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Professor Ahmed A. A. Khdeir

Mechanical Engineering Department
King Saud University, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

Education:
1986 – Ph.D. Engineering Mechanics, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (VPISU)
1982 – M.Sc. Engineering Mechanics, VPISU
1981 – B.Sc. Civil Engineering, University of Jordan, Amman, Jordan

Career:
2002 – present: Professor, Dept. of Mechanical Engineering, King Saud University, Saudi Arabia
1998 – 2002 Associate Professor, Dept. of Mechanical Engineering, King Saud University
1997 – 1998 Associate Professor, Dept. of Civil Engineering Birzeit University, Palestine
1992 – 1997 Assistant and Associate Professor, Dept Civil Engineering, Middle East Technical University, Ankara, Turkey
1989 – 1990 Assistant Professor Dept. of Mechanical Engineering, Kuwait University Kuwait
1987 – 1989 Assistant Professor, Dept. of Engineering Science and Mechanics, VPISU

Research Interests:
Theories of plates, shells, beams and arches of laminated composites & higher-order theories;
Thermoelastic behavior of composite structures;
Stochastic and dynamic response of laminated composite structural systems;
Vibrations and nonlinear oscillations of continuous and discrete systems: analytical and numerical;
Elastic stability of composite structures;
Piezoelectric smart materials and structures.

Selected publications:
''Thermoelastic Response of Cross-Ply Laminated Shells based on a Rigorous Shell Theory”, A. A. Khdeir, Journal of Thermal Stresses, Vol. 35, No. 11, November 2012, pp. 1000-1017.

''Comparative Dynamic and Static Studies for Cross-Ply Shells Based on a Deep Thick Shell Theory”, Ahmed Adel Khdeir, International Journal of Vehicle Noise and Vibration, Vol. 7, No. 4, Dec. 2011, pp.306-327.

''Exact Analysis for Static Response of Cross Ply Laminated Smart Shells”, A. A. Khdeir and O. J. Aldraihem, Composite Structures, Vol. 94, No. 1, Dec. 2011, pp. 92-101.

“Analysis of Smart Cross-Ply Laminated Shells with Shear Piezoelectric Actuators”, A. A. Khdeir and O. J. Aldraihem, Smart Materials and Structures, Vol. 20, No. 10, Oct. 2011, 105030

”Thermally Induced Vibrations of Cross-Ply Laminated Shallow Shells", A. A.Khdeir, Acta Mechanica, Vol. 151, 2001, pp. 135-147

“Thermal Buckling of Cross-Ply Laminated Composite Beams", A. A. Khdeir, Acta Mechanica, Vol. 149, 2001, pp. 201-213

"Analysis of the Dynamic Response of Cross-Ply Laminated Shallow Shells with Various Boundary Conditions", A. A. Khdeir, Journal of King Saud University (Engineering Sciences), Vol. 12, 2000, pp. 85-115

"Buckling of Cross-Ply Laminated Beams with Arbitrary Boundary Conditions", A. A. Khdeir and J. N. Reddy, Composite Structures, Vol. 37, 1997, pp. 1-3

"Thermoelastic Analysis of Cross-Ply Laminated Circular Cylindrical Shells", A. A. Khdeir, International Journal of Solids and Structures, Vol. 33, 1996, pp. 4007-4017

"A Remark on the State-Space Concept Applied to Bending, Buckling and Free Vibration of Composite Laminates", A. A. Khdeir, Computers and Structures, Vol. 59, 1996, pp. 813-817

"Dynamic Response of Cross-Ply Laminated Circular Cylindrical Shells with Various Boundary Conditions", A. A. Khdeir, Acta Mechanica, Vol. 112, 1995, pp. 117-134

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