Publications

Refereed Journal Papers

 

  1. Abushanab, A., & Alnahhal, W. (2022). Performance of sustainable concrete incorporating treated domestic wastewater, RCA, and fly ash. Construction and Building Materials, 329, 127118 (Corresponding Author).
  2. El Refai, A., Alnahhal, W., Al-Hamrani, A., & Hamed, S. (2022). Shear performance of basalt fiber-reinforced concrete beams reinforced with BFRP bars. Composite Structures, 288, 115443 (Corresponding Author).
  3. Abushanab, A., Alnahhal, W., & Farraj, M. (2022). Experimental and finite element studies on the structural behavior of BFRC continuous beams reinforced with BFRP bars. Composite Structures, 281, 114982 (Corresponding Author).
  4. Ghachi, R. F., Mohamed, A. S., Renno, J., & Alnahhal, W. (2022). Application of Metastructures for Targeted Low-Frequency Vibration Suppression in Plates. Journal of Vibration Engineering & Technologies, 1-11.
  5. Eltantawi, I., Alnahhal, W., El Refai, A., Younis, A., Alnuaimi, N., & Kahraman, R. (2022). Bond performance of tensile lap-spliced basalt-FRP reinforcement in high-strength concrete beams. Composite Structures, 281, 114987(Corresponding Author).
  6. Wakjira, T. G., Al-Hamrani, A., Ebead, U., & Alnahhal, W. (2022). Shear capacity prediction of FRP-RC beams using single and ensenble ExPlainable Machine learning models. Composite Structures, 287, 115381 (Corresponding Author).
  7. Abushanab, A., Alnahhal, W. I. (2021). Combined effects of treated domestic wastewater, fly ash, and calcium nitrite toward concrete sustainability. Journal of Building Engineering, DOI: 10.1016/j.jobe.2021.103240 (Corresponding Author).
  8. Abushanab, A., Alnahhal, I., Sohail, M. G., Alnuaimi, N. A. N. J., Kahraman, R., Altayeh, N. (2021). Mechanical and durability properties of ultra-high performance steel FRC made with discarded materials. Journal of Building Engineering, DOI: 10.1016/j.jobe.2021.103264 (Corresponding Author).
  9. Abushanab, A., Alnahhal, W. I. (2021). Numerical Parametric Investigation on the Moment Redistribution of Basalt FRC Continuous Beams with Basalt FRP Bars. Composite Structures, DOI: 10.1016/j.compstruct.2021.114618 (Corresponding Author).
  10. Al-Hamrani, A., & Alnahhal, W. (2021). Shear behavior of basalt FRC beams reinforced with basalt FRP bars and glass FRP stirrups: Experimental and analytical investigations. Engineering Structures, 242, 112612. DOI: 10.1016/j.engstruct.2021.112612 (Corresponding Author).
  11. Taha, A., & Alnahhal, W. (2021). Bond durability and service life prediction of BFRP bars to steel FRC under aggressive environmental conditions. Composite Structures, 269, 114034 (Corresponding Author).
  12. Al-Hamrani, A., Alnahhal, W. I., Elahtem, A. (2021). Shear Behavior of Green Concrete Beams Reinforced with Basalt FRP Bars and Stirrups. Composite Structures, 114619. DOI: 10.1016/j.compstruct.2021.114619 (Corresponding Author).
  13. Abushanab, A., Alnahhal, W., & Farraj, M. (2021). Structural performance and moment redistribution of basalt FRC continuous beams reinforced with basalt FRP bars. Engineering Structures, 240, 112390.
  14. Al-Hamrani, A., Kucukvar, M., Alnahhal, W., Mahdi, E. and Onat, N.C., (2021). Green Concrete for a Circular Economy: A Review on Sustainability, Durability, and Structural Properties. Materials, 14(2), p.351.
  15. Renno, J., Sassi, S., & Alnahhal, W. I. (2021). Calculating the response of waveguides to base excitation using the wave and finite element method. Journal of Vibration and Control, 1077546320981315.
  16. Sohail, M. G., Kahraman, R., Al Nuaimi, N., Gencturk, B., & Alnahhal, W. (2021). Durability characteristics of high and ultra-high performance concrete. Journal of Building Engineering, 33, 101669.
  17. Sohail, M. G., Alnahhal, W., Taha, A., & Abdelaal, K. (2020). Sustainable alternative aggregates: Characterization and influence on mechanical behavior of basalt fiber reinforced concrete. Construction and Building Materials, 255, 119365 (Corresponding Author).
  18. Ghachi, R. , Alnahhal, W. , Abdeljaber, O., Renno, J., Haque, A., Shim, J., & Aref, A. (2020). Optimization of Viscoelastic Metamaterials for Vibration Attenuation Properties. International Journal of Applied Mechanics, 2050116.
