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A Bit About Me

I am a master student in Mechatronics engineering, a member of the CMEO research group, working at SUIMC research center, Sabanci University. I have an experience of 7 years working on computational mechanics.

Hello

My main work

I work on the thermomechanical Peridynamic simulation of crack propagation interacting with micro-cracks and holes

Numerical simulations using C++ programming

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PD Thermo-mechanical simulation of crack propagation

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PD simulation of thermo-mechanical analysis

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PD simulation of thermal diffusion in a plate

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FEM simulation of convective heat transfer from a pin fin

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FEM Thermo-mechanical simulation in a plate

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FEM simulation of truss 

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Numerical simulations using FEM packages

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Thermomechanical FEM simulation of SLM 3D printing process for ODS modified IN718 

more details will be included after paper submission

 Education 

2020-2023

M.Sc. in Mechatronics Engineering
Sabanci University

CGPA: 3.91/4.00

Supervisor: Assoc. Prof. Adnan Kefal

Thesis: Understanding the thermal effects on material toughening for plates with stop holes using fully coupled thermomechanical Peridynamic model

  • Developing Non local peridynamic model of fully coupled thermomechanical equations

  • Investigation of the effect of stop holes and micro-cracks in decreasing the crack propagation speed

  • Validation of the thermal model with FEM C++ code and ANSYS for heat transfer from plate

  • Validation of the fully coupled thermomechanical model with pressure shock benchmark problem

  • Investigation of the interaction of the propagating macro-crack with micro-cracks

  • Numerical simulation using C++ programming

  • Using high-performance computational cluster of Sabanci University

Thesis 2nd chapter: Numerical and experimental thermo-mechanical analysis of metal additive manufacturing process for ODS modified Inconel 718 alloys​

  • Developing a coupled transient thermo-mechanical finite element model of selective laser melting (SLM) process using elastoplastic constitutive law

  • Implementing 3 material phases, plasticity, path planning, heat source, thermal boundary conditions and temperature and phase dependent properties using subroutines

  • Experimental verification of the thermal result for A single track three-layer test case

  • Assessment of residual stress variation with respect to different process parameters

  • Investigation of the effect of adding Nano oxide particles on the final residual stress

  • Simulated by non-linear FEA Software, MSC Marc

  • Post processing using GID software

  • Done by the support and financial assistance of TUBITAK

2014-2017

M.Sc. in Mechanical Engineering, Energy conversion
University of Tabriz

CGPA: 17.57/20

Supervisor: Assoc. Prof. Sima Baheri Islami
Thesis:
Feasibility of using nanofluids in heaters of gas pressure reduction stations

  • Numerical Finite Volume investigation of Unsteady Turbulent Free convection heat transfer performance and probability of sedimentation of nanoparticles in indirect fired water bath heaters.

  • Developing a new heat transfer solver and Shear Stress Transport Turbulence model, using the open source CFD package, “OpenFOAM”

  • Using high‑performance computational cluster of University of Tabriz

  • Done by the support and financial assistance of the East Azerbaijan Province Gas Company

My main research during my 1st Master’s program was to investigate the feasibility of using nanofluids in heaters of gas pressure reduction stations to enhance heat transfer rate in indirect fired water bath heaters. The investigation was performed numerically using open source CFD software package, ”OpenFOAM”, using high-performance computational cluster of University of Tabriz . In this study Different nanoparticles were studied and the best nanofluid with best thermal performance and stability was introduced. Unsteady and three dimensional turbulent momentum, energy and concentration equations of free convection heat transfer were solved using shear stress transport turbulence model with a new developed heat transfer solver,“MassBuoyantBoussinesqPimpleFoam”, and turbulence model, ”rhokOmegaSST”. In addition, sedimentation of nanoparticles, was examined and the best nanofluid from an economic perspective was recommended. The new solver was developed implementing a two-“fluid” (nanoparticles+base fluid), four-equation (2 mass+1 momentum+1 energy) model by adding the concentration equation to the basic solver BuoyantBoussinesqPimpleFoam, which is a transient solver for simulating incompressible buoyant laminar and turbulent flows. The main feature of the new solver is that all nanofluid properties are variable and are considered as a function of nanoparticle concentration, which is obtained from the nanoparticle transport equation. Moreover, density has been considered inside the relative derivative terms because of its variable nature in this study. Therefore, the governing equations constitute a set of fully coupled equations, which all properties are updated in each iteration. On the other hand for turbulent flow of nanofluid a new turbulent model was developed which is the extended form of kOmegaSST model for incompressible fluids, where density is a function of concentration and is inside the relative derivatives.

