Publications

Book Chapter:

1. Nematollahi M., Jahadakbar A., Mahtabi M.J., Elahinia M., “Additive Manufacturing”, 2019, in: Niinomi M. “Metals for Biomedical Devices- 2nd Edition” Woodhead Publishing, Paperback ISBN: 9780081026663

2. Mahtabi M.J., Shamsaei N, M. Elahinia, “Fatigue of Shape Memory Alloys”, 2015, in: Elahinia, M. “Shape Memory Alloy Actuators: Modeling, Simulation, and Control,” John Wiley and Sons, Inc., Hoboken, New Jersey- ISBN: 978-1-118-35944-0.

Journal Articles:

1. Mahtabi M.J., Ghasemi A., Ghasemi A., Newman J.C. III, 2024. "Polynomial Approximation over Arbitrary Shape Domains." Mathematical and Computational Applications, 29(6):110. https://doi.org/10.3390/mca29060110 

2. Ataollahi, S. and Mahtabi, M.J., 2023. “An investigation of the growth of fatigue cracks in single-crystal superelastic NiTi under high strain level using molecular dynamics simulations”, Arabian Journal for Science and Engineering, https://doi.org/10.1007/s13369-023-08460-x 

3. Yadollahi, A., Buiter, L., Mahtabi M.J., Doude H.R., Rhee H., Newman J.C. Jr., 2024. "Fatigue Life and Crack Growth Behavior of Ti-6Al-4V Fabricated via Laser Directed Energy Deposition," Materials Performance and Characterization 13, No. 2 (2024).

4. Ataollahi, S. and Mahtabi, M.J., 2023. “Atomistic simulation of the effect of H-phase precipitate on the transformation temperatures and the stress-induced phase transformation of Ni-rich NiTiHf” Shap. Mem. Superelasticity 10, 189–197 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1007/s40830-024-00478-w

5. Ataollahi, S. and Mahtabi, M.J., 2023. “An interatomic potential for ternary NiTiHf shape memory alloys based on modified embedded atom method.” Computational Materials Science, 227, p.112278. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.commatsci.2023.112278   

6. Mahtabi, MB., Yadollahi, A., Ataollahi, S. and Mahtabi, M.J., 2023. “Effect of build height on structural integrity of Ti-6Al-4V fabricated via laser powder bed fusion” Engineering Failure Analysis, 154, 107691. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.engfailanal.2023.107691 

7. Ataollahi, S., Mahtabi, MB., Yadollahi, A., and Mahtabi, M.J., 2023. "Computational modeling of the effects of process parameters on the grain morphology of additively manufactured stainless steel," The International Journal of Advanced Manufacturing Technology, DOI: 10.1007/s00170-023-10975-4 

8. Bagheri, A., Yadollahi, A., Mahtabi, M.J., Paudel, Y., Vance, E., Shamsaei, N. and Horstemeyer, M.F., 2022. "Microstructure-Based MultiStage Fatigue Modeling of NiTi Alloy Fabricated via Direct Energy Deposition (DED)." Journal of Materials Engineering and Performance, pp.1-15. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11665-022-06603-z  

9. Saghaian, S.E., Nematollahi, M., Toker, G., Hinojos, A., Moghaddam, N.S., Saedi, S., Lu, C.Y., Mahtabi, M.J., Mills, M.J., Elahinia, M. and Karaca, H.E., 2021. "Effect of hatch spacing and laser power on microstructure, texture, and thermomechanical properties of laser powder bed fusion (L-PBF) additively manufactured NiTi." Optics & Laser Technology, p.107680. DOI: 10.1016/j.optlastec.2021.107680

10. Ataollahi, S. and Mahtabi, M.J., 2021. "Effects of Precipitate on the Phase Transformation of Single-Crystal NiTi Alloy under Thermal and Mechanical Loads: A Molecular Dynamics Study. " Materials Today Communications, p.102859. DOI: 10.1016/j.mtcomm.2021.102859.

11. Shayanfard, P., Alarcon, E., Barati, M., Mahtabi, M.J., Kadkhodaei, M., Arbab Chirani, S. and Šandera, P., 2021. "Stress raisers and fracture in shape memory alloys: review and ongoing challenges." Critical Reviews in Solid State and Materials Sciences, pp.1-59. DOI: 10.1080/10408436.2021.1896475.

12. Jahadakbar, A., Bayati, P., Nematollahi, M., Safaei, K., Yadollahi, A., Mahtabi, M.J. and Elahinia, M., 2020. "Toward understanding the effect of remelting on the additively manufactured NiTi". The International Journal of Advanced Manufacturing Technology, 112(1), pp.347-360. DOI: 10.1007/s00170-020-06378-4.

