Back to
Dr Babak Shahbodaghkhan

Dr Babak Shahbodaghkhan

Lecturer

PhD in Civil/Geotechnical Engineering, Kyoto University, Japan (2008-2011)

MSc in Civil/Structural Engineering, University of Tehran, Iran (2005-2008)

Engineering
Rsrch Ctr Transport Innovation

Senior Lecturer in the School of Civil and Environmental Engineering

Dr Babak Shahbodagh received his PhD from Kyoto University in 2011. He was awarded the Monbusho Scholarship for his PhD program from the Ministry of Education, Science and Technology, Japan. He is currently a Senior Lecturer in the School of Civil and Environmental Engineering at UNSW. His research interests include:

- Computational Geomechanics

- Dynamics of Unsaturated Soils

- Constitutive Modelling of Geomaterials

- Seismic Analysis of Geostructures

- Dynamic Soil-Structure Interaction
Phone
(+61 2) 9385 5022
E-mail
b.shahbodagh@unsw.edu.au
Location
Hilmer Building (E10) Level 5, Room 541 Kensington Campus
  • Journal articles | 2024
    Ahmadinezhad A; Shahbodagh B; Adineh K; Khorami S; Jafarzadeh F, 2024, 'Addressing the inherent stress non-uniformity in dynamic hollow cylinder testing', Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering, 178, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.soildyn.2024.108452
    Journal articles | 2024
    Gharehdaghi M; Shahbodagh B; Khalili N, 2024, 'Pore pressure parameters for unsaturated soils', Computers and Geotechnics, 172, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.compgeo.2024.106441
    Journal articles | 2024
    Mortazavi Bak H; Mostafaei H; Shahbodagh B; Vahab M; Hashemolhosseini H; Khoshghalb A, 2024, 'Effect of Sample Preparation on the Reliability of Large-Scale Physical Modeling in Geotechnical Systems: ACase Study', Geotechnical and Geological Engineering, 42, pp. 2693 - 2707, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10706-023-02699-9
    Journal articles | 2024
    Shahbodagh B; Khalili N, 2024, 'Closed-form solutions for shear wave propagation and attenuation in multiphase porous media', Computers and Geotechnics, 175, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.compgeo.2024.106660
    Journal articles | 2024
    Shahoveisi S; Vahab M; Shahbodagh B; Eisenträger S; Khalili N, 2024, 'Phase-field modelling of dynamic hydraulic fracturing in porous media using a strain-based crack width formulation', Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering, 429, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cma.2024.117113
    Journal articles | 2024
    Zakerzadeh M; Mousavi M; Shahbodagh B; Ng J; Khalili N, 2024, 'Optimizing Stone Mastic Asphalt mix design with TGAN-enhanced surrogate models', Construction and Building Materials, 452, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.conbuildmat.2024.138863
    Journal articles | 2024
    Zakerzadeh M; Shahbodagh B; Ng J; Khalili N, 2024, 'The use of waste tyre rubber in Stone Mastic Asphalt mixtures: A critical review', Construction and Building Materials, 418, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.conbuildmat.2024.135420
    Journal articles | 2023
    Ahmadinezhad A; Jafarzadeh F; Shahbodagh B; Hosseinpour S; Khorami S, 2023, 'Development of a dynamic hollow cylinder apparatus for investigating the cyclic response of unsaturated soils subjected to stress anisotropy', Transportation Geotechnics, 40, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.trgeo.2023.100968
    Journal articles | 2023
    Khoshghalb A; Li J; Shahbodagh B, 2023, 'One-dimensional cyclic loading tests on saturated and unsaturated sand-clay mixtures', E3S Web of Conferences, 382, http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/e3sconf/202338203008
    Journal articles | 2023
    Samimi S; Gharehdaghi M; Shahbodagh B; Khalili N, 2023, 'A fully coupled hydro-mechanical model for the analysis of partially saturated multiphase geo-structures using the bounding surface plasticity', E3S Web of Conferences, 382, http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/e3sconf/202338215008
    Journal articles | 2023
    Shahbodagh B; Perić D; Khalili N, 2023, 'Effects of stress histories and drainage conditions on inception of strain localization in unsaturated soils', Computers and Geotechnics, 156, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.compgeo.2023.105291
