Dr Reza Oskouei

Position/s:	Lecturer of Mechanical Engineering School of Computer Science, Engineering and Mathematics
Phone:	work+61 8 82012782
Email:	reza.oskouei@flinders.edu.au
Location:	Engineering (427)
Postal address:	GPO Box 2100, Adelaide 5001, South Australia

Qualifications

PhD in Mechanical Engineering, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia
MEng in Mechanical Engineering, The University of Tabriz, Iran
BEng (Hons) in Mechanical Engineering, Razi University, Iran

Honours, awards and grants

Endeavour International Postgraduate Research Scholarship (EIPRS), Awarded by Monash University, Australia; 2008.
Monash Graduate Scholarship (MGS), Awarded by Monash University, Australia; 2008.
Postgraduate Publications Award (PPA), Awarded by Monash University, Australia; 2012.

Teaching

Topic Coordinator:

ENGR2741 Mechanics and Structures
ENGR2812 Engineering Materials 2
ENGR3712 Thermodynamics and Energy Systems

Topic Lecturer:

ENGR2741 Mechanics and Structures
ENGR2812 Engineering Materials 2
ENGR3712 Thermodynamics and Energy Systems

Research and supervision

Research expertise

Mechanical engineering

Research interests

Mechanical behaviour of materials
Mechanical and fatigue properties of biomaterials
Fatigue properties of coating-substrate systems
Surface modification methods to improve fatigue and fretting fatigue behaviour of materials
Stress analysis and fatigue behaviour of mechanically fastened joints

Supervisory interests

Fatigue and fracture
Fretting fatigue
Mechanical properties of materials
Stress analysis

RHD research supervision

Current

Principal supervisor: Fretting fatigue of implant materials (1);

Completion

Associate supervisor: Stress and failure analysis of bolted joints (1);

Publications

Refereed journal articles

Rahmat, M., Oskouei, R.H., Ibrahim, R. and Singh, R. (2013). The effect of electroless Niâ?"P coatings on the fatigue life of Al 7075-T6 fastener holes with symmetrical slits. International Journal of Fatigue, 52, pp.30-38. [online]. Available from: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijfatigue.2013.02.007.

Oskouei, R.H. and Ibrahim, R. (2012). An investigation on the fatigue behaviour of Al 7075-T6 coated with titanium nitride using physical vapour deposition process. Materials and Design, 39, pp.294-302. [online]. Available from: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.matdes.2012.02.056.

Oskouei, R.H. and Ibrahim, R. (2012). Improving fretting fatigue behaviour of Al 7075-T6 bolted plates using electroless Ni-P coatings. International Journal of Fatigue, 44, pp.157-167. [online]. Available from: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijfatigue.2012.05.003.

Keikhosravy, M., Oskouei, R.H., Soltani, P., Atas, A. and Soutis, C. (2012). Effect of geometric parameters on the stress distribution in Al 2024-T3 single-lap bolted joints. International Journal of Structural Integrity, 3(1), pp.79-93. [online]. Available from: http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/17579861211210018.

Oskouei, R.H. and Ibrahim, R. (2012). The effect of clamping compressive stresses on the fatigue life of Al 7075-T6 bolted plates at different temperatures. Materials and Design, 34, pp.90-97. [online]. Available from: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.matdes.2011.07.073.

Oskouei, R.H., Ibrahim, R. and Barati, M. (2012). An experimental study on the characteristics and delamination of TiN coatings deposited on Al 7075-T6 under fatigue cycling. Thin Solid Films, 526, pp.155-162. [online]. Available from: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.tsf.2012.11.016.

Oskouei, R.H. and Ibrahim, R. (2011). Restoring the tensile properties of PVD-TiN coated Al 7075-T6 using a post heat treatment. Surface and Coatings Technology, 205(15), pp.3967-3973. [online]. Available from: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.surfcoat.2011.02.041.

