Publications
Journal papers:
1. “Influence of silicon Carriers on the microstructure and cooling curve of Gray cast iron”, K. Edalati, F. Akhlaghi, M. Nili, International Journal of Engineering Science, Vol.14, No.2, 2003, 101-107.
2. Characterization of aluminum/graphite particulate composites synthesized using a novel method termed “in-Situ Powder metallurgy”, F. Akhlaghi, S.A. Pelaseyyed, Materials Science and Engineering, Vol. A385, 2004, 258-266.
3. Effects of Reinforcement Volume fraction, Reinforcement Size and Solution Heat treatment on the Microstracture of the two differently processed A356/SiCp composites, F. Akhlaghi, H. Zahedi, M. Sharifi, Iranian Journal of Materials science and Engineering, Vol. 1, No.2, 2004, 13-22.
4. Influence of in inoculant and/or SiC addition on characteristics of grey cast iron, K.Edalati, F. Akhlaghi, M. Nili-Ahmadabadi, International Journal of Cast Metals Research, Vol. 17, No. 3, 2004, 147-151.
5. Effects of Casting temperature on the Microstructure and wear resistance of compocast A356/SiCp composites: a comparison between SS and SL routes, F. Akhlaghi, A. Lajevardi, H.M. Maghanaki, Journal of Materials Processing Technology, Vol. 155-156, 2004, 1874-1880.
6. Influence of SiC and FeSi addition on the characteristics of gray cast iron melts poured at different temperatures, K.Edalati, F.Akhlaghi, M. Nili, Journal of Materials Processing Technology, 160 (2005), 183-187.
7- Influence of SiC and FeSi as silicon carriers on the characteristics of gray cast iron, K. Edalati, F. Akhlaghi, A. Edalati, Trans. Indian Inst. Met., Vol. 59, No.1, Feb. 2006, 65-72.
8. Effect of extrusion temperature on the microstructure and porosity of A356-SiCp composites, R. Rahmani Fard, F. Akhlaghi, Journal of Materials Processing Technology, 187-188 (2007), 433-436.
9. Solid-assisted melt disintegration (SAMD), a novel technique for metal powder production, F. Akhlaghi, H. Esfandiari, Materials Science and Engineering A 452-453 (2007), 70-77.
10. Aluminium powder particles produced by SAMD technique: typical characteristics and correlations between processing conditions and powder size, F. Akhlaghi, H. Esfandiari, Materials Science and Technology, Vol. 23, No 6, (2007), 646-652.
11. Characterization of a Functionally Graded Hypereutectic Al-Si Alloy Produced by Centrifugal Method, Emad Oveisi, Farshad Akhlaghi, Advanced Materials Research Vols. 47-50 (2008), pp 865-868.
12.Ultrafine Primary Silicon Particles in Phosphorus-modified Hypereutectic Al-Si alloy Powders Produced by SAMD method, P. Delshad-Khatibi, F. Akhlaghi, International Journal of Modern Physics B (IJMPB), Vol. 22, (18/19) (30 July 2008), pp. 3304-3310.
13. Effect of Mechanical Alloying Process Parameters on Characteristics of Al-B4C Nanocomposite- Nanocrystalline Powder Particles, M. Khakbiz, F. Akhlaghi, International Journal of Modern Physics B (IJMPB), Vol. 22, (18/19) (30 July 2008), pp. 2924-2932.
14. Influence of graphite content on the dry sliding and oil impregnated sliding wear behavior of Al 2024-graphite composites produced by in situ powder metallurgy method, F. Akhlaghi, A. Zare-Bidaki, Wear 266 (2009) 37-45.
15. Synthesis and structural characterization of Al-B4C nanocomposite powders by mechanical alloying, M. Khakbiz, F. Akhlaghi, Journal of Alloys and Compounds, 479 (2009) 334-341.
16- Formation of Globular Structures in Al 356 Alloy by Narrow Melt Stream (NMS) Technique, A.H.S. Farhood, F. Akhlaghi, Iranian Journal of Materials Science and Engineering, Vol.7, No. 1, Winter 2010, pp. 39-47.
17- Experimental Investigation on the Rheological Behavior of Hypereutectic Al-Si Alloys by a Precise Rotational Viscometer, D. Sohrabi Baba Heidary, F. Akhlaghi, Metallurgical and Materials Transactions A, Vol. 41A, December 2010, pp. 3435-3442.
