Dr.-Ing. Mehran Motevalli

Persönliches

seit 02.2026

Wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter am Institut für Metall- und Leichtbau der Universität Duisburg-Essen

Veröffentlichungen

Jahr 2026

• Motevalli, M., Uhlemann, J., Stranghöner, N., Balzani, D.
  A Data-Based Adaptive Elastic Framework for High-Accuracy Simulation of Textile Membrane Structures. In Proceedings of the TensiNet and Essener Membranbau Symposium, Essen, Germany, 2026.


• Uhlemann, J., Motevalli, M., Stranghöner, N.
  Praktische Anwendung eines spannungsverhältnisabhängigen adaptiven Materialmodells für die Strukturanalyse von textilen Membrantragwerken. Baustatik – Baupraxis 16, Dresden, Germany, 2026.


• Motevalli, M.
  Numerical modeling of the nonlinear, anisotropic, saturated material behavior in tensile membrane structures. Dissertation. Mitteilungen aus dem Institut für Mechanik (198), Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Fakultät für Bau- und Umweltingenieurwissenschaften. https://doi.org/10.13154/294-14085

Jahr 2024

• Uhlemann, J., Makhool, L., Motevalli, M., Westerhoff, A., Stranghöner, N., Balzani, D.
  Load history dependency of stiffness properties of PTFE-coated glass fibre membranes, Composite Structures 347 (2024), 118440, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.compstruct.2024.118440.

Jahr 2023

• Motevalli, M., Balzani, D.
  Efficient identification of material parameters for an orthotropic hyperelastic nonlinear material model for textile membranes. Construction and Building Materials, 378:131114, 2023.


• Uhlemann, J., Motevalli, M., Stranghöner, N., Balzani, D.
  Practical application of a stress-ratio dependent adaptive material model in the structural analysis of textile structures. In Proceedings of the TensiNet Symposium, Nantes, France, 2023.

Jahr 2022

• Motevalli, M., Balzani, D.
  Enhancement in the Numerical Simulation of Textile Fabrics by Local Calculation of Stress-Ratio-Dependent Material Parameters. Proceedings of Applied Mathematics and Mechanics, vol. 23. Wiley, 2022. doi: 10.1002/pamm.202200024.

Jahr 2021

• Motevalli, M., Balzani, D.
  Stress-ratio-dependent material parameters for improved numerical simulations of textile membrane structures. In K.-U. Bletzinger, E. Oñate, R. Wüchner, and C. Lázaro, editors, X International Conference on Textile Composites and Inflatable Structures, Structural Membranes, Munich, 2021.


• Uhlemann, J., Stranghöner, N., Motevalli, M., Balzani, D.
  Mechanical saturation of common architectural coated fabrics. In K.-U. Bletzinger, E. Oñate, R. Wüchner, and C. Lázaro, editors, X International Conference on Textile Composites and Inflatable Structures, Structural Membranes, Munich, 2021. CIMNE.

Jahr 2020

• Uhlemann, J., Surholt, F., Westerhoff, A., Stranghöner, N., Motevalli, M., Balzani, D.
  Saturation of the stress-strain behaviour of architectural fabrics, Materials and Design 191 (2020) 108584, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.matdes.2020.108584.


• Motevalli, M., Uhlemann, J., Stranghöner, N., Balzani, D.
  The Elastic Share of Inelastic Stress–Strain Paths of Woven Fabrics. Materials, 13(19):4243, 2020.


• Uhlemann, J., Stranghöner, N., Motevalli, M., Balzani, D.
  Architectural woven polyester fabrics: examination of possible classification of stiffness values in correlation with strength values. Architectural Engineering and Design Management, 17(3-4):281–298, 2020.

Jahr 2019

• Motevalli, M., Uhlemann, J., Stranghöner, N., Balzani, D.
  Geometrically nonlinear simulation of textile membrane structures based on orthotropic hyperelastic energy functions. Composite Structures, 223, 2019, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.compstruct.2019.110908.


• Motevalli, M., Uhlemann, J., Stranghöner, N., Balzani, D.
  A new nonlinear polyconvex orthotropic material model for the robust simulation of technical fabrics in civil engineering applications at large strains – Validation with large-scale experiment. Bauingenieur, 94(12):488–497, 2019, https://doi.org/10.37544/0005-6650-2019-12-50.


• Motevalli, M., Balzani, D., Uhlemann, J., Stranghöner, N.
  Orthotropic Hyperelastic Energy Functions for the Geometrically Nonlinear Simulation of Textile Membrane Structures. Proceedings of Applied Mathematics and Mechanics, vol. 19, Wiley, 2019. doi: 10.1002/pamm.201900264.

Jahr 2017

• Motevalli, M., Uhlemann, J., Stranghöner, N., Balzani, D.
  On the Modeling of Textile Membranes with Nonlinear Anisotropic Material Behavior. Proceedings of Applied Mathematics and Mechanics, vol. 17, Wiley, 2017. doi: 10.1002/pamm.201710186


• Uhlemann, J., Balzani, D., Stranghöner, N., Motevalli, M.
  Saturation behaviour and load-induced thickness change of woven glass fibre fabrics. In K. Bletzinger, E. Oñate, and B. Kröplin, editors, VIII International Conference on Textile Composites and Inflatable Structures, Structural Membranes, pages 229–240, Munich, 2017.