International Journal of Mechanics and Applications

International Journal of Mechanics and Applications publishes refereed articles on original research, short communications and reviews covering mechanics and applications of industrial materials. In addition to regular issues, special issues on specific subjects are published. These special issues contain invited reviews by eminent researchers in the specific field.

p-ISSN: 2165-9281
e-ISSN: 2165-9303
Website: http://journal.sapub.org/mechanics

Abbas Moustafa

Editorial Board Member of International Journal of Mechanics and Applications

Associate Professor, Department of Civil Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Minia University, Egypt

Research Areas

Earthquake Engineering, Seismic Resistant Design of Structures, Design Codes, Structural Reliability, Structural Health Monitoring, Nonlinear Dynamics, Random Vibration

Education

1998-2002	Ph.D	Earthquake Engineering and Structural Reliability, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India (91.25%)
1993-1996	M.Sc	Civil Engineering, Minia University, Minia, Egypt
1987-1992	B.Sc	Civil Engineering, Minia University, Minia, Egypt (86.66% ranked as 1, RC project 98%)

Experience

2011-present	Associate Professor, Department of Civil Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Minia University, Minia 61111, Egypt
2009-2010	Post Doctoral Fellow (JSPS), Department of Urban & Environmental Engineering, Kyoto University, Kyotodaigaku-Katsura, Nishikyo-ku, Kyoto 615-8540, Japan
2008	Post Doctoral Fellow (JSPS), Department of Civil Engineering, Nagasaki University, Nagasaki 852-8521, Japan
2006-2008	Post Doctoral Fellow (Senior Research Associate), Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, School of Engineering, Vanderbilt University, VU Station B# 351831, Nashville 37235, TN, USA
2004-2005	Visiting Faculty, Department of Civil Engineering, Nagasaki University, Nagasaki 852-8521, Japan
2002-2011	Nov 2002-April 2011: Assistant Professor, Department of Civil Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Minia University, Minia 61111, Egypt
1998-2002	Ph. D. Research Scholar, Department of Civil Engineering, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore
1996-2002	Teaching Assistant, Department of Civil Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Minia University, Minia 61111, Egypt
1992-1996	Demonstrator, Department of Civil Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Minia University, Minia 61111, Egypt

Publications: Journals

[1]	Abbas, AM and Manohar CS, (2002). Investigations into critical earthquake load models within deterministic and probabilistic frameworks. Earthquake Engineering & Structural Dynamics, 31, 813-832.
[2]	Abbas, AM and Manohar, CS (2002). Critical spatially-varying earthquake load models for extended structures. Journal of Structural Engineering, 29: 39-52.
[3]	Abbas, AM and Manohar CS, (2005). Reliability-based critical earthquake load models. Part 1: Linear structures. Journal of Sound and Vibration, 287: 865-882.
[4]	Abbas, AM and Manohar, CS (2005). Reliability-based critical earthquake load models. Part 2: Nonlinear structures. Journal of Sound and Vibration, 287: 883-900.
[5]	Abbas AM, Takahashi K and Nakamura, S (2005). Critical earthquake load models for elastic-plastic structures. Journal of Earthquake Engineering, JSCE, 28: 1-10.
[6]	Abbas, AM (2006). Critical seismic load inputs for simple inelastic structures. Journal of Sound and Vibration, 296: 949-967.
[7]	Abbas, AM and Manohar, CS (2007). Reliability-based vector nonstationary random critical earthquake excitations for parametrically excited systems. Structural Safety, 29: 32-48.
[8]	Moustafa, A and Takewaki, I (2009). The use of probabilistic and deterministic measures to identify unfavorable earthquake records. Journal of Zhejiang University, Science A, 10(5): 619-634.
[9]	Moustafa, A (2009). Critical earthquake load inputs for multi-degree-of-freedom inelastic structures. Journal of Sound and Vibration, 325: 532-544.
[10]	Moustafa, A, Mahadevan, S, Daigle, M, and Biswas, G, (2010). Structural and sensor damage identification using the bond graph approach. Structural Control and Health Monitoring, 17: 178-197.
[11]	Fujita, K, Moustafa, A and Takewaki, I (2010). Optimal placement of viscoelastic dampers and supporting members under variable critical excitations. Earthquakes and Structures, 1(1): 43-67.
[12]	Moustafa, A, Ueno, K and Takewaki, I (2010). Critical earthquake loads for SDOF inelastic structures considering evolution of seismic waves. Earthquakes and Structures, 1(2):147-162.
[13]	Moustafa, A and Takewaki, I (2010). Deterministic and probabilistic representation of near-field pulse-like ground motion. Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering, 30: 412-422.
[14]	Moustafa, A and Takewaki, I (2010). Modeling critical strong ground motion sequences on inelastic structures. Advances in Structural Engineering, 13(4): 665-679.
[15]	Moustafa, A (2010). Identification of resonant earthquake ground motion. Indian Academy of Sciences, 35(3): 355-371.
[16]	Moustafa, A and Takewaki, I (2010). Characterization and modeling of near-fault pulse-like strong ground motion via damage-based critical excitation method. Structural Engineering and Mechanics, 34(6): 755-778.
[17]	Moustafa, A and Mahadevan, S (2010). Probabilistic critical earthquake excitations using earthquake response spectra. Asian Journal of Civil Engineering (Building and Housing), 11(3): 295-319.
[18]	Moustafa, A (2011). Damage-based design earthquake loads for SDOF inelastic structures. Journal of Structural Engineering, ASCE, 137(3): 456-467.
[19]	Moustafa A, Takewaki I (2011). Response of nonlinear SDOF structures to random acceleration sequences. Engineering Structures, 33(4) 1251–1258.
[20]	Ueno, K, Fujita, K, Moustafa, A and Takewaki, I (2011). Critical input for inelastic structures under evolving seismic waves. Journal of Structural and Construction Engineering (Transactions of AIJ), 76 (659): 79-87 (in Japanese).
[21]	Moustafa, A and Mahadevan, S (2011). Reliability analysis of uncertain structures using earthquake response spectra. Earthquakes and Structures, in press.