13. Bayati, P., Jahadakbar, A., Barati, M., Nematollahi, M., Saint-Sulpice, L., Haghshenas, M., Chirani, S.A., Mahtabi, M.J. and Elahinia, M., 2020. "Toward low and high cycle fatigue behavior of SLM-fabricated NiTi: considering the effect of build orientation and employing a self-heating approach. " International Journal of Mechanical Sciences, p.105878. DOI: 10.1016/j.ijmecsci.2020.105878.

14. Farjam, N., Nematollahi, M., Andani, M.T., Mahtabi, M.J., Elahinia, M., 2020. "Effects of size and geometry on the thermomechanical properties of additively manufactured NiTi shape memory alloy". he International Journal of Advanced Manufacturing Technology, 107(7), pp.3145-3154. DOI: 10.1007/s00170-020-05071-w.

15. Nematollahi, M., Toker, G., Saghaian, S.E., Salazar, J., Mahtabi, M., Benafan, O., Karaca, H., Elahinia, M., 2019. "Additive Manufacturing of Ni-Rich NiTiHf20: Manufacturability, Composition, Density, and Transformation Behavior". Shape Memory and Superelasticity 5, 113-124. DOI: 10.1007/s40830-019-00214-9.

16. Elahinia, M., Ibrahim, H., Mahtabi, M.J., Mehrabi, R., 2019. "Engineering Bone-Implant Materials". Bioengineering 6 (2):5. DOI: 10.3390/bioengineering6020051.

17. Biffi, C.A., Bassani, P., Nematollahi, M., Shayesteh Moghaddam, N., Amerinatanzi, A., Mahtabi, M.J., Elahinia, M., Tuissi, A., 2019. "Effect of Ultrasonic Nanocrystal Surface Modification on the Microstructure and Martensitic Transformation of Selective Laser Melted Nitinol". Materials 12.

18. Aboutaleb, A.M., Mahtabi, M.J., Tschopp, M.A., Bian, L., 2019. "Multi-objective accelerated process optimization of mechanical properties in laser-based additive manufacturing: Case study on Selective Laser Melting (SLM) Ti-6Al-4V". Journal of Manufacturing Processes 38, 432-444.

19. Yadollahi, A., Mahtabi, M.J., Khalili, A., Doude, H.R., Newman, J.C., 2018. "Fatigue life prediction of additively manufactured material: Effects of surface roughness, defect size, and shape". Fatigue & Fracture of Engineering Materials & Structures 41, 1602-1614.

20. Mahtabi, M.J., Yadollahi, A., Rahmati, M., Stone, T.W., 2018. "Correlation Between Hardness and Loading Transformation Stress of Superelastic NiTi". Arabian Journal for Science and Engineering 43, 5029-5033.

21. Mahtabi, M.J., Stone, T.W., Shamsaei, N., 2018. "Load sequence effects and variable amplitude fatigue of superelastic NiTi". International Journal of Mechanical Sciences 148, 307-315.

22. Bagheri, A., Mahtabi, M.J., Shamsaei, N., 2018. "Fatigue behavior and cyclic deformation of additive manufactured NiTi". Journal of Materials Processing Technology 252, 440-453.

23. Shao, S., Mahtabi, M.J., Shamsaei, N., Thompson, S.M., 2017. "Solubility of argon in laser additive manufactured α-titanium under hot isostatic pressing condition". Computational Materials Science 131, 209-219.

24. Mahtabi, M.J., Shamsaei, N., 2017. "Fatigue modeling for superelastic NiTi considering cyclic deformation and load ratio effects". Shape Memory and Superelasticity 3, 250-263.

25. Mahtabi, M.J., Shamsaei, N., 2016. "Multiaxial fatigue modeling for Nitinol shape memory alloys under in-phase loading". Journal of the Mechanical Behavior of Biomedical Materials 55, 236-249.

26. Mahtabi, M.J., Shamsaei, N., 2016. "A modified energy-based approach for fatigue life prediction of superelastic NiTi in presence of tensile mean strain and stress". International Journal of Mechanical Sciences 117, 321-333.

27. Mahtabi, M.J., Sanford, A., Shamsaei, N., Newman, J.C., 2016. "Transferability of the two-parameter fracture criterion for 2219 aluminium alloy cracked configurations". Fatigue & Fracture of Engineering Materials & Structures 39, 335-345.

28. Mahtabi, M.J., Shamsaei, N., Rutherford, B., 2015. "Mean strain effects on the fatigue behavior of superelastic Nitinol alloys: an experimental investigation". Procedia Engineering 133, 646-654.

