Personal Details NAME: Hossein SURNAME: Arabi Year of Birth: 1956 ACCADEMIC STATUS: Professor, School of Metallurgy & Materials Engineering, Iran University of Science and Technology (IUST), Since 1990  Fields of Research Interests: Superalloy, Coating& corrosion of hot components
Contact Address School of Metallurgy & Materials Engineering Iran University of Science and Technology (IUST), Narmak, Tehran, Iran Tel: +9821-77459151 Fax: +9821-77240480 E-mail: Arabi@iust.ac.ir
Educational Records Degree Major Year of Graduation University Location B.Sc. Mechanical 1984 Middelsex London M.Sc. Metallic & Ceramic Materials 1986 UMIST Manchester Ph.D Industrial Metallurgy 1991 Victoria Manchester
Titles of MSc and PhD Theses MSc: High Temperature Fatigue Fracture of Superalloy Single Crystals PhD: A Study of Damage Accumulation during Cyclic Creep of a 20/25/Nb Stabilized Stainless Steel.
Fields of Research Interests 1. Life assessment of hot components and various products & mathematical modeling 2. Structural, physical & mechanical behaviors of superalloy, steels and . . . 3. Coating & corrosion of hot components Industrial Activities 1. Academic advisor of power generation company “Tavanir” from 1991 to 2001, for production of various hot components. 2. Academic advisor of Tajrobeh-Noor Company from 1995 to 2001, for production of various components related to power generation.
Publications B. Tolaminejad , A. Karimi Taheri, M. Shahmiri, H. Arabi , "Development of Crystallographic Texture and Grain Refinement in the Aluminum Layer of Cu-Al-Cu Tri-layer Composite Deformed by Equal Channel Angular Extrusion", International Journal of Modern Physics: Conference Series,2012, Vol. 5 ,pp. 325–334   S. R. elmi Hosseini, H. Arabi, "Change in Mechanical Properties by Titanium Addition in AgedMartensitic 18Ni–9Co–5Mo Alloy", ISIJ International, Vol. 52 (2012), No. 1, pp. 147–150 J. Saaedi, H. Arabi, T. W. Coyle, S. Mirdamadi and H. Ghorbani, "Corrosion resistance of Ni-50Cr HVOF coatings on 310S alloy substrates in a metal dusting atmosphere", Materials and Corrosion 2011, 62, No. 9 A. Ghaderi Hamidi, H. Arabi, S. Rastegari, "Reduction of sintering temperature of porous tungsten skeleton used for production of W-Cu composites by ultra high compaction pressure of tungsten powder , "Advanced Materials Research,2011, Vols. 264-265 , pp 807-812 Ehsan Sharifi Sede, Shamsedin Mirdamadi, Hossein Arabi, "In Vitro Bioactivity of a Biocomposite Fabricated from Ti and Mg Powders by Powder Metallurgy Method", Advanced Materials Research, 415-417, 1176, Online since December, 2011 H. Pooladvand, S. Baghshahi, B. Mirhadi, A. R. Souri & H. Arabi,"Effect of MgO and CaO on Transformation of Andalusite to Mullite", Journal of Materials Engineering and Performance",17Nov.2011 A. Ghaderi Hamidi, H. Arabi, S. Rastegari, " Tungsten–copper composite production by activated sintering and infiltration", Int. Journal of Refractory Metals & Hard Materials, 2011, vol.29 , pp.538-541 A. Ghaderi Hamidi, H. Arabi, S. Rastegari, "A feasibility study of W-Cu composites production by high pressure compression of tungsten powder", International Journal of Refractory Metals and Hard Materials, 2011, vol.29, pp. 123-127 H. Rafiee, S. Rastegari, H.Arabi, "Formation mechanism of IDZ during coating of IN738 by single step gas phase aluminizing", Canadian Metallurgical Quarterly,2011,vol.50.no.1,pp.85-90 E. Hajjari, M. Divandari, H. Arabi, "Effect of applied pressure and nickel coating on microstructural development in continuous carbon