    Journal articles | 2023
    Vahab M; Shahbodagh B; Haghighat E; Khalili N, 2023, 'Application of Physics-Informed Neural Networks for forward and inverse analysis of pile–soil interaction', International Journal of Solids and Structures, 277-278, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijsolstr.2023.112319
    Journal articles | 2022
    Khaleghi M; Haghighat E; Vahab M; Shahbodagh B; Khalili N, 2022, 'Fracture characterization from noisy displacement data using artificial neural networks', Engineering Fracture Mechanics, 271, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.engfracmech.2022.108649
    Journal articles | 2021
    Mehran Khoshoei S; Mortazavi Bak H; Mahdi Abtahi S; Mahdi Hejazi S; Shahbodagh B, 2021, 'Experimental Investigation of the Cyclic Behavior of Steel-Slag Ballast Mixed with Tire-Derived Aggregate', Journal of Materials in Civil Engineering, 33, http://dx.doi.org/10.1061/(ASCE)MT.1943-5533.0003586
    Journal articles | 2021
    Moghaddasi H; Shahbodagh B; Esgandani GA; Khoshghalb A; Khalili N, 2021, 'Generalized Mapping Rule for Image Point Identification in 3D Bounding Surface Plasticity Models', International Journal of Geomechanics, 21, http://dx.doi.org/10.1061/(ASCE)GM.1943-5622.0002052
    Journal articles | 2021
    Moghaddasi H; Shahbodagh B; Khalili N, 2021, 'A bounding surface plasticity model for unsaturated structured soils', Computers and Geotechnics, 138, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.compgeo.2021.104313
    Journal articles | 2021
    Mortazavi Bak H; Kariminia T; Shahbodagh B; Rowshanzamir MA; Khoshghalb A, 2021, 'Application of bio-cementation to enhance shear strength parameters of soil-steel interface', Construction and Building Materials, 294, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.conbuildmat.2021.123470
    Journal articles | 2020
    Dong M; Wang L; Shahbodagh B; Du X; Deng S; Sun Z, 2020, 'Effect of the soft and hard interbedded layers of bedrock on the mechanical characteristics of stabilizing piles', Applied Sciences (Switzerland), 10, http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/app10144760
    Journal articles | 2020
    Moghaddasi H; Shahbodagh B; Khalili N, 2020, 'Lateral Vibration of Piles and Pile Groups in Nonhomogeneous Transversely Isotropic Media', International Journal of Geomechanics, 20, http://dx.doi.org/10.1061/(ASCE)GM.1943-5622.0001753
    Journal articles | 2020
    Shahbodagh B; Mac TN; Esgandani GA; Khalili N, 2020, 'A Bounding Surface Viscoplasticity Model for Time-Dependent Behavior of Soils including Primary and Tertiary Creep', International Journal of Geomechanics, 20, http://dx.doi.org/10.1061/(ASCE)GM.1943-5622.0001744
    Journal articles | 2020
    Shahbodagh B; Sadeghi H; Kimoto S; Oka F, 2020, 'Large deformation and failure analysis of river embankments subjected to seismic loading', Acta Geotechnica, 15, pp. 1381 - 1408, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11440-019-00861-3
    Journal articles | 2019
    Ghaffaripour O; Esgandani GA; Khoshghalb A; Shahbodaghkhan B, 2019, 'Fully coupled elastoplastic hydro-mechanical analysis of unsaturated porous media using a meshfree method', International Journal for Numerical and Analytical Methods in Geomechanics, 43, pp. 1919 - 1955, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/nag.2931
    Journal articles | 2019
    Oka F; Shahbodagh B; Kimoto S, 2019, 'A computational model for dynamic strain localization in unsaturated elasto-viscoplastic soils', International Journal for Numerical and Analytical Methods in Geomechanics, 43, pp. 138 - 165, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/nag.2857
    Journal articles | 2017
    Shahbodagh B; Ashari M; Khalili N, 2017, 'A hybrid element method for dynamics of piles and pile groups in transversely isotropic media', Computers and Geotechnics, 85, pp. 249 - 261, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.compgeo.2016.12.029
    Journal articles | 2017
