behnia@iut.ac.ir Google Scholar Office Department of Mining Engineering, Isfahan University of Technology Phone +98 313 3915105 Fax +98 313 3912776 Positions Associate Professor of Rock Mechanics Research Interests Rock Mechanics Fracture Mechanics Rock Dynamic Hydraulic Fracturing Rock Friction type: Journal Title DOI type Investigating the impact of thermal treatment on fracture toughness and sub-critical crack growth parameters under mode II loading 10.1016/j.tafmec.2024.104694 Journal Experimental and Numerical Investigations on the Effect of In Situ Stress and Discontinuities Orientation on the Deformation Modulus of Rock Masses # Journal Experimental investigation on the effect of grain size of granitic rocks on the fracture roughness and toughness 10.1016/j.gete.2024.100535 Journal Analytical simulation of mode I fracture generation from dynamic frictional surfaces governed by slip weakening model # Journal Experimental observations on the effect of strain rate on rock tensile fracturing # Journal Experimental observations on the effect of thermal treatment on the crack speed and mode I and II fracture toughness in brittle and ductile rocks # Journal Analytical investigation on the effect of friction coefficient and crack inclination angle on the effective elastic properties and strength of brittle rocks 10.1007/s41062-022-00900-1 Journal Analytical and experimental investigation on the effect of loading rate on the fracture toughness and fracture envelope in brittle rocks # Journal Analytical model for the activation of off-axis secondary faulting between two dissimilar rock layers # Journal Strain rate effects on the crack propagation speed under different loading modes (I, II and I/II): Experimental investigations # Journal