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Professor Atef Saleeb

Professor
Office: 214 ASEC
Tel- 330.972.7692
Fax- 330.972.6020
Email: saleeb@uakron.edu




Structural Engineer

Education
  • Ph.D. Purdue University, 1981
  • M.S.C.E, Purdue University, 1979
  • B.S.C.E., Cairo University, Egypt, 1974

Experience:
  • 1992 - Present, Professor of Civil Engineering, The University of Akron
  • 1984 - 1991, Assistant and Associate Professor, The University of Akron
  • 1983 - 1984, Assistant Professor, Cairo University, Egypt
  • 1981 - 1982, Visiting Assistant Professor, Purdue University

Courses Taught:
  • Statics
  • Mechanics of Solids
  • Advanced Mechanics of Materials
  • Structural Stability
  • Theory of Structures
  • Computational Methods for Structural Analysis
  • Limit Analysis in Structural Engineering
  • Finite Element Analysis
  • Elasticity and Plasticity
  • Energy Methods

Research Projects:
  • Defect Detection Schemes and Algorithmic Developments for Large-Scale Simulations of Damaging Viscoelastoplastic Structures, NASA Glenn
  • Developments in Coupled-Deformation-Damage and Fracture Modeling for Life Predictions of Structures, NASA Glenn
  • Mechanistic Evaluation of the Georgia Loaded Wheel Tester for Superpave Asphalt Mixtures, Ohio Department of Transportation
  • Enhancements for NURBS-Based FEA Airfoil Modeler-SABER, NASA Glenn
  • Deformation and Life Prediction of Polymer Matrix Composite Flywheel Rotors, NASA Glenn
  • Computational Tools and Techniques for the Macro/Micromechanical Analysis of Composite Structures, NASA Glenn
  • Advanced Engineering Computations, National Science Foundation
  • Thin Sheet Modeling for Metal Forming, Ford Motor Company
  • Refined Nonlinear Shell Analysis for Composites-Multiple Scale Phenomena and Shell-Intersection Problems, NASA Glenn
  • Finite Element Application to Sheet Metal Forming, National Science Foundation
  • Robust Integration Schemes for Generalized Viscoplasticity with Internal-State Variables, NASA Glenn
  • Fracture Evaluation and Lifetime Predictions of Viscoplastic Components, NASA Glenn

Recent Publications:
  • A.F. Saleeb, T.E. Wilt, and W. Li, "An Implicit Integration Scheme For Generalized Viscoplasticity with Dynamic Recovery", Computational Mechanics, Vol. 21, n. 6, 1999, pp. 429-440.
  • A.F. Saleeb, T.E. Wilt, and W. Li, "Robust Integration Schemes for Generalized Viscoplasticity with Internal-State Variables", Computers and Structures, Vol. 74, 2000, pp. 601-628.
  • A.F. Saleeb, S.M. Arnold, M.G. Castelli, T.E. Wilt, and W. Graf, "A General Hereditary Multimechanism-Based Deformation Model With Application to The Viscoelastoplastic Response of Titanium Alloys", International Journal of Plasticity, to appear.
  • A.F. Saleeb and S.M. Arnold, "A General Time Dependent Constitutive Model: Part 1, Theoretical Development", Journal of Material Technology, to appear.
  • S.M. Arnold, A.F. Saleeb and M.G. Castelli, "A General Time Dependent Constitutive Model: Part 2, Application to Titanium Alloy", Journal of Material Technology, to appear.
  • J.Z. Yuan, A.F. Saleeb, and A.S. Gendy, "Stress Projection, Layerwise-Equivalent, Formulation For Accurate Predictions of Transverse Stresses in Laminated Plates and Shells", International Journal of Computational Engineering and Science, to appear.
  • A.S. Gendy and A.F. Saleeb, "Nonlinear Material Parameter Estimation For Characterization of Hyperelastic Large Strain Models", Computational Mechanics, Vol. 25, n. 1, 2000, pp. 66-77.
  • A.F. Saleeb and A.S. Gendy, "Nonlinear Dynamics for Mixed Shells with Large Rotation and Elastoplasticity, International Journal of Computational Engineering and Science, to appear.

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