2009-2013

B.Sc. in Mechanical Engineering, Thermo-fluid,

University of Tabriz

Supervisor: Assoc. Prof. Sima Baheri Islami

Thesis: Numerical simulation of natural convection of power-law fluids from symmetric objects

  • Investigation of the effect of power-law fluids properties in the laminar natural convection of so-called fluids from various objects such as a plane, cylinder and a sphere

  • Done by ANSYS Fluent CFD package

 Skills 

 Programming 

C++

MATLAB

FORTRAN

 FEA Packages 

MSC Marc

ANSYS

 CFD Packages 

OpenFOAM

ANSYS Fluent

 CAD 

CATIA

 Meshing Packages 

Hyper-mesh

GAMBIT

ICEM

Workbench meshing

 Other 

Corel-Draw

GID

Tecplot

LATEX

 Publications 

“Understanding the thermal effects on material toughening for plates with stop holes using fully coupled thermo-mechanical Peridynamic model”, 2023

E. Yousefimiab, A. Kefal,                                                                                                     (In progress)

“Thermo-mechanical analysis and characterization of metal additive manufacturing process for ODS modified Inconel 718 alloys : Numerical simulation and experimental verification”, 2023

E. Yousefimiab, A. Kendibilir, Y. Yalcin, E. Aydogan, E. Demir, A. Kefal            (Submitted to IJMS journal )

“Feasibility assessment of using nanofluids in shell and tube heat exchanger of gas pressure reducing stations through a new developed OpenFOAM solver”, 2022
E. Yousefimiab, S. Baheri Islami, R. Gharraei                                                                    (Published)

 Certificates 

2022

2022

2019

2018

2017

2013

  •  C++ Basic Structures : Vectors, Pointers, Strings, and Files ,Courser 

  •  C++ Basics : Selection and Iteration, Coursera 

  •  Training Course on OpenFOAM (as instructor), issued by University of Tabriz

  •  Introduction to OpenFOAM workshop (as instructor), issued by University of Tabriz

  • Design, calculations and pump selection, issued by Novin Parsian higher education institute

  • CATIA (Basic & Advance), issued by Iran technical and vocational training organization

 Professional  Experiences 

2022

2022

2019

2013​

  • Teaching Assistant,Mechanical Systems I, Sabanci University, Istanbul, Turkey

 

  • Teaching Assistant,Dynamics, Sabanci University, Istanbul, Turkey

 

  • Training course on OpenFOAM, University of Tabriz, Iran

 

  • Student internship, repair and maintenance office, Tabriz thermal power plant, Iran

 Honors and Awards

WHERE I SHINE

  • Full Scholarship M.Sc. Program (TUBITAK), Sabanci University, Turkey

  • Tuition Fee Exemption Award, M.Sc. Program,Iran Ministry of Science, Research and Technology, Iran

  • Ranked in top 3 % among over 19,500 participants, national entrance exam for Master studies, Iran

  • Ranked in top 20 % among more than 120 B.Sc. students, (all majors),University of Tabriz, Iran

  • Tuition Fee Exemption Award, B.Sc. Program, Iran Ministry of Science, Research and Technology, Iran

  • Ranked in top 0.2 % among over 308,000 participants, national entrance exam for B.Sc. studies, Iran

2020

2014

2014

2013

2009

2009

 Research Interests 

Peridynamics
Additive manufactoring
Finite element

Fracture
Composite structures
Thermomechanical analysis

 Interests 

OUT OF OFFICE

GYM

Psycho philosophy

Cooking

 Languages 

English

TOEFL iBT: (May 2023) :                                     Total:110/120

(Reading : 28/30, Listening : 27/30, Speaking : 27/30, Writing : 28/30)

TOEFL iBT: (August 2020) :                                     Total:101/120

(Reading : 26/30, Listening : 27/30, Speaking : 23/30, Writing : 25/30)

TOEFL iBT: (August 2018) :                                     Total:107/120

(Reading : 27/30, Listening : 27/30, Speaking : 28/30, Writing : 25/30)

GRE general: (December 2019) :                                     Total:317

(Quantitative Reasoning : 165/170, Verbal Reasoning : 152/170, Analytical Writing : 3.5/6)

Native

Azerbaijani, Persian

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