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Dr. Hossein Afzalimehr

Professor of Mechanical Engineering Department

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Office : Water Engineering Department-Faculty of Agriculture-Isfahan University of Technology-P.O. Box: 84156-83111 Email : hafzali@cc.iut.ac.ir Phone : +98 31 33913437 Fax : +98 31 33912554 Web Site : Dr. Hossein Afzalimehr

Professor of Mechanical Engineering Department
Ph.D. Civil Engineering, Laval University, Canada (1998)
M.Sc. Civil Engineering, Laval University, Canada (1994)
B.Sc. Water Engineering, Tabriz University, Iran (1985)

Research Fields : Open Channel hydraulic

Applied hydrology

Sediment transport technology

Environmental hydraulic

Recent Publications

Nasiri, E., Afzalimehr H Sui J. (2010). Effect of vegetation channel banks on velocity distributions, characteristics of shear stress and turbulence intensities , International Journal of Sediment Research, 25 (2), 110-118.

Afzalimehr, H. Moghbel, R, and Sui, J. (2011) Closure of Hydraulic parameters in channels with wall vegetation and gravel bed – field observations and experimental studies , International Journal of Sediment Research, Vol 26, No.2.

Afzalimehr, H Heidarpour, M., and Salimi, A. (2006) Flow Resistance in a compound gravel-bed bend, Journal of Sadhana, Engineering Sciences, Indian Academy of Sciences, 31(6):731-741.

Afzalimehr, H. Abdolhosseini M and Singh V.P (2012) Closure of hydraulic geometry relations for stable channels. Journal Hydrologic Engineering, ASCE, Vol. 17, No. 2, 355-357.

Motamedi A Afzalimehr H Singh V. J. (2010) Evaluation of a novel approach to determine the critical Shields stress. Accepted in Journal of Hydrologic Engineering ASCE, 15(11), 892-900.

Sui J, Afzalimehr H. Kabiri Samani A., and Maherani M. (2010). Clear-water scour around semi-elliptical abutments with armored beds. Journal of International Sediment Research. Vol. 25, No. 4. 233-244.

Afzalimehr H. and Anctil F. (2002) Discussion on friction velocity associated to non-uniform flow and an intermediate scale roughness 45(1). Journal of Hydraulic research IAHR.

Afzalimehr, H. Moghbel, R, Ghalichand, J, and Sui, J. (2011), Investigation of Turbulence characteristics in channel with dense vegetation over bed. International Journal of Sediment Research, 26(3), 255-268.

Afzalimehr H., Singh V. J. and Abdolhosseini M. (2009) Effect of Non-uniformity of Flow on Hydraulic Geometry Relations. Journal of Hydrologic Engineering (American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE), Volume 14(9), pp. 1028-1034.

Emadzadeh A Chiew Y. M. and Afzalimehr H (2010) Effect of accelerating flow on incipient motion in a gravel-bed stream. Journal of Advances in Water Resources 33, 1094-1104.

Afzalimehr H. and Anctil F. (2000) Accelerating shear velocity in gravel bed channels 45(1) Journal of hydrological science, IAHS, 143-155.

Afzalimehr, H. Gallichand, J., and Sui J. (2011). Field investigation on friction factor in mountainous cobble-bed and boulder-bed Rivers. International Journal of Sediment Research 26(2), 210-221.

Afzalimehr, H., Singh V. J. (2009). Influence of meandering on the estimation of velocity and shear velocity in cobble-bed channels, Journal of Hydrologic Engineering (American Society of Civil Engineers), ASCE, Volume 14(10), pp. 1126-1135.

Heidarpour M, Afzalimehr H. Izadinia E. (2010) Reduction of Local Scour around Bridge Pier Groups Using Collars. International Journal of Sediment Research, Vol. 25, No. 4. 1-12.

Afzalimehr H. and Levesque B. (1999) Discussion on friction slope in depth averaged flow.125 (5). Journal of Hydraulic Engineering, ASCE.

Nasiri, E., Afzalimehr, H. Singh V.P. (2011) Effect of bed forms and vegetated banks on velocity distributions and turbulent flow structure. Journal Hydrologic Engineering, ASCE, Vol. 16, No. 6, 495-507.

Afzalimehr H., Rennie, C.D. (2009) Determination of bed shear stress using boundary layer parameters in a gravel-bed river. Hydrological Sciences Journal, 54(1): 147-159.

Motamedi A Afzalimehr H and Singh V. J. (2010).Estimation of Friction Factor in Open Channels. Journal of Hydrologic Engineering, American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE),15(3), 249-254.

Modamedi, A. Afzalimehr, H., and Zenz, G (2011) Separation zone and morphodynamic evolution of coarse dunes using a process based 3D numerical model. European Journal of Scientific Research, Vol. 62, No.3, 380-388.

Afzalimehr H., Dey, S., Rasoulinfar, P. (2007) Influence of decelerating flow on incipient motion of a gravel-bed stream, Journal of Sadhana, Engineering Sciences, Indian Academy of Sciences, 32(5): 545-559.

Afzalimehr, H, Fazel, E, and Ghalichand, J. (2012) Effects of accelerating and decelerating flows in a channel with vegetated banks and gravel bed. International Journal of Sediment Research, 26 (4) 188-200.