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Professor Ali Limam

URGC-Structures, INSA de Lyon, 20 Ave Albert Einstein, 69 621, Villeurbanne, France

Selected publications:

A. Limam, Flambage de coques cylindriques sous combinaison de chargements. Pression interne et compression axiale (Buckling of cylindrical shells under combined loads. Internal pressure and axial compression). PhD Thesis, INSA Lyon, 1991

J.F. Jullien and A. Limam (Research Unit of Civil Engineering, Institut National des Sciences Appliquées, Lyon, France), “Effects of openings of the buckling of cylindrical shells subjected to axial compression”, Thin-Walled Structures, Vol. 31, Nos. 1-3, May 1998, pp. 187-202, doi:10.1016/S0263-8231(98)00003-2

J.F. Jullien, A. Limam and G. Gusic (URGC Bât 304, INSA de Lyon 69621 Villeurbanne, France), “Cylindrical Shells Buckling Under External Pressure — Influence of Localised Thickness Variation”, Advances in Steel Structures (ICASS '99), Proceedings of The Second International Conference on Advances in Steel Structures 15–17 December 1999, Hong Kong, China, 1999, pp. 613-619, doi:10.1016/B978-008043015-7/50072-5

Michel G., Limam A., Jullien J.F., Buckling of Cylindrical Shells under Static and Dynamic Shear Loading. Engng. Struct., 22, 535-543 (2000).

M. Jamal (1), L. Lahlou (1), M. Midani (1), H. Zahrouni (2), A. Limam (3), N. Damil (1) and
M. Potier-Ferry (2)
(1) Faculté des sciences Ben M’Sik, Laboratoire de Calcul Scientifique en Mécanique, Université Hassan II––Mohammedia, B.P. 7955, Sidi Othman, Casablanca, Morocco
(2) LPMM, UMR CNRS 7554, ISGMP, Université de Metz, Ile du Saulcy, 57045, Metz Cedex 01, France
(3) INSA Lyon, URGC––Structures, Bât. 304-20, avenue Albert Einstein, 69621, Villeurbanne Cedex, France
“A semi-analytical buckling analysis of imperfect cylindrical shells under axial compression”, International Journal of Solids and Structures, Vol. 40, No. 5, March 2003, pp. 1311-1327,

Abdellatif Khamlichi, Mohammed Bezzazi, Larbi Elbakkali, and Ali Limam, “Effet des imperfections géométriques sur la stabilité des coques élastiques cylindriques, Canadian Journal of Civil Engineering; Feb 2004, Vol. 31 Issue 1, p27

A. Khamlichi (1), M. Bezzazi (2) and A. Limam (3)
(1) Testing Department, Plastex Maroc SA, BP 342 Zone Industrielle, Tangier 90000, Morocco
(2) LGCMS, Département de Physique, FSTT, BP 416, Tangier 90000, Morocco
(3) URGC-Structures, INSA de Lyon, 20 Ave Albert Einstein, 69 621, Villeurbanne, France
“Buckling of elastic cylindrical shells considering the effect of localized axisymmetric imperfections”, Thin-Walled Structures, Vol. 42, No. 7, July 2004, pp. 1035-1047, doi:10.1016/j.tws.2004.03.008


C. Mathon and A. Limam (URGC-Structures, INSA-Lyon, Bât. Joseph Charles Augustin Coulomb, 69621 Villeurbanne Cedex, France), “Experimental collapse of thin cylindrical shells submitted to internal pressure and pure bending”, Thin-Walled Structures, Vol. 44, No.1, January 2006, pp. 39-50,
doi:10.1016/j.tws.2005.09.006

A. Limam and C. Mathon (LGCIE INSA-Lyon, Villeurbanne Cedex, France)
A. Combescure and J.F. Jullien (LaMCoS INSA-Lyon, Villeurbanne Cedex, France)
“Buckling of thin-walled pressurized cylinders under bending load”, in Structures and Granular Solids edited by Chen, et al, Taylor & Francis Group, London, 2008, ISBN 978-0-415-47594-5

Jalal El Bahaoui (1), Abdellatif Khamlichi (1), Larbi El Bakkali (1) and Ali Limam (2)
(1) Modeling and Simulation of Mechanical Systems Laboratory, Department of Physics, Faculty of Sciences at Tetouan, University Abdelmalek Essaadi, BP 2121, M’hannech, 93002, Tetouan, Morocco
(2) Laboratory of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Department of Civil Engineering and Urbanism, National Institute of Applied Sciences at Lyon, Albert Einstein Avenue, Villeurbanne 69662, France, “Reliability Assessment of Buckling Strength for Compressed Cylindrical Shells with Interacting Localized Geometric Imperfections”, American J. of Engineering and Applied Sciences 3 (4): 620-628, 2010.

Khamlichi, A., J. El Bahaoui, L. El Bakkali, M. Bezzazi and A. Limam, 2010. Effect of two interacting localized defects on the critical load for thin cylindrical shells under axial compression. Am. J. Eng. Applied Sci., 3: 464-469. http://www.scipub.org/fulltext/ajeas/ajeas32464- 469.pdf

A. Limam, L.-H. Lee, E. Corona, and S. Kyriakides, “Inelastic wrinkling and collapse of tubes under combined bending and internal pressure,” International Journal of Mechanical Sciences, vol. 52, pp. 637–647, May 2010.

Da Silva, A., and Limam, A., 2010, “Buckling of Thin Cylindrical Shells Under Combined Loads: Bending, Compression and Internal Pressure,” Proceedings of the 16th US National Congress of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics, USNCTAM2010-552, State College, PA, June 27–July 2.

Limam A., Lee-L-H & Kyriakides S. (2010). "On the collapse of dented tubes under combined bending and internal pressure" International Journal of Mechanical Sciences, 55, 1-12.

Limam Ali (1), El Bahaoui Jalal (2), Khamlichi Abdellatif (2) and El Bakkali Larbi (2)
(1) Laboratory of Civil and Environmental Engineering, National Institute of Applied Sciences at Lyon, Albert Einstein Avenue, Villeurbanne 69662, France
(2) Modelling and Simulation of Mechanical Systems Laboratory, Faculty of Sciences at Tetouan, University Abdelmalek Essaadi, BP. 2121, M’hannech 93002, Tetouan, Morocco
“Effect of multiple localized geometric imperfections on stability of thin axisymmetric cylindrical shells under axial compression”, International Journal of Solids and Structures, Vol. 48, No. 6, March 2011, pp. 1034-1043,
doi:10.1016/j.ijsolstr.2010.12.007

Da Silva, A., Limam, A., Lorioux, F., Radulovic, S., Taponier, V., and Leudiere, V., 2012, “Buckling of Thin Pressurized Cylinders Under Pure Bending or Axial Compression: Rocket Launcher Applications,” Proceedings of the 12th European Conference on Space Structures, Materials and Environmental Testing, ESTEC, L. Ouwehand, ed., Noordwijk, The Netherlands, pp. 1–6.

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