Books and Book Chapters

• Ahmad Sedaghat, Comparative Study of High Resolution TVD Schemes, MSc Thesis, University of Manchester, UK, 1994.
• Ahmad Sedaghat, A Finite Volume TVD Approach to Transonic Flow Computations, PhD Thesis, University of Manchester, UK, 1997.
• Ahmad Sedaghat, Progress in Magnus Type Wind Turbine Theories, Energy Vol. 8: Wind Energy, Chapter 808, Studium Press LLC, 2014.

Patents

• Ahmad Sedaghat, Iman Samani (2013), Circulating Aerofoils as Propulsion System in Wind Engineering Application, Iranian Patent Centre, Tehran, Iran.
• Ahmad Sedaghat et al. (2006), DNA Stream Type Hydro Turbines, Iranian Patent Centre, Tehran, Iran.

Journals

Renewable Energy & Statistics

• A Sedaghat, A Hassanzadeh, J Jamali, A Mostafaeipour, WH Chen, Determination of rated wind speed for maximum annual energy production of variable speed wind turbines, Applied Energy 205, (2017) 781-789.
• M Ghasemian, ZN Ashrafi, A Sedaghat, A review on computational fluid dynamic simulation techniques for Darrieus vertical axis wind turbines, Energy Conversion and Management 149, (2017) 87-100.
• Ali Minaeian, Ahmad Sedaghat, Ali Mostafaeipour, Ali Akbar Alemrajabi, Exploring economy of small communities and households by investing on harnessing wind energy in the province of Sistan-Baluchestan in Iran, Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews 74, (2017) 835–847.
• A Razavieh, A Sedaghat, R Ayodele, A Mostafaeipour, Worldwide wind energy status and the characteristics of wind energy in Iran, case study: the province of Sistan and Baluchestan, International Journal of Sustainable Energy 36 (2), (2017) 103-123.
• Omid Alavi, Ahmad Sedaghat, Ali Mostafaeipour, Sensitivity analysis of different wind speed distribution models with actual and truncated wind data: A case study for Kerman, Iran, Energy Conversion and Management, 120(1):51-61, April 2016.
• Ali Mostafaeipour, Mohammad Khayyami, Ahmad Sedaghat, Kasra Mohammadi, Shahaboddin Shamshirband, Mohammad-Ali Sehati, Ehsan Gorakifard, Evaluating the wind energy potential for hydrogen production: A case study, International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, Volume 41, Issue 15, 27 April 2016, Pages 6200-6210.
• Kasra Mohammadi, Ali Mostafaeipour, Ahmad Sedaghat, Shahaboddin Shamshirband, Dalibor Petković, Application and Economic Viability of Wind Turbine Installation in Lutak, Iran, Environmental Earth Sciences, (2016) 75-248.
• Omid Nematollahi, Hadi Hoghooghi, Mehdi Rasti, Ahmad Sedaghat, Energy demands and renewable energy resources in the Middle East, Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews 54, (2016) 1172–1181.
• Shahaboddin Shamshirband, Kasra Mohammadi, Chong Wen Tong, Dalibor Petkovic´, Emilio Porcu, Ali Mostafaeipour, CH Sudheer, Ahmad Sedaghat, Application of extreme learning machine for estimation of wind speed distribution, Climate Dynamics, 2015 (DOI 10.1007/s00382-015-2682-2).
• Mehdi Jahangiri,Omid Nematollahi, Ahmad Sedaghat, Mohsen Saghafian, Techno-economical assessment of renewable energies integrated with fuel cell for off grid electrification: A case study for developing countries, Journal of Renewable and Sustainable Energy 7, 023123, 2015.
• Amin Razavieh, Ahmad Sedaghat, Raphael Ayodele and Ali Mostafaeipour, Worldwide wind energy status and the characteristics of wind energy in Iran, case study: the province of Sistan and Baluchestan, International Journal of Sustainable Energy, 2014 (https://dx.doi.org/10.1080/14786451.2014.977288).
• Ali Mostafaeipour, Behnoosh Bardel, Kasra Mohammadi, Ahmad Sedaghat, Yagob Dinpashoh, Economic evaluation for cooling and ventilation of medicine storage warehouses utilizing wind catchers, Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews 38 (2014), 12–19.
• Ali Mostafaeipour, Mohsen Jadidi, Kasra Mohammadi, Ahmad Sedaghat, An analysis of wind energy potential and economic evaluation in Zahedan, Iran, Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 30 (2014), 641-650.
• Razavieh, A. Sedaghat, Wind potential assessment for installing wind turbine in the province of Sistan and Baluchestan, Sharif Mechanical Engineering Journal (2014) (in press) (In Persian).
• Mostafaeipour, A., Sedaghat, A., Ghalishooyan, M., Dinpashoh, Y., Mirhosseini, M., Sefid, M., Pour-Rezaei, M., Evaluation of wind energy potential as a power generation source for electricity production in Binalood, Iran, Renewable Energy 52 (2013) 222-229.
• Ali Minaeian, Ahmad Sedaghat, Ali Akbar Alemrajabi, Wind Energy Potential in the Province of Sistan and Baluchestan and Economical Analysis for Installing Wind Turbines, Kashan Energy Engineering Management 3(3), 2013, 34-41(In Persian).
• Mostafaeipour, A., Sedaghat, A., Hazrati, A., Vahdatzad, M.A., The use of Statistical Process Control Technique in the Ceramic Tile Manufacturing: a Case Study, International Journal of Applied Information Systems (IJAIS), 2(5), (2012), 14-19.
• Saeidi, D., Mirhosseinia, M., Sedaghat, A., and Mostafaeipour, A., Feasibility Study of Wind Energy Potential in Two Provinces of Iran: North and South Khorasan, Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 15 (2011) 3558– 3569.
• Mostafaeipoura, A., Sedaghat, A., Dehghan-Niri, A.A., and Kalantar, V., Wind energy feasibility study for city of Shahrbabak in Iran, Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews 15, 2011, p. 2545-2556.
• Mirhosseini, M., Sharifi, F., & Sedaghat, A., Assessing the wind energy potential locations in province of Semnan in Iran, Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews 15, 2011, p. 449-459.
• Mostafa Hassanalian, Mohammadreza Radmanesh, Ahmad Sedaghat, Increasing flight endurance of MAVs using multiple quantum well solar cells, International Journal of Aeronautical and Space Sciences 15(2) (2014), 112-121.

