Journal Paper

1. "Performance assessment of sustainable cold asphalt mixtures with RAP and modified bitumen emulsion: A laboratory investigation of mechanical properties and moisture sensitivity"
   Mohammad Ali Ziari, Mohammad Zia Alavi, Massoud Palassi, Mahdi Zalnejhad
   Case Studies in Construction Materials, Vol. 25, 2026
2. "Evaluating the Effects of Mix Ingredients and Properties on the Fracture Behavior of Asphalt Mixes with Semicircular Bending Test"
   Mohammad Hoseinpour-Lonbar, Mohammad Zia Alavi, Massoud Palassi
   International Journal of Pavement Research and Technology, Vol. -, 2026
3. "Investigating factors influencing different types of risky mobile phone use among delivery riders: Using work-related apps, calling, and using navigation apps"
   Maedeh Rajabi, Zeinab Karami, Seyed Kayvan Aghabayk Eagely, Sina Rejali, Massoud Palassi
   TRANSPORTATION RESEARCH PART F-TRAFFIC PSYCHOLOGY AND BEHAVIOUR, Vol. 117, 2026
4. "Multidimensional Cyclist Behavior Questionnaire: Development of a tool for comprehensive evaluation of style and skill-related cycling behaviors in Iran"
   Vahid Bakhshi, Seyed Kayvan Aghabayk Eagely, Massoud Palassi, Ralph Buehler
   Journal of Transport & Health, Vol. 44, 2025
5. "Performance of the TBM Gauge Disc Cutter Under a Range of Operational Scenarios"
   Mahboubeh Mohammadi, Massoud Palassi, Morteza Karami
   Indian Geotechnical Journal, Vol. -, 2025
6. "Effect of geometrical characteristics of TBM disc cutter on rock excavation: a focus on cutter diameter and cutter tip profile"
   Massoud Palassi, Mehdi Koohmishi, Mahmood Jangi Daryan
   Geotechnique Letters, Vol. 15, No 2, pp.1-7, 2025
7. "Influence of Two Gage Disc Cutters on TBM Performance and Optimization of Disc Cutter Installation Angle"
   Mahboubeh Mohammadi, Massoud Palassi, Morteza Karami
   ROCK MECHANICS AND ROCK ENGINEERING, Vol. -, pp.1-20, 2025
8. "Influence of confining stress on different diameters of disc cutters in rock cutting"
   Mohammad Ali Torabi, Massoud Palassi, Ghazaleh Ali Mohammadi
   Data-Centric Engineering, Vol. 6, 2025
9. "A Numerical Investigation on a Novel Approach for Designing Semi-Rigid Barriers for Rockfall Protection Based on Spider Web Geometry"
   Okba Kerhali, Massoud Palassi, Amir Reza Ghiami Azad
   Iranian Journal of Science and Technology-Transactions of Civil Engineering, Vol. -, 2024
10. "Assessing Risk Factors Associated with Motorcycle Crash Severity in Mashhad, Iran"
    Nasser Parishad, Seyed Kayvan Aghabayk Eagely, Massoud Palassi
    International Journal of Transportation Engineering (IJTE), Vol. 10, No 2, pp.1041-1054, 2022
11. "Estimation of SPT N Values from the Results of DCPT Counts After Elimination of the Soil Friction Effect"
    Arash Gholami, Massoud Palassi, Ali Fakher
    Indian Geotechnical Journal, Vol. 1, No 1, 2022
12. "Mechanical Properties of Clayey Soil Reinforced with PET Considering the Influence of Lime-Stabilization"
    Mehdi Koohmishi, Massoud Palassi
    Transportation Geotechnics, Vol. 33, No 1, 2022
13. "Investigation on the sustainable use of electric arc furnace slag aggregates in eco-friendly alkali-activated low fineness slag concrete as a green construction composite"
    Ali Amani, Amir Mohammad Ramezanianpour, Massoud Palassi
    JOURNAL OF CLEANER PRODUCTION, Vol. 307, No 127257, 2021
14. "Selection of asphalt mix with optimal fracture properties at intermediate temperature using Taguchi method for design of experiment"
    Mohammad Hoseinpour-Lonbar, Mohammad Zia Alavi, Massoud Palassi
    CONSTRUCTION AND BUILDING MATERIALS, Vol. 262, No 120301, 2020
15. "Effect of pipe characteristics in umbrella arch method on controlling tunneling-induced settlements in soft grounds"
    Ali Morovatdar, Massoud Palassi, Reza Ashtiani
    Journal of Rock Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering, Vol. 12, No 5, pp.984-1000, 2020
