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Professor Abdul-Ghani Olabi

Career:
2018-present: Chair of Sustainable and Renewable Energy, University of Sharjah, United Arab Emerates
2018: School of Engineering and Applied Science, Aston University, Birmingham, UK
2013-2018: Institute for Engineering and Industrial Management, University of the West of Scotland, UK
2002-2013: School of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering, Dublin City University, Ireland

Selected Publications:
Morris, E., Olabi, A. G. and Hashmi, M. S. J. [2006] Analysis of nested tube type energy absorbers with different indenters and exterior constraints,” Thin-Walled Structures 44(8), 872–885.
Morris E., Olabi A.G., Hashmi M.S.J.: Lateral crushing of circular and non-circular tube systems under quasi-static conditions. J. Mater. Process. Technol. 191, 132–135 (2007)
Olabi AG, Morris E, Hashmi MSJ. Metallic tube type energy absorbers: a synopsis. Thin-Walled Structures 2007;45:706-726.
Olabi A.G., Morris E., Hashmi M.S.J., Gilchrist M.D.: Optimized design of nested oblong tube energy absorbers under lateral impact loading. Int. J. Impact Eng. 35, 10–26 (2008)
Olabi A.G., Morris E., Hashmi M.S.J. et al.: Optimised design of nested circular tube energy absorbers under lateral impact loading. Int. J. Mech. Sci. 50, 104–116 (2008)
A. Alaswad and A.G. Olabi. A numerical study of the effect of geometrical factors on bi-layered tube hydroforming, 7th European LS-DYNA Conference, Salzburg, Austria, 2009.
N.S. Rossini, M. Dassisti, K.Y. Benyounis, A.G. Olabi, Methods of measuring residual stresses in components, Materials and Design, 35 (2012) 572-588.
A. Baroutaji, A.G. Olabi, Lateral collapse of short-length sandwich tubes compressed by different indenters and exposed to external constraints, Materwiss Werksttech, 45 (2014)
Baroutaji A., Morris E., Olabi A.G.: Quasi-static response and multi-objective crashworthiness optimization of oblong tube under lateral loading. Thin Walled Struct. 82, 262–277 (2014)
A. Baroutaji, M.D. Gilchrist, D. Smyth and A.G. Olabi, “Analysis and optimization of sandwich tubes energy absorbers under lateral loading”, International Journal of Impact Engineering, Vol. 82, pp 74-88, August 2015
Baroutaji A., Gilchrist M.D., Smyth D., Olabi A.G.: Crush analysis and multi-objective optimization design for circular tube under quasi-static lateral loading. Thin Walled Struct. 86, 121–131 (2015)
A. Baroutaji, M.D. Gilchrist and A.G. Olabi, “Quasi-static, impact and energy absorption of internally nested tubes subjected to lateral loading”, Thin-Walled Structures, Vol. 98, Part B, pp 337-350, January 2016
Baroutaji, A, Sajjia, M, Olabi, A-G. Metallic thin-walled tubes for crashworthiness applications: a reference guide. United Kingdom: Elsevier Ltd., 2017.
Ahmad Baroutaji, Mustafa Sajjia and Abdul-Ghani Olabi, “On the crashworthiness performance of thin-walled energy absorbers: Recent advances and future developments”, Thin-Walled Structures, Vol. 118, pp 137-163, September 2017
H. Nikkhah, A. Baroutaji, A.G. Olabi, Crashworthiness design and optimisation of windowed tubes under axial impact loading, Thin-Walled Struct, 142 (2019), pp. 132-148
A. Baroutaji, A. Arjunan, A. Niknejad, T. Tran, A.-G. Olabi, Application of Cellular Material in Crashworthiness Applications: An Overview, Ref Modul Mater Sci Mater Eng (2019)
Reza Shams, Abbas Niknejad, Abdul Ghani Olabi and Mohammad Zamani Nejad, “Quasi-static flattening energy absorption process on preformed circular tubes by numerical and experimental analyses”, Article 106260, Thin-Walled Structures, Vol. 144, November 2019
Ahmad Baroutaji, Arun Arjunan, Mark Stanford, John Robinson and Abdul Ghani Olabi, “Deformation and energy absorption of additively manufactured functionally graded thickness thin-walled circular tubes under lateral crushing”, Engineering Structures, Vol. 226, Article 111324 1 January 2021

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