Aerodynamics of Wings and Wind Turbines

• Ahmad Sedaghat, Rafat Al Waked, M El Haj Assad, Khalil Khanafer, and Muath NA Bani Salim, Analysis of Accelerating Devices for Enclosure Wind Turbines, Int J Astronaut Aeronautical Eng 2:009, 2017.
• M. Alsarheed, A. Sedaghat, Computational Study of Ailerons in Cross Flows Ground Effects and Biplanes Configurations, Journal of Aeronautics & Aerospace Engineering, 5:161. doi:10.4172/2168-9792.1000161, 2016.
• Ahmad Sedaghat, Iman Samani, Mojtaba Ahmadi-Baloutaki, M. El Haj Assad, Mohamed Gaith, Computational study on novel circulating aerofoils for use in Magnus wind turbine blades, Energy 91 (2015), 393-403.
• Z. Najafian, M. Ghaderi, A. Sedaghat, Parametric study on off-design aerodynamic performance of a horizontal axis wind turbine blade and proposed pitch control, Energy Conversion Management 93, 2015, 349-356.
• Ahmad Sedaghat, M. El Haj Assad, Mohamed Gaith, Aerodynamics Performance of Continuously Variable Speed Horizontal Axis Wind Turbine with Optimal Blades, Energy 77 (2014), 752-759.
• Z. Najafian, A. Sedaghat, Improving the Aerodynamic Performance of a Wing with Winglet, International Journal of Natural and Engineering Sciences 8 (3), 2014, 52-57.
• Ahmad Sedaghat, Mohammad Ali Badri, Mohsen Saghafian, Iman Samani, An Innovative Treadmill-Magnus Wind Propulsion System for Naval Ships, Recent Patents on Engineering 8(2), 2014, 95-99.
• Ahmad Sedaghat, Mojtaba Mirhosseini, Mahdi Moghimi Zand, Aerodynamic design and economical evaluation of site specific horizontal axis wind turbine (HAWT), Energy Equipment and Systems 2 (2014), 43-55.
• A Sedaghat, Magnus type wind turbines: Prospectus and challenges in design and modelling, Renewable Energy 62 (2014), 619-628.
• A. Samani, A Sedaghat, A novel MAV with treadmill motion of wing, Theoretical and Applied Mechanics Letters 3, 062002 (2013).
• Saeidi, D., Sedaghat, A., Alamdari, P., Alemrajabi, A.A., Aerodynamic design and economical evaluation of site specific small vertical axis wind turbines, Applied Energy 101 (2013) 765-775.
• D. Saeidi, A. Sedaghat, A.A. Alemrajabi, P. Alamdari, Aerodynamic design of vertical axis wind turbines using blade element moment theory and wind data in the province of south Khorasan, Sharif Mechanical Engineering Journal 29-3(2), 2013, 97-107(In Persian).
• Sedaghat, A., and Mirhosseini, M., Aerodynamic design of a 300 kW horizontal axis wind turbine for province of Semnan, Energy Conversion and Management 63 (2012) 87-94. M Ahmadi-Baloutaki, A Sedaghat, M Saghafian, MA Badri, Control of Transition over Aerofoil Surfaces using Active Suction, International Journal of Flow Control 5(3&4), (2013) 187-200.
• Sedaghat, A., Liu, X., Whitty, J., and Tang, X., Wind Power of Small Wind Turbines in Turbulent Open Jets, Scientia Iranica B (2012) 19 (2), 272-281. E Chaparian, MJ Amini, A Sedaghat, Free turbulent flow emanating from a large plane square nozzle: A theoretical and experimental study, Scientia Iranica, 2013.