16. "Evaluation of particle shape on direct shear mechanical behavior of ballast assembly using discrete element method (DEM)"
    Akbar Danesh, Ali Asghar Mirghasemi, Massoud Palassi
    Transportation Geotechnics, Vol. 23, No 100357, 2020
17. "Mechanical and durability assessment of unconfined recycled concrete aggregates and natural aggregates used in road constructions"
    Milad Aghili Lotf, Massoud Palassi, Amir Mohammad Ramezanianpour
    International Journal of Pavement Engineering, Vol. 11, No 12, pp.1-13, 2019
18. "Assessment of the Effect of Skin Friction on the Results of Dynamic Penetration Testing in Cohesionless Soil"
    Arash Gholami, Massoud Palassi, Ali Fakher
    Iranian Journal of Science and Technology-Transactions of Civil Engineering, Vol. 3, No 2, 2019
19. "Effect of sand and clay fouling on the shear strength of railway ballast for different ballast gradations"
    Akbar Danesh, Massoud Palassi, Ali Asghar Mirghasemi
    GRANULAR MATTER, Vol. 20, No 3, pp.150-165, 2018
20. "Evaluating the influence of ballast degradation on its shear behaviour"
    Akbar Danesh, Massoud Palassi, Ali Asghar Mirghasemi
    International Journal of Rail Transportation, Vol. 6, No 3, pp.145-162, 2018
21. "Evaluating the Frost Resistance of Recycled Concrete Aggregate by Various Standards"
    Milad Aghili Lotf, Amir Mohammad Ramezanianpour, Massoud Palassi
    JOURNAL OF MATERIALS IN CIVIL ENGINEERING, Vol. 30, No 6, 2018
22. "Effect of gradation of aggregate and size of fouling materials on hydraulic conductivity of sand-fouled railway ballast"
    Mehdi Koohmishi, Massoud Palassi
    CONSTRUCTION AND BUILDING MATERIALS, Vol. 167, No 1, pp.514-523, 2018
23. "Degradation of railway ballast under compressive loads considering particles rearrangement"
    Mehdi Koohmishi, Massoud Palassi
    International Journal of Pavement Engineering, Vol. 11, No 11, pp.1-13, 2018
24. "Rheology investigation of waste LDPE and crumb rubber modified bitumen"
    Hossein Zanjirani Farahani, Massoud Palassi, Saeed Sadeghpour Galooyak
    Engineering Solid Mechanics, Vol. 27, No 38, pp.27-38, 2018
25. "Evaluating The Characteristics of Waste Modified Asphalt Mixture"
    Hossein Zanjirani Farahani, Massoud Palassi, Saeed Sadeghpour Galooyak
    petroleum and coal, Vol. 59, No 5, pp.730-735, 2017
26. "Evaluation of morphological properties of railway ballast particles by image processing method"
    Mehdi Koohmishi, Massoud Palassi
    Transportation Geotechnics, Vol. 12, pp.15-25, 2017
27. "Evaluating the effect of waste material on viscoelastic characteristics of bitumen"
    Hossein Zanjirani Farahani, Massoud Palassi, Saeed Sadeghpour Galooyak
    PETROLEUM SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY, Vol. 35, No 15, pp.1601-1606, 2017
28. "Thermal analysis of bitumen modified with LDPE and CR"
    Hossein Zanjirani Farahani, Massoud Palassi, Saeed Sadeghpour Galooyak
    PETROLEUM SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY, Vol. 35, No 15, pp.1570-1575, 2017
29. "Effect of particle size distribution and subgrade condition on degradation of railway ballast under impact loads"
    Mehdi Koohmishi, Massoud Palassi
    GRANULAR MATTER, Vol. 19, pp.1-12, 2017
30. "Evaluation of the Strength of Railway Ballast Using Point Load Test for Various Size Fractions and Particle Shapes"
    Mehdi Koohmishi, Massoud Palassi
    ROCK MECHANICS AND ROCK ENGINEERING, Vol. 49, No 7, pp.2655-2664, 2016
31. "Performance evaluation of nano-silica modified bitumen"
    Saeed Sadeghpour Galooyak, Massoud Palassi, Ahmad Goli, Hossein Zanjirani Farahani
    International Journal of Transportation Engineering (IJTE), Vol. 3, No 1, 2015
32. "Relationships Between Abrasion/Degradation of Aggregate Evaluated from Various Tests and the Effect of Saturation"
