Clay', in International Journal of Civil, Structural, Construction and Architectural Engineering Vol:8, No:6, 2014, ICSMGE 2014: XII International Conference on Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering, New York, USA, presented at ICSMGE 2014: XII International Conference on Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering, New York, USA, 05 June 2014 - 06 June 2014, http://waset.org/publications/9998378/a-constitutive-model-for-time-dependent-behavior-of-clay/
    Conference Papers | 2014
    Sadeghi H; Kimoto S; Oka F; Shahbodaghkhan B, 2014, 'Dynamic analysis of river embankments during earthquakes using a finite deformation FE analysis method', in Oka F; Murakami A; Uzuoka R; Kimoto S (eds.), Computer Methods and Recent Advances in Geomechanics, CRC Press, Kyoto, Japan, pp. 637 - 642, presented at Computer Methods and Recent Advances in Geomechanics, Kyoto, Japan, 22 September 2014 - 25 September 2014, http://www.crcpress.com/product/isbn/9781138001480
    Conference Papers | 2014
    Shahbodagh Khan B; Alipour G; Khalili N, 2014, 'Large deformation dynamic analysis of unsaturated soils', in Khalili ; Russell ; Khoshghalb (eds.), Sydney, presented at Unsaturated Soils: Research & Applications, Sydney, 02 July 2014 - 04 July 2014
    Conference Papers | 2014
    Shahbodaghkhan B; Alipour Esgandani G; Khalili N, 2014, 'Large deformation dynamic analysis of unsaturated soils', in Khalili N; Russell A; Khoshghalb A (eds.), Unsaturated Soils: Research and Applications - Proceedings of the 6th International Conference on Unsaturated Soils, UNSAT 2014, Taylor & Francis Group, Sydney, Australia, pp. 755 - 760, presented at Unsaturated Soils: Research & Applications, Sydney, Australia, 02 July 2014 - 04 July 2014
    Conference Papers | 2012
    Javanbarg MB; Mahdavian F; Koyama M; Shahbodaghkhan B; Kiyono J; Murakami H, 2012, 'Dynamic intelligent swarm-based Tsunami evacuation model: Case study of the 2011 Tohoku Earthquake', in Dynamic intelligent swarm-based Tsunami evacuation model: Case study of the 2011 Tohoku Earthquake, 15th World Conference in Earthquake Engineering (15WCEE), Lisbon, Portugal, presented at 15th World Conference in Earthquake Engineering (15WCEE), Lisbon, Portugal, 24 September 2012 - 28 September 2012
    Conference Papers | 2012
    Kimoto S; Shahbodaghkhan B; Mirjalili M; Oka F, 2012, 'Cyclic elasto-viscoplastic constitutive model for soils considering the nonlinear kinematic hardening rules and strain-induced degradation', in Gerhard AH; Ogden RW (ed.), Cyclic elasto-viscoplastic constitutive model for soils considering the nonlinear kinematic hardening rules and strain-induced degradation, 8th European Solid Mechanics Conference, Graz, Austria, presented at 8th European Solid Mechanics Conference, Graz, Austria, 09 July 2012 - 13 July 2012
    Conference Papers | 2011
    Javanbarg MB; Scawthorn C; Kiyono J; Shahbodaghkhan B; Takada S, 2011, 'A fuzzy comparative model for integrated risk ranking and mitigation prioritization of infrastructures; Part 1: Methodology', in Applications of Statistics and Probability in Civil Engineering -Proceedings of the 11th International Conference on Applications of Statistics and Probability in Civil Engineering, pp. 2061 - 2065
    Conference Papers | 2011
    Mirjalili M; Oka F; Kimoto S; Shahbodaghkhan B, 2011, 'Dynamic Analysis of a Super Levee on Multilayered Soft Ground Using Finite Deformation Theory', in Dynamic Analysis of a Super Levee on Multilayered Soft Ground Using Finite Deformation Theory, 6th International Conference of Seismology and Earthquake Engineering, Tehran, Iran, presented at 6th International Conference of Seismology and Earthquake Engineering, Tehran, Iran, 16 May 2011 - 18 May 2011
    Conference Papers | 2011
    Mirjalili M; Shahbodaghkhan B; Oka F; Kimoto S, 2011, 'Dynamic strain localization analysis of elasto-viscoplastic soil using updated Lagrangian finite element formulation', in Pande GN; Pietruszczak S (ed.), Computational Geomechanics, COMGEO II - Proceedings of the 2nd International Symposium on Computational Geomechanics, Cavtat-Dubrovnik, Croatia, pp. 203 - 211, presented at 2nd International Symposium on Computational Geomechanics (ComGeo II), Cavtat-Dubrovnik, Croatia, 27 April 2011 - 29 April 2011
    Theses / Dissertations | 2011
    Shahbodaghkhan B, 2011, Large deformation dynamic analysis method for partially saturated elasto-viscoplastic soils
    Theses / Dissertations | 2008
    Shahbodaghkhan B, 2008, Dynamic analysis of pile groups embedded in transversely isotropic media using a hybrid numerical method
    Conference Papers | 2008
    Shahbodaghkhan B; Noorzad A, 2008, 'Dynamic analysis of pile groups embedded in transversely isotropic Media using hybrid elements', in Dynamic analysis of pile groups embedded in transversely isotropic Media using hybrid elements, 4th National Congress on Civil Engineering, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran, presented at 4th National Congress on Civil Engineering, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran, 06 May 2008 - 08 May 2008

Dr Shahbodagh has conducted original research in the fields of “dynamics of unsaturated soils”, “dynamic pile-soil interaction”, “plasticity and viscoplasticity”, “strain localisation in multiphase porous media”, and “seismic analysis of geo-structures”. The outcomes of his research have been published in top-ranked Q1 journals in the field, including Int J Numer Anal Meth Geomech, Com&Geo, Int J Geomech, J Mat Civ Eng, and Acta Geotechnica, and Constr Build Mater.

My Teaching

- “Fundamentals of Geomechanics” (CVEN9525 – Postgraduate course)

- “Applied Geotechnics & Engineering Geology” (CVEN3203 – Undergraduate course)

- “Advanced Foundation Engineering” (CVEN9513 – Postgraduate course)

- “Sustainable Transport and Highway Engineering” (CVEN2401 – Undergraduate course)

- “Civil Engineering Design Practice” (CVEN4002/9000 – Project-based undergraduate/postgraduate course - Flipped classes)

- “Numerical Methods in Geotechnical Engineering” (CVEN9514 – Postgraduate course)

- “Advanced Topics in Geotechnical Engineering” (CVEN4202 – Undergraduate/Postgraduate course)