Mojtaba Mokhtari

About

Associate Editor (by invitation), ASME Journal of Offhsore Mechanics and Arctic Engineering
Associate Editor (by invitation), ASCE Journal of Pipeline Systems Engineering and Practice
Onsager Fellow
Outstanding Academic Fellow (The Star Program)
Materials and Fabrication Technology Committee Member, International Ship and Offshore Structures Congress (ISSC)

Industry Experinece

Subsea Engineer / R&D, Wood plc, Australia
Asset Management Consultant, Aurecon, Australia

Research Interests

Computational Mechanics
Corrosion, Fatigue, Creep, and their interaction in Fracture Machanics
Wind, Wave, and Ice Load Modelling
Structural Health Monitoring including Digital Twins
Ice Mechanics and Design for Ice Loads
Reliability-based Design

Honours and Awards

ASME OMAE-2025 Best Paper Award for the (single-authored) paper entitled "A Co-Simulation Framework for Ice-Floating Wind Turbine Interaction".
Outstanding Academic Fellow (The Star Program), Norwegian University of Science and Technology, 2024.
Onsager Fellowship, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, 2023.
The Moan-Faltinsen Best Paper Award, Department of Marine Technology, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, 2022.
Global Talent, Department of Home Affairs, Australian Government, 2020.
Postgraduate Research Prize for the best PhD research in civil engineering, Faculty of Engineering and Built Environment, University of Newcastle, Australia, 2018.
University of Newcastle Postgraduate Research Scholarship (UNIPRS), 2015-2019.
University of Newcastle Research Scholarship Central (UNRSC), 2015-2018.

Current Research Projects

NTNU:

AI-accelerated CFD-FEM for FSI.
Advanced nonlinear structural analysis of FOWTs.
Structural health monitoring of marine structures using inverse Finite Element Method (iFEM).
Ultimate limit state design of floating offshore wind turbines in the Pan-Arctic.
Corrosion fatigue of marine structures using a stochastic pit generation algorithm.
Buckling/post-buckling behaviour of stiffened panels.
Ice mechanics, ice material modelling, and ice-structure interaction simulations.
Coupled thermal-stress analysis of marine steel structures subject to cryogenic spill.

Independent / collaborative:

Automatic rapid and realistic 3D modelling of complex-shaped pitting corrosion profiles in all scales (short-term and long-term).
Identification and real-time monitoring of pitting corrosion and fatigue damage using the inverse Finite Element Method (iFEM).

Completed Research Projects

A non-linear viscoelastic material model with progressive damage based on microstructural evolution and phase transition in polycrystalline ice for design against ice impact.
Plasticity-based material modelling of ice using a pressure and rate dependent yield criterion.
Damage assessment of high-speed aluminium hull crafts subjected to ice impact.
Failure assessment of pitting corroded steel pipelines (experimental, numerical, analytical).
Automation of 3D finite element modelling for flawed pipeline girth welds.
A novel strengthening technique using CFRPs for steel pipelines subject to accidental external loads (focusing on faulting and explosion).
Perforation of non-rigid projectiles into thick steel plates: A numerical study.

Master's Thesis Supervision (principal supervisor)

Fotios Theodorakis, (2025). "Integrated structural analysis and multiaxial fatigue assessment of a barge-type 15 MW FOWT". European Wind Energy Master (EWEM)
Isabelle L. Taen, (2025). "The Application of Buoyancy Bags in the Installation of Offshore Wind Monopiles". European Wind Energy Master (EWEM)
Max He Cobben, (2025). "Simulation of wave-iceberg-FWT interaction". Joint Nordic Master

Research

Current PhD-students

Johannes Schäffner

Preliminary title: Advanced Nonlinear Structural Analysis of FOWTs

Spyridon Stouraitis

Preliminary title: Structural Health Monitoring of Marine Structures with Application to Offshore Wind

Milad Shajaripour

AI-accelerated hydrodynamic-structural analysis of offshore wind turbine floaters

Master's Theses:

Fotios Theodorakis, (2025). "Integrated structural analysis and multiaxial fatigue assessment of a barge-type 15 MW FOWT". European Wind Energy Master (EWEM)
Isabelle L. Taen, (2025). "The Application of Buoyancy Bags in the Installation of Offshore Wind Monopiles". European Wind Energy Master (EWEM)
Max He Cobben, (2025). "Simulation of wave-iceberg-FWT interaction". Joint Nordic Master

NYMOOR - Nylon ropes for mooring of floating wind turbines

NYMOOR will enable design and use of nylon mooring systems for floating wind turbines, reducing material and resource requirements and enabling novel mooring solutions.

