Mahdi Ghalibafian

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Mehdi Ghalibafian
Born1935 (1935)
Tabriz, Iran
Died12 June 2007 (aged 71–72)
Alma materUniversity of Tehran
Known forPioneer in reinforced concrete in Iran
Scientific career
FieldsCivil engineering

Mehdi Ghalibafian (Persian: مهدی قالیبافیان, 1935 — 12 June 2007) was an Iranian civil engineer and university professor.[1] He is credited as introducing reinforced concrete in Iran.[2]

Career

After ending the

Enghelab Street near the Ferdowsi Square and several clinics of Social Insurances in Tehran. Philips building is the first concrete structure designed based on seismic methods in Iran
.

Mahdi Ghalibafian has been considered as the father of Iranian concrete science.

He died on Tuesday 12 June 2007 at the age of 71.

Publications

Dr Ghalibafian has written 18 books in Persian, two books in French, over 80 papers, one paper in French, and two papers in English about engineering, planning, construction and retrofitting and has submitted over 70 presentations in various conferences. He has worked on providing over 50 officially technical documents as listed below:

13 national standards for

seismic resistance
design of building).

References

  1. ^ مرکز ملی مقاوم سازی ایران Archived 2013-06-24 at archive.today
  2. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2013-06-24. Retrieved 2013-06-23.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)