fiber-reinforced aluminum composites fabricated by squeeze casting", Materials and Manufacturing Processes, 2011, vol. 26: 4,pp. 599 – 603 H. Rafiee, H.Arabi, S. Rastegari , "Effects of temperature and Al-concentration on formation mechanism of an aluminide coating applied on superalloy IN738LC through a single step low activity gas diffusion process", Journal of Alloys and Compounds 505 , 2010,pp.206-212 S. Ahmadi, H. Arabi, A. Shokuhfar, "Effects of Multiple Strengthening Treatments on Mechanical Properties and Stability of Nanoscale Precipitated Phases in an Aluminum- Copper- Lithium Alloy", Journal of Materials Science & Technology, 2010, vol.26 (12), 1078-1082 B. Mirzakhani, Sh. Khoddam, H. Arabi, M. T. Salehi, S. H. Seyedein, M. R. Aboutalebi, "The influence of specimen geometry of hot torsion test on temperature distribution and microstructure features during reheating treatment of API-X70", Journal of Iron and Steel Research, International, 17 (2010) 34-39 M. Ardestani, H. Arabi, H. razavizadeh, H. R. Rezaie, H. Mehrjoo, "Synthesis of WC–20wt%Cu composite powders using co–precipitation and carburization processes", Material Science-Poland, 28 (2010) 413-420 M. Ardestani, H. Arabi, H. razavizadeh, H. R. Rezaie, B. Jankovic, S. Mentus, "An investigation about the activation energies of the reduction transitions of fine dispersed CuWO4_x/WO3_x oxide powders", Int. Journal of Refractory Metals & Hard Materials, Vol. 28, 2010, Pp. 383-387   J. Saaedi, T.W. Coyle, H. Arabi, S. Mirdamadi, and J. Mostaghimi, "Effects of HVOF process parameters on the properties of Ni-Cr coatings", Journal of Thermal Spray Technology, 19 (2010) 521-530.   B. Tolaminejad, A. Karimi Taheri , H. Arabi and M. Shahmiri "An investigation into the effect of ECAE process on mechanical and microstructural properties of middle layer in copper clad aluminum composite", Iranian Journal of Materials Science & Engineering, Vol. 6, No. 4, 2009, pp. 26-34 Bahman Mirzakhani, Hossein Arabi, Mohammad Taghi Salehi,Seyed Hossein Seyedein, Mohammad Reza Aboutalebi, Shahin Khoddam, Jilt Sietsma, "Prediction of static softening of microalloyed steel by the integration of finite element model with physically based state variable model", Iranian Journal of Materials Science & Engineering, Vol. 6, No. 4, 2009, pp. 17-25 M. Shahmiri and H. Arabi, "Influence of the primary solidification on the secondary solidification during semisolid metal (SSM) processing of A356 aluminum alloy by mechanical stirring", Iranian Journal of Materials Science & Engineering, Vol. 6, No. 4, 2009, pp. 41-50 M. Ardestani, H. Arabi, H.R. Rezaie, H. Razavizadeh, "Synthesis and densification of W–30 wt% Cu composite powders using ammonium meta tungstate and copper nitrate as precursors", Int. Journal of Refractory Metals & Hard Materials, Vol. 27, 2009, pp. 796-800 M. Ardestani, H. Razavizadeh, H. Arabi and H. R. Rezaie, "Preparation and sintering of W–20wt%Cu composite powders produced by CO-precipitation method", Iranian Journal of Materials Science & Engineering, Vol. 6, No. 2, 2009, pp. 24-29   M. Ardestani, H. R. Rezaie, H. Arabi, H. Razavizadeh, "The effect of sintering temperature on densification of nanoscale dispersed W–20–40%wt Cu composite powders", Int. Journal of Refractory Metals & Hard Materials, Vol. 27, 2009, pp. 862-867   Bahman Mirzakhani, Hossein Arabi, Mohammad Taghi Salehi, Shahin Khoddam, Seyed Hossein Seyedein, and Mohammad Reza Aboutalebi, "Investigation of dynamic and static recrystallization behavior during thermomechanical