  19. Attia, K., El Refai, A., & Alnahhal, W. (2020). Flexural Behavior of Basalt Fiber–Reinforced Concrete Slab Strips with BFRP Bars: Experimental Testing and Numerical Simulation. Journal of Composites for Construction, 24(2), 04020007.
  20. Sohail, M. G., Kahraman, R., Alnuaimi, N. A., Gencturk, B., Alnahhal, W., Dawood, M., & Belarbi, A. (2020). Electrochemical behavior of mild and corrosion resistant concrete reinforcing steels. Construction and Building Materials, 232, 117205.
  21. Taha, A., Alnahhal, W., & Alnuaimi, N. (2020). Bond durability of basalt FRP bars to fiber reinforced concrete in a saline environment. Composite Structures, 243, 112277 (Corresponding Author).
  22. Tahidul H., Ghachi Ratiba, Alnahhal W., Aref A, Shim J. (2019) “Hybrid Split Hopkinson Pressure Bar to Identify Impulse-dependent Wave Characteristics of Viscoelastic Phononic Crystals”, Experimental Mechanics, 59(1), pp.95-109.
  23. Attia, K., Alnahhal, W., ElRefai, A, Rihan, Y., (2019). Flexural behavior of basalt fiber-reinforced concrete beams reinforced with BFRP and GFRP bars. Composite Structures, 211, 1-12 (Corresponding Author).
  24. Alnahhal, W., Aref, A., (2019). Numerical Evaluation of Dynamic Response by using Modified Newmark’s Method. Jordan Journal of Civil Engineering, v 13, no. 1 (Corresponding Author).
  25. Tahidul H., Ghachi Ratiba, Alnahhal W., Aref A, Shim J. (2018) Sagittal Plane Waves in Infinitely Periodic Multilayered Composites Composed of Alternating Viscoelastic and Elastic Solids. J. Appl. Mech., v 85, no (4), p.041001.
  26. Alnahhal, W., & Aljidda, O. (2018). Flexural behavior of basalt fiber reinforced concrete beams with recycled concrete coarse aggregates. Construction and Building Materials, 169, 165-178 (Corresponding Author).
  27. Alnahhal, W., Taha, R., Alnuaimi, N., & Al-Hamrani, A. (2019), “Properties of Fibre Reinforced Concrete Made with Discarded Materials”, Magazine of Concrete Research, DOI:10.1680/jmacr.17.00293 (Corresponding Author).
  28. Alnahhal, W., Taha, R., Al-Nasseri, H., & Nishad, S. (2017), “Effect of using cement kiln dust as a nano-material on the strength of cement mortars”, KSCE Journal of Civil Engineering, 22(4), 1361-1368, DOI: 10.1007/s12205-017-0010-6 (Corresponding Author).
  29. Tahidul H., Ghachi Ratiba, Alnahhal W., Aref A, Shim J. (2017), “Generalized Spatial Aliasing Solution for the Dispersion Analysis of Infinitely Periodic Multilayered Composites Using the Finite Element Method”, ASME Journal of Vibration and Acoustics, 139(5).
  30. Alaa H Hawari, Wael Alnahhal (2016), “Predicting the performance of multi-media filters using artificial neural networks”, Water Science and Technology, v 74, DOI: 10.2166/wst.2016.380.
  31. Tahidul H., Ghachi Ratiba, Alnahhal W., Aref A, Shim J. (2019) “Hybrid Split Hopkinson Pressure Bar to Identify Impulse-dependent Wave Characteristics of Viscoelastic Phononic Crystals”, Experimental Mechanics, 59(1), pp.95-109.
  32. Alnahhal, W., and Aref, A.J (2008), “Structural performance of hybrid fiber reinforced polymer- concrete bridge superstructure systems”, Journal of Composite Structures, v 84, n 4, pp 319-336 (Corresponding Author).
  33. Alnahhal, W., Aref, A. and Alampalli, S. (2008). “Composite Behavior of Hybrid FRP-Concrete Bridge Decks on Steel Girders.”, Journal of Composite Structures, v 84, n 1, pp 29-43 (Corresponding Author).
  34. Alnahhal, W., Chiewanichakorn, M., Kitane, Y., Aref, A.J., and Alampalli, S. (2007). “Simulations of Structural Behavior of Fiber Reinforced Polymer Bridge Deck under Thermal Effects”, International Journal of Materials and Product Technology, v 28, n 1/2, pp 122-140 (Corresponding Author).
  35. Aref, A.J., and Alnahhal, W. (2007), “Experimental Evaluation of a Hybrid FRP-Concrete Bridge Superstructure System Under Negative Moment Flexural Loads”, Jordan Journal of Civil Engineering, V 1, n 4, pp 336-342.
  36. Alnahhal, W., Aref, A.J., and Chiewanichakorn, M. (2006), “Temporal Thermal Behavior and Damage Simulations of FRP Deck”, Journal of Bridge Engineering, ASCE, v 11, n 4, pp 452- 465 (Corresponding Author).