18- Effect of SiC content on the processing, compaction behavior and properties of Al6061/SiC/Gr hybrid composites, Soheil Mahdavi, Farshad Akhlaghi, Journal of Material Science, 2011, Vol.46, pp. 1502-1511.
19- Effect of Mg Content on the Characteristics of Al/SiC Nanocomposite Powders produced via In situ Powder Metallurgy Method, Mohammad Moazami-Goudarzi, Farshad Akhlaghi, Key-Engineering Materials, Vols. 471-472, 2011, pp. 420-425.
20. Effect of silicon content on the size distribution and morphology of Al-Si Powder Particles Produced by solid-assisted melt disintegration (SAMD) method, F. Akhlaghi, P. Delshad-Khatibi, Powder Metallurgy, Vol.54, No.2, 2011, pp.153-159.
21- Theoretical and Experimental study on settling of SiC particles in composite slurries of aluminum A356/SiC, D. Sohrabi Baba Heidari, F. Akhlaghi, Acta Materialia, Vol. 59 (2011), pp. 4556-4568.
22- The Effect of the Pyrolysis Furnace type on the Yield of Silicon Carbide Whiskers Produced from Rice Husks, Reza Eslami Farsani, Farshad Akhlaghi and Arman Sedghi, Defects and Diffusion Forum, Vols. 312-315 (2011) oo. 346-351.
Conference papers:
1.”Effect of Operating Variables on Porosity and Microstructure of Aluminium alloy Spray-cast Deposits”, F. Akhlaghi, j. Beech and H. Jones, Rapid solidification meeting, University of Sheffield, 6-7 sept. 1989.
2.”Preparation and Characteristics of MMCs by Spray co-deposition”, F. Akhlaghi, J. Beech and H. Jones, in MMCs Property Optimisation and Applications, City conference London, 8-9 Nov. 1989. Inst. of Metals.
3.”Effect of Operating Variables on Porosity and Microstracture of Aluminium alloy Spray-cast Deposits”, F. Akhlaghi, J. Beech and H. jones, in PM into the 1990’s Vol III, the Institute of Metals, London, 2-6 July 1990, PP.85-88.
4.”Influence of Operating Variables on Characteristics of Aluminium Powders and Spray-Cast Deposits”, F. Akhlaghi, J. Beech and H.Jones, Proc. 1st Internat. Conf. On spray forming, Swansea, UK, 17-19 sept. 1990, pp. 601-612.
5.”The Effect of Surface Treatments on Production of SiCw from Rice Husks”, R.Eslami, F. Akhlaghi and A. Sedghi, Heat Treatment and Surface Engineering, IFHT’95. Isfahan, Iran, Sept. 1995. pp855-865.
6.”Effects of Silicon Content on Microstructure of Aluminum Alloy Spray-formed Deposits”, F. Akhlaghi, H. Zandi, SDMA 2000, Bremen Germany, 26-30 June 2000, pp.272-279.
7.”Effects of Casting Temperature on the Microstructure and Wear resistance of Compocast A356/SiCp Composites: (A Comparison Between SS and SL Routes)”. F. Akhlaghi, A. Lajevardi and H.M. Maghanaki, AMPT’ 2003, Dublin, Ireland, 8-11 July 2003, pp. 1666-1669.
8. The Effect of Additives on the yield of Silicon carbide Whiskers Produced from Rice Husks, R. Eslami, F. Akhlaghi ICAMT 2004, proc. of 3rd International Conference on Advanced Manufacturing Technology, 11-13 May 2004. Kuala Lumpur Malaysia, pp. 972-976.
9." Influence of pouring conditions in the inclined plate process and reheating on the microstructure of the semi-solid A356 aluminum alloy", S. Salarfar, F. Akhlaghi, M. Nili-Ahmadabadi, In proceedings of 8th international conference on Semi-solid Processing, (S2P 2004), 21-23 September 2004, Limassol, Cyprus, pp.13-1 – 13-10.
10. " Effect of extrusion temperature on the microstructure and porosity of A356-SiCp composites", R. Rahmani Fard, F. Akhlaghi, Proceedings of AFDM 2006, 4-6 September 2006, Busan, Korea, Section M1E-5.