Nano Technology

• A Sedaghat, A novel and robust model for determining rheological properties of Newtonian and non-Newtonian fluids in a marsh funnel, Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering 156, (2017) 896-916.
• A Sedaghat, MAA Omar, S Damrah, M Gaith, Mathematical Modelling of the Flow Rate in a Marsh Funnel, Journal of Energy Technology Research 1 (1), (2017) 1-12.
• Mohammad Ali Fazilati, Ahmad Sedaghat, Ali‑Akbar Alemrajabi, Transient performance and temperature field of a natural convection air dehumidifier loop, Heat Mass Transfer, DOI 10.1007/s00231-017-1984-9, January 2017.
• MA Fazilati, AA Alemrajabi, A Sedaghat, Liquid desiccant air conditioning system with natural convection, Applied Thermal Engineering 115, (2017) 305-314.
• Mohammad Ali Fazilati, Ahmad Sedaghat, Ali Akbar Alemrajabi, Natural Induced Flow due to Concentration Gradient in a Liquid Desiccant Air Dehumidifier, Applied Thermal Engineering, Volume 105, 25 July 2016, Pages 105–117.
• Mohammad Azaditalab, Amir Houshmand, Ahmad Sedaghat, Numerical Study on Skin Friction Reduction of Nanofluid Flows in Taylor-Couette System, Tribology International, Volume 94, February 2016, Pages 329–335.
• Mohammad Reza Salimpour, Kia Golmohammadi, Ahmad Sedaghat and Antonio Campo, Experimental Study of Turbulent Convective Heat Transfer of Titanium Oxide Nanofluid Flowing inside Helically Corrugated Tubes, Journal of Mechanical Science and Technology, September 2015, Volume 29, Issue 9, pp 4011-4016.
• A. Houshmand, A. Sedaghat, M.R. Salimpour, A. Zargoushi and I. Mohseni, Experimental study on heat transfer of water/TiO2 nanofluid in a straight tube with twisted tapes at constant wall temperature, Mechanics of Structures and Fluids 5(3), (2015) 151-158 (In Persian).
• Mohsen Alaeian, Ahmad Sedaghat, Mohammad Ali Akhavan Bahabadi, Experimental Study on Heat Transfer Enhancement of MWCNT/HT-Oil Nanofluid in U-bend Wavy Tubes for use in Solar Collectors, Journal of Energy and Power Sources 1(3), 2014, 134-140.
• A. Houshmand, A. Sedaghat, K. Golmohamadi, M.R. Salimpour, Experimental Study on Thermal and Hydrodynamical Behavior of TiO2/Water Nanofluid Flow in a Circular Tube with Twisted Tape Inserts, Journal of Energy and Power Sources 1(4), 2014, 217-224.
• Oloomi, A., Sabounchi, A., and Sedaghat, A., Thermal Radiative Properties of Nanoscale Semiconductors with Incoherent Formulation, International Journal of Advanced Design and Manufacturing Technology, 3(2), 2011.
• Oloomi, A., Sabounchi, A., and Sedaghat, A., Effects of temperature on radiative properties of nanoscale multilayer with coherent formulation in visible wavelengths, Iranian Journal of Mechanical Engineering 11(2), 5-14, 2010.
• Oloomi, A., Sabounchi, A., and Sedaghat, A., Effects of incidence polarization on radiative properties of doped silicon multilayer structures, Scientific Research and Essays 5(14), 1840-1844, 2010.
• Oloomi, A., Sabounchi, A., and Sedaghat, A., Effects of thin film thickness on emittance, reflectance and transmittance of nano scale multilayers, International Journal of the Physical Sciences, 5(5) 465-469, 2010.
• Oloomi, A., Sabounchi, A., and Sedaghat, A., Effects of Thin Films’ Thickness on Radiative Properties of Doped Silicon Multilayer Structures, Middle-East Journal of Scientific Research, 5(4) 210-213, 2010.
• Oloomi, A., Sabounchi, A., and Sedaghat, A., Effects of Thin Films’ Number on Nano Scale Radiative Properties, World Applied Sciences Journal, 11(11) 1398-1402, 2010.
• Oloomi, A., Sabounchi, A., and Sedaghat, A., Effects of Incidence Angle on Nanoscale Radiative Properties of Doped Silicon Multilayer structures, World Applied Sciences Journal, 8(10) 1234-1239, 2010.
• Oloomi, A., Sabounchi, A., and Sedaghat, A., Parametric Study of Nanoscale Radiative Properties of Doped Silicon Multilayer Structures, World Applied Sciences Journal, 8(10) 1200-1204, 2010.
• Oloomi, A., Sabounchi, A., and Sedaghat, A., Comparison Radiative Properties of Thin Semiconductor Films by Coherent and Incoherent Formulation, World Applied Sciences Journal, 9(4) 372-379, 2010.
• Oloomi, A., Sabounchi, A., and Sedaghat, A., Parametric Study of Nanoscale Radiative Properties of Thin Film Coatings, Nano Trends: A Journal of Nanotechnology and its Application, 7(3) 1-7, 2009.