    Massoud Palassi, Akbar Danesh
    ROCK MECHANICS AND ROCK ENGINEERING, Vol. 49, pp.2937-2943, 2015
33. "Evaluation of Application of Thin HMA Overlay on the Existing Flexible Pavement for High-Traffic-Volume Rural Highways"
    Mehdi Koohmishi, Massoud Palassi
    Periodica Polytechnica-Civil Engineering, Vol. 59, No 1, pp.65-75, 2015
34. "A New Nail Penetration Test for Estmataion of Rock Strength"
    Massoud Palassi, Vahid Emami
    INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ROCK MECHANICS AND MINING SCIENCES, Vol. 64, No 66, pp.124-127, 2013
35. "Edge load strength test for indirect estimation of unconfined compressive strength"
    Massoud Palassi, Mojtaba Pirpanahi
    INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ROCK MECHANICS AND MINING SCIENCES, Vol. 61, No 61, pp.111-117, 2013
36. "Response of orange trees to deficit irrigation strategies in the north of Iran"
    Mehrdad Shahabian , Seyed Mahmood Samar , Ali Reza Talaei, Mohammad Reza Emdad , Hashem Aghazadeh, Massoud Palassi
    Archives of Agronomy and Soil Science, Vol. 58, No 3, pp.267-276, 2012
37. "Axially confined point load testing"
    Massoud Palassi
    INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ROCK MECHANICS AND MINING SCIENCES, Vol. 48, No 2, pp.311-315, 2011
38. "Design of Lining of Tunnels Excavated in Soil and Soft Rock"
    Massoud Palassi, Mohammad Mehdi Mohebbi
    Electronic Journal of Geotechnical Engineering, Vol. 13, pp.1-15, 2008
39. "Tunnel design using continuum and discontinuum approaches and the effect of joint orientation on the design"
    Massoud Palassi, Pooyan Asadollahi
    Electronic Journal of Geotechnical Engineering, Vol. -, 2007
40. "Safety Performance Evaluation of two-waves and three-waves W-Beam Guardrails Using Finite Element Simulation"
    MOHAMMAD SAFARI, Massoud Palassi
    Journal of Transportation Research, Vol. 21, No 78, pp.293-310, 2024
41. "Evaluating the Utilization of Recycled Concrete Aggregate for Road Applications"
    Milad Aghili Lotf, Massoud Palassi, Amir Mohammad Ramezanianpour
    Journal of Transportation Research, Vol. 4, No 77, pp.343-352, 2023
42. "Evaluation of the mechanical properties and deicer salt scaling resistance of recycled aggregate concrete"
    Milad Aghili Lotf, Amir Mohammad Ramezanianpour, Massoud Palassi
    Sharif Journal Civil Engineering, Vol. 35.2, No 4, pp.21-31, 2020
43. "Investigating the effect of different types of recycled concrete aggregate on the engineering properties of concrete"
    Milad Aghili Lotf, Amir Mohammad Ramezanianpour, Massoud Palassi
    Structural Engineering, Vol. 48, No 8, pp.1-16, 2018
44. "Evaluating the durability of natural aggregates and recycled concrete aggregates against freeze-thaw cycles"
    Milad Aghili Lotf, Massoud Palassi, Amir Mohammad Ramezanianpour
    JTIE, Vol. 3, No 12, 2018
45. "Application of zeolite in recycled aggregate concrete"
    Amir Mohammad Ramezanianpour, Massoud Palassi, Milad Aghili Lotf
    asas, Vol. 18, No 45, 2017
46. "Effect of joint roughness"
    علی کارگر , Massoud Palassi
    Civil Engineering Infrastructures Journal-CEIJ, Vol. 45, No 7, pp.763-773, 2012
47. "Monitoring of Gavoshan Tunnel Using Instrumentation Data"
    Massoud Palassi, Mohammad Hossein Arash
    Civil Engineering Infrastructures Journal-CEIJ, Vol. 45, No 4, pp.401-410, 2011
48. "Estimation of"
    جبارعلی ذاکری , Saeed Mohammad Zadeh, Mohammad Voria Khordebinan, Massoud Palassi
    Quarterly Journal of Transportation Engineering, Vol. 1, No 2, pp.51-60, 2010

Conference Paper

1. "An Investigation of the effect of edge angle and installation angle of disc cutters on normal and rolling forces in disc cutters with V-shaped edges"
   Mahboubeh Mohammadi, Massoud Palassi, Morteza Karami
   14the international Congress on Civil Engineering, 2025