29. Mahtabi, M.J., Shamsaei, N., Mitchell, M.R., 2015. "Fatigue of Nitinol: The state-of-the-art and ongoing challenges". Journal of the Mechanical Behavior of Biomedical Materials 50, 228-254.

30. Ghodrati Amiri, G., Mahtabi, M.J., Razavian Amrei, S.A., 2012. "Seismic velocity and displacement hazard assessment for Tehran, including site effects". Asian Journal of Civil Engineering (Building and Housing) 13, 331-351.

Conference Papers and Presentations:

1. Thompson, G. and Mahtabi, M.J., 2024. "Advancing Manufacturing Efficiency: Electroplating Nickel onto 3D-Printed Polymer", Annual International Solid Freeform Fabrication Symposium (SFF Symp. 2024), Austin, TX, USA.

2. Ataollahi, S. and Mahtabi, M.J., 2022. "A Study on Fatigue Crack Growth in Single-Crystal NiTi Using Molecular Dynamics" IMECE22- International Mechanical Engineering Congress & Exposition- Virtual Conference: October 30 – November 3, 2022.

3. Lado, L., Ataollahi, S., Yadollahi, A., and Mahtabi, M.J., 2021. " Process-specific Microstructure-sensitive Modeling of Fatigue in Additively Manufactured Ti-6Al-4V Alloys", Annual International Solid Freeform Fabrication Symposium (SFF Symp. 2022), Austin, TX, USA.

4. Ataollahi, S. and Mahtabi, M.J., 2021. "Effect of Different Process Parameters on the Grain Morphology of Additively Manufactured Materials Using Kinetic Monte Carlo Simulations. " IMECE21- International Mechanical Engineering Congress & Exposition- Virtual Conference: November 1 – 5, 2021.

5. Ataollahi, S. and Mahtabi, M.J., 2021. " A molecular dynamics study on the effect of precipitate on the phase transformation in NiTi." ReSEARCH Dialogues Conference proceedings. https://scholar.utc.edu/research-dialogues/2021/posters/2.

6. Bayati, P., Jahadakbar, A., Safaie, K., Nematollahi, M., Dabbaghi, H., Haghshenas, M., Mahtabi, M. and Elahinia, M., 2020, September. "Toward Structural Fatigue Analysis of Horizontally-Fabricated NiTi via Selective Laser Melting. " In International Manufacturing Science and Engineering Conference (Vol. 84256, p. V001T01A044). American Society of Mechanical Engineers. DOI: 10.1115/MSEC2020-8473.

7. Bayati, P., Safaie Baghbadorani, K., Nematollahi, M., Jahadakbar, A., Mahtabi, M.J., Elahinia, M., 2020. "Toward understanding the effect of selective laser re-melting on the mechanical properties of the SLM fabricated Nitinol", MS&T20, Pittsburgh, PA, USA.

8. Bayati, P., Jahadakbar, A., Safaie Baghbadorani, K., Nematollahi, M., Dabbaghi, H., Haghshenas, M., Mahtabi, M.J., Elahinia, M., 2020. "Toward Structural Fatigue Analysis of Horizontally-Fabricated Niti via Selected Laser Melting", MSEC 2020, University of Cincinati, Cincinati, OH, USA.

9. Chirani, S.A., Barati, M., Saint-Sulpice, L., Bayati, P., Nematollahi, M., Mahtabi, M., Jahadakbar, A., Elahinia, M., 2019. "Self-heating and fatigue of additively manufactured NiTi", Congrès Français de Mécanique, Université de Bretagne Occidentale, Bretagne, France, pp. 11-13.

10. Bayati P., Jahadakbar A., Nematollahi M., Mahtabi M.J., Elahinia M., “On the Effect of the Build Direction in Mechanical Fatigue Life of the SLM-Fabricated NiTi”, MS&T19, September 29 – October 3, 2019, Portland, Oregon, USA.

11. Bayati P., Jahadakbar A., Nematollahi M., Mahtabi M.J., Elahinia M., “Fatigue Life Analysis of the SLM Fabricated NiTi Samples With Different Build Directions”, SMASIS: The ASME 2019 Conference on Smart Materials, Adaptive Structures and Intelligent Systems, Omni Louisville, Louisville, KY.

12. Arbab Chirani S., Barati M., Saint-Sulpice L., Bayati P., Nematollahi M., Mahtabi M., Jahadakbar A., Elahinia M., “Self-heating and fatigue of additively manufactured NiTi”, Congrès Français de Mécanique 2019, August 26-30, 2019, Université de Bretagne Occidentale, Bretagne, France.