11. "Effect of processing condition on size and morphology of aluminium powder particles prepared via SAMD technique", P. Delshad-Khatibi, F. Akhlaghi., Proceedings of 21st Annual Conference on Liquid Atomization and Spray Systems (Ilass Europe 2007), 10-12 September 2007, Mugla, Turkey, pp. 108-109.
12. " Effect of processing conditions on size and morphology of aluminum powder particles prepared via SAMD technique", P. Delshad-Khatibi, F. Akhlaghi, Proceedings of IoM East Asia- 6th Materials Processing, Properties and Performance (MP3) Conference, 13-16 September 2007, BeiJing, China , Paper ID- 1357.
13. " Synthesis and structural characterization of Al-B4C nanocomposite powders by mechanical alloying", Mehrdad Khakbiz, Farshad Akhlaghi, Proceedings of IoM East Asia- 6th Materials Processing, Properties and Performance (MP3) Conference, 13-16 September 2007, BeiJing, China, Paper ID- 1364.
14. Effect of matrix alloy composition on the porosity and wear of Al/SiCp composites processed by isothermal centrifugal infiltration method, F. Akhlaghi, A. Attar, Proceedings of IoM East Asia- 6th Materials Processing, Properties and Performance (MP3) Conference, 13-16 September 2007, BeiJing, China, Paper ID- 1356.
15. Ultrafine Primary Silicon Particles in Phosphorus-modified Hypereutectic Al-Si alloy Powders Produced by SAMD method, P. Delshad-Khatibi, F. Akhlaghi, Proceedings of the first International Conference on Ultrafine Grained and Nanostructured Materials (UFGNSM 2007), Center of Excellence for High Performance Materials
School of Metallurgy and Materials Engineering, University College of Engineering , University of Tehran, 17th and 18th November 2007, Tehran, Iran.
16. Effect of Mechanical Alloying Process Parameters on Characteristics of Al-B4C Nanocomposit- Nanocrystalline Powder Particles,M. Khakbiz, F. Akhlaghi, Proceedings of the first International Conference on Ultrafine Grained and Nanostructured Materials (UFGNSM 2007), Center of Excellence for High Performance Materials
School of Metallurgy and Materials Engineering, University College of Engineering , University of Tehran, 17th and 18th November 2007, Tehran, Iran.
17. The Effect of B4C Size and its Content on the Milling Behavior of Al- B4C Nanocomposite Powders, M. Khakbiz, F. Akhlaghi, Proceedings of the 2nd Conference on Nanostrucyures (NS2008) March 11-14, 2008, Kish University, Kish Island, I.R. Iran, pp. 325-326.
18- Effect of Melt Chemical Composition on the Characteristics of Al-Si Powder Particles Produced by SAMD Method, F. Akhlaghi, P. Delshad-Khatibi, Proceedings of International Conference on Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering 2008 (ICME 2008), Faculty of Mechanical & Manufacturing Engineering, University of Tun Hussein Onn Malaysia, Johor Bahru, Malaysia, 21-23 May 2008, Paper ID. 0335.
19- The Influence of High Temperature Exposure on the Tensile Properties of Basalt Fibers, F. Akhlaghi, S. M. M. Sabet, R. Eslami-Farsani, Proceedings of International Conference on Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering 2008, Johor Bahru, Malaysia, 21-23 May 2008, Paper ID. 0130.
20- Characterization of Al- B4C Nanocomposites produced by mechanical alloying, M. Khakbiz, F. Akhlaghi, Book of abstracts of the 1st International Conference from Nanoparticles & Nanomaterials to Nanodevices & Nanosystems (1st IC4N-2008), Halkidiki, Greece, June 16-18, 2008, p. 20.
21- Prediction of Al- B4C Nanocomposite powder particle size by neural network modeling, M. Khakbiz, F. Akhlaghi, A.R. Bazaz, Book of abstracts of the 1st International Conference from Nanoparticles & Nanomaterials to Nanodevices & Nanosystems (1st IC4N-2008), Halkidiki, Greece, June 16-18, 2008, p. 19.
