Dr Azadeh Jafari
Lecturer
School of Electrical and Mechanical Engineering
Faculty of Sciences, Engineering and Technology
Eligible to supervise Masters and PhD (as Co-Supervisor), but is currently at capacity - email supervisor to discuss availability.
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My research focuses on fluid flows, in particular turbulent flows and boundary layers. Turbulence is present is many engineering applications and affects many aspects of our lives. The aim of my research is to better understand turbulence to be able to develop more sustainable engineering solutions and strategies. Some examples include:
- Improved understanding of atmospheric turbulence: The knowledge of atmospheric turbulence is critical for several applications. My research in this area aims to improve our understanding of airflow in forests and the impact of turbulence on micro-climates of tree canopies. Another area of my research is analysis of turbulent wind loads on structures with the goal of improving efficiency in renewable energy applications, including solar and wind energy.
- Turbulent drag reduction: Understanding the turbulent boundary layer flow and development of strategies for control of turbulence can lead to reducing the drag that occurs on aircraft and ships as they move through air or water, and will thus lead to more sustainable transport.
Different research projects are available. Currently available PhD projects can be access on Uni Website.
Supervised/co-supervised Honours and Master by Coursework projects:
- Turbulent Generation and Characterisation in a wind tunnel
- Selection and design of a boundary layer tripping apparatus
- High temperature heat pumps for heat recovery
- Investigation of the effect of wind fences on the wind loads on heliostats due to flow manipulation
In addition to my research and teaching activities, I am on the Student/Early Career Researcher sub-committee of the Australasian Fluid Mechanics Society (AFMS). I co-convene the AFMS Seminar Series, a fortnightly online seminar featuring Fluid Mechanics research. I am a member of the School of Electrical and Mechanical Engineering Outreach working group and also the school orientation coordinator.
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Appointments
Date Position Institution name 2023 - ongoing Lecturer University of Adelaide 2020 - 2023 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
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Journals
Year Citation 2024 Bakhshipour, S., Emes, M. J., Jafari, A., & Arjomandi, M. (2024). Heliostat wind loads: Effects of the aspect ratio and ground clearance ratio. Solar Energy, 269, 14 pages.
2024 Jafari, A., McKeon, B. J., Cazzolato, B. C., & Arjomandi, M. (2024). A resolvent analysis of the effect of passive perforated surfaces on wall-bounded turbulence. International Journal of Heat and Fluid Flow, 106, 109315.
2024 Marano, M., Emes, M. J., Jafari, A., & Arjomandi, M. (2024). Effect of facet gap on heliostat wind loading. Solar Energy, 271, 112428.
2024 Freidoonimehr, N., Jafari, A., & Arjomandi, M. (2024). Characteristics of turbulent boundary layers generated by different tripping devices. International Journal of Heat and Fluid Flow, 105, 15 pages.
2023 Jafari, A., McKeon, B., & Arjomandi, M. (2023). Frequency-tuned surfaces for passive control of wall-bounded turbulent flow - a resolvent analysis study. Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 959, A26-1-A26-27.
Scopus12022 Jafari, A., Cazzolato, B., & Arjomandi, M. (2022). Finite-length porous surfaces for control of a turbulent boundary layer. Physics of Fluids, 34(4), 1-12.
Scopus4 WoS12022 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.
Scopus3 WoS12021 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.
Scopus12 WoS72021 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.
Scopus2 WoS22020 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.
WoS22020 Emes, M. J., 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.
Scopus17 WoS102019 Emes, M. J., 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.
Scopus25 WoS212019 Jafari, A., Ghanadi, F., Arjomandi, M., Emes, M. J., & Cazzolato, B. S. (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.
Scopus23 WoS222019 Jafari, A., Ghanadi, F., Emes, M. J., Arjomandi, M., & Cazzolato, B. S. (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.
Scopus22 WoS172017 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.
Scopus432017 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.
Scopus122016 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.
Scopus372016 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.
Scopus42016 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.