13. Jahadakbar A., Dehghan A., Nematollahi M., Bayatimalayeri P., Mahtabi M.J., Ibrahim H., Elahinia M., “The Effect of Re-melting on the Surface Condition of the Additively Manufactured NiTi Parts”, MS&T18, October 14 – 18, 2018, Columbus, Ohio, USA.

14. Farjam N., Nematollahi M., Mahtabi M.J., Elahinia M., “The Effects of Size and Geometry on the Microstructure and Transformation Temperatures of Additively Manufactured NiTi”, MS&T18, October 14 – 18, 2018, Columbus, Ohio, USA. 

15. Bayatimalayeri P., Jahadakbar A., Mahtabi M.J., Elahinia M., 2018, “Effects of strained heat treatment on the transformation temperature of NiTi shape memory alloy wires”, 18th International Conference on the Strength of Materials (ICSMA 18), July 15–19, 2018, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, USA.

16. Yadollahi A., Mahtabi M.J., Doude H., Newman Jr. J.C., 2017, “Prediction of Fatigue Lives in Additively Manufactured Alloys based on the Crack-growth Concept”, 2017 Annual International Solid Freeform Fabrication Symposium (SFF Symp. 2017), Austin, TX.

17. Newman Jr, J.C., Mahtabi, M.J., 2017, “Improved Two-Parameter Fracture Criterion for various crack configurations under tension and bending loads”. Presented at the 17th International ASTM/ESIS Symposium on Fatigue and Fracture Mechanics (41st National Symposium on Fatigue and Fracture Mechanics), ASTM International, Toronto, Canada.

18. Mahtabi M.J., “Fatigue modeling of superelastic NiTi alloys with various cyclic deformation responses and mean strain/stress effects”, 2016, ASTM Committee E08 on Fatigue and Fracture Annual Meeting, Orlando, FL.

19. Rutherford B., Mahtabi M.J., and Shamsaei N., “Beneficial effects of tensile mean strain on the fatigue behavior of superelastic Nitinol”, TMS 2016 145th Annual Meeting & Exhibition, February 14 – 18, 2016, Nashville, TN.

20. Mahtabi M.J. “Mean strain and stress effects on fatigue behavior of superelastic Nitinol alloys: analysis and modelling”, 2015, ASTM Committee E08 on Fatigue and Fracture Annual Meeting, Tampa, FL.

21. Newman Jr. J.C., Warren J.M., Mahtabi M.J. “Two-and three-dimensional finite-element fracture simulations on metallic materials using the critical CTOA fracture criterion”, 2015, ASTM E08.07.07 CTOA and δ5 Task Group, ASTM International.

22. Mahtabi M.J. “Fatigue of Nitinol (NiTi) alloys: current state and roadmap to multiaxial analysis”, 2014, ASTM Committee E08 on Fatigue and Fracture Annual Meeting, New Orleans, LA.

23. Mahtabi M.J. “Fatigue of Nitinol (NiTi) alloys under multiaxial loading”, 2014, ASTM Workshop on Multiaxial Fatigue & Mixed Mode Fatigue Crack Growth, New Orleans, LA.

24. Parvin A. and Mahtabi M.J., Shrestha U.S., “Evaluation of FRP-concrete bond interface”, 2014, 7th International Conference on Fiber Reinforced Polymer (FRP) Composites in Civil Engineering- CICE 2014-University of British Columbia, Canada.

25. Amiri G. G., Mahtabi M.J., and Razavian S.A. “Seismic displacement hazard assessment in Tehran”, 2008, Asian Pacific Symposium on Structural Reliability and Its Applications (APSSRA’08), June 2008, Hong Kong.

Invited Papers and Talks

• Jahadakbar A., Dehghan A., Nematollahi M., Bayatimalayeri P., Mahtabi M.J., Ibrahim H., Elahinia M., “The Effect of Re-melting on the Surface Condition of the Additively Manufactured NiTi Parts”, MS&T18, October 14 – 18, 2018, Columbus, Ohio, USA.

• Mahtabi, M.J., Sanford, A., Shamsaei, N., and Newman, J.C., 2016. Transferability of the two-parameter fracture criterion for 2219 aluminum alloy cracked configurations. Fatigue Fract. Eng. Mater. Struct. 39, 335–345. doi:10.1111/ffe.12359. Selected for FFEMS Virtual Issue: Fatigue and Fracture of Aerostructures.

• “Fatigue of NiTi Alloys: Current State of Research and Future Challenges”, SAE International Fatigue Design & Evaluation Committee Meeting, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS, April 27th, 2016.