Abbas Moustafa

Department of Civil Engineering

Minia University, Egypt

Associate Professor

Email: abbas.moustafa@yahoo.com

Qualifications

2002 Ph.D., Indian Institute of Science, Earthquake Engineering and Structural Safety

1996 M.S., Minia University, Civil Engineering

1992 B.S., Minia University, Civil Engineering

Publications (selected)

Journal Papers

1. Moustafa, A and Said, M. (2014). Damage assessment of adjacent buildings under earthquake loads. Engineering Structures, 3(61):153–165.
2. Moustafa, A and Takewaki, I (2012). Characterization of earthquake ground motion of multiple sequences. Earthquakes and Structures, 3(5): 629-647.
3. Moustafa, A and Mahadevan, S (2011). Reliability analysis of uncertain structures using earthquake response spectra. Earthquakes and Structures, 2(3):279-295.
4. Ueno, K, Fujita, K, Moustafa, A and Takewaki, I (2011). Critical input for inelastic structures under evolving seismic waves. Journal of Structural and Construction Engineering (Transactions of AIJ), 76 (659): 79-87 (in Japanese).
5. Moustafa, A (2011). Damage-based design earthquake loads for SDOF inelastic structures. Journal of Structural Engineering, ASCE, 137(3): 456-467.
6. Moustafa A, Takewaki I (2011). Response of nonlinear SDOF structures to random acceleration sequences. Engineering Structures, 33(4) 1251–1258.
7. Moustafa, A, Mahadevan, S, Daigle, M, and Biswas, G, (2010). Structural and sensor damage identification using the bond graph approach. Structural Control and Health Monitoring, 17: 178-197.
8. Fujita, K, Moustafa, A and Takewaki, I (2010). Optimal placement of viscoelastic dampers and supporting members under variable critical excitations. Earthquakes and Structures, 1(1): 43-67.
9. Moustafa, A, Ueno, K and Takewaki, I (2010). Critical earthquake loads for SDOF inelastic structures considering evolution of seismic waves. Earthquakes and Structures, 1(2):147-162.
10. Moustafa, A and Takewaki, I (2010). Deterministic and probabilistic representation of near-field pulse-like ground motion. Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering, 30: 412-422.
11. Moustafa, A and Takewaki, I (2010). Modeling critical strong ground motion sequences on inelastic structures. Advances in Structural Engineering, 13(4): 665-679.
12. Moustafa, A (2010). Identification of resonant earthquake ground motion. Indian Academy of Sciences, 35(3): 355-371.
13. Moustafa, A and Takewaki, I (2010). Characterization and modeling of near-fault pulse-like strong ground motion via damage-based critical excitation method. Structural Engineering and Mechanics, 34(6): 755-778.
14. Moustafa, A and Mahadevan, S (2010). Probabilistic critical earthquake excitations using earthquake response spectra. Asian Journal of Civil Engineering (Building and Housing), 11(3): 295-319.7
15. Moustafa, A and Takewaki, I (2009). The use of probabilistic and deterministic measures to identify unfavorable earthquake records. Journal of Zhejiang University, Science A, 10(5): 619-634.
16. Moustafa, A (2009). Critical earthquake load inputs for multi-degree-of-freedom inelastic structures. Journal of Sound and Vibration, 325: 532-544.
17. Abbas, AM and Manohar, CS (2007). Reliability-based vector nonstationary random critical earthquake excitations for parametrically excited systems. Structural Safety, 29: 32-48.
18. Abbas, AM (2006). Critical seismic load inputs for simple inelastic structures. Journal of Sound and Vibration, 296: 949-967.
19. Abbas AM, Takahashi K and Nakamura, S (2005). Critical earthquake load models for elastic-plastic structures. Journal of Earthquake Engineering, JSCE, 28: 1-10.
20. Abbas, AM and Manohar CS, (2005). Reliability-based critical earthquake load models. Part 1: Linear structures. Journal of Sound and Vibration, 287: 865-882.
21. Abbas, AM and Manohar, CS (2005). Reliability-based critical earthquake load models. Part 2: Nonlinear structures. Journal of Sound and Vibration, 287: 883-900.
22. Abbas, AM and Manohar, CS (2002). Critical spatially-varying earthquake load models for extended structures. Journal of Structural Engineering, 29: 39-52.
23. Abbas, AM and Manohar CS, (2002). Investigations into critical earthquake load models within deterministic and probabilistic frameworks. Earthquake Engineering & Structural Dynamics, 31