Scopus17- Marano, M., Emes, M., Jafari, A., & Arjomandi, M. (n.d.). Heliostat Wind Load Field Measurements at the University of Adelaide Atmospheric Boundary Layer Research Facility (ABLRF). SolarPACES Conference Proceedings, 1.
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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). Online: AIP Publishing.
2022 Hoang, V. T., Jafari, A., Cazzolato, B., & Arjomandi, M. (2022). An Improved Method for Estimation of Skin Friction in Turbulent Boundary Layers. In Proceedings of the 23rd Australasian Fluid Mechanics Conference (pp. 1-8). Online: Australasian Fluid Mechanics Society. 2022 Jafari, A., McKeon, B., Cazzolato, B., & Arjomandi, M. (2022). Reducing turbulent skin-friction drag by application of a perforated surface. In Proceedings of the 23rd Australasian Fluid Mechanics Conference (pp. 8 pages). Online: Australasian Fluid Mechanics Society. 2021 Jafari, A., Cazzolato, B., & Arjomandi, M. (2021). THE INFLUENCE OF WALL DIRECTIONAL PERMEABILITY ON TURBULENT BOUNDARY LAYER. In ETMM13 CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS. Rhodes, Greece. 2021 Hoang, V. T., Jafari, A., Silvestri, A., Cazzolato, B., & Arjomandi, M. (2021). The Effect of a Micro-cavity Array on Burst Events in a Turbulent Boundary Layer. In ETMM13 CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS (pp. 660-665). Hybrid Event in Rhodes, Greece. 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.
Scopus22020 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.
WoS22020 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.
2019 Emes, M. J., 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.
Scopus5 WoS52019 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.
Scopus3 WoS32018 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.
Scopus72018 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.
Scopus32017 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.
- Thermal Energy Recovery using High-Temperature Heat Pumps (Jafari, A., Arjomandi, M., Seyfaee, A. & Moghtaderi B.), HILT CRC, 2023, $157K.
- Flow Visualisation Facility, SET Faculty Funding for Teaching Equipment, University of Adelaide, 2024, $37K.
- Upgraded facilities for high-resolution flow characterisation in a wind tunnel, The ECMS ECR/MCR Seed Funding Scheme 2021, University of Adelaide, $10K.
| Year | Role | Subject |
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| 2024 | Lead coordinator | Honours Engineering Research Project |
| 2023–2024 | Course coordinator, Lecturer | Applied Aerodynamics |
| 2022–2023 | Project Advisor | Research Methods and Project Management |
| 2020 | Lab Demonstrator | Aeronautical Engineering |
| 2019–2020 | Lab Demonstrator | Aircraft Design |
| 2018–2020 | Teaching Assistant | Engineering Mechanics (Dynamics) |
| 2018–2019 | Teaching Assistant | Finite Element Analysis of Structures |
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Current Higher Degree by Research Supervision (University of Adelaide)
Date Role Research Topic Program Degree Type Student Load Student Name 2024 Co-Supervisor Techno-economic analysis of heat pumps for waste heat recovery Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Mr Pouya Pourkashani 2023 Co-Supervisor Designing a multi-cascade high temperature heat pump based on reversed Brayton cycle and air as high temperature flow Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Mr Amir Qatarani Nejad 2023 Co-Supervisor Application of packed beds for thermal energy storage either through heat recovery or concentrated solar thermal energy Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Mrs Razieh Abbasgholi Rezaei 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 2020 Co-Supervisor Permeable Surfaces for Drag Reduction Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Mr Van Thuan Hoang
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Committee Memberships
Date Role Committee Institution Country 2023 - ongoing Member Outreach working group School of Electrical and Mechanical Engineering Australia 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 -
Community Engagement
Date Title Engagement Type Institution Country 2024 - ongoing AFMS Seminar Series Convenor Scientific Community Engagement Australasian Fluid Mechanics Society (AFMS) - 2024 - ongoing Orientation Coordinator Public Community Engagement School of Electrical and Mechanical Engineering -
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