Research area:
- Phase-field modeling of brittle fracture in metal-ceramic composites
 - Advance structural theories (e.g. zigzag theories, imperfectly bonded laminates, etc.)
 - Delamination and interfacial debonding
 - Finite element modeling
 - Non-local elasticity for statics, dynamics, stability, and fracture of nanostructures
 
Other information:
Served as reviewer for
- Ocean Engineering
 - Engineering Failure Analysis
 - International Journal of Damage Mechanics
 
Ph.D. thesis: Multiscale modeling of delamination fracture in multilayered structures (2018)
M.Sc. thesis: Effect of equal channel angular pressing on fracture toughness of Al-7075 (2012)
B.Sc. thesis: Effects of initial crack geometry on fracture behavior of marble (2009)
Contact:
telephone: (+48) 22 826 12 81 ext.: 437
room: 146
Email: hdarban@ippt.pan.pl
Main publications:
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 Journal 
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Softening and Stiffening Size Effects in Free Flexural Vibration of Small-scale Cracked Beams | 
 A. Hassanpour, H. Darban (2025) 
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 Journal of Sound and Vibration, In-Press 
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Flexural frequency analysis of damaged beams using mixture unified gradient elasticity theory | 
 S. Faghidian, H. Darban (2025) 
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 Composite Structures, 363, pp.119143-1-119143-17 
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Atomistic insights into tensile damage of functionally Graded Al-SiC composites | 
 M. Fathalian, H. Darban, E. Postek (2025) 
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 International Journal of Mechanical Sciences , 288, pp.110012-1-110012-16 
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Non-standard interface conditions in flexure of mixture unified gradient Nanobeams | 
 S. Ali Faghidian, H. Darban (2024) 
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 International Journal of Engineering Science , 204, 104127 
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Elastostatics of nonuniform miniaturized beams: Explicit solutions through a nonlocal transfer matrix formulation | 
 H. Darban (2024) 
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 International Journal of Engineering Science , 198, 104054 
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Experimental Evaluation and Phase-Field Model of Fracture Behavior of Alumina-Aluminium Graded Composite | 
 H. Darban, K. Bochenek, W. Węglewski, M. Basista (2024) 
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 Advanced Structured Materials pp. 147-166 
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Effects of multiple edge cracks, shear force, elastic foundation, and boundary conditions on bucking of small-scale pillars | 
 H. Darban, R. Luciano, M. Basista (2023) 
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 International Journal of Damage Mechanics 
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Calibration of the length scale parameter for the stress-driven nonlocal elasticity model from quasi-static and dynamic experiments | 
 H. Darban, R. Luciano, M. Basista (2023) 
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 Mechanics of Advanced Materials and Structures 30(17) pp. 3518- 3524 
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Size effect in ultrasensitive micro- and nanomechanical mass sensors | 
 H. Darban (2023) 
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 Mechanical Systems and Signal Processing, 200, 110576 
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Buckling of cracked micro- and nanocantilevers | 
 H. Darban, R. Luciano, R. Darban (2022) 
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 Acta Mechanica,  234, 693-704 
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| 11. | H. Darban, R. Luciano, A. Caporale, M. Basista (2022) | Compsite Structures, 297, 115907 | |
| 12. | Calibration of the length scale parameter for the stress-driven nonlocal elasticity model from quasi-static and dynamic experiments | H. Darban, R. Luciano, M. Basista (2022) | Mechanics of Advanced Materials and Structures, 30, 3518-3524 | 
| 13. | Free transverse vibrations of nanobeams with multiple cracks | H. Darban, R. Luciano, M. Basista (2022) | International Journal of Engineering Science, 177, 103703 | 
| 14. | Experimental determination of the length scale parameter for the phase-field modeling of macroscale fracture in Cr-Al2O3 composites fabricated by powder metallurgy | H. Darban, K. Bochenek, W. Węglewski, M. Basista (2022) | Metallurgical and Materials Transactions A, 53, 2300-2322 | 
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 15. 
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 A. Caporale, H. Darban, R. Luciano (2022) 
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International Journal of Engineering Science, 103620-1-17 | |
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 16. 
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 H. Darban, A. Caporale, R. Luciano (2021) 
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European Journal of Mechanics - A/Solids 86, 104193 | |
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 17. 
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 F. Ceroni, H. Darban, N. Caterino, R. Luciano (2021) 
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Construction and Building Materials 267, 121707 | |
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 18. 
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 F. Fabbrocino, H. Darban, R. Luciano (2020) 
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Mechanics Research Communications 109, 103595 | |
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 S. Vantadori, R. Lucian, D. Scorza, H. Darban (2020) 
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Mechanics of Advanced Materials and Structures | |
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 20. 
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 H. Darban, F. Fabbrocino, R. Luciano (2020) 
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International Journal of Engineering Science 157, 103381 | |
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 21. 
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 R. Luciano, H. Darban, C. Bartolomeo, F. Fabbrocino, D. Scorza (2020) 
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 Mechanics Research Communications 107, 103536  
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 R. Luciano, A. Caporale, H. Darban, C. Bartolomeo (2020) 
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 Mechanics Research Communications 103, 103470 
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 H. Darban, R. Luciano, A. Caporale, F. Fabbrocino (2020) 
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 International Journal of Engineering Science 154, 103338 
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 24. 
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 H. Darban, F. Fabbrocino, L. Feo, R. Luciano (2020) 
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 Mechanics of Advanced Materials and Structures, 1-9 
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 25. 
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 F. Ceroni, H. Darban, R. Luciano (2020) 
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 Composite Structures 241, 112099 
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 26. 
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 A. Caporale, H. Darban, R. Luciano (2020) 
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 Mechanics of Advanced Materials and Structures, 1-11 
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 27. 
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 R. Massabò, H. Darban (2019) 
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 Engineering Fracture Mechanics 213, 280-301 
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 28. 
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 R. Massabò, H. Darban (2019) 
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 Procedia Structural Integrity 18, 484-489 
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 29. 
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 H. Darban, R. Massabò (2018) 
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 Multiscale and Multidisciplinary Modeling, Experiments and Design 1(4), 269-290 
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 30. 
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 H. Darban, R. Massabò (2018) 
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 Meccanica 53(3), 553-571 
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 31. 
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 1 - 2D thermo-elastic solutions for laminates and sandwiches with interlayer delaminations and imperfect thermal contact. In: Lopresto, V., Langella, A., Abrate, S. (eds.) 
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 H. Darban, R. Massabò (2017) 
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 Dynamic Response and Failure of Composite Materials and Structures. pp. 3-46. Woodhead Publishing 
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 32. 
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 H. Darban, B. Mohammadi, F. Djavanroodi (2016) 
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 Engineering Failure Analysis 65, 1-10 
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 33. 
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 H. Darban, M. Nosrati, F. Djavanroodi (2015) 
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 International Journal of Damage Mechanics 24(7), 1013-1025 
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 34. 
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 H. Darban, M. Haghpanahi, A. Assadi (2011) 
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 Computational Materials Science 50(5), 1667-1674 
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