NSF SAVI Wall Institute

University of Canterbury

(64) 3 364 2758

farhad.dashti@pg.canterbury.ac.nz

http://www.civil.canterbury.ac.nz/postgrads/fdashti.shtml

• RC structural wall failure mechanisms particularly out-of-plane instability of

rectangular walls

• Numerical simulation of failure modes in RC structures

• Displacement-based design of RC structural systems

• A. Jalali, F. Dashti  (2010) "Nonlinear Behavior of Reinforced Concrete Shear Walls Using Macroscopic and Microscopic Models ", Engineering Structures 32, 2959_2968.• F. Dashti, R.P. Dhakal, S. Pampanin (2014) "Comparative in-plane pushover response of a typical RC rectangular wall designed by different standards", Earthquakes and Structures, Vol. 7, No. 5 (2014), DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.12989/eas.2014.7.000, Under Publication.

• F. Dashti, R.P. Dhakal , S. Pampanin “Simulation of out-of-plane instability in rectangular RC structural walls” Second European Conference on Earthquake Engineering and Seismology, 25-29 August, 2014, Istanbul, Turkey.    

• S. Malekpour, F. Dashti (2013) "Application of the Direct Displacement Based Design Methodology for Different Types of RC Structural Systems." International Journal of Concrete Structures and Materials 7(2), 135-153.      

Farhad has done his Bachelor and Master studies in Iran. He did his master research on simulation of structural wall response using a simple macro mode. He worked in Iran as a structural engineer and a part-time lecturer for several years and started his PhD in University of Canterbury in 2013 with the main focus on seismic response of RC rectangular walls. Farhad could numerically simulate out-of-plane instability of rectangular walls when subjected to pure in-plane loading, and was awarded the 2014 Concrete Prize by New Zealand Concrete Society.