Mehdi Ghalibafian ( fa, مهدی قالیبافیان, 1935 — 12 June 2007) was an Iranian civil engineer and university professor. He is credited as introducing

reinforced concrete Reinforced concrete (RC), also called reinforced cement concrete (RCC) and ferroconcrete, is a composite material in which concrete's relatively low tensile strength and ductility are compensated for by the inclusion of reinforcement having hig ...

in Iran.

Career

After ending the

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, he finished his first two years of

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in Ferdosi High School in his birthplace Tabriz. Then he moved to

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and completed his recent school-time in Sharaf High School. Afterwards Ghalibafian was graduated in the field of structure in

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department of

University of Tehran The University of Tehran (Tehran University or UT, fa, دانشگاه تهران) is the most prominent university located in Tehran, Iran. Based on its historical, socio-cultural, and political pedigree, as well as its research and teaching pro ...

in 1959. He was working as the director of the first part of Avaj- Pahlavi road in technic corporation during November 1959 till September 1960. Succeeding that, he proceeded to design and analyze some buildings in a computational team from SANO Structural Engineers. Some of these buildings which were engineered in one and a half year consist of Philips Structure located in

Enghelab Street Enqelab Street (Persian: ; also spelled Enghelab) is a major trunk route in Tehran, Iran connecting Enqelab square to Imam Hossein Square. The street's full name is ''Enqelab-e Islami'' (Islamic Revolution Street) and it was named in honor of the ...

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 Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran, and also called Persia, is a country located in Western Asia. It is bordered by Iraq and Turkey to the west, by Azerbaijan and Armenia to the northwest, by the Caspian Sea and Turkmeni ...

. 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 Engineering is the use of scientific method, scientific principles to design and build machines, structures, and other items, including bridges, tunnels, roads, vehicles, and buildings. The discipline of engineering encompasses a broad rang ...

planning Planning is the process of thinking regarding the activities required to achieve a desired goal. Planning is based on foresight, the fundamental capacity for mental time travel. The evolution of forethought, the capacity to think ahead, is consi ...

construction Construction is a general term meaning the art and science to form objects, systems, or organizations,"Construction" def. 1.a. 1.b. and 1.c. ''Oxford English Dictionary'' Second Edition on CD-ROM (v. 4.0) Oxford University Press 2009 and com ...

and

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and has submitted over 70 presentations in various

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. He has worked on providing over 50 officially technical documents as listed below: 13 national standards for

Institute of Standards and Industrial Research of Iran The Institute of Standards and Industrial Research of Iran (ISIRI; ) is the Iranian governmental institution for standardization and certification. It is the Iranian representative to International Organization for Standardization. See also *In ...

(ISIRI), 19 technical publications for Management and Planning Organization like Iranian Concrete Code (the first and the revised version), 10 subjects of national construction regulations for the ministry of

housing Housing, or more generally, living spaces, refers to the construction and assigned usage of houses or buildings individually or collectively, for the purpose of shelter. Housing ensures that members of society have a place to live, whether it ...

and

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, a proficiency standard and a didactic pamphlet for the seismic design of bridge for Tehran municipality, 5 publications in building & housing research center like Standard 519 (minimum load on buildings) and the first and the revised version of Standard 2800 (Iranian code for

seismic resistance Earthquake engineering is an Interdisciplinarity, interdisciplinary branch of engineering that designs and analyzes structures, such as buildings and bridges, with earthquakes in mind. Its overall goal is to make such structures more resistant to ...

design of building).

References

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