Publications

2025

Mokhtari, Mojtaba; Leira, Bernt Johan. (2025) Time-variant system reliability of pitting corroded steel pipelines. Civil Engineering and Environmental Systems
Academic article

2018

Mokhtari, Mojtaba; Melchers, Robert E.. (2018) A new approach to assess the remaining strength of corroded steel pipes. Engineering Failure Analysis
Academic article

2016

Mokhtari, Mojtaba; Alavi, A. (2016) The application of CFRP to strengthen buried steel pipelines against subsurface explosion. Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering
Academic article
Mokhtari, Mojtaba; Melchers, Robert E.. (2016) Advanced numerical method for failure assessment of corroded steel pipes.
Chapter

2015

Mokhtari, Mojtaba; Alavi-Nia, Ali. (2015) A parametric study on the mechanical performance of buried X65 steel pipelines under subsurface detonation. Archives of Civil and Mechanical Engineering (ACME)
Academic article
Mokhtari, Mojtaba; Alavi-Nia, Ali. (2015) The influence of using CFRP wraps on performance of buried steel pipelines under permanent ground deformations. Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering
Academic article

2014

Mokhtari, Mojtaba; Alavi-Nia, Ali. (2014) Using FRP wraps to reinforce buried steel pipelines subjected to permanent ground deformations: A Feasibility study.
Chapter

Journal publications

Mokhtari, Mojtaba; Leira, Bernt Johan. (2025) Time-variant system reliability of pitting corroded steel pipelines. Civil Engineering and Environmental Systems
Academic article
Mokhtari, Mojtaba; Leira, Bernt Johan. (2024) A Critical Review of Constitutive Models Applied to Ice-Crushing Simulations. Journal of Marine Science and Engineering (JMSE)
Academic article
Mokhtari, Mojtaba; Melchers, Robert E.. (2024) Discussion on “Data-driven Methods to Predict the Burst Strength of Corroded Line Pipelines Subjected to Internal Pressure https://doi. org/10.1007/s11804-022-00263-0”. Journal of Marine Science and Application
Academic article
Mokhtari, Mojtaba; Kim, Ekaterina; Amdahl, Jørgen. (2023) A non-linear viscoelastic material model with progressive damage based on microstructural evolution and phase transition in polycrystalline ice for design against ice impact. International Journal of Impact Engineering
Academic article
Ghasemzadeh, Maryam; Mokhtari, Mojtaba; Bilgin, Mahmut Hudayi; Kefal, Adnan. (2023) Pitting corrosion identification approach based on inverse finite element method for marine structure applications. Ocean Engineering
Academic article
Mokhtari, Mojtaba; Kim, Ekaterina; Amdahl, Jørgen. (2022) Pressure-dependent plasticity models with convex yield loci for explicit ice crushing simulations. Marine Structures
Academic article
Mokhtari, Mojtaba; Nam, Woongshik; Amdahl, Jørgen. (2021) Thermal analysis of marine structural steel EH36 subject to non-spreading cryogenic spills. Part II: finite element analysis. Ships and Offshore Structures
Academic article
Nam, Woongshik; Mokhtari, Mojtaba; Amdahl, Jørgen. (2021) Thermal analysis of marine structural steel EH36 subject to non-spreading cryogenic spills. Part I: experimental study. Ships and Offshore Structures
Academic article
Mokhtari, Mojtaba; Melchers, Robert E.. (2020) Reliability of the conventional approach for stress/fatigue analysis of pitting corroded pipelines – development of a safer approach. Structural Safety
Academic article
Mokhtari, Mojtaba; Melchers, Robert E.. (2019) Next-generation fracture prediction models for pipes with localized corrosion defects. Engineering Failure Analysis
Academic article
Mokhtari, Mojtaba; Melchers, Robert E.. (2018) A new approach to assess the remaining strength of corroded steel pipes. Engineering Failure Analysis
Academic article
Mokhtari, Mojtaba; Alavi, A. (2016) The application of CFRP to strengthen buried steel pipelines against subsurface explosion. Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering
Academic article
Mokhtari, Mojtaba; Alavi-Nia, Ali. (2015) A parametric study on the mechanical performance of buried X65 steel pipelines under subsurface detonation. Archives of Civil and Mechanical Engineering (ACME)
Academic article
Mokhtari, Mojtaba; Alavi-Nia, Ali. (2015) The influence of using CFRP wraps on performance of buried steel pipelines under permanent ground deformations. Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering
Academic article

