Morteza Gharouni Nik

University:        Iran University of Science & Technology (IUST)

Faculty:            School of Railway Engineering

Department:     Railway Infrastructure

Phone:            +98-21-7391-3504

Email:              gharouni@doctor.com 

EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATION:

  Doctor of Geotechnical Engineering (Rock Mechanics)

  University of Newcastle upon Tyne , England

AFFILATION:

  Member of International Tunnelling Association (ITA)

  Member of International Society for Rock Mechanics (ISRM)

  Member of Iranian Tunnelling Association (IRTA)

  Member of Iranian Society for Rock Mechanics (IRSRM)

WORK EXPERIENCE:

School of Railway Engineering, Iran University of Science and Technology, Tehran , Iran

  Period: 1380 till now

  Position: Research Vice-Head

  Period: 1386 till now

Teaching Courses:

  • Tunnelling,

  •  Rock Mechanics,

  • Soil Mechanics

RESEARCH INTERESTS:

  - Tunnelling : Design and Stability Analysis

  - Rock and Soil Mechanics

  - Slope Stability Analysis

PUBLICATION:

BOOKS:

  1) Support of Underground Excavations in Hard Rock.

  2) Application of Rock Mechanics in Engineering Practice.

JOURNALS:

 Fundamentals of Ventilation Design in Railway Tunnels.

CONFERENCES:

  1) Assessment of Initial In-situ stresses in Underground Powerhouse Cavern of Karun3 Dam in Iran.

  2) Comparison of Direct Shear Test Results using a Portable Developed and Conventional Direct Shear Test Apparatus.

  3) A Case Study of Deformation Measurements of Slates at Javeh Damsite in Iran.

  4) Risk Management in Design, Construction and Operation of Tunnels.

  5) Design of ventilation for a highway tunnel in a very crowded urban area.

 6) M. Gharouni- nik, Designing an underground lead and zink mine using in-situ initial state of stresses, Rock Stress and Earthquakes- Xie (ed.), Taylor &Francis Group, London, ISBN 978-0-415-60165-8.2010. (Abstract)

  7) M. Gharouni-Nik, S. Hashemi, Evaluating Rock Mass Behaviour in Dilatometer tests, ISRM International Symposium 2010 and 6th Asian Rock Mechanics Symposium- Advances in Rock Engineering, 23-27 October, 2010, New Delhi, India. (Abstract)

  8) M. Gharonouni-Nik, In-situ shear Strength of Rock- Concrete Contact Surface at the Abutments of a Concrete Dam, ARMA 10-266,2010 (Abstract)

RESEARCH GRANTS OBTAINED:

  Tunnel Management System

CURRENT RESEARCH PROJECTS (GRANTS)ABSTRACTS:

  Tunnel Management System