Articles in Refereed Conference Proceedings

 

  1. Abushanab, A., & Alnahhal, W. (2022). Characteristics of Concrete Made with Treated Domestic Wastewater. In Proceedings of 2021 4th International Conference on Civil Engineering and Architecture(pp. 231-235). Springer, Singapore.
  2. Abushanab, A., Alnahhal, W. (2020). Performance of Basalt Fiber Reinforced Continuous Beams with Basalt FRP Bars. 3rd International Conference on Civil Engineering and Architecture (ICCEA 2020) 28-30 June 2020, Compiègne, France, IOP Conference Series: Materials Science and Engineering (Vol. 910, p. 12004).
  3. Fatma, G. R., Alnahhal, W. I., Abdeldjaber, O. (2020). Cantilever Beam Metastructure for Passive Broadband Vibration Suppression. Doha: Qatar Univesrity Press.
  4. Sohail, M. G., Kahraman, R., Alnuaimi, N. A. N. J., Alnahhal, W. I., Wasee, M. (2020). High and Ultra-high Performance Concretes: A Solution to Reinforced Concrete Durability under Harsh Climate of Arabian Gulf. Qatar University Press.
  5. Ghachi, R. F., Alnahhal, W. I. (2018) “Numerical study of the attenuation properties of viscoelastic metamaterials” IOP Conference Series: Materials Science and Engineering (Vol. 380, No. 1, p. 012002). IOP Publishing.
  6. Ghachi, R. F., Alnahhal, W. I. (2018) “Experimental study of the attenuation properties of metal-viscoelastic bi-layered materials” IOP Conference Series: Materials Science and Engineering (Vol. 380, No. 1, p. 012002). IOP Publishing.
  7. Taha, A., Alnahhal, W. I., Rihan, Y. (2017) “Influence of FRP Reinforcement Ratio on Flexural Behavior of Concrete One-Way Slabs”, of the Sixth International Conference on Advances in Civil, Structural and Environmental Engineering-ACSEE 2017, Rome, Italy, 9-10 December 2017. doi: 10.15224/ 978-1-63248-139-9-32.
  8. Aljidda, O., Alnahhal, W. I. (2017) “Influence of Replacement Ratio of Recycled Concrete Aggregates on Flexural Behavior of Concrete Beams”, of the Sixth International Conference on Advances in Civil, Structural and Environmental Engineering-ACSEE 2017, Rome, Italy, 9-10 December 2017. doi: 10.15224/ 978-1-63248-139-9-33.
  9. Al-Hamrani, A., Alnahhal, W., Alnuaimi, N. (2017). “Shear Behavior of Fiber Reinforced Concrete Beams Reinforced with Basalt FRP Bars”, of the Sixth International Conference on Advances in Civil, Structural and Environmental Engineering-ACSEE 2017, Rome, Italy, 9-10 December 2017. doi: 10.15224/ 978-1-63248-139-9-29.
  10. Alnahhal, W. (2017). Behaviour of fibre reinforced concrete using steel slag coarse aggregate produced in Qatar. International Conference on Advances in Sustainable Construction Materials & Civil Engineering Systems (ASCMCES-17), University of Sharjah, UAE, MATEC Web of Conferences (vol. 120).
  11. Alnahhal, W., ElRefai, A. (2016). “Behavior of Fiber Reinforced Concrete Using Recycled Concrete Aggregate in Qatar”, International Conference on Infrastructure Management, Assessment and Rehabilitation Techniques, American University of Sharjah, UAE, 6-8 March 2016.
  12. Alnahhal, W., (2015). “An Analytical Study of FRP-Concrete Bridge Superstructures” International Conference on Civil, Infrastructure and Urban Engineering, Vancouver-Canada, August 6-8, 2015.
  13. Alnahhal, W., (2014). “Preliminary Optimization of Hybrid FRP-Concrete Bridge Systems” Scientific Cooperation International Workshops on Engineering Branches, Koc University, Istanbul, 8-9 August 2014.
  14. Warn, G., Alnahhal, W., and Aref, A. (2010). “Analytical and Experimental Studies of Hybrid FRP–Concrete Bridge Systems.” Fiber Reinforced Polymer (FRP) Composites for Infrastructure Applications Conference, San Francisco, November 4-6, 2009.
  15. Alnahhal, W., and Aref, A.J., (2008), “Experimental and Analytical Evaluation of Hybrid FRP-Concrete Bridge Deck System”, ACMBS-V, Winnipeg, Canada, September 2008.
  16. Aref, A. and Alnahhal, W., (2007), “Development of Hybrid FRP-Concrete Bridge Deck System,” SAMPE ’07, Baltimore, Maryland, June 3-7, 2007.
  17. Alnahhal, W. I., Aref A.J., and Alampalli, S. (2007. “Composite Action of FRP decks on Steel Girders”, ASNT 16th Annual Research Symposium Program Dates: March 27-29, 2007.
  18. Aref, A.J., and Alnahhal, W. I. (2007), “Nonlinear Behavior of Hybrid FRP-Concrete Bridge Deck and Superstructure Systems”, 8th International Symposium on Fiber Reinforced Polymer Reinforcement for Concrete Structures (FRPRCS-8), Patras, Greece July 16-18, 2007.
  19. Alnahhal, W.I., Chiewanichakorn, Alampalli, S., and Aref, A.J. (2006), “Simulations of Fire Temporal Thermal Behaviour of Fibre Reinforced Polymer Bridge Decks”, Conference Proceedings, The Eighth International Conference on Computational Structures Technology (CST 2006), Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain, September 12-15, 2006.
  20. Alnahhal, W. I., Aref, A.J., and Alampalli, S. (2006), “Experimental Evaluation of a Hybrid FRP-Concrete Bridge Deck on Steel Girders”, 43rd Annual Technical Meeting Society of Engineering Science (SES 2006), University Park, Pennsylvania, August 13-16, 2006.
  21. Alnahhal, W. I., Aref, A.J., and Alampalli, S. (2006), “Evaluation of A Hybrid FRP-Concrete Bridge Deck on Steel Girders”, 15th Annual Research Symposium of ASNT, Orlando, Florida, March 13-17, 2006.
  22. Chiewanichakorn, M., Alnahhal, W.I., and Aref, A.J. (2006), “Thermal Analyses of Fiber Reinforced Polymer Bridge Deck Systems”, Conference Proceedings, Earth & Space 2006– 10th ASCE Aerospace Division International Conference on Engineering, Construction and Operations in Challenging Environments, Houston, Texas, March 5-8, 2006.
  23. Alnahhal, W. I., Aref, A.J., and Alampalli, S. (2005), “Performance of A Hybrid FRP-Concrete Bridge Superstructure System”, ASNT Fall Conference & Quality Testing Show 2005, Columbus, OH, October 17-21,2005.
  24. Aref, A.J., Chiewanichakorn, M., Alampalli, S., Alnahhal, W.I., and Kitane, Y. (2005), “On the Temporal Thermal Behavior of Fiber Reinforced Polymer Bridge Decks”, The Fourth Middle East Symposium on Structural Composites for Infrastructure Applications 2005 (MESC 2005), Alexandria, Egypt, May 20-23, 2005.