    Shahbodagh B; Habte MA; Khoshghalb A; Khalili N, 2017, 'A bounding surface elasto-viscoplastic constitutive model for non-isothermal cyclic analysis of asphaltic materials', International Journal for Numerical and Analytical Methods in Geomechanics, 41, pp. 721 - 739, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/nag.2574
    Journal articles | 2015
    Shahbodagh-Khan B; Khalili N; Alipour Esgandani G, 2015, 'A numerical model for nonlinear large deformation dynamic analysis of unsaturated porous media including hydraulic hysteresis', Computers and Geotechnics, 69, pp. 411 - 423, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.compgeo.2015.06.008
    Journal articles | 2013
    Kimoto S; Shahbodagh Khan B; Mirjalili M; Oka F, 2013, 'A Cyclic Elasto-Viscoplastic Constitutive Model for Clay Considering the Nonlinear Kinematic Hardening Rules and the Structural Degradation', International Journal of Geomechanics, pp. n/a - n/a, http://dx.doi.org/10.1061/(ASCE)GM.1943-5622.0000327
    Journal articles | 2013
    Shahbodagh Khan B; Mirjalili M; Kimoto S; Oka F, 2013, 'Dynamic analysis of strain localization in water-saturated clay using a cyclic elasto-viscoplastic model', Int. J. Numer. Anal. Meth. Geomech., pp. n/a - n/a, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/nag.2221
    Journal articles | 2012
    Javanbarg MB; Scawthorn C; Kiyono J; Shahbodaghkhan B, 2012, 'Fuzzy AHP-based multicriteria decision making systems using particle swarm optimization', Expert Systems with Applications, 39, pp. 960 - 966, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.eswa.2011.07.095
  • Conference Papers | 2024
    Mortazavi Bak H; Khoshghalb A; Shahbodagh B; Kariminiya T, 2024, 'Shear Strength Characteristics of Bio-Cemented Soil-Steel Interface', Sydney, Australia, presented at 5th International Conference on Transportation Geotechnics, Sydney, Australia, 20 November 2024, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-981-97-8225-3_19
    Conference Papers | 2024
    Zakerzadeh M; Shahbodagh B; Khalili N, 2024, 'Experimental investigation on the effect of crumb rubber on the mechanical behaviour of stone mastic asphalt (SMA)', in International Conference on Road and Rail Infrastructure, University of Zagreb Faculty of Civil Engineering, pp. 627 - 635, presented at 8th International Conference on Road and Rail Infrastructure, http://dx.doi.org/10.5592/co/cetra.2024.1662
    Conference Papers | 2024
    Zakerzadeh M; Shahbodagh B; Ng J; Khalili N, 2024, 'Evaluating Indirect Tensile Strength (ITS) of Dry-Processed Rubberised Stone Mastic Asphalt (SMA) Mixture', Sydney, Australia, presented at 5th International Conference on Transportation Geotechnics (ICTG), Sydney, Australia, 20 November 2024, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-981-97-8225-3_31
    Conference Papers | 2023
    Khoshghalb A; Li J; Shahbodagh B, 2023, 'One-dimensional cyclic loading tests on saturated and unsaturated sand-clay mixtures', Greece, presented at 8th International Conference on Unsaturated Soils (UNSAT 2023), Greece, 02 May 2023, http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/e3sconf/202338203008
    Conference Papers | 2021
    Moghaddasi H; Khalili N; Shahbodagh B; Esgandani GA; Khoshghalb A, 2021, 'An Image Point Identification Rule for 3D Bounding Surface Plasticity Models', in Lecture Notes in Civil Engineering, pp. 507 - 513, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-64514-4_50
    Conference Papers | 2021
    Shahbodagh B; Moghaddasi H; Khalili N, 2021, 'A Numerical-Analytical Method for Dynamic Analysis of Piles in Non-homogeneous Transversely Isotropic Media', in Lecture Notes in Civil Engineering, pp. 669 - 675, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-64518-2_79
    Conference Papers | 2019
    Mac TN; Shahbodagh B; Khalili N, 2019, 'A fully coupled flow-deformation model for time-dependent analysis of unsaturated soils', in 7th Asia-Pacific Conference on Unsaturated Soils, AP-UNSAT 2019, pp. 587 - 594, http://dx.doi.org/10.3208/jgssp.v07.091
    Conference Papers | 2019
    Shahbodagh B; Esgandani GA; Khalili N, 2019, 'A fully coupled flow-deformation model for cyclic elasto-plastic analysis of multiphase porous media', in 7th Asia-Pacific Conference on Unsaturated Soils, AP-UNSAT 2019, pp. 541 - 548, http://dx.doi.org/10.3208/jgssp.v07.084