processing in API-X70 microalloyed steel", Journal of Materials Engineering and Performance , March 2009   B. Mirzakhani, H. Arabi, M. T. Salehi, Sh. Khoddam, J. Sietsma, S. H. Seyedein1, M. R. Aboutalebi, "Computer aided optimization of specimen geometry of hot torsion test to minimize microstructure non homogeneity and temperature gradient before deformation", Iranian Journal of Materials Science & Engineering, Vol. 6, No. 3, 2009, PP. 34-42 B. Mirzakhani, Sh. Khokkam, H. Arabi, M.T. Salehi, J. Sietsma" A coupled thermal-mechanical FE model of flow localization during the hot torsion test", Steel Research International, Vol. 80, No. 11, 2009, pp. 846-854 B. Tolaminejad, H. Arabi, "Effect of chromizing on bonding mechanism of a sheet composite of Brass-Steel-Brass" , Kuwait Journal of Science and Engineering, vol.36 (2B), 2009, pp. 163-181 H. Arabi, S.H. Seyedein, A. Mehryab, and B. Tolaminejad, " Mathematical modeling and simulation of the interface region of a three sheets composite materials, Brass-Steel-Brass, produced by cold rolling", International Journal of Minerals Metallurgy and Materials, No. 2, 2009, PP. 189-196   S. Ahmadi, H. Arabi, A. Shokuhfar, "Formation mechanisms of precipitates in an Al- Cu- Li- Zr alloy and their effects on strength and electrical resistance of the alloy", Journal of Alloys and Compounds, 2009   S. Ahmadi, H. Arabi, S. Nouri , A. Shokuhfar, "Mechanisms of precipitates formation in an Al- Cu- Li- Zr alloy using DSC technique and electrical resistance measurements" , Iranian Journal of Materials Science & Engineering, Vol. 6 , No. 3, 2009, pp. 15-20   S. Ahmadi, H. Arabi, A. Shokuhfar and A. Rezaei, "Evaluation of the electro- slag remelting process in medical grade of 316LC stainless steel" , Journal of Materials Science & Technology, Vol. 25, No. 3, 2009 A. Eslami, H. Arabi and S. Rastegari, "Gas phase aluminizing of a nickel base superalloy by a single step HTHA aluminizing process", Canadian Metallurgical Quarterly , Vol. 48, 2009, pp. 91-98   B. Mirzakhani, M. T. Salehi, H. Arabi, SH. Khoddam, S.H. Seyedein, and M. R. Aboutalebi, "Prediction of temperature distribution in the hot torsion test specimen", International Journal of Engineering Science, 2008, vol. 19, no.5, pp. 45-50   H. Arabi, S. Rastegari, Z. Salehpour, A. Bakhshi, "Formation mechanism of silicon modified aluminide coating on a Ni-base superalloy", International Journal of Engineering Science, Vol. 19, No. 5, 2008, pp. 39-44 S. Rastegari, H. Arabi, M.R. Aboutalebi and A. Eslami , "A study on the microstructural changes of Cr-modified aluminide coating on a nickel base superalloy during hot corrosion", Canadian Metallurgical Quarterly, Vol. 47, No. 2, 2008, pp. 223-232   M. Divandari, H. Arabi and H. Ghasemi Mianaei, "Thermal fatigue resistances of 356 and 413 cast A1 alloys" , Iranian Journal of Materials Science & Engineering, Vol. 5, No.3, 2008, pp. 1-7 B. Tolaminejad, H. Arabi, "A study of roll-bonding MS90 alloy to steel utilizing chromized interlayer", Iranian Journal of Science & Technology, Transaction B, Engineering, Vol. 32, No. B 6, 2008, pp. 631-640 Jahanbakhsh Saaedi, Hossein Arabi, Shamsoddin Mirdamadi, Thomas W. Coyle, "Sigma phase formation in a heat treated Ni-50Cr coating applied by HVOF process on a stainless steel", Iranian Journal of Materials Science & Engineering, Vol. 5, No. 4, 2008, pp. 35-42 J. Saaedi ,T.W. Coyle, SH. Mirdamadi , H. Arabi , J. Mostaghimi, "Phase formation in a Ni-50Cr HVOF coating", Surface and Coatings Technology, Vol. 202, 2008, pp. 5804-5511   