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Prof. Rafiee delivered a plenary talk in the International Conference and Exhibition of Reinforced Plastics (ICERP). The conference was held from 21st to 23rd of Jan. 2025 in India. The topic of the lecture was “The Role of Applied R&D in The Industrial Production of Competitive Composite Pipes ”. ICERP2025 event is organized by FRP Institute once in every two years. The first event on the ICERP series was held in 2002 at IIT Madras, Chennai. https://lnkd.in/gnJGE-_6

PhD thesis of Dr. Reza YAZDANPARAST on "Theoretical and experimental investigations on mode-I fracture toughness of nanocomposites subjected to medium rate impact loading" has been chosen by Iranian MSRT (Ministery of Science, Research & Technology) as one of the distinguished demand-oriented theses on national level. COMRESLAB congratulates this astonishing achievement to Reza. https://lnkd.in/dvDt2ApW The involved stages of this research and its outcome have been already published in 7 papers in various reputed journals indexed by WOS as below: 1. “Stochastic multi-scale modeling for estimating the Mode-I dynamic fracture toughness of CNT-reinforced polymers”, R. Yazdanparast, R. Rafiee, Composites Part A, 2025, 194: 108882. DOI: 10.1016/j.compositesa.2025.108882 2. “A rate-dependent crack bridging model for dynamic fracture of CNT reinforced polymers”, R. Yazdanparast, R. Rafiee, Engineering Fracture Mechanics, 2024; 311:110535. DOI: 10.1016/j.engfracmech.2024.110535 3. “A 3D nonlinear viscoelastic-viscoplastic constitutive model for dynamic response of an epoxy resin”, R. Yazdanparast, R. Rafiee, Acta Mechanica, 2024; 235: 6625-6639. DOI: 10.1007/s00707-024-04065-z 4. “Dynamic mechanical behavior of CNT-reinforced epoxy under medium-strain rate: A comparative study”, R. Yazdanparast, R. Rafiee, H. Kalhori, B. Li, Composite Structures, 2024; 334: 118343. DOI: 10.1016/j.compstruct.2024.118343 5. “A rate-dependent cohesive zone model for dynamic crack growth in carbon nanotube reinforced polymers”, R. Yazdanparast, R. Rafiee, International Journal of Solids and Structures, 2024; 300:112932. DOI: 10.1016/j.ijsolstr.2024.112932 6. “A 3D viscoelastic-viscoplastic behavior of carbon nanotube-reinforced polymers: Constitutive model and experimental characterization”, R. Yazdanparast, R. Rafiee, Polymer Composites, 2024; 45(7): 6245-6438. DOI:10.1002/pc.28207 7. “Investigating the influence of pull-out speed on the interfacial properties and pull-out behavior of CNT/polymer nanocomposites”, R. Yazdanparast, R. Rafiee, Composite Structures, 2023; 117049. DOI:10.1016/j.compstruct.2023.117049

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Following to the successful organization of the 1st, 2nd and 3rd rounds of the conference on applications of composites in IRAN industries and also International conference of Composite pipes and tanks, COMRESLAB is organizing the 4th national conference on applications of composites in IRAN industries in 2025. All interested delegates are invited to pay a visit of the website of the conference and submit the results of their valuable research to this scientific-industrial event: http://irancomp.ut.ac.ir

This is the trend of various research streams in COMRESLAB, we plan and then proceed. There is no defined endpoint for the topics in COMRESLAB, some of them are considered mature enough due to a wide range of analyses focusing on major and main subjects. When it is believed that a field has reached maturity, a new area is launched. For instance, we believe that in the field of FRP pipes, we have thoroughly analyzed those pipes from various perspectives, covering different aspects. Currently, we are identifying unexplored areas and directing our focus towards them. The streams are primarily defined according to industrial demands and are updated accordingly.