    Conference Papers | 2018
    Esgandani GA; Moghaddasi H; Shahbodagh-Khan B; Khoshghalb A; Khalili N, 2018, 'A 3D Bounding Surface Plasticity Model for Soils', in Poromechanics VI - Proceedings of the 6th Biot Conference on Poromechanics, © 2017 American Society of Civil Engineers, Paris France, pp. 972 - 979, presented at Sixth Biot Conference on Poromechanics, Paris France, 09 July 2018 - 13 July 2017, http://dx.doi.org/10.1061/9780784480779.121
    Conference Papers | 2017
    Mac TN; Shahbodagh B; Khalili N, 2017, 'A Bounding Surface Viscoplastic Constitutive Model for Unsaturated Soils', in Poromechanics 2017 - Proceedings of the 6th Biot Conference on Poromechanics, pp. 1045 - 1052, http://dx.doi.org/10.1061/9780784480779.130
    Conference Papers | 2017
    Moghaddasi H; Esgandani GA; Khoshghalb A; Shahbodagh-Khan B; Khalili N, 2017, 'A Bounding Surface Plasticity Model for Unsaturated Soils Accounting for the Void Ratio Dependency of the Water Retention Curve', in Poromechanics 2017 - Proceedings of the 6th Biot Conference on Poromechanics, American Society of Civil Engineers, Paris France, pp. 1061 - 1068, presented at Sixth Biot Conference on Poromechanics, Paris France, 09 July 2017 - 13 July 2017, http://dx.doi.org/10.1061/9780784480779.132
    Conference Papers | 2016
    Shahbodaghkhan B; Khalili N; Alipour Esgandani G, 2016, 'Effect of hydraulic hysteresis on dynamic response of unsaturated soils', in Delage P; Cui YJ; Ghabezloo S; Pereira JM; Tang AM (eds.), E3S Web of Conferences, EDP Sciences, Paris, France, pp. 08013, presented at 3rd European Conference on Unsaturated Soils – “E-UNSAT 2016”, Paris, France, 12 September 2016 - 15 September 2016, http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/e3sconf/20160908013
    Conference Papers | 2015
    Oka F; Shahbodagh Khan B; Mirjalili M; Kimoto S, 2015, 'Dynamic analysis of strain localization in water-saturated elasto-viscoplastic material', in Springer Series in Geomechanics and Geoengineering, pp. 355 - 360, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-13506-9_51
    Conference Papers | 2015
    Shahbodagh B; khalili N, 2015, 'A u-p Formulation for Fully Coupled Dynamic Analysis of Flow and Deformation in Unsaturated Soils', in Advances of Computational Mechanics in Australia, Brisbane, Australia, presented at the 2nd Australasian Conference on Computational Mechanics, Brisbane, Australia, 30 November 2015 - 01 December 2015, http://dx.doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMM.846.378
    Conference Papers | 2015
    Shahbodaghkhan B; Khalili N, 2015, 'A u-p Formulation for Fully Coupled Dynamic Analysis of Flow and Deformation in Unsaturated Soils', in Advances of Computational Mechanics in Australia, Trans Tech Publications, Brisbane, Australia, pp. 378 - 384, presented at The 2nd Australasian Conference on Computational Mechanics (ACCM 2015), Brisbane, Australia, 30 November 2015 - 01 December 2015, http://dx.doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMM.846.378
    Conference Papers | 2014
    Mac N; Shahbodaghkhan B; Khalili N, 2014, 'A Constitutive Model for Time-Dependent Behavior of Clay', in International Journal of Civil, Structural, Construction and Architectural Engineering Vol:8, No:6, 2014, New York, USA, presented at ICSMGE 2014: XII International Conference on Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering, New York, USA, 05 June 2014 - 06 June 2014, http://waset.org/publications/9998378/a-constitutive-model-for-time-dependent-behavior-of-clay/
    Conference Papers | 2014
    Sadeghi H; Kimoto S; Oka F; Shahbodaghkhan B, 2014, 'Dynamic analysis of river embankments during earthquakes using a finite deformation FE analysis method', in Oka F; Murakami A; Uzuoka R; Kimoto S (eds.), Computer Methods and Recent Advances in Geomechanics, CRC Press, Kyoto, Japan, pp. 637 - 642, presented at Computer Methods and Recent Advances in Geomechanics, Kyoto, Japan, 22 September 2014 - 25 September 2014, http://www.crcpress.com/product/isbn/9781138001480
    Conference Papers | 2014