2. "Tunnel Reinforcement in Soft Grounds Using Umbrella Arch Method"
   Ali Morovatdar, Massoud Palassi, Kambiz Behniya
   GeoChina 2021 (SIXTH GEOCHINA INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE 2021), 2021
3. "Evaluation of the efficiency of the umbrella arch method in urban tunneling subjected to adjacent surcharge loads"
   Ali Morovatdar, Massoud Palassi, Mahsa Beizaei
   Geo-Congress 2020, 2020
4. "Indirect estimation of railway ballast strength by conducting point load test on rock cores and irregular-shaped particles"
   Massoud Palassi, Mehdi Koohmishi
   71st Canadian Geotechnical Conference (Geo Edmonton 2018), 2018
5. "Effect of fouling and degradation on permeability of railway ballast"
   Massoud Palassi, Mehdi Koohmishi
   70th Canadian Geotechnical Conference (Geo Ottawa 2017), 2017
6. "The effect of in situ stresses on the results of plate load test"
   Mohammad Ali Kaseb, Massoud Palassi
   69th Canadian Geotechnical Conference (GeoVancouver 2016), 2016
7. "Evaluation of strength of single railway ballast particles using various statistical distributions"
   Mehdi Koohmishi, Massoud Palassi
   69th Canadian Geotechnical Conference (GeoVancouver 2016), 2016
8. "Numerical Modelling of Tunnelling by EPB Machine"
   Massoud Palassi, Amin Bahmani Yeganeh
   69th Canadian Geotechnical Conference (GeoVancouver 2017), 2016
9. "Effect of freezing and chemical grouting on the shear behaviour of rock joints"
   Massoud Palassi, Seyyed Mohammad Reza Imam, Majid Mohaqqeqi
   69th Canadian Geotechnical Conference (GeoVancouver 2016), 2016
10. "Investigation on the Behavior of Rockfall Flexible Barriers by Numerical Simulation"
    Massoud Palassi, Sajjad Askar
    Geo Quebec 2015, 2015
11. "Numerical modelling of pressuremeter test"
    Massoud Palassi, Mojtaba Pirpanahi
    66th Canadian Geotechnical Conference (GeoMontreal), 2013
12. "Numerical Modelling of Diametral Point Load Test"
    Massoud Palassi, Mojtaba Pirpanahi
    65th Canadian Geotechnical Conference (GeoManitoba, 2012
13. "The effect of subway train movement at the junction of grade-separated tunnels on ground surface vibrations"
    Mohammad Reza Ali Ahmadi Kariz Nowi, Massoud Palassi
    14the international Congress on Civil Engineering, 2025
14. "Investigation on the thermal resistance of fiber reinforced shotcrete in tunnels"
    Bahman Salimi Shahabi, Massoud Palassi
    14the international Congress on Civil Engineering, 2025
15. "Investigation on the performance of different sizes of TBM disc cutters under axially confined conditions"
    Mohammadali Torabi, Massoud Palassi
    14the international Congress on Civil Engineering, 2025
16. "Approaches for the Design of Rotary Intersections"
    محمد نوروزی شویر, Massoud Palassi
    9th International Conference on Civil, Structural and Seismic Engineering, 2024
17. "Investigation on the Performance of Middle and Side Barriers in Response to Collision of Single Axle Truck"
    محمد نوروزی شویر, Massoud Palassi
    9th International Conference on Civil, Structural and Seismic Engineering, 2024
18. "Effect o Granular Material Shape on the Shear Strength"
    اکبر دانش, Ali Asghar Mirghasemi, Massoud Palassi
    6th. National Congress on Civil Engineering , Architecture and Urban Development, 2019
19. "Numerical Simulation of Direct Shear Test with Considering Real Particle Shape"
    اکبر دانش, Ali Asghar Mirghasemi, Massoud Palassi
    6 th .National Congress on Civil Engineering , Architecture and Urban Development, 2019
20. "Design of superior fatigue resistant asphalt mix using Taghuchi method"
    Mohammad Hoseinpour-Lonbar, Mohammad Zia Alavi, Massoud Palassi
    11th Bitumen, Asphalt and Machiery Conference and Exhibition, 2019
21. "Applications of Steel Slag in Different Types of Pavements"