Thermodynamics, Combustion & Heat Transfer

• A Ahmadzadeh, MR Salimpour, A Sedaghat, Thermal and exergoeconomic analysis of a novel solar driven combined power and ejector refrigeration (CPER) system, International Journal of Refrigeration 83, (2017) 143–156.
• Ehab Bani-Hani, Hussain Qassem, Mohammad Al Kandari, Salem Al Azmi, Musaed Khalid, Hadi Bu-Mijdad, Khalil Khanafer, Ahmad Sedaghat, Experimental Analysis of an Improved Solar Still System with Cooling Fan and Preheating Oil, Energy Engineering 114 (5), (2017) 55-71.
• Hadi Kian, Ahmad Sedaghat, Multi-Criteria Optimization of a solar cooling system assisted ground source Heat Pump system, MODARES MECHANICAL ENGINEERING, Volume 16 , Number 1, APRIL 2016, Pages 51 – 62 (In Persian).
• Seyed Navid Roohani Isfahani, Ahmad Sedaghat, A Hybrid Micro Gas Turbine and Solid State Fuel Cell Power Plant with Hydrogen Production and CO2 Capture, International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, Volume 41, Issue 22, 15 June 2016, Pages 9490–9499.
• Ehab Hussein Bani-Hani, Mahmoud Hammad, Ali Matar, Ahmad Sedaghat, Khalil Khanafer, Numerical Analysis of the Incineration of Polychlorinated Biphenyl Wastes in Rotary Kilns, Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering, Volume 4, Issue 1, March 2016, Pages 624-632.
• Pooriya Shahali, Mehdi Rahmati, Seyed Rashid Alavi, Ahmad Sedaghat, Experimental study on improving operating conditions of wet cooling towers using various rib numbers of packing, International Journal of Refrigeration, Volume 65, May 2016, Pages 80-91.
• M. El Haj Assad, M. Alsarheed, A. Sedaghat and K. Khanafer, Performance Evaluation of MHD Power Plant at Optimal Operating Conditions, International Journal of Energy, Environment and Economics, Volume 23, Number 2, Pages 169-180, 2015.
• Ehab Hussein Bani-Han, Mahmoud Hammad, Ali Matar, Ahmad Sedaghat, Khalil Khanafer, Analysis of Polychlorinated Biphenyl Wastes Incineration in Rotary Kilns, Part I: Model Development and Validation, Int J Mech Syst Eng, (2015) 1-103.
• Masoud Alizadeh, Ahmad Sedaghat, Ebrahim Kargar, Shape and Orifice Optimization of Airbag Systems for UAV Parachute Landing, Int’l J. of Aeronautical & Space Sci. 15(3) (2014), 112–121 (DOI:10.5139/IJASS.2014.15.3.23).
• A Sedaghat, A Tahmasebi, R Kalbasi, M Moghimi Zand, Performance assessment of a hybrid fuel cell and micro gas turbine power system, Energy Equipment and Systems 1 (1), (2013) 58-72.
• M. Molavi, A. Sedaghat, M.R. Salimpour, Estimation of Heat Shocks in Inverse Heat Transfer Problems using Kalman Filtering, Mashhad Journal of Applied & Numerical Science in Mechanics, Vol. 12, 2015(In Persian).
• Mehdi Molavi, Ahmad Sedaghat, Mohammad Reza Salimpour, Kalman filter for estimating heat flux on moving-ablating- dispensing surface, Modares Journal of Mechanical Engineering 14(1), 2014, 10-18(In Persian).
• Bradley, D., Gaskell, P. H., Gu, X. J., and Sedaghat, A., Premixed flamelet modelling: Factors influencing the turbulent heat release rate source term and the turbulent burning velocity, Combust. Flame, 143, pp. 227-245, 2005.
