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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