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Abdelouahed Tounsi
KFUPM Chair Professor
Civil and Environmental Engineering Department
Email abdelouahed.tounsi@kfupm.edu.sa
Google Scholar: Citations: 41,340, H-Index: 121

Research Interest:

Plate/Beam theories, Composite Structures, Functionally graded Structures, Nanoncomposite structures, Nanoplates, Nanobeams, Non-local Elasticity.


Education:
    1. B.Sc., EL NAJAH (Sidi-Bel-Abbes), 1989
    2. M.Sc., Université Djillali Liabes (Sidi Bel Abbes), 1997
    3. Ph.D., Université Djillali Liabes (Sidi Bel Abbes), 2002


A Few Top Publications:
    1. Static analysis of functionally graded plate structures resting on variable elastic foundation under various boundary conditions

      Ahmed-Amine Daikh, Mohamed-Ouejdi Belarbi, Drai Ahmed, Mohamed Sid Ahmed Houari, Mehmet Avcar, Abdelouahed Tounsi, Mohamed A Eltaher.

      Acta Mechanica, 2023.

    2. On the nonlocal free vibration analysis of functionally graded porous doubly curved shallow nanoshells with variable nonlocal parameters

      Pham Van Vinh, Abdelouahed Tounsi, Mohamed-Ouejdi Belarbi.

      Engineering with Computers, 2023.

    3. A new higher-order mixed four-node quadrilateral finite element for static bending analysis of functionally graded plates

      Pham Van Vinh, Mehmet Avcar, Mohamed-Ouejdi Belarbi, Abdelouahed Tounsi.

      Structures, 2023.

    4. A refined quasi-3D theory for stability and dynamic investigation of cross-ply laminated composite plates on Winkler-Pasternak foundation

      Nasrine Belbachir, Fouad Bourada, Abdelmoumen Anis Bousahla, Abdelouahed Tounsi, Mohamed A Al-Osta, Mofareh Hassan Ghazwani, Ali Alnujaie, Abdeldjebbar Tounsi.

      Structural Engineering and Mechanics, 2023.

    5. Visco-elastic foundation effect on buckling response of exponentially graded sandwich plates under various boundary conditions

      Mimoun Bennedjadi, Salem Mohammed Aldosari, Abdelbaki Chikh, Abdelhakim Kaci, Abdelmoumen Anis Bousahla, Fouad Bourada, Abdeldjebbar Tounsi, Kouider Halim Benrahou, Abdelouahed Tounsi.

      Geomechanics and Engineering, 2023.

    6. The role of spatial variation of the nonlocal parameter on the free vibration of functionally graded sandwich nanoplates

      Pham Van Vinh, Abdelouahed Tounsi.

      Engineering with Computers, 2022.

    7. Nonlinear bending analysis of porous sigmoid FGM nanoplate via IGA and nonlocal strain gradient theory

      Thanh CuongLe, Khuong D Nguyen, Hoang Le-Minh, Phuong Phan-Vu, Phuoc Nguyen-Trong, Abdelouahed Tounsi.

      Advances in nano research, 2022.

    8. Machine learning models for predicting the compressive strength of concrete containing nano silica

      Aman Garg, Paratibha Aggarwal, Yogesh Aggarwal, MO Belarbi, HD Chalak, Abdelouahed Tounsi, Reeta Gulia.

      Computers and Concrete, 2022.

    9. Performance assessment of a novel solar distiller with a double slope basin covered by coated wick with lanthanum cobalt oxide nanoparticles

      Emad Ismat Ghandourah, A Sangeetha, S Shanmugan, Mohamed E Zayed, Essam B Moustafa, Abdelouahed Tounsi, Ammar H Elsheikh.

      Case Studies in Thermal Engineering, 2022.

    10. Effect of the variable visco-Pasternak foundations on the bending and dynamic behaviors of FG plates using integral HSDT model

      Habib Hebali, Abdelbaki Chikh, Abdelmoumen Anis Bousahla, Fouad Bourada, Abdeldjebbar Tounsi, Kouider Halim Benrahou, Muzamal Hussain, Abdelouahed Tounsi.

      Arch. Appl. Mech, 2022.

    11. Wave propagation analysis of a ceramic-metal functionally graded sandwich plate with different porosity distributions in a hygro-thermal environment

      Saeed I Tahir, Abdelbaki Chikh, Abdelouahed Tounsi, Mohammed A Al-Osta, Salah U Al-Dulaijan, Mesfer M Al-Zahrani.

      Composite Structures, 2021.

    12. Hygro-thermo-mechanical bending behavior of advanced functionally graded ceramic metal plate resting on a viscoelastic foundation

      Ismail M Mudhaffar, Abdelouahed Tounsi, Abdelbaki Chikh, Mohammed A Al-Osta, Mesfer M Al-Zahrani, Salah U Al-Dulaijan.

      Structures, 2021.

    13. Size-dependent vibration response of porous graded nanostructure with FEM and nonlocal continuum model

      Yogesh Kumar, Ankit Gupta, Abdelouahed Tounsi.

      Advances in nano research, 2021.

    14. Influence of porosity on thermal buckling behavior of functionally graded beams

      Hichem Bellifa, Abdelbaki Chikh, Abdelmoumen Anis Bousahla, Fouad Bourada, Abdeldjebbar Tounsi, Kouider Halim Benrahou, Mesfer Al-Zahrani, Abdelouahed Tounsi.

      Smart Structures and Systems, 2021.

    15. Dynamic and stability analysis of functionally graded material sandwich plates in hygro-thermal environment using a simple higher shear deformation theory

      Hadjira Hellal, Mohamed Bourada, Habib Hebali, Fouad Bourada, Abdelouahed Tounsi, Abdelmoumen A Bousahla, Samy R Mahmoud.

      Journal of Sandwich Structures & Materials, 2021.

    16. Investigation on hygro-thermal vibration of P-FG and symmetric S-FG nanobeam using integral Timoshenko beam theory

      Hakima Matouk, Abdelmoumen Anis Bousahla, Houari Heireche, Fouad Bourada, EA Adda Bedia, Abdeldjebbar Tounsi, KH Benrahou.

      Advances in nano research, 2020.

    17. Analytical modeling of bending and vibration of thick advanced composite plates using a four-variable quasi 3D HSDT

      Mokhtar Khiloun, Abdelmoumen Anis Bousahla, Abdelhakim Kaci, Aicha Bessaim, Abdelouahed Tounsi, SR Mahmoud.

      Engineering with Computers, 2020.

    18. A new innovative 3-unknowns hsdt for buckling and free vibration of exponentially graded sandwich plates resting on elastic foundations under various boundary conditions

      Mohamed Rabhi, Kouider Halim Benrahou, Abdelhakim Kaci, Mohammed Sid Ahmed Houari, Fouad Bourada, Abdelmoumen Anis Bousahla, Abdeldjebbar Tounsi, EA Adda Bedia, SR Mahmoud, Abdelouahed Tounsi.

      Geomechanics and Engineering, 2020.

    19. Physical stability response of a SLGS resting on viscoelastic medium using nonlocal integral first-order theory

      A Rouabhia, A Chikh, AA Bousahla, F Bourada, H Heireche, A Tounsi, B Kouider Halim, A Tounsi, MMJS Al-Zahrani, C Structures

      CREATA’21, 2020.

    20. Simulating vibration of single-walled carbon nanotube using Rayleigh-Ritz’s method

      Muzamal Hussain, Muhammad Nawaz Naeem, Muhammad Taj, Abdelouahed Tounsi.

      Advances in nano research, 2020.