Part of book/report

Mokhtari, Mojtaba; Kim, Ekaterina; Amdahl, Jørgen. (2024) Numerical Simulation of Concurrent Flexural and Crushing Failure of Level Ice.
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
Mokhtari, Mojtaba; Wang, Xintong; Amdahl, Jørgen. (2023) Numerical analysis of pit-to-crack transition under corrosion fatigue using a stochastic pit generation algorithm.
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
Mokhtari, Mojtaba; Kim, Ekaterina; Amdahl, Jørgen. (2023) Numerical Simulation of an Aluminium Panel Subject to Ice Impact Load Using a Rate and Pressure Dependent Elastoplastic Material Model for Ice.
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
Mokhtari, Mojtaba; Kim, Ekaterina; Amdahl, Jørgen. (2023) A rate and pressure dependent elastoplastic material model for glacial ice colliding with marine structures.
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
Mokhtari, Mojtaba; Wang, Xintong; Amdahl, Jørgen. (2023) Buckling and Post-Buckling Behaviour of Extruded Aluminium Panels Subject to the Combined Effects of Welding and Pitting Corrosion.
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
Ghasemzadeh, Maryam; Mokhtari, Mojtaba; Kefal, Adnan. (2022) Localized corrosion damage prediction of steel plates in marine applications using quadrilateral inverse-shell elements based on iFEM.
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
Mokhtari, Mojtaba; Melchers, Robert E.. (2019) Next Generation Fracture Prediction Models of Pitted Pipelines for Cleaner Energy Transportation.
Chapter
Mokhtari, Mojtaba; Melchers, Robert E.. (2016) Advanced numerical method for failure assessment of corroded steel pipes.
Chapter
Mokhtari, Mojtaba; Alavi-Nia, Ali. (2014) Using FRP wraps to reinforce buried steel pipelines subjected to permanent ground deformations: A Feasibility study.
Chapter

Teaching

Courses

TMR4170 - Marine Structures

TMR4170 Marine Structures, lecturer and coordinator

TMR4500 Marine Structures, Specialization Project

TMR4930 Marine Technology, Master's Thesis

MR8503 Stochastic Methods Applied in Nonlinear Analysis of Marine Structures (2024)

Outreach

Moan-Faltinsen Best Paper Award

Mojtaba Mokhtari, postdoc at IMT NTNU, received the Moan-Faltinsen Best Paper Award on Marine Structural Mechanics/Dynamics.

2025

Academic lecture

Kim, Ekaterina; Sørensen, Asgeir Johan; Asbjørnslett, Bjørn Egil; Utne, Ingrid Bouwer; Høyland, Knut Vilhelm; Mokhtari, Mojtaba. (2025) NEW SOLUTIONS FOR HARSH ENVIRONMENTS THROUGH RESEARCH-INDUSTRY COLLABORATION. Arctic Shipping Summit 2025 , Montreal 19.11.2025 - 20.11.2025

2018

Academic lecture

Mokhtari, Mojtaba; Melchers, Robert E.. (2018) Volume loss, a new parameter in assessment of remaining strength of pitting corroded steel pipes. 13th Pipeline Technology Conference 12.03.2018 - 14.03.2018
Academic lecture

Mokhtari, Mojtaba; Melchers, Robert E.. (2018) Stress concentration at real complex pits of pressurized steel pipes. 13th Pipeline Technology Conference. 13th Pipeline Technology Conference 12.03.2018 - 14.03.2018

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