Mojtaba Mokhtari

About

Associate Editor, ASME Journal of Offhsore Mechanics and Arctic Engineering
Onsager Fellow
Outstanding Academic Fellow (The Star Program)
Member of the Materials and Fabrications Committee of International Ship and Offshore Structures Congress (ISSC)

Research Interests

Computer Methods in Marine Structures
Structural Mechanics and Dynamics of:
- Offshore Renewable Energy Structures
- Aquaculture Structures
- Ships
Wind, Wave, and/or Ice Load Modelling
Structural Health Monitoring including Digital Twins
Corrosion, Fatigue, and/or Creep
Multi-purpose Offshore Platforms Design
Ice Mechanics and Design for Ice Loads
Reliability-based Design

Honours and Awards

Outstanding Academic Fellow (The Star Program), Norwegian University of Science and Technology, 2024.
Onsager Fellowship, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, 2023.
The Moan-Faltinsen Best Paper Award, Department of Marine Technology, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, 2022.
Global Talent, Department of Home Affairs, Australian Government, 2020.
Postgraduate Research Prize for the best PhD research in civil engineering, Faculty of Engineering and Built Environment, University of Newcastle, Australia, 2018.
University of Newcastle Postgraduate Research Scholarship (UNIPRS), 2015-2019.
University of Newcastle Research Scholarship Central (UNRSC), 2015-2018.

Current Research Projects

NTNU:

Advanced nonlinear structural snalysis of FOWTs.
Fluid-structure interaction for FOWTs including nonlinear structural mechanics.
Structural health monitoring of marine structures using inverse Finite Element Method (iFEM).
Ultimate limit state design of floating offshore wind turbines in the Pan-Arctic.
Corrosion fatigue of marine structures using a stochastic pit generation algorithm.
Buckling/post-buckling behaviour of stiffened panels.
Ice mechanics, ice material modelling, and ice-structure interaction simulations.
Coupled thermal-stress analysis of marine steel structures subject to cryogenic spill.

Independent / collaborative:

Automatic rapid and realistic 3D modelling of complex-shaped pitting corrosion profiles in all scales (short-term and long-term).
Identification and real-time monitoring of pitting corrosion and fatigue damage using the inverse Finite Element Method (iFEM).

Completed Research Projects

A non-linear viscoelastic material model with progressive damage based on microstructural evolution and phase transition in polycrystalline ice for design against ice impact.
Plasticity-based material modelling of ice using a pressure and rate dependent yield criterion.
Damage assessment of high-speed aluminium hull crafts subjected to ice impact.
Failure assessment of pitting corroded steel pipelines (experimental, numerical, analytical).
Automation of 3D finite element modelling for flawed pipeline girth welds.
A novel strengthening technique using CFRPs for steel pipelines subject to accidental external loads (focusing on faulting and explosion).
Perforation of non-rigid projectiles into thick steel plates: A numerical study.