Oskouei, R.H. and Ibrahim, R. (2011). The effect of a heat treatment on improving the fatigue properties of aluminium alloy 7075-T6 coated with TiN by PVD. Procedia Engineering, 10, pp.1936-1942. [online]. Available from: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.proeng.2011.04.321.

Oskouei, R.H. and Ibrahim, R. (2011). The effect of typical flight temperatures on the fatigue behaviour of Al 7075-T6 clamped plates. Materials Science and Engineering: A, 528(3), pp.1527-1533. [online]. Available from: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.msea.2010.10.074.

Soltani, P., Keikhosravy, M., Oskouei, R.H. and Soutis, C. (2011). Studying the Tensile Behaviour of GLARE Laminates: A Finite Element Modelling Approach. Applied Composite Materials, 18(4), pp.271-282. [online]. Available from: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10443-010-9155-x.

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Refereed journal articles

Oskouei, R.H., Elambasseril, J. and Ibrahim, R. (2010). Load-displacement behaviour of AA 7075-T6 holed and clamped plates at different environmental temperatures. World Journal of Engineering, pp.895-896.

Oskouei, R.H., Keikhosravy, M. and Soutis, C. (2010). A finite element stress analysis of aircraft bolted joints loaded in tension. Aeronautical Journal, 114(1156), pp.315-320.

Oskouei, R.H. and Chakherlou, T. (2009). Reduction in clamping force due to applied longitudinal load to aerospace structural bolted plates. Aerospace Science and Technology, 13(6), pp.325-330. [online]. Available from: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ast.2009.06.001.

Oskouei, R.H., Keikhosravy, M. and Soutis, C. (2009). Estimating clamping pressure distribution and stiffness in aircraft bolted joints by finite-element analysis. Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part G: Journal of Aerospace Engineering, 223(7), pp.863-871. [online]. Available from: http://dx.doi.org/10.1243/09544100JAERO596.

Chakherlou, T. and Oskouei, R.H. (2008). Reduction in clamping force due to applied axial load to bolted plates, experimental and numerical investigations. Journal of Faculty of Engineering, 35(2), pp.69-74. [online]. Available from: http://www.sid.ir/fa/VEWSSID/J_pdf/58513875007.pdf.

Chakherlou, T., Oskouei, R.H. and Vogwell, J. (2008). Experimental and numerical investigation of the effect of clamping force on the fatigue behaviour of bolted plates. Engineering Failure Analysis, 15(5), pp.563-574. [online]. Available from: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.engfailanal.2007.04.009.

Chakherlou, T. and Oskouei, R.H. (2007). An investigation on fatigue failure modes of aluminum alloy 7075-T6 bolted joints. Amirkabir Journal of Science & Technology, 18(66B), pp.45-54.

Refereed conference papers

Oskouei, R.H., Ibrahim, R. and Rahmat, M. (2013). Effect of titanium nitride coatings on the fatigue response of aircraft structural aluminium alloys. In AIAC15. 15th Australian International Aerospace Congress (AIAC15).

Rahmat, M., Oskouei, R.H. and Ibrahim, R. (2013). Fatigue life responses of electroless Ni-P coated Al 7075-T6 fastener holes with symmetrical slits. In AIAC15. 15th Australian International Aerospace Congress (AIAC15).

Rahmat, M., Oskouei, R.H. and Ibrahim, R. (2012). Fatigue and mechanical performance of electroless nickel-phosphorous coatings deposited on aluminium alloy 7075. In ICCE-20. The 20th Annual International Conference on Composites/Nano Engineering (ICCE-20).

Hemmati Vand, E., Oskouei, R.H. and Chakherlou, T. (2008). An experimental method for measuring clamping force in bolted connections and effect of bolt threads lubrication on its value. In World Academy of Science, Engineering and Technology. 29th International Conference on Applied Mechanics and Mechanical Engineering. pp. 457-460. [online]. Available from: https://www.waset.org/journals/waset/v22/v22-77.pdf.

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Further information

If you are interested in the above-mentioned research areas for your postgraduate research program, please contact Dr. Reza Oskouei for further information and availability of scholarships.

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