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Professor Ashraf A. El Damatty

Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
University of Western Ontario

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Prof. Ashraf A. El Damatty

Education:
Ph.D. Structural Engineering, McMaster University (1995)
M.Sc. Structural Engineering, Cairo University (1990)
B.Sc. Civil Engineering, Cairo University (1986)

Research Interests:
Dr. El Damatty research interests lie in the general area of structural engineering with emphasis on wind-related structural problems, effects of tornadoes and downbursts on transmission line structures, analysis and design of shell type structures, seismic analysis of liquid-filled containers, structural control, structural optimization, and fluid-structure interaction problems.

Professional Activities:
• Co-Editor in-chief of Wind and Structures, International Journal
• Research Director of WindEEE Research Institute
• Member of the Board of Governors of the Canadian Society of Civil Engineers (CSCE)
• Member of Public Infrastructure Engineering Vulnerability Committee (PIEVC) of Engineers Canada
• Member of the ASCE-74, Guidelines for Electrical Transmission Line Structural Loading
• Chair of Sanderson Awards Committee, CSCE
• Past Vice-Chair of London Chapter of the Canadian Society of Civil Engineering (CSCE)
• Founder and Ex-Chair of CSCE Steel Structures Committee
• Member of the Structural Technical Committee of the CSCE
• Member of CSCE Education and Research Committee
• Member of the Association of Professional Engineers in Ontario
• Member of the Egyptian Engineering Syndicate
• Associate Member of the Boundary Layer Wind Tunnel Laboratory
• Associate Member of the Geotechnical Research Centre
• Member of International Advisory board for a Number of National and International Conferences


Selected Publications:
 Ahmed Musa and Ashraf El Damatty, “Effect of geometric imperfections on the capacity of conical steel tanks under hydrodynamic pressure”, Conference: Canadian Society for Civil Engineering (CSCE) at London, Ontario, Canada, June 2016
 Ahmed Musa and Ashraf A. El Damatty, “Capacity of liquid steel conical tanks under hydrodynamic pressure due to horizontal ground excitations”, Thin-Walled Structures, Vol. 103, pp 157-170, June 2016
 Ahmed Musa and Ashraf A. El Damatty (Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Western University, London, Canada N6A 5B9), “Capacity of liquid-filled steel conical tanks under vertical ground excitation”, Thin-Walled Structures, Vol. 103, pp 199-210, June 2016
 Jolie, M., El Ansary, A.M. and El Damatty, A.A., “Seismic Analysis of Elevated Pure Conical Tanks under Vertical Excitation”, Canadian Journal of Civil Engineering, 41(10), pp. 909-917, 2014.
 Jolie, M., Hassan, M.M., and El Damatty, A.A., “Assessment of Current Design Procedures for Conical Tanks under Seismic Loading”, Canadian Journal for Civil Engineering, 40(12): 1151-1163, July 2013
 Siddique, M.A.A. and El Damatty, A.A., “Improvement of Local Buckling Behaviour of Steel Beams through bonding GFRP Plates”, Journal of Composite Structures, Vol. 96, pp. 44-56, Feb. 2013.
 Siddique, M.A.A. and El Damatty, A. A., “Enhancement of Buckling Capacity of Steel Plates Strengthened with GFRP plates, Journal of Thin-Walled Structures, 50, pp. 154-162, 2012.
 Hafez, G., El Ansary, A.M. and El Damatty, A.A., “Effect of Wind Loads on the Stability of Conical Tanks”, Canadian Journal for Civil Engineers, 38:(4), pp. 444-454, 2011

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