Books and Technical Reports

  1. Alnahhal, W.I., Ghachi, R. (2017), “Behavior and Evaluation of Deflection for High-Strength MiniBar Reinforced Concrete Beams with Basalt FRP Reinforcing Bars”, Final UREP Research Report submitted to QNRF, Qatar Foundation, Qatar.
  2. Alnahhal, W.I. (2017), “Flexural Behavior of Mini-Bar Reinforced Concrete Beams with Basalt FRP Reinforcing Bars”, Final Research Report submitted to Research Office, Qatar University, Qatar.
  3. Alnahhal, W.I. (2016), “Behavior of  Sustainable  Self-Compacting  Concrete  using  Recycled Concrete Aggregate Produced in Qatar”, Final Research Report submitted to Research Office, Qatar University, Qatar.
  4. Hawari, A., Alnahhal, W.I. (2015), “Modeling of Sand Filters Using Artificial Neural Networks (ANN)”, Final UREP Research Report submitted to QNRF, Qatar Foundation, Qatar.
  5. Alnahhal, W.I. (2015), “Optimization of Hybrid FRP-Concrete Structures”, Final Research Report submitted to Research Office, Qatar University, Qatar.
  6. Alnahhal, W.I. (2007), “Structural characteristics and failure prediction of hybrid FRP-concrete bridge deck and superstructure systems”, Ph.D. Dissertation, State University of New York at Buffalo. 301 pages.
  7. Aref, A.J., and Alnahhal, W.I. (2007), “Hybrid FRP-Concrete Bridge Deck Systems”, Report submitted to New York State Department of Transportation, Albany, New York.
  8. Aref, A.J., Chiewanichakorn, M., and Alnahhal, W.I. (2004), “Temporal Thermal Behavior and Damage Simulations of FRP Deck”, Report submitted to New York State Department of Transportation, Albany, New York.