Dr Azadeh Jafari

• Appointments

  Date	Position	Institution name
  2020 - ongoing	ARC Grant-Funded Researcher	University of Adelaide

• Education

  Date	Institution name	Country	Title
  2017 - 2020	University of Adelaide, Adelaide	Australia	PhD
  2013 - 2016	University of Guilan, Rasht	Iran	Master of Science
  2007 - 2012	University of Guilan, Rasht	Iran	Bachelor of Science

• Research Interests

  Aerodynamics Energy Fluidisation and Fluid Mechanics Turbulent Flows

• Journals

  Year	Citation
  2022	Emes, M. J., Jafari, A., & Arjomandi, M. (2022). A feasibility study on the application of mesh grids for heliostat wind load reduction. Solar Energy, 240, 121-130. DOI
  2022	Jafari, A., Cazzolato, B., & Arjomandi, M. (2022). Finite-length porous surfaces for control of a turbulent boundary layer. Physics of Fluids, 34(4), 045115. DOI
  2021	Emes, M., Jafari, A., Pfahl, A., Coventry, J., & Arjomandi, M. (2021). A review of static and dynamic heliostat wind loads. Solar Energy, 225, 60-82. DOI Scopus1
  2021	Jafari, A., Emes, M., Cazzolato, B., Ghanadi, F., & Arjomandi, M. (2021). Wire mesh fences for manipulation of turbulence energy spectrum. Experiments in Fluids, 62(2), 17 pages. DOI Scopus2 WoS1
  2020	Jafari, A., Emes, M., Cazzolato, B., Ghanadi, F., & Arjomandi, M. (2020). Turbulence characteristics in the wake of a heliostat in an atmospheric boundary layer flow. Physics of Fluids, 32(4), 045116-1-045116-16. DOI WoS2
  2020	Emes, M., Jafari, A., Coventry, J., & Arjomandi, M. (2020). The influence of atmospheric boundary layer turbulence on the design wind loads and cost of heliostats. Solar Energy, 207, 796-812. DOI Scopus6 WoS4
  2019	Emes, M., Jafari, A., Ghanadi, F., & Arjomandi, M. (2019). Hinge and overturning moments due to unsteady heliostat pressure distributions in a turbulent atmospheric boundary layer. Solar Energy, 193, 604-617. DOI Scopus12 WoS10
  2019	Jafari, A., Ghanadi, F., Arjomandi, M., Emes, M., & Cazzolato, B. (2019). Correlating turbulence intensity and length scale with the unsteady lift force on flat plates in an atmospheric boundary layer flow. Journal of Wind Engineering and Industrial Aerodynamics, 189, 218-230. DOI Scopus13 WoS14
  2019	Jafari, A., Ghanadi, F., Emes, M., Arjomandi, M., & Cazzolato, B. (2019). Measurement of unsteady wind loads in a wind tunnel: Scaling of turbulence spectra. Journal of Wind Engineering and Industrial Aerodynamics, 193, 103955-1-103955-11. DOI Scopus6 WoS9
  2017	Jafari, A., & Haghighi Poshtiri, A. (2017). Passive solar cooling of single-storey buildings by an adsorption chiller system combined with a solar chimney. Journal of Cleaner Production, 141, 662-682. DOI Scopus33
  2017	Haghighi Poshtiri, A., & Jafari, A. (2017). 24-hour cooling of a building by a PCM-integrated adsorption system. International Journal of Refrigeration, 79, 57-75. DOI Scopus8
  2016	Haghighi, A. P., Pakdel, S. H., & Jafari, A. (2016). A study of a wind catcher assisted adsorption cooling channel for natural cooling of a 2-storey building. Energy, 102, 118-138. DOI Scopus30
  2016	Haghighi Poshtiri, A., & Jafari, A. (2016). Reduction in Auxiliary Energy Consumption in a Solar Adsorption Cooling System by Utilization of Phase Change Materials. Journal of Solar Energy Engineering, 138(5), 051002. DOI Scopus4
  2016	Poshtiri, A. H., Bahar, S., & Jafari, A. (2016). Daily cooling of one-story buildings using domed roof and solar adsorption cooling system. Applied Energy, 182, 299-319. DOI Scopus12

