Tohid Kazerani

Contact

• workRoom B29 Coates Building
  University Park
  Nottingham
  NG7 2RD
  UK
• work+44 (0)115 951 4108
• fax+44 (0)115 951 3898
• Tohid.Kazerani@nottingham.ac.uk

Biography

Tohid Kazerani received his BSc in Civil Engineering and his MSc in Structural Engineering from Tehran Polytechnic. He went on to earn his PhD degree in Rock Mechanics from the Swiss Institute of Technology at Lausanne (EPFL). He joined the University of Nottingham and NCG as an Assistant Professor in 2011 where he currently is the Lecturer of Geomechanics.

Research Summary

His main research interest is in brittle material fracture under dynamic load. His research is centred in numerical modelling using discrete element method to investigate the micromechanics of… read more

Selected Publications

• KAZERANI, T., YANG, Z. and ZHAO, J., 2012. A Discrete Element Model for Predicting Shear Strength and Degradation of Rock Joint by Using Compressive and Tensile Test Data Rock Mechanics and Rock Engineering. 1-15
• KAZERANI, TOHID and ZHAO, JIAN, 2011. Discontinuum-based numerical modeling of rock dynamic fracturing and failure. In: Advances in Rock Dynamics and Applications CRC Press. 291-319+
• KAZERANI, T. and ZHAO, J., 2010. Micromechanical parameters in bonded particle method for modelling of brittle material failure International Journal for Numerical and Analytical Methods in Geomechanics. 34(18), 1877-1895
• KAZERANI, T, ZHAO, GF and ZHAO, J, 2010. Dynamic Fracturing Simulation Of Brittle Material Using The Distinct Lattice Spring Method With A Full Rate-Dependent Cohesive Law Rock Mechanics And Rock Engineering. 43(6), 717-726

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Current Research

His main research interest is in brittle material fracture under dynamic load. His research is centred in numerical modelling using discrete element method to investigate the micromechanics of failure and to understand how processes at microstructural level control material macroscopic strength. Currently his main focus is the strain rate dependent behaviour that rock and concrete demonstrate against impact loading. The laboratory data for this research will be supplied by a modified split-Hopkinson pressure bar which is planned to be installed at NCS.

• KAZERANI, T., YANG, Z. and ZHAO, J., 2012. A Discrete Element Model for Predicting Shear Strength and Degradation of Rock Joint by Using Compressive and Tensile Test Data Rock Mechanics and Rock Engineering. 1-15
• KAZERANI, TOHID and ZHAO, JIAN, 2011. Discontinuum-based numerical modeling of rock dynamic fracturing and failure. In: Advances in Rock Dynamics and Applications CRC Press. 291-319+
• KAZERANI, T. and ZHAO, J., 2010. Micromechanical parameters in bonded particle method for modelling of brittle material failure International Journal for Numerical and Analytical Methods in Geomechanics. 34(18), 1877-1895
• KAZERANI, T, ZHAO, GF and ZHAO, J, 2010. Dynamic Fracturing Simulation Of Brittle Material Using The Distinct Lattice Spring Method With A Full Rate-Dependent Cohesive Law Rock Mechanics And Rock Engineering. 43(6), 717-726
• KAZERANI, T and ZHAO, J, 2010. Investigation of failure mode and shear strength of rock joints using discrete element method In: EUROCK 2010, Lausanne, Switzerland.
• KAZERANI, T and ZHAO, J, 2008. A bonded particle modeling for rock material In: 5th Asian Rock Mechanics Symposium (ARMS 2008), Tehran, Iran.