22- Characterization of a Functionally Graded Hypereutectic Al-Si Alloy Produced by Centrifugal Method, Emad Oveisi, Farshad Akhlaghi, Multi-functional Materials and Structures, Selected, peer reviewed papers from International Conference on Multifunctional Materials and Structures, July 28-31, 2008, Hong Kong, P.R. China, Edited by A. K. T. Lau, V. K.Vardan, F.K. Chang, J.P. Tu, P.M. Lam, pp 865-868
23- Effect of alumina size on the size distribution of Al 6061-alumina powder mixture produced by in-situ powder metallurgy method, F. Akhlaghi, S. Pournaderi, Proc. of 7th International Conference on Composite Science and Technology (ICCST/7), American University of Sharjah, Sharjah, UAE, January 20-22, 2009, paper ID: 20958.
24- Effect of Extrusion Temperature on the Mechanical Properties of A356-SiCp Composites, F. Akhlaghi, R. Rahmani-Fard, Proc. of 7th International Conference on Composite Science and Technology (ICCST/7), American University of Sharjah, Sharjah, UAE, January 20-22, 2009, paper ID: 45954.
25- An Investigation on the Applicability of In situ Powder Metallurgy (IPM) Method for processing of Hybrid Al/SiC/Gr Composites, S. Mahdavi, F. Akhlaghi, Proc. of Iran International Aluminum Conference (IIAC2009), April 22-23, 2009, Tehran, Iran, pp 106-112.
26- Formation of Globular Structures in Al 356 Alloy by Narrow Melt Stream (NMS) Technique, A.H.S. Farhood, F. Akhlaghi, Proc. of Iran International Aluminum Conference (IIAC2009), April 22-23, 2009, Tehran, I.R.Iran, pp 20-26.
27- Effect of the SiC content on the tribological properties of hybrid Al/Gr/SiC composites processed by in situ powder metallurgy (IPM) method, F. Akhlaghi, S. Mahdavi, Proc. of the international conference on Advances in Materials and Processing Technologies (AMPT'09),Faculty of Eng. International Islamic University of Malaysia, 26-29 October 2009, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, paper ID: 328.
28 – Characterization of Globular Microstructure in NMS processed Aluminum A356 alloy: The role of casting size, F. Akhlaghi, A.H.S. Farhood, Proc. of the international conference on Advances in Materials and Processing Technologies (AMPT'09), Faculty of Eng. International Islamic University of Malaysia, 26-29 October 2009, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, paper ID: 327.
29- Effect of Reinforcement content and Consolidation Procedures on the Properties of Aluminum-Boron carbide nano-composites, M. Khakbiz, A.M. Hadian, F. Akhlaghi, , Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Ultrafine Grained and Nanostructured Materials (UFGNSM 2009), Center of Excellence for High Performance Materials
School of Metallurgy and Materials Engineering, University College of Engineering , University of Tehran, 14 and 15 November 2009, Tehran, Iran.
30- The Effect of the Pyrolysis Furnace type on the Yield of Silicon Carbide Whiskers Produced from Rice Husks, R.Eslami Farsani, F. Akhlaghi, A. Sedghi, DSL 2010 Conference, 5-7 July 2010, Paris, France, Paper No. DSL311.1.
31- Processing of a Mixture of SiC nano-particles and Aluminum powders via the in-situ powder Metallurgy (IPM) Method, Farshad Akhlaghi, Mohammad Moazami-Goudarzi, Proceedings of the International Conference on Nanotechnology: Fundamentals and Applications, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, 4-6 August 2010, Paper 417.
32- Effect of Stirring Time and Processing Temperature on the Size Distribution of Al6061-Al2O3 Powder Mixture Produced by In Situ Powder Metallurgy (IPM) Method, Farshad Akhlaghi, Saeed Pour-Naderi, Proceedings of the 12th International Conference on Aluminum Alloys, September 5-9, 2010, Yokohama, Japan, pp. 817-822.
33- Development of Vibrating Cooling Slope (VCS) Method for Enhancing a Globular Structure in Aluminum A356 Alloy, Farshad Akhlaghi, Armin Taghani, Proceedings of the 12th International Conference on Aluminum Alloys, September 5-9, 2010, Yokohama, Japan, pp. 1839-1844.
34- Effect of Cr and Co contents in the Perovskite type (LaCr(1-x)CoxO3) catalysts in the Characteristics of Carbon Nanotubes Synthesized by CVD Method, Farshad Akhlaghi, Mohammad Aghazadeh-Meshgi, Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference, NANOCON, October 12th-14th 2010, Czech Republic, Paper ID: A33.