• Bradley, D., Gaskell, P. H., Gu, X. J. and Sedaghat, A., Generation of PDFS for Flame Curvature and for Flame Stretch Rate in Premixed Turbulent Combustion, Combust. Flame, 135 (4), 2003.

Computational Turbulent Flows

• S. A. Kazemi, M. Nili-Ahmadabadi, A. Sedaghat, M. Saghafian, Aerodynamic performance of a circulating airfoil section for Magnus systems via numerical simulation and flow visualization, Energy, Volume 104, 1 June 2016, Pages 1-15.
• S. A. Kazemi, M. Nili-Ahmadabadi, M. Saghafian, A. Sedaghat, Numerical investigation of magnus wind turbine new blade section performance, Modares Mechanical Engineering, Vol.15, No.1, pp. 163-172, 2015(In Persian).
• A. Sedaghat, M.A. Aghahosaini, Computation Study of Oblique Shock Wave-Vortex Iinteraction in Supersonic External Flows, Journal of Aeronautics & Aerospace Engineering 3:132, 2014 (doi:10.4172/2168-9792.1000132).
• A Sedaghat, A. H. Mohamadzadeh, Simulations of Particle Filtration and Tracking in Electrical Field, Scientia Iranica 21(1) (2014), 109-118.
• M Ahmadi-Baloutaki, A Sedaghat, M Saghafian, MA Badri, Control of Transition over Aerofoil Surfaces using Active Suction, International Journal of Flow Control 5(3&4), (2013) 187-200.
• M Ahmadi-Baloutaki, A Sedaghat, M Saghafian, M Ali Badri, A computational study on robust prediction of transition point over NACA0012 aerofoil surfaces from laminar to turbulent flows, Theoretical and Applied Mechanics Letters 3 (4), (2013), 042004-042004-3.
• A Sedaghat, MA Badri, Numerical study on flow separation control over NACA0015 aerofoil using electromagnetic fields, Theoretical and Applied Mechanics Letters 3 (5), (2013) 052003-052003-7.
• Ahmad Sedaghat, S Mokhtarian, Numerical Simulation of Rayleigh-Taylor Instability, International Journal of Advanced Design and Manufacturing Technology 6(1), (2013) 33-40.
• Ahmad Sedaghat, M. A. Badri, Subsonic Flow Separation Control over NACA0015 Airfoil Using Electromagnetic Fields by Numerical Modeling, Tabriz Journal of Mechanical Engineering 43(2), 2013, 59-64(In Persian).
• Ahmad Sedaghat, Rohallah Arastooie, Simulation of Flow Field around a Generic Helicopter Fuselage by Modeling the Rotor, Mashhad Journal of Applied & Numerical Science in Mechanics 25(1), 2013, 1-15(In Persian).
• Vafaei Rostami, M.J., Saghafian, M., Sedaghat, A., and Miansari, Mo., Numerical investigation of turbulent flow over a stationary and oscillatory NACA0012 airfoil using overset grids method, Int. J. Numer. Meth. Fluids 2011; 67:135-154.
• Sedaghat, A., An investigation into preconditioning iterative solvers for hydrodynamic problems, Iranian Journal of Science & Technology (IJST), Shiraz University, 31(B4), 2007.
• Sedaghat, A., Ackroyd, J.A.D. and Wood, N.J., Turbulence Modelling for Supercritical Flows including Examples with Passive Shock Control, Aeronautical Journal, 103 (1020), 1999.
• Sedaghat, A. and Shahpar, S., Comparative Study of High-Resolution Shock-Capturing TVD Schemes, Iranian Journal of Science & Technology, 22 (1), 1998.

