Amjad J. Aref
PhD
Research Topics
Structural engineering; earthquake engineering; applied and computational mechanics; and multiphysics problems
- A. B. M. Tahidul Haque, Ratiba Ghachi, Jongmin Shim, Amjad Aref, W. Alnahhal. (2018). “Sagittal plane waves in periodic multi--layered composites composed of alternating viscoelastic and elastic solids.” ASME, Journal of Applied Mechanics. Vol. 85 041001-1:15
- Enrique Morales, Andre Filiatrault, Amjad Aref. (2018). “Seismic Floor Isolation Using Recycled Tires for Essential Buildings in Developing Countries,” Bulletin of Earthquake Engineering. 16 (12), 6299--6333.
- A. B. M. Tahidul Haque, Ratiba Ghachi, Jongmin Shim, Amjad Aref, W. Alnahhal. (2018). “Hybrid Split Hopkinson Pressure Bar to Identify Impulse--dependent Wave Characteristics of Viscoelastic Phononic Crystals .” Experimental Mechanics. 59 (1), 95-109
- Yarmohammadi, F, Rafiee-Dehkharghani, R, Behnia, C A. Aref, (2018). “Topology optimization of jet--grouted overlapping columns for mitigation of train--induced ground vibrations,” Construction & Building Materials. 190, 838--850.
- Samadzad, M., Rafiee-Dehkharghani, R., Aref, A. (2019). “A joint-based wave propagation approach for forced response analysis of large frames subjected to low and high frequency loadings.“ International Journal of Structural Stability and Dynamics, Vol. 19, No. 07, 1950075.
- Ghofrani, F., Pathak, A., Mohammadi, R., Aref, A., & He, Q. (2019). Predicting rail defect frequency: An integrated approach using fatigue modeling and data analytics. Computer Aided Civil and Infrastructure Engineering 1-15. DOI: 10.1111/mice.12453.
- Mohammadi, R., He, Q., Ghofrani, F., Pathak, A., & Aref, A. (2019). Exploring the impact of foot--by--foot track geometry on the occurrence of rail defects. Transportation research part C: emerging technologies, 102, 153-172.
- Yarmohammadi, F., Rafiee-Dehkharghani, R., Behnia, C., Aref, A. (2019). “Design of wave barriers for mitigation of train–induced vibrations using a coupled genetic--algorithm finite-element methodology.” Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering, 121, 262-275.
- Adlakha, R., Moghaddaszadeh, M., Attarzadeh, M.A. Aref, A, Nouh, M. (2020). Frequency selective wave beaming in nonreciprocal acoustic phased arrays. Scientific Reports 10 (1), pages 1-14. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598--020--77489--x
- RF Ghachi, WI Alnahhal, O Abdeljaber, J Renno, ABM Tahidul Haque, Jongmin Shim, Amjad Aref. (2020). Optimization of Viscoelastic Metamaterials for Vibration Attenuation Properties International Journal of Applied Mechanics 12 (10)
- Pathak, A., Pawnday, A., Roy, A. P., Aref, A. J., Dargush, G. F., & Bansal, D. (2021). MCBTE: A variance-reduced Monte Carlo solution of the linearized Boltzmann transport equation for phonons. Computer Physics Communications, 265, 108003.