• Conference Papers

  Year	Citation
  2022	Emes, M., Jafari, A., Collins, M., Wilbert, S., Zarzalejo, L., Siegrist, S., & Arjomandi, M. (2022). Stowing strategy for a heliostat field based on wind speed and direction. In Proceedings of the 26th International Conference on Concentrating Solar Power and Chemical Energy Systems (solarPACES 2020) Vol. 2445 (pp. 120011-1-120011-9). Virtual online: AIP Publishing. DOI
  2020	Silvestri, A., Jafari, A., Bhat, S., Severino, G., Cazzolato, B., & Arjomandi, M. (2020). The Control of a turbulent boundary layer by the application of a micro-cavity array. In H. Chanson, & R. Brown (Eds.), Proceedings of the 22nd Australasian Fluid Mechanics Conference AFMC2020. online: The University of Queensland. DOI
  2020	Arjomandi, M., Emes, M., Jafari, A., Yu, J., Ghanadi, F., Kelso, R., . . . Collins, M. (2020). A summary of experimental studies on heliostat wind loads in a turbulent atmospheric boundary layer. In Proceedings of the 25th Solar Power and Chemical Energy Systems Annual Conference (SolarPACES 2019), as published in AIP Conference Proceedings Vol. 2303 (pp. 030003-1-030003-10). Daegu, South Korea: AIP Publishing. DOI
  2020	Jafari, A., Emes, M., Cazzolato, B., Ghanadi, F., & Arjomandi, M. (2020). An experimental investigation of unsteady pressure distribution on tandem heliostats. In Proceedings of the 25th Solar Power and Chemical Energy Systems Annual Conference (SolarPACES 2019), as published in AIP Conference Proceedings Vol. 2303 (pp. 030022-1-030022-10). Daegu, South Korea: AIP Publishing. DOI
  2019	Emes, M., Jafari, A., Ghanadi, F., & Arjomandi, M. (2019). A Method for the Calculation of the Design Wind Loads on Heliostats. In C. Richter (Ed.), AIP Conference Proceedings Vol. 2126 (pp. 030020-1-030020-8). online: American Institute of Physics. DOI Scopus4 WoS5
  2019	Emes, M. J., Jafari, A., & Arjomandi, M. (2019). Wind load design considerations for the elevation and azimuth drives of a heliostat. In Proceedings of the 25th Solar Power and Chemical Energy Systems Annual Conference (SolarPACES 2019), as published in AIP Conference Proceedings Vol. 2303 (pp. 030013-1-030013-1-10). Daegu, South Korea: AIP Publishing. DOI Scopus1 WoS1
  2018	Jafari, A., Ghanadi, F., Emes, M., Arjomandi, M., & Cazzolato, B. (2018). Effect of free-stream turbulence on the drag force on a flat plate. In Proceedings of the 21st Australasian Fluid Mechanics Conference (AFMC 2018) (pp. 1-4). Adelaide, Australia: Australian Fluid Mechanics Society. Scopus5
  2018	Emes, M., Jafari, A., & Arjomandi, M. (2018). Estimating the turbulence length scales from cross-correlation measurements in the atmospheric surface layer. In Proceedings of the 21st Australasian Fluid Mechanics Conference (AFMC 2018) (pp. 1-4). Adelaide, Australia: Australian Fluid Mechanics Society. Scopus2
  2017	Jafari, A., Emes, M., Ghanadi, F., & Arjomandi, M. (2017). The Effect of Turbulence Intensity on the Peak Wind Loads on Heliostats. In PROCEEDINGS APSRC 2017 (pp. 1-8). online: Australian PV Institute.
  2017	Emes, M., Yu, J., Jafari, A., Ghanadi, F., & Arjomandi, M. (2017). Experimental Investigation of the Wind Loads on Heliostats. In Proceedings of the Asia Pacific Solar Research Conference 2017 (pp. 1-12). Melbourne, Australia: Australian PV Institute.
  2016	Haghighi, A., Pakdel, S., & Jafari, A. (2016). Application of a solar adsorption cooling system coupled with a wind catcher for cooling and ventilation of buildings. In ISME2016. Yazd, Iran.
  2016	Haghighi, A., Pakdel, S., & Jafari, A. (2016). Natural cooling of buildings in hot and humid climate using integrated wind catcher and solar adsorption cooling. In ICHVAC-7. Tehran, Iran.
  2016	Haghighi, A., Bahar, S., Amini, S., Tavakoli, A., & Jafari, A. (2016). Application of solar adsorption chiller and wind energy for passive cooling of buildings in the hot and arid climate. In ICHVAC-7. Tehran, Iran.
  2015	Haghighi, A., & Jafari, A. (2015). Study of the effect of storage tank capacity on electricity consumption and solar fraction in solar adsorption cooling system. In ICHVAC-6. Tehran.

Aeronautical Engineering- Lab demonstrator (2020)

Aircraft Design- Lab demonstrator (2019-2020)

Engineering Dynamics- Tutor (2018-2020)

Finite Element Analysis of Structures- Tutor (2018-2019)

English as a Second Language (2007-2014)

• Current Higher Degree by Research Supervision (University of Adelaide)

  Date	Role	Research Topic	Program	Degree Type	Student Load	Student Name
  2022	Co-Supervisor	Developing a frictionless rig for skin friction drag measurement	Doctor of Philosophy	Doctorate	Full Time	Mr Yuxin Yang
  2022	Co-Supervisor	Heliostat wind load analysis in atmospheric boundary layer	Doctor of Philosophy	Doctorate	Full Time	Mr Matthew Luke Marano
  2021	Co-Supervisor	Dynamic wind load on heliostat	Doctor of Philosophy	Doctorate	Full Time	Mrs Sahar Bakhshipour
  2020	Co-Supervisor	Permeable Surfaces for Drag Reduction	Doctor of Philosophy	Doctorate	Full Time	Mr Van Thuan Hoang

• Committee Memberships

  Date	Role	Committee	Institution	Country
  2021 - ongoing	Member	Student/ECR Sub-committee	Australasian Fluid Mechanics Society	Australia

• Memberships

  Date	Role	Membership	Country
  2020 - ongoing	Member	Engineers Australia	Australia
  2020 - ongoing	Member	American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics	United States
  2020 - ongoing	Member	Early- and Mid-Career Researchers, Australian Academy of Science	Australia
  2018 - ongoing	Member	Australasian Fluid Mechanics Society	Australia

• Position: ARC Grant-Funded Researcher (A)
• Phone: 83133252
• Email: azadeh.jafari@adelaide.edu.au
• Campus: North Terrace
• Building: Engineering South
• Org Unit: School of Mechanical Engineering