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Amin Heidarpour

BSc MSc PhD

Research Associate

Contact Details

Office Location:
CE 716 Civil Engineering Building (H20)
Phone: +61 2 9385 5029
Fax: + 61 2 9385 9747
Email: a.heidarpourroberto@unsw.edujlo.au

Teaching Areas

Engineering Mechanics, Mechanics of Solids, Structural Analysis and Modelling, Steel Structures, Structural Stability.

Research Areas

Bahaviour of steel and steel-concrete composite structures subjected to extreme actions including fire, blast, impact and earthquake.
Nonlinear analysis of steel and steel-concrete composite arch beams
Evaluation and rehabilitation of structures subjected to extreme actions
Minimising the weight of steel plates by applying forces during construction
Shape optimisation of steel plates
Optimisation of cantilever retaining walls
Optimisation of counterfort retaining walls
Optimisation of steel and concrete sheet piles

Current Research Funding

Heidarpour A. Progressive collapse of steel and steel-concrete composite structures. UNSW Early Career Researcher Grant, 2009.

Selected Publications

Journal Articles

Heidarpour A, Bradford MA. Elastic behaviour of panel zone in steel moment resisting frames at elevated temperatures. Journal of Constructional Steel Research 2009; 65(2):489-496.

Heidarpour A, Bradford MA. Non-discretisation formulation for the non-linear analysis of semi-rigid steel frames at elevated temperatures. Submitted to Computers and Structures 2009.

Heidarpour A, Bradford MA. Nonlinear analysis of composite beams with partial interaction in steel frame structures at elevated temperatures. Journal of Structural Engineering ASCE (provisionally accepted 26 November 2008).

Heidarpour A, Bradford MA. Local buckling and slenderness limits for steel webs under combined bending, compression and shear at elevated temperatures. Thin-Walled Structures 2008; 46(2):128-146.

Heidarpour A, Bradford MA. Failure mechanisms for stocky webs under patch loading at elevated temperatures. Journal of Constructional Steel Research 2008; 64(10):1103-1111.

Heidarpour A, Bradford MA. Behaviour of a T-stub assembly in steel beam-to-column connections at elevated temperatures. Engineering Structures 2008; 30(10):2893-2899.

Heidarpour A, Bradford MA. Non-linear modelling of a bi-material composite beam with partial shear interaction. International Journal of Non-Linear Mechanics (Published online 3 December 2008).

Bradford MA, Luu TK, Heidarpour A. Generic nonlinear modelling of a steel beam in a frame sub-assembly at elevated temperatures. Journal of Constructional Steel Research 2008; 64(7-8):732-736.

Heidarpour A, Bradford MA. Generic nonlinear modelling of restrained steel beams at elevated temperatures. Submitted to Engineering Structures 2008.

Heidarpour A, Bradford MA. Local buckling and slenderness limits for flange outstands at elevated temperatures. Journal of Constructional Steel Research 2007; 63(5):591-598.

Joghataie A, Heidarpour A. Optimum forming of plates by application of boundary forces. WSEAS Transactions on Mathematics 2004; 3(1):259-265.

Conference Articles

Heidarpour A, Bradford MA. Nonlinear behaviour of composite beams with partial interaction under thermal loading. 5th European Conference on Steel and Composite Structures, Graz, Austria, 2008, 1055-1061.

Heidarpour A, Bradford MA. In-plane nonlinear elastic spline finite strip analysis of thin plates at elevated temperatures. 5th European Conference on Steel and Composite Structures, Graz, Austria, 2008, 1049-1054.

Ongley S, Heidarpour A, Bradford MA. Stress dispersion through the column flange of a beam-to-column joint at elevated temperatures. 5th European Conference on Steel and Composite Structures, Graz, Austria, 2008, 1043-1048.

Heidarpour A, Bradford MA. Nonlinear behaviour of composite beams with partial interaction. Australasian Structural Engineering Conference, Melbourne, Australia, 2008.

Heidarpour A. Geometric nonlinear modelling of partial interaction in composite T-beams in fire. Composite Construction VI, Colorado, United States, 2008.

Heidarpour A, Bradford MA. Modelling of bolted T-stub assemblies at elevated temperatures. The Third International Conference on Steel and Composite Structures, Manchester, UK, 2007, 581-586.

Bradford MA, Luu TK, Heidarpour A. Numerical studies of a steel beam in a frame sub-assembly at elevated temperatures. Vietnam First International Conference on Modern Design, Construction and Maintenance of Structures, Hanoi, Vietnam, 2007, 45-52.

Bradford MA, Luu TK, Heidarpour A. Generic nonlinear modelling of a steel beam in a frame sub-assembly at elevated temperatures. International colloquium on stability and ductility of steel structures, Lisbon, Portugal, 2006, 293-298.

Ghazavi M, Heidarpour A. Optimisation of concrete sheet piles. First National Congress on Civil Engineering, Tehran, Iran, 2004.

Ghazavi M, Heidarpour A. Optimisation of counterfort retaining walls. 4th International Conference on Seismology and Earthquake Engineering, Tehran, Iran, 2003.

Ghazavi M, Heidarpour A. Optimisation of cantilever retaining walls. 6th International Conference on Civil Engineering, Isfahan, Iran, 2003.

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