Publications

Journal Publications

• In Preparation or Submitted

  • K. Safari, A. Almasi, P. Szarek, T. Ricken, and D. M. Pierce, Modeling Propagation of Collagen Microdamage in Cartilage: A Multiscale Numerical Approach. (In Preparation)

  • A. Almasi, T. Ricken, and D. M. Pierce, Finite Elements of Multiscale Mixtures (FE2M) in Three Dimensions: Theory and Numerical Implementation and Analysis. (Under review)

  • A. Shokrani, A. Almasi, B. Feng and D.M. Pierce, Understanding Mechanotransduction in the Distal Colon and Rectum via Multiscale and Multimodal Computational Modeling. (Under review)
    
    

• 2024

  • A. Shokrani, A. Almasi, B. Feng and D.M. Pierce, Corrigendum to “Computational Modeling of Mouse Colorectum Capturing Longitudinal and Through-thickness Biomechanical Heterogeneity” [Journal of the Mechanical Behavior of Biomedical Materials 113 (2021) 104127]. [Link]

  • A. Shokrani, A. Almasi, B. Feng and D.M. Pierce, Corrigendum to “Predicting the micromechanics of embedded nerve fibers using a novel three-layered model of mouse distal colon and rectum” [Journal of the Mechanical Behavior of Biomedical Materials 127 (2022) 105083]. [Link]

• 2023

  • A. Almasi, Y.C. Yoon, T.Y. Kim, T. A. Laursen, and J.H. Song, A strong-form meshfree collocation method for modeling stationary cracks with frictional contact, International Journal of Non-Linear Mechanics, 148: 104291 (2023) . [Link]

  •  A. Almasi, T.Y. Kim, and J.H. Song, Strong form meshfree collocation method for frictional contact between a rigid pile and an elastic foundation, Engineering with Computers, 39(1): 791-807 (2023). [Link]

• 2020

  •  S.I. Park, S.H. Lee, A. Almasi, and J.H. Song, Extended IFC-based Strong Form Meshfree Collocation Analysis of a Bridge Structure, Automation in Construction, 119: 103364 (2020). [Link]

• 2019

  • A. Almasi, T.Y. Kim, T. A. Laursen, and J.H. Song, A strong Form Meshfree Collocation Method for Frictional Contact on a Rigid Obstacle, Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering, 357: 112597 (2019). [Link]

  • A. Almasi, A. Beel, T.Y. Kim, J. G. Michopoulos and J.H. Song, Strong Form Collocation Method for Solidification and Mechanical Analysis of Polycrystalline Materials, ASCE Journal of Engineering Mechanics, 145: 04019082 (2019). [Link]

• 2015

  •  A. Almasi, M. Silani, H. Talebi, and T. Rabczuk, Stochastic Analysis of the Interphase Effects on the Mechanical Properties of Clay/epoxy Nanocomposites, Composite Structures, 133: 1302-1312 (2015). [Link]

Thesis and Dissertation

• A. Almasi, Strong Form-Based Collocation Method and its Applications: Microstructure Evolution, Contact Mechanics, and Frictional Crack, Ph.D. Dissertation, University of Colorado Boulder, CO, USA, 2019. [Link]

• A. Almasi, Stochastic Analysis of Interfacial Effects on the Mechanical Properties of Polymeric Nanocomposites, M.S. Thesis, Bauhaus–Universität Weimar, TH, Germany, 2015. [Link]