Research Interests

• Computational Solid Mechanics and Computational Mechanics

• Meshless and Particle-Based Methods, including Smoothed Particle Hydrodynamics (SPH), Element-Free Galerkin (EFG), Reproducing Kernel Particle Method (RKPM), and related meshfree formulations

• Nonlinear and Large-Deformation Solid Mechanics

• Constitutive Modeling of Inelastic Materials, including plasticity, viscoplasticity, rate- and temperature-dependent material behavior, and cyclic plasticity

• Damage and Fracture Mechanics, with emphasis on phase-field modeling of brittle and ductile fracture

• Coupled Plasticity–Fracture and Thermomechanical Fracture Modeling

• Gradient-Enhanced and Nonlocal Continuum Models

• Shape Memory Alloys (SMAs) and thermomechanical modeling of phase transformation, localization, and pseudoelastic behavior

• Computational Modeling of Soft Biological Tissues, including anisotropic hyperelasticity and particle-based simulation

• Computational Biomechanics and Biomedical Applications, including hip implant fretting wear and soft-tissue mechanics

• Metal Forming and Computational Manufacturing, including large-deformation processes and frictional behavior of metallic materials

• Numerical Methods for Nonlinear Solid Dynamics

• Finite Element and Meshless Numerical Implementation, including development of computational algorithms and scientific software for mechanics problems

Employment

Sep. 2019-Present

Head of Department, Assistant Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Behbahan

University of Technology

Sep. 2018-Sep 2019

Research associate, Glasgow computational engineering center, University of Glasgow

Sep. 2017- Sep. 2018

Head of Advanced skill training center, Behbahan University of Technology

Jan. 2017- Sep. 2018

Assistant Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Behbahan University of Technology

Publications

2025

1. Badnava, H., Nourbakhsh, S. H., & Pezeshki, M.
   An element-free Galerkin approach for rate-and temperature-dependent behavior of inelastic solids.
   Computational Particle Mechanics, 12(6), 4591–4623, 2025.

2. Badnava, H., & Nikpour, A.
   Modeling anisotropic hyperelastic behavior of soft tissues using the smoothed particle hydrodynamics method.
   Journal of Computational Methods in Engineering, 44(1), 63–83, 2025.

3. Badnava, H., Lee, C. H., Nourbakhsh, S. H., & Refachinho de Campos, P. R.
   A stabilised Total Lagrangian Element-Free Galerkin method for transient nonlinear solid dynamics.
   Computational Mechanics, 75(1), 327–355, 2025.

2024

4. SH, N.
   Experimental assessment of ductile and shear fracture criteria in stainless steel 304 according to Hooputra model.
   Modares Mechanical Engineering, 24(12), 709, 2024.

2023

5. Badnava, H.
   Modeling metal forming processes using an updated Lagrangian smoothed particle hydrodynamics method.
   Journal of Manufacturing Innovations, 1(2), 17–27, 2023.

2021

6. Marandi, S. M., Badnava, H., Dehkordi, M. B., & Nourbakhsh, S. H.
   Phase-field modeling of coupled anisotropic plasticity–ductile fracture in rate-dependent solids.
   Journal of the Brazilian Society of Mechanical Sciences and Engineering, 43, 2021.

2020

7. Marandi, S. M., Nourbakhsh, S. H., Dehkordi, M. B., & Badnava, H.
   Finite element implementation of coupled temperature-rate dependent fracture using the phase field model.
   Mechanics of Materials, 148, 103449, 2020.

2019

8. Fallahnezhad, K., Oskouei, R. H., Badnava, H., & Taylor, M.
   The influence of assembly force on the material loss at the metallic head-neck junction of hip implants subjected to cyclic fretting wear.
   Metals, 9(4), 422, 2019.

2018

9. Badnava, H., Mashayekhi, M., Kadkhodaei, M., & Amiri-Rad, A.
   A non-local implicit gradient-enhanced model for thermomechanical behavior of shape memory alloys.
   Journal of Intelligent Material Systems and Structures, 29(9), 1818–1834, 2018.

10. Mousavion, M., Mashayekhi, M., Jamshidian, M., & Badnava, H.
    Implementation of the phase-field method for brittle fracture and application to porous structures.
    Modares Mechanical Engineering, 18(7), 217–225, 2018.

11. Badnava, H.
    Ductile fracture modelling based on the Drucker-Prager plasticity and phase field approach.
    Modares Mechanical Engineering, 18(3), 351–360, 2018.

12. Badnava, H., Msekh, M. A., Etemadi, E., & Rabczuk, T.
    An h-adaptive thermo-mechanical phase field model for fracture.
    Finite Elements in Analysis and Design, 138, 31–47, 2018.

2017

13. Fallahnezhad, K., Oskouei, R. H., Badnava, H., & Taylor, M.
    An adaptive finite element simulation of fretting wear damage at the head-neck taper junction of total hip replacement: The role of taper angle mismatch.
    Journal of the Mechanical Behavior of Biomedical Materials, 75, 58–67, 2017.