    Shahbodagh Khan B; Alipour G; Khalili N, 2014, 'Large deformation dynamic analysis of unsaturated soils', in Khalili ; Russell ; Khoshghalb (eds.), Sydney, presented at Unsaturated Soils: Research & Applications, Sydney, 02 July 2014 - 04 July 2014
    Conference Papers | 2014
    Shahbodaghkhan B; Alipour Esgandani G; Khalili N, 2014, 'Large deformation dynamic analysis of unsaturated soils', in Khalili N; Russell A; Khoshghalb A (eds.), Taylor & Francis Group, Sydney, Australia, presented at Unsaturated Soils: Research & Applications, Sydney, Australia, 02 July 2014 - 04 July 2014
    Conference Papers | 2012
    Javanbarg MB; Mahdavian F; Koyama M; Shahbodaghkhan B; Kiyono J; Murakami H, 2012, 'Dynamic intelligent swarm-based Tsunami evacuation model: Case study of the 2011 Tohoku Earthquake', Lisbon, Portugal, presented at 15th World Conference in Earthquake Engineering (15WCEE), Lisbon, Portugal, 24 September 2012 - 28 September 2012
    Conference Papers | 2012
    Kimoto S; Shahbodaghkhan B; Mirjalili M; Oka F, 2012, 'Cyclic elasto-viscoplastic constitutive model for soils considering the nonlinear kinematic hardening rules and strain-induced degradation', in Gerhard AH; Ogden RW (ed.), Graz, Austria, presented at 8th European Solid Mechanics Conference, Graz, Austria, 09 July 2012 - 13 July 2012
    Conference Papers | 2011
    Javanbarg MB; Scawthorn C; Kiyono J; Shahbodaghkhan B; Takada S, 2011, 'A fuzzy comparative model for integrated risk ranking and mitigation prioritization of infrastructures; Part 1: Methodology', in Applications of Statistics and Probability in Civil Engineering -Proceedings of the 11th International Conference on Applications of Statistics and Probability in Civil Engineering, pp. 2061 - 2065
    Conference Papers | 2011
    Mirjalili M; Oka F; Kimoto S; Shahbodaghkhan B, 2011, 'Dynamic Analysis of a Super Levee on Multilayered Soft Ground Using Finite Deformation Theory', Tehran, Iran, presented at 6th International Conference of Seismology and Earthquake Engineering, Tehran, Iran, 16 May 2011 - 18 May 2011
    Conference Papers | 2011
    Mirjalili M; Shahbodaghkhan B; Oka F; Kimoto S, 2011, 'Dynamic strain localization analysis of elasto-viscoplastic soil using updated Lagrangian finite element formulation', in Pande GN; Pietruszczak S (ed.), Cavtat-Dubrovnik, Croatia, presented at 2nd International Symposium on Computational Geomechanics (ComGeo II), Cavtat-Dubrovnik, Croatia, 27 April 2011 - 29 April 2011
    Theses / Dissertations | 2011
    Shahbodaghkhan B, 2011, Large deformation dynamic analysis method for partially saturated elasto-viscoplastic soils
    Conference Papers | 2008
    Shahbodaghkhan B; Noorzad A, 2008, 'Dynamic analysis of pile groups embedded in transversely isotropic Media using hybrid elements', University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran, presented at 4th National Congress on Civil Engineering, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran, 06 May 2008 - 08 May 2008
    Theses / Dissertations | 2008
    Shahbodaghkhan B, 2008, Dynamic analysis of pile groups embedded in transversely isotropic media using a hybrid numerical method

Dr Shahbodagh has conducted original research in the fields of “dynamics of unsaturated soils”, “dynamic pile-soil interaction”, “plasticity and viscoplasticity”, “strain localisation in multiphase porous media”, and “seismic analysis of geo-structures”. The outcomes of his research have been published in top-ranked Q1 journals in the field, including Int J Numer Anal Meth Geomech, Com&Geo, Int J Geomech, J Mat Civ Eng, and Acta Geotechnica, and Constr Build Mater.

My Teaching

- “Applied Geotechnics & Engineering Geology” (CVEN3203 – Undergraduate course)

- “Civil Engineering Design Practice” (CVEN9000 – Project-based undergraduate/postgraduate course - Flipped classes)

- “Fundamentals of Geomechanics” (CVEN9525 – Postgraduate course)

- “Advanced Foundation Engineering” (CVEN9513 – Postgraduate course)

- “Sustainable Transport and Highway Engineering” (CVEN2401 – Undergraduate course)

- “Numerical Methods in Geotechnical Engineering” (CVEN9514 – Postgraduate course)

- “Advanced Topics in Geotechnical Engineering” (CVEN4202 – Undergraduate/Postgraduate course)