Ali Ghaffari

957 total citations · 1 hit paper
22 papers, 751 citations indexed

About

Ali Ghaffari is a scholar working on Mechanical Engineering, Computational Mechanics and Aerospace Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Ali Ghaffari has authored 22 papers receiving a total of 751 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 16 papers in Mechanical Engineering, 4 papers in Computational Mechanics and 4 papers in Aerospace Engineering. Recurrent topics in Ali Ghaffari's work include Heat Transfer and Optimization (6 papers), Thermodynamic and Exergetic Analyses of Power and Cooling Systems (5 papers) and Heat Transfer Mechanisms (4 papers). Ali Ghaffari is often cited by papers focused on Heat Transfer and Optimization (6 papers), Thermodynamic and Exergetic Analyses of Power and Cooling Systems (5 papers) and Heat Transfer Mechanisms (4 papers). Ali Ghaffari collaborates with scholars based in Iran, Sweden and Kuwait. Ali Ghaffari's co-authors include Seyed Hassan Hashemabadi, Ramin Mehdipour, Mansour Bazmi, Mohsen Karimi, Amir H. Mohammadi, Sepehr Sanaye, Firooz Bakhtiari-Nejad, Majid Saffar‐Avval, Rouhollah Ahmadi and Mostafa Taghizadeh and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Sound and Vibration, Applied Thermal Engineering and Journal of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials.

In The Last Decade

Ali Ghaffari

22 papers receiving 707 citations

Hit Papers

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

  1. A review on the magnetorheological fluid preparation and stabilization
    2014 387 citations Seyed Hassan Hashemabadi, Ali Ghaffari et al. Journal of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials profile →

Author Peers

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Author Last Decade Papers Cites
Ali Ghaffari 437 280 227 146 64 22 751
Tongfei Tian 678 1.6× 246 0.9× 182 0.8× 64 0.4× 46 0.7× 34 1.0k
Chengwei Wang 299 0.7× 166 0.6× 152 0.7× 54 0.4× 45 0.7× 25 588
Siti Aishah Abdul Aziz 873 2.0× 341 1.2× 147 0.6× 44 0.3× 30 0.5× 84 1.2k
Xinhui Li 283 0.6× 133 0.5× 102 0.4× 52 0.4× 128 2.0× 29 510
Bin Jian 202 0.5× 80 0.3× 120 0.5× 92 0.6× 91 1.4× 19 425
Masoud Rezaei 380 0.9× 285 1.0× 668 2.9× 121 0.8× 195 3.0× 49 1.1k
S. Arumugam 61 0.1× 376 1.3× 779 3.4× 59 0.4× 65 1.0× 72 1.1k
Khaled A. Alnefaie 194 0.4× 246 0.9× 444 2.0× 85 0.6× 70 1.1× 63 1000
Junjie Zhou 67 0.2× 226 0.8× 659 2.9× 96 0.7× 64 1.0× 70 926

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Ali Ghaffari

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Ali Ghaffari. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Ali Ghaffari based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Ali Ghaffari. Ali Ghaffari is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

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Sanaye, Sepehr & Ali Ghaffari. (2023). Transient modeling and thermal analysis of an innovative dual-loop Rankine–organic Rankine heat recovery system integrated with a gas engine. Journal of Thermal Analysis and Calorimetry. 148(20). 10951–10971. 1 indexed citations
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Ghaffari, Ali, et al.. (2022). Optimization in the Resistant Spot-Welding Process of AZ61 Magnesium Alloy. Strojniški vestnik – Journal of Mechanical Engineering. 68(7-8). 485–492. 3 indexed citations
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Sanaye, Sepehr & Ali Ghaffari. (2021). Modeling, multi-objective optimization and comparison of fire and water tube heat recovery steam generators for gas engine cogeneration plants. Journal of Thermal Analysis and Calorimetry. 144(5). 1839–1861. 4 indexed citations
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Ghaffari, Ali, et al.. (2021). Preparation of High-Solid Filled Alumina Inks for Stereolithography 3D Printing Process. 7(2). 23–27. 3 indexed citations
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Mehdipour, Ramin & Ali Ghaffari. (2021). Solar dryer performance simulation: Experimental and numerical study. Journal of Food Process Engineering. 44(11). 9 indexed citations
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Amini, Reza, et al.. (2021). Effects of baffles and vortex generators on cooling performance of a gas turbine combustion chamber: Numerical assessment. Alexandria Engineering Journal. 61(6). 4467–4478. 6 indexed citations
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Ghasemi, Hamid, et al.. (2021). Recent progresses in dry gas polymeric filters. Journal of Energy Chemistry. 62. 103–119. 8 indexed citations
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Ghaffari, Ali, et al.. (2020). Modeling and optimization of finless and finned tube heat recovery steam generators for cogeneration plants. Engineering Reports. 2(11). 6 indexed citations
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Mohammadi, Amir H., et al.. (2020). A good contribution of computational fluid dynamics (CFD) and GA-ANN methods to find the best type of helical wire inserted tube in heat exchangers. International Journal of Thermal Sciences. 154. 106398–106398. 35 indexed citations
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Ghaffari, Ali & Seyed Hassan Hashemabadi. (2016). Parameter study and CFD analysis of head on collision and dynamic behavior of two colliding ferrofluid droplets. Smart Materials and Structures. 26(3). 35010–35010. 3 indexed citations
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Ghaffari, Ali & Ramin Mehdipour. (2015). Modeling and Improving the Performance of Cabinet Solar Dryer Using Computational Fluid Dynamics. International Journal of Food Engineering. 11(2). 157–172. 42 indexed citations
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Ghaffari, Ali, Seyed Hassan Hashemabadi, & Mansour Bazmi. (2015). CFD simulation of equilibrium shape and coalescence of ferrofluid droplets subjected to uniform magnetic field. Colloids and Surfaces A Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects. 481. 186–198. 40 indexed citations
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Saffar‐Avval, Majid, et al.. (2014). Cold start-up condition model for heat recovery steam generators. Applied Thermal Engineering. 65(1-2). 502–512. 20 indexed citations
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Hashemabadi, Seyed Hassan, et al.. (2014). A review on the magnetorheological fluid preparation and stabilization. Journal of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials. 374. 716–730. 387 indexed citations breakdown →
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Ghaffari, Ali, et al.. (2014). A review on the simulation and modeling of magnetorheological fluids. Journal of Intelligent Material Systems and Structures. 26(8). 881–904. 136 indexed citations
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Ghaffari, Ali, et al.. (2008). Moving Chain: A Surround-and-Push Method in Object Pushing Using Swarm of Robots. Journal of Applied Sciences. 9(1). 15–26. 3 indexed citations
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Taghizadeh, Mostafa, Ali Ghaffari, & Farid Najafi. (2008). A Linearization Approach in Control of PWM-Driven Servo-Pneumatic Systems. 395–399. 6 indexed citations
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Burgers, J. M. & Ali Ghaffari. (1958). On the application of steam-driven water jets for propulsion purposes. Journal of research of the National Bureau of Standards. 60(2). 137–137. 4 indexed citations

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