Reza Shiftehfar Website

In this page you can see a list of pages related to me. I have tried to collect all the stuff I have prepared before. I may also add the stuff I have liked so that others can read them as well. The purpose of this part is to summarize my previous involvement for myself and others who are interested to follow.

Visualization of Sustainable Construction:
The excessive amount of Green House Gas (GHG) emissions in the recent years has caused a major *global warming problem. Although historically GHGs have been a natural source of warming in the atmosphere, yet in the past two decade or so, their adversarial effects have been more sensed and reported. Among the sources of these emissions, transportation is responsible for more than 50% of these released emissions. Among all transportation subcategories, construction industry is one of the major producers of these emissions. Despite the main contribution of the construction industry, there has been minimal effort in effective sensing and visualizing of these emissions. Therefore in this project, we describe a system for simulating and visualizing the GHG emission from construction equipments during the lifetime of an actual construction project. Based on the results of the simulation, the required number of trees to neutralize these emitted GHG is also visualized. Click Here* to see the project page Click Here to download project paper
My Earthquake reports:
Iran is located at one of the most active seismic fault lines in the world. During the past years, more than 20 major earthquakes occured in Iran which causes more than 140,000 people lost their lives. I have selected some of the most recent ones which I have been involved in, and summarized their photos in the following section. BAM Earthquake: On December 26, 2003 at 5:26 AM local time, an earthquake with the magnitude of 6.6 on the Richter scale occured in BAM (It is located in center part of Iran and the biggest adobe structure of the world *" Bam Citadel"* was located inside). Almost *30,000* people were killed and more than *50,000* were injured. I had the chance to visit the site some days after the earthquake, and I have attached some photos describing the structural failure. To see part 1 of the photos click HERE The photos in this part usually focus on the structural failure. To see part 2 of the photos click HERE Th photos in this part usually focus on seismology of the region. Mazandaran Earthquake: On May 28, 2004 at 5:08 AM local time an earthquake with the magnitude of *5.5* on the Richter scale ocuured in Mazandaran. Mazandaran in located at north of Iran next to caspian see. 35 people were killed and around 300 were injured. the quake unleashed landslides and falling boulders and many of the victims were drivers buried in theri cars while driving. The road from Tehran to Chalous (The center of the quake) riddled with large cracks, rocks and giant boulders. Many roads were blocked thus making the access to the affected villages difficult. To see part 1 of the photos click HERE This part mainly focuses on concrete structures. the most significant problem was Soft floor effect!