    Ali Amani, Amir Mohammad Ramezanianpour, Massoud Palassi
    11th International Congress on Civil Engineering, 2018
22. "invesigation on the effect of number of frost and defrost in AASHTO for the aggregate used in the roads"
    Amirhossein Nejabat, Massoud Palassi
    11th International Congress on Civil Engineering, 2018
23. "Investigation on the influence of water absorption on the results of impact test"
    Amirhossein Nejabat, Massoud Palassi
    1th International Congress on Civil Engineering, 2018
24. "Industrial Applications of Geopolymer Concrete & Specifications of These Eco-Friendly Concretes"
    Ali Amani, Amir Mohammad Ramezanianpour, Massoud Palassi
    11th International Congress on Civil Engineering, 2018
25. "Aggregate Abrasion Test Using Micro-Deval Apparatus"
    Massoud Palassi, Milad Aghili Lotf, Amir Mohammad Ramezanianpour
    Third International Conference on Civil, Architecture and Urban Planning, 2017
26. "Comparison between the various methods for the assessing the soundness of aggregates"
    Milad Aghili Lotf, Massoud Palassi, Amir Mohammad Ramezanianpour
    Third International Conference on Civil, Architecture and Urban Planning, 2017
27. "Determination of the polished stone value for gggregates"
    Massoud Palassi, Milad Aghili Lotf, Amir Mohammad Ramezanianpour
    Third International Conference on Civil, Architecture and Urban Planning, 2017
28. "Evaluation of superstructures loads on the efficacy of tunnel forepoling"
    Ali Morovvardar, Massoud Palassi
    5th International Geotechnics and Soil Mechanics Conference, 2016
29. "Investigation on the effect of plate diameter and gallery dimensions on the results of jacking test in numerical modelling by 3DEC"
    Mohammad Ali Kaseb, Massoud Palassi
    5th International Geotechnics and soil Mechanics Conference, 2016
30. "Application of subgrade soil on the crushing of ballast aggregate under impact loads"
    Mehdi Koohmishi, Massoud Palassi
    5th International Geotechnics and Soil Mechanics Conference, 2016
31. "Development of Dynamic Dynamic Penetration Test on Sand Facing"
    Massoud Palassi, Ali Fakher, Arash Gholami
    5th International Conference on Geotechnical Engineering and Soil Mechanics, 2016
32. "Application of dynamic penetration test to the quality control of subgrade and pavement layers"
    Massoud Palassi, Mohammad Hadi Biglari, Arash Gholami
    5th International Geotechnics and Soil Mechanics Conference, 2016
33. "Comparison between Deformation Modulus"
    Mohammad Ali Kaseb, Massoud Palassi
    Ninth Iranian Civil Engineering Conference, 2016
34. "tonal"
    Massoud Palassi, Ali Morovvardar
    9th confrance, 2016
35. "Review"
    Amir Mohammad Ramezanianpour, Massoud Palassi, Milad Aghili Lotf
    First, 2015
36. "Concrete Recycled Aggregate"
    Massoud Palassi, Amir Mohammad Ramezanianpour, Milad Aghili Lotf, Reza Zarei
    First National, 2015
37. "Use of Edge Load strength for Indirect Estimation of UCS"
    Massoud Palassi, Milad Rezaei
    Second Iranian National Conf., 2014
38. "Estmating Point Load Strength Index Using the New Edge Load Strength Test"
    Massoud Palassi, Milad Rezaei
    Second Iranian Geotechnical Conference, 2014
39. "Estimation of PLT from NPT"
    Massoud Palassi, Mohammad hosein Hariri
    Second Iranian National Geotechnical Conf., 2014
40. "A coorelation between Nail Penetration and Unconfined Compressive Strength"
    Massoud Palassi, Mohammad hosein Hariri
    Second Iranian Geotechnical Conference, 2014
41. "Assessment of Durability of Aggregate Using Various Durability Indices"
    Hamed Azami, Massoud Palassi
    15th Students Civil Engineering Conf., 2014
42. "Investigation on the Relationship between Physical Properties and Durability Index of Aggregate"
    Hamed Azami, Massoud Palassi
    15th Students Civil Engineering Conf., 2014