Afshin Marani

1.8k total citations · 1 hit paper
32 papers, 1.4k citations indexed

About

Afshin Marani is a scholar working on Civil and Structural Engineering, Mechanical Engineering and Building and Construction. According to data from OpenAlex, Afshin Marani has authored 32 papers receiving a total of 1.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 24 papers in Civil and Structural Engineering, 14 papers in Mechanical Engineering and 13 papers in Building and Construction. Recurrent topics in Afshin Marani's work include Concrete and Cement Materials Research (12 papers), Phase Change Materials Research (11 papers) and Innovative concrete reinforcement materials (10 papers). Afshin Marani is often cited by papers focused on Concrete and Cement Materials Research (12 papers), Phase Change Materials Research (11 papers) and Innovative concrete reinforcement materials (10 papers). Afshin Marani collaborates with scholars based in Canada, China and Iran. Afshin Marani's co-authors include Moncef L. Nehdi, Lei V. Zhang, Lei Zhang, Morteza Madhkhan, Majdi Flah, Malihe Mehdizadeh Allaf, Ahmed R. Suleiman, Murat Tuyan, Manguang Gan and Lei Zhang and has published in prestigious journals such as Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, Journal of Cleaner Production and Cement and Concrete Research.

In The Last Decade

Afshin Marani

30 papers receiving 1.3k citations

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Integrating phase change materials in construction materials: Critical review

2019 222 citations Afshin Marani, Moncef L. Nehdi Construction and Building Materials profile →

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Toward sustainable construction: Comprehensive utilization of coal gangue in building materials 2025 ·Case Studies in Construction Materials ·Lei Zhang, Dehui Zhu, Afshin Marani, Moncef L. Nehdi, Ling Wang, (unknown), Junfei Zhang	1
2	Generative adversarial network approach for predicting tensile behavior and failure pattern of fiber-reinforced cementitious matrices 2025 ·Engineering Structures ·Aman Kumar, Afshin Marani, Moncef L. Nehdi	4
3	Machine learning prediction of drying shrinkage for alkali-activated materials and multi-objective optimization 2025 ·Materials Today Communications ·Lei Zhang, Dehui Zhu, Moncef L. Nehdi, Afshin Marani, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Junfei Zhang	0
4	Prognosticating fabric-reinforced cementitious matrix-to-masonry bond and failure mechanisms using novel tabular variational autoencoder-augmented probabilistic model 2025 ·Engineering Applications of Artificial Intelligence ·Aman Kumar, Afshin Marani, (unknown), Moncef L. Nehdi	0
5	Machine learning in concrete durability: challenges and pathways identified by RILEM TC 315-DCS towards enhanced predictive models 2025 ·Materials and Structures ·Woubishet Zewdu Taffese, Benoît Hilloulin, Yury Villagrán Zaccardi, Afshin Marani, Moncef L. Nehdi, Muhammad Usman Hanif, Muralidhar Kamath, Sandra Nunes, Stefanie von Greve‐Dierfeld, Antonios Kanellopoulos	10
6	A new understanding of the alkali-silica reaction expansion in concrete using a hybrid ensemble model 2024 ·Journal of Building Engineering ·Junfei Zhang, (unknown), Afshin Marani, Lei Zhang	5
7	Probabilistic deep learning prediction of natural carbonation of low-carbon concrete incorporating SCMs 2024 ·Cement and Concrete Composites ·Afshin Marani, (unknown), Daman K. Panesar	10
8	Investigation of High Plasticity Clay Stabilized with Cement and Zeolite Using Time-Dependent Pressure Wave Velocity 2024 ·Journal of Materials in Civil Engineering ·Hossein MolaAbasi, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Afshin Marani, Moncef L. Nehdi	5
9	LC3 with microencapsulated phase change materials for reducing embodied and operational carbon 2023 ·Cement and Concrete Research ·Afshin Marani, Lei Zhang, Moncef L. Nehdi	19
10	Seismic behavior of autoclaved aerated concrete masonry walls reinforced with glass-fiber geogrid 2023 ·Structures ·(unknown), Moncef L. Nehdi, Kaile Wang, Afshin Marani, Lei Zhang	7
11	Utilization of iron ore tailings with high volume in green concrete 2023 ·Journal of Building Engineering ·Yannian Zhang, (unknown), Xiaowei Gu, Moncef L. Nehdi, Afshin Marani, Lei Zhang	47
12	Is net-zero feasible: Systematic review of cement and concrete decarbonization technologies 2023 ·Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews ·Moncef L. Nehdi, Afshin Marani, Lei Zhang	54
13	Deep learning-assisted calculation of apparent activation energy for cement-based systems incorporating microencapsulated phase change materials 2023 ·Construction and Building Materials ·Afshin Marani, (unknown), Lei Zhang, Moncef L. Nehdi	6
14	Multiphysics study on cement-based composites incorporating green biobased shape-stabilized phase change materials for thermal energy storage 2022 ·Journal of Cleaner Production ·Afshin Marani, Lei V. Zhang, Moncef L. Nehdi	25
15	Design of concrete incorporating microencapsulated phase change materials for clean energy: A ternary machine learning approach based on generative adversarial networks 2022 ·Engineering Applications of Artificial Intelligence ·Afshin Marani, Lei Zhang, Moncef L. Nehdi	46
16	New Heuristic Methods for Sustainable Energy Performance Analysis of HVAC Systems 2022 ·Sustainability ·(unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Omrane Benjeddou, Mohammad Worya Khordehbinan, Afshin Marani, Moncef L. Nehdi	9
17	Gradient Boosting Coupled with Oversampling Model for Prediction of Concrete Pipe-Joint Infiltration Using Designwise Data Set 2021 ·Journal of Pipeline Systems Engineering and Practice ·(unknown), Afshin Marani, Moncef L. Nehdi	2
18	Crack self-healing in bio-green concrete 2021 ·Composites Part B Engineering ·Lei V. Zhang, Moncef L. Nehdi, Ahmed R. Suleiman, Malihe Mehdizadeh Allaf, Manguang Gan, Afshin Marani, Murat Tuyan	86
19	Mixture Optimization of Recycled Aggregate Concrete Using Hybrid Machine Learning Model 2020 ·Materials ·(unknown), Afshin Marani, Moncef L. Nehdi	75
20	Predicting Ultra-High-Performance Concrete Compressive Strength Using Tabular Generative Adversarial Networks 2020 ·Materials ·Afshin Marani, (unknown), Moncef L. Nehdi	133

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