Abbas Divani

Education

• Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago PhD in Structural Engineering
• Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago M.S. in Structural Engineering
• Azad University, Zanjan, Iran B.S in Civil Engineering

Research Interests

• Proposition and evaluation of an innovative frictional damper for structural systems, which does not bear limitation of previously proposed systems and yet maintains their advantages (Master Thesis).
• Analytical prediction of live load distribution factor for atypical husbandry vehicles by evaluation of selected bridges in the state of Iowa.
• Modeling the Origin and Inception of Fatigue Failure in Metals through a Non-linear Mechanical Spring System (PhD Thesis).

Publications

Divani A. Mohammadi J. Further Development in Modeling Fatigue Failure in Metals with a Multispring Non-Linear Mechanical System. Engineering Structures Volume 257, 15 April 2022, 114044

Expertise

Finite Element analysis of bridges and buildings, Fatigue analysis, Seismic design and retrofitting of buildings, Bridge design and evaluation.