14. Badnava, H., Etemadi, E., & Msekh, M. A.
    A phase field model for rate-dependent ductile fracture.
    Metals, 7(5), 180, 2017.

15. Fallahnezhad, K., Badnava, H., Oskouei, R. H., & Taylor, M.
    The influence of assembly force on the material loss at the head-neck junction of hip implants in physiological body fluid subjected to cyclic fretting wear.
    XXVI Congress of the International Society of Biomechanics, 2017.

2016

16. Badnava, H., Mashayekhi, M., & Kadkhodaei, M.
    An anisotropic gradient damage model based on microplane theory.
    International Journal of Damage Mechanics, 25(3), 336–357, 2016.

2015

17. Badnava, H., Kadkhodaei, M., & Mashayekhi, M.
    Modeling of unstable behaviors of shape memory alloys during localization and propagation of phase transformation using a gradient-enhanced model.
    Journal of Intelligent Material Systems and Structures, 26(18), 2531–2546, 2015.

2014

18. Badnava, H., Kadkhodaei, M., & Mashayekhi, M.
    A non-local implicit gradient-enhanced model for unstable behaviors of pseudoelastic shape memory alloys in tensile loading.
    International Journal of Solids and Structures, 51(23–24), 4015–4025, 2014.

2013

19. Fereshteh-Saniee, F., Fallah-Nejad, K., Beheshtiha, A. S., & Badnava, H.
    Investigation of tension and compression behavior of AZ80 magnesium alloy.
    Materials & Design, 50, 702–712, 2013.

2012

20. Badnava, H., Pezeshki, S. M., Fallah Nejad, K., & Farhoudi, H. R.
    Determination of combined hardening material parameters under strain controlled cyclic loading by using the genetic algorithm method.
    Journal of Mechanical Science and Technology, 26(10), 3067–3072, 2012.

21. Badnava, H., Farhoudi, H. R., Fallah Nejad, K., & Pezeshki, S. M.
    Ratcheting behavior of cylindrical pipes based on the Chaboche kinematic hardening rule.
    Journal of Mechanical Science and Technology, 26(10), 3073–3079, 2012.

22. Nia, A. A., Nejad, K. F., Badnava, H., & Farhoudi, H. R.
    Effects of buckling initiators on mechanical behavior of thin-walled square tubes subjected to oblique loading.
    Thin-Walled Structures, 59, 87–96, 2012.

23. Fereshteh-Saniee, F., Barati, F., Badnava, H., & Nejad, K. F.
    An exponential material model for prediction of the flow curves of several AZ series magnesium alloys in tension and compression.
    Materials & Design, 35, 1–11, 2012.

2011

24. Pezeshki, S. M., Badnava, H., & Fereshteh-Saniee, F.
    Frictional condition evaluation in hot magnesium forming using T-shape and ring compression tests.
    2011.

25. Badnava, H., Nejad, K. F., & Farhoudi, H. R.
    Plastic behavior of sheet metal subjected to cyclic bending.
    2011.

26. Fereshteh-Saniee, F., Badnava, H., & Pezeshki-Najafabadi, S. M.
    Application of T-shape friction test for AZ31 and AZ80 magnesium alloys at elevated temperatures.
    Materials & Design, 32(6), 3221–3230, 2011.

27. Alavi Nia, A., Badnava, H., & Fallah Nejad, K.
    An experimental investigation on crack effect on the mechanical behavior and energy absorption of thin-walled tubes.
    Materials & Design, 2011.

28. Fereshteh-Saniee, F., Fallah Nejad, K. H., & Badnava, H.
    Mathematical modeling of the stress–strain curves of AZ80 magnesium alloy at various temperatures and strain rates.
    7th GRACM International Congress on Computational Mechanics, 2011.

29. Mahmoudi, A. H., Badnava, H., & Pezeshki-Najafabadi, S. M.
    An application of Chaboche model to predict uniaxial and multiaxial ratcheting.
    Procedia Engineering, 10, 1924–1929, 2011.

30. Mahmoudi, A. H., Pezeshki-Najafabadi, S. M., & Badnava, H.
    Parameter determination of Chaboche kinematic hardening model using a multi-objective Genetic Algorithm.
    Computational Materials Science, 50(3), 1114–1122, 2011.

Undated / Academic Contribution

31. Lee, C. H., Ghavamian, A., Campos, P. R., Gil, A. J., Bonet, J., & Badnava, H.
    A first order conservation law framework for fast solid dynamics: Smooth particle hydrodynamics.
    Loughborough University.

32. Nejad, K. F., Badnava, H., & Farhoudi, H. R.
    Effect of triggering on the energy absorption capacity of aluminum square tubes subjected to oblique loading.
    7th GRACM International Congress on Computational Mechanics, Athens.