Publications: Conferences/Workshops/Symposiums

[1]	Abbas AM and Manohar CS (2001). A comparative study on deterministic and stochastic critical earthquake load models. Proceedings of the International Conference in Civil Engineering, ICCE 2001, Volume II, Interline publishing, Bangalore, India, pp. 173-180.
[2]	Abbas AM (2001). Site-dependent design earthquake load models for structures. Proceedings of the 8th ICOSSAR, Newport Beach; California, Balkema Publications, pp. 1-8.
[3]	Abbas AM (2003). A revised draft for the Egyptian code for the calculation of earthquake loads on structures. Proceedings of the 5th Alexandria International Conference on Structural and Geotechnical Engineering, pp. ST 153-164, Alexandria, Egypt.
[4]	Abbas, A M, Daigle, M, Roychoudhury, Shantz, C, Biswas, G., Mahadevan, S, Koutsoukos, X (2007). Fault diagnosis of civil structures using the bond graph approach, In proceedings of the International Conference on Bond Graph Modeling (ICBGM 2007), Nashville, TN, USA.
[5]	Fujita, K, Moustafa, A and Takewaki, I (2009). Optimal placement of viscoelastic dampers under uncertain earthquake input. 58th National Congress of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics (NCTAM), Tokyo, Japan, 9-11 June 2009.
[6]	Moustafa, A and Takewaki, I (2009). Damage-based design earthquake loads for sdof inelastic structures. Proceedings of the second International Conference on Computational Methods in Structural Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering, Greece 22-24 June 2009.
[7]	Moustafa, A, Mahadevan, S and Takewaki, I (2009). Bond graph-based qualitative-quantitative health assessment of structures. Proceedings of the second International Conference on Computational Methods in Structural Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering, Greece 22-24 June 2009.
[8]	Moustafa, A and Takahashi, K (2009). Critical earthquake load inputs for multi-degree-of-freedom inelastic structures. Proceedings of the 10th Conference on Structural safety and Reliability, 13-17 September, Osaka, Japan.
[9]	Moustafa, A and Takewaki, I (2009). Implication of earthquake and structural parameters on damage of inelastic structures. Proceedings of the 13th International Conference on Structural and Geotechnical Engineering, 27-29 December 2009, Cairo, Egypt.
[10]	Moustafa, A, (2009). Egypt seismicity and national seismic network. Proceedings of the 13th International Conference on Structural and Geotechnical Engineering, 27-29 December 2009, Cairo, Egypt.
[11]	Moustafa, A, Takewaki I, Wijeyewickrema (2010). Selection of earthquake records for time-history analysis of structures. Joint 7th International Conference on Urban Earthquake Engineering and 5th International Conference on Earthquake Engineering, 3-5 March, Tokyo, Japan.

Publications: Books/Book Chapters