Fluid-structure interaction & Aeroelasticity

• Mamdouh El Haj Assad, Ehab Bani-Hani, Ahmad Sedaghat, Ali Al-Muhaiteeb, Khalil Khanafer, Malathe Khalil, New Pneumatic System for Tidal Energy Conversion, Journal of Power and Energy Engineering, 2016, 4, 20-27, https://www.scirp.org/journal/jpee.
• Mohamed Gaith, M. El Haj Assad, Ahmad Sedaghat, Structural Crack Detection in Composite Materials using Neural Networks, International Journal of Civil and Structural Engineering 2(1), 2015, 16-22.
• R Alipour, A Sedaghat, Accurate modeling of gearbox and wind turbines with the bond graph method, Majlesi Journal of Mechatronic Systems 2 (1), 2013.
• Ghayour, M., Sedaghat, A., Mohammadi, M., Wave Propagation Approach to Fluid Filled Submerged Visco-Elastic Finite Cylindrical Shells, Journal of Aero. Science & Tech. (JAST), Vol. 8, No. 1, pp. 1-11, 2011.
• Sedaghat, A., Normal form solution of reduced order oscillating systems, Journal of Aerospace Science and Technology (JAST), 3(3), 2006.
• Sedaghat, A., Cooper, J.E., Leung, A.Y.T and Wright, J.R., Curve Fitting Approach for Transonic Flutter Prediction, Aeronautical Journal, 107 (1075), 2003.
• Sedaghat, A., Cooper, J.E., Leung, A.Y.T and Wright, J.R., Limit cycle oscillation prediction for non-linear aeroelastic systems, Aeronautical Journal, 106 (1055), 2002.
• Sedaghat, A., Cooper, J.E., Leung, A.Y.T and Wright, J.R., Estimation of Hopf bifurcation point for aeroelastic systems, Sound and Vibrations, 248 (1), 2001.

Other Subjects

• Ahmad Sedaghat, Mohammad Al Jundub, Armin Eilaghi, Ehab Bani-Hani, Farhad Sabri, Raouf Mbarki, M. El Haj Assad, APPLICATION OF PBL IN THE COURSE FLUID AND ELECTRICAL DRIVE SYSTEMS, CASE STUDY: MANUFACTURING AN AUTOMATED PUNCH MACHINE, Journal of Problem Based Learning in Higher Education, Aalborg University, 2017.
• Ahmad Sedaghat, Ammar Al Shalabi, Armin Eilaghi, M. El Haj Assad, LAPTOP RISER, A USEFUL PBL PROJECT FOR DIPLOMA STUDENTS IN ENGINEERING DESIGN, Journal of Problem Based Learning in Higher Education, Aalborg University, 2017.