S. M. Zahraee, H. Arabi, M. T. Salehi and M. Tamizifar, "Effect of Mn/Ni ratio variation on microstructure of W-Ni-Mn alloy", Powder Metallurgy, Vol. 51, No. 4, 2008, pp. 303-309   M.bigdeli Karimi, H. Arabi, A. Khosravani ,J. Samei , "Effect of rolling strain on transformation induced plasticity of austenite to martensite in a high alloy austenitic steel", Journal of Materials Processing Technology, Vol. 203, 2008, pp. 349-354   S. R. Elmi Hoseini, H. Arabi, H. Razavizadeh, "Improvement in mechanical properties of C300 maraging steel by application of VAR process", Vacuum, Vol. 82, 2008, pp. 521-528   S. M. Zahraee, M. T. Salehi, H. Arabi and M. Tamizifar, "Development of a tungsten heavy ally, W-Ni-Mn, used as kinetic energy penetrator", Iranian Journal of Materials Science & Engineering, No. 3&4, Vol. 4, 2007, pp. 9-13 H. Arabi, Sh. Mirdamadi, A.R. Abdolmaleki, "Temper embrittlement sensitivities of 3Cr-1Mo and 2.25Cr-1Mo low alloy steel", ISIJ International, No. 9, Vol. 47, 2007, pp. 1363-1367   H. Arabi ,J. Samei, M. Abbasi, M. Bigdeli ,A. Khosravani, "An investigation on the effects of various etchants,etching techniques and etching time on the microstructure of Sandvik 1RK91 stainless steel", Parkt. Met. Soderbad, Vol. 36, 2006, pp. 387-382 H. Arabi, M. Divandari, A. H. M. Hosseini, "The effect of Ti content on the amounts of inclusions formation and mechanical properties of C300 high strength steel", Iranian Journal of Materials Science & Engineering, No. 3&4, Vol. 3, 2006, pp. 6-12   Sh. Hosseini, H. Arabi, M. Tamizifar, A. A. Zeyaei, "Effect of tensile strength on fatigue behaviour and notch sensitivity of Ti-6Al-4V", Iranian Journal of Materials Science & Engineering, No. 1&2, Vol. 3, 2006, pp. 12-16   A.Mehryab,H.Arabi,M.Tamizifar,S.H.Seyedein,M.A.Razzazi, "Study of joining mechanism in brass-steel-brass sandwich material prepared by scratch brushing method" , Iranian Journal of Materials Science & Engineering, No. 4, Vol. 2, 2005, pp. 33-40   A.Mehryab,H.Arabi,M.Tamizifar,S.H.Seyedein, "A study of bonding mechanism in brass-steel-brass composite", International Journal of Engineering Science , No. 2, Vol. 16, 2005, pp. 55-59   H. Arabi, S. H. Seyedein, M. Sattari, N. Tabatabaie, "New method for life assessment of 1%Cr-0.5%Mo low alloy steel on the base of grain boundary creep cavitations", Iranian Journal of Materials Science & Engineering, No. 4, Vol. 2, 2005, pp. 10-14   M.Morakabati, H. Arabi, Sh. Mirdamadi , S.M. Abbasi, "The kinetic of precipitation reaction in rapidly aged high ally high strength steel", Iranian Journal of Materials Science & Engineering, No. 2, Vol. 2, 2005, pp. 6-12 A.Beitollahi,H.Arabi,A.Fallah, "Effect of sintering temperature on the microstructure and magnetic properties of pressure less sintered Nd2Fe4B" , Inorganic Materials India, 2004, pp. 272-277   H. Arabi, S. Rastegari, B. Mohammad Sadeghi, "Effect of aluminizing parameters on the microstructure of Pt-aluminide coating applied on a Ni-base superalloy, GTD-111", International Journal of Engineering Science, No. 1, Vol. 1, 2004, pp. 65-73 A.R. Abdolmaleki , Sh. Mirdamadi , H. Arabi, M. Rahmanian, "Evaluation of fracture toughness of interface between weld overlay and base metal in Hydro- cracker reactor", Materials Science and Technology, Vol. 19, 2003, pp.1033-1036   S. Rastegari, H. Arabi, M.R. Aboutalebi, F. Ashrafizadeh, R.I.L. Guthrie, "Microstructure and formation mechanism of a Cr-modified platinum aluminide coating on in-738LC", International Journal of Engineering Science, No. 2, Vol. 13, 2002, pp. 13-26   H.Arabi, M.R. Aboutalebi, M. Zarghami, "An investigation on the effect of chromizing parameters on hot corrosion behavior of in-738LC at850C", International Journal of Engineering Science, No. 2, Vol. 13, 2002, pp. 61-71   S. Rastegari, H. Arabi, M.R. Aboutalebi, "An investigation of the effect of chromizing parameters on the hot corrosion behaviour of IN-738LC at 850 ° C", Int. J. of Eng., No. 2, Vol. 13, 2002, pp. 61-71   S.H. Razavi, SH. Mirdamadi, J. Szpunar, H. Arabi, "Improvement of age hardening process of nickel-base superalloy, In738LC, by induction aging", Journal of Materials Science, vol. 37, 2002, pp. 1461-1471   H. Arabi, "Effect of testing temperature on the tensile properties of <011> oriented single crystal specimens", Int. J. of Eng., No. 1, Vol. 12, , 2001, pp. 11-26   S.H.Razavi, SH. Mirdamadi, H. Arabi, "A mathematical model of influence of rapid induction on nucleation and growth of precipitates", Journal of Materials Science and Technology, Vol. 17, 2001, pp. 1205-1210   H. Arabi, M.T. Salehi, An investigation on precipitation behaviour of nimonic 80A, int. J. of Eng., IUST, 2000, no. 5, vol. 11, pp. 73-84.   M. Bolourian K., A. R. Mirhabibi1, H. Arabi, R. Aghababazadeh, "Effect of preparation method and iron content in Fe/MgO catalysts for synthesis of carbon nanotubes via CCVD" ,ECerS XII,12 conference of the European Ceramic Society, 2011 Vahid Ramezani, Hossein Arabi, Saeed Rastegari, Zia Valefi, Hamid Vaghari, "Influence of heat treat on microstructure and microhardness of NiCrBSi flame sprayed coatings", International Conference on Materials Heat Treatment ICMH 2010 Vahid Ramezani, Saeed Rastegari, Hossein Arabi, Zia Valefi, Hamid Vaghari, "Effect of heat treatment on abrasive wear behaviour of NiCrBSi coatings", International Conference on Materials Heat Treatment (ICMH 2010) A.Ghaderi, H.Arabi, S.Rastegari, "The effect of nickel addition route on activated sintering of various size tungsten powders,15th international metallurgy & materials congress", IMMC 2010 B. Tolaminejad, H. Arabi , A. Karimi Taheri, M. Shahmiri, " An investigation into the effect of ECAE process on mechanical and microstructural properties of middle layer in copper clad alumunium composite" , Proceedings of Iran International Aluminum Conference (IIAC 2009), 22-23 April 2009 B. Tolaminejad , A. Karimi Taheri, M. Shahmiri, H. Arabi, "Development of crystallographic texture and grain refinement in the aluminum layer of Cu-Al-Cu try-layer composite deformed by equal channel angular extrusion", 2 nd international conference on ultra-fine grains and nano-structured materials, Tehran , Iran , 14-15 Nov.2009 A. Ghaderi Hamidi, H. Arabi, S. Rastegari, "Reduction of sintering temperature of porous tungsten skeleton used for production of W-Cu composites by ultra high compaction pressure of tungsten powder", Advances in Materials and Processing Technologies (2009), 29-29 October 2009 H. Arabi, Z. Salehpour, "A comparative study of some characteristics of green state compacts of copper powder and copper swarf compacted by different metallurgical process", Int. Conf. on Powder Metallugry for Automotive Parts, April 2008 "An investigation on the effect of various etchants, etching techniques and etching time on the microstructure of Sandvik 1RK91 stainless steel," Parkt. Met. Soderbad, Vol. 36, 2006, pp. 382-387 "Effect of sintering temperature on the microstructure and magnetic properties of pressure less sintered Nd2Fe4B", Inorganic Materials India, pp. 272-277