Professor Salaheddin Rahimi
Professor Of Practice
Advanced Forming Research Centre
Personal statement
Personal statement
Salah is a Professor of Practice at the University of Strathclyde and the Technical Lead of the Advanced Forming Research Centre (AFRC), where he also chairs the AFRC Technical Board. His research focuses on the measurement, modelling, and control of microstructure and residual stress during the manufacture of high-value engineering components. His work bridges advanced materials characterisation, digital manufacturing, and industrial process simulation, with applications across aerospace, energy, and defence sectors.
With a background in materials degradation and structural integrity, particularly the fracture behaviour of materials under critical service conditions, he leads collaborative, industry-driven programmes that deliver translational research with real-world impact.
Salah is a Chartered Engineer and a Fellow of the Institute of Materials, Minerals and Mining (FIMMM).
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Prize And Awards
- Fellow of The Institute of Materials, Minerals and Mining
- Recipient
- 9/2018
- Managing Safety
- Recipient
- 4/2018
- A Freeman Citizen of Glasgow
- Recipient
- 4/2018
- Charted Engineer (C.Eng)
- Recipient
- 11/2016
- Professional Member of The Institute of Materials, Minerals and Mining
- Recipient
- 11/2016
- Team Leading Award
- Recipient
- 2015
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Publications
- Near-net-shape wire-arc additive manufacturing (WAAM) of bimetallic P22 steel and Inconel 625 : microstructure–property correlations
- Banerjee Amborish, Souza Paul, Mckegney Scott, Pimentel Misael, da Silva Laurie, King Michael, Rahimi Salah
- Progress in Additive Manufacturing (2026)
- https://doi.org/10.1007/s40964-025-01511-9
- Residual Stress and Distortion from Quenching and Transformation Hardening
- King Michael, Rahimi Salah
- ASM Handbook Residual Stress Fundamentals (2025) (2025)
- https://doi.org/10.31399/asm.hb.v25a.a0007134
- Sustainable manufacturing of a high-value tubular Ti-6Al-4V component using flow-forming process; effect of feed-rate on microstructure evolution
- Banerjee Amborish, Nelson Kyle, Roszak Jacob, Paslioglu Kadir, Sivaswamy Giribaskar, da Silva Laurie, Rahimi Salah
- Materials Chemistry and Physics Vol 344 (2025)
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.matchemphys.2025.131086
- A surface integrity-informed crystal-plasticity based modelling of fatigue crack initiation in aerospace-grade Ti-6Al-4V
- Arcidiacono Mauro Francisco, Rahimi Salaheddin
- Materials Science and Technology, pp. 1-15 (2025)
- https://doi.org/10.1177/02670836251365326
- Modelling and measurements of thermally induced residual stress in IN718 nickel-based superalloy during non-uniform quenching
- Rahimi Salah, King Michael, Amir Siddiq Muhammad, Wynne Bradley
- Materials and Design Vol 250 (2025)
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.matdes.2025.113615
- Numerical modelling of the water-quenching process validated through experiments with IN718 nickel-based superalloy
- Kamenicky Robin, Rahimi Salaheddin, Violatos Ioannis, Ritos Konstantinos
- International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer Vol 235 (2024)
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijheatmasstransfer.2024.126158
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Professional Activities
- PhD Viva - Applying the contour method of residual stress measurement to irregular components
- Examiner
- 28/2/2024
- 17th International Conference on Advances in Experimental Mechanics
- Keynote/plenary speaker
- 30/8/2023
- World Titanium Conference 2023
- Keynote/plenary speaker
- 12/6/2023
- 17th International Conference on Engineering StructuralIntegrity Asessment(ESIA17)
- Keynote/plenary speaker
- 23/5/2023
- Establishing a mechanism-based constitutive model for simulating superplastic forming in a near-α TA15 titanium alloy
- Speaker
- 12/5/2023
- PhD Viva
- Examiner
- 30/3/2023
Projects
- Comparative Analysis of Residual Stresses in Aluminum Components Produced by Wire Arc Additive Manufacturing (WAAM) and AdditiveFriction Stir Deposition (AFSD)
- Javadi, Yashar (Principal Investigator) MacLeod, Charles Norman (Co-investigator) BUFFA, GIANLUCA (Co-investigator) Tamimi, Saeed (Co-investigator) Rahimi, Salaheddin (Co-investigator) Paradowska, Anna (Co-investigator) Alipooramirabad, Houman (Co-investigator)
- This collaborative study between ANSTO, University of Palermo, University of Strathclyde, and AFRC investigates residual stresses in aluminum components produced via WAAM and AFSD (including MELD). Using neutron diffraction and ultrasonic techniques, the project aims to characterize and compare stress profiles across processes. The findings will inform process optimization and contribute to a doctoral thesis on in-situ stress measurement in metal additive manufacturing.
- 10-Jan-2025 - 09-Jan-2026
- AFRC-CRAD 05309-Building Engineering Capability in Ti alloys
- Rahimi, Salaheddin (Principal Investigator) Ramachandran, Saranarayanan (Researcher) Fabris, Mathieu (Researcher) Da Silva, Laurie (Researcher)
- Rolls-Royce have approached the AFRC with a request to participate in their Building Engineering capability in Titanium Alloys (BETA) project proposal, bidding in to the Aerospace Technology Institute (ATI) strategic funding programme. This proposal aims to accelerate the evaluation and exploitation of the latest titanium alloys alongside design and manufacturing processes to enable the realisation of large, ultra-high bypass ratio engines. This technology is directly aligned to the ATI strategic theme of 'Propulsion of the future - realisation of large ultra-high bypass ratio (UHBR) turbofan engines'. Project value: £600,000
- 01-Jan-2025 - 31-Jan-2025
- EPSRC Core equipment - Benchtop X-Ray Diffractometer
- Neagu, Dragos (Principal Investigator) Hamilton, Andrea (Co-investigator) Craig, Gavin (Co-investigator) Ivaturi, Aruna (Co-investigator) Zhang, Xiaolei (Co-investigator) Inglezakis, Vasileios (Co-investigator) Fletcher, Ashleigh (Co-investigator) Roy, Sudipta (Co-investigator) Massabuau, Fabien (Co-investigator) Rahimi, Salaheddin (Co-investigator) Steedman, Andrew (Co-investigator)
- The project aThe instrument is a Benchtop X-Ray Diffractometer, which is a device that can analyse the structure and composition of various materials. It can provide data on crystal and molecular structure, phase identification and quantification, and crystallite size and strain. It is suitable for a wide range of inorganic and organic materials in different forms, such as powders, films, or solids. The instrument is compact, fast, easy to use, and low-cost, making it ideal for routine and high-throughput analysis. It can support research in many fields, such as materials science, engineering, chemistry, energy, and healthcare.
The instrument was acquired through an EPSRC Core Equipment fund, with an internally allocated £64k from the University of Strathclyde - 01-Jan-2023
- Marine Vessel Lightweighting (MARILIGHT) Lead_06847
- Rahimi, Salaheddin (Principal Investigator)
- 01-Jan-2023 - 30-Jan-2023
- Robotic Ultrasonic System for In-situ Residual Stress Measurement in Metal Additive Manufacturing
- Walker, Joseph (Post Grad Student) Javadi, Yashar (Principal Investigator) Heidari, Hadi (Co-investigator) Rahimi, Salaheddin (Co-investigator)
- Residual Stress (RS) in engineering components yields unexpected and dangerous structural failures, and thus represents a significant challenge to quality assurance in both welding and metal Additive Manufacturing (AM) processes. As automation in welding and AM becomes increasingly prevalent in the Industry 4.0 manufacturing paradigm, so the importance of quantifying RS will grow. In this PhD project, a novel robotic ultrasonic approach to measuring such RS, in-situ, will be developed using the Phased Array Ultrasonic Testing (PAUT) system, to automate the deployment of the measurement in manufacturing applications. For the first time, it will allow truly in-situ measurements of RS to be undertaken at the elevated temperatures associated with welding and metal AM manufacture. The ambition is to use this in-situ measurement system for safety-critical and Industry 4.0 applications, through 5G wireless integration of the robotic system, where the conventional manual and destructive methods of RS measurement are not applicable for high throughput and automated production lines.
- 01-Jan-2022 - 30-Jan-2026
- Strathclyde International Strategic Partners (ISPs) Joint PhD Cluster: The numerical analysis of efficient linear solvers for industrial problems
- Pestana, Jennifer (Principal Investigator) Dolean Maini, Victorita (Co-investigator) Paterson, Ann (Post Grad Student) Rahimi, Salaheddin (Co-investigator)
- PhD Studentship Cluster with TU Delft
- 01-Jan-2022 - 30-Jan-2025
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Contact
Professor
Salaheddin
Rahimi
Professor Of Practice
Advanced Forming Research Centre
Email: salah.rahimi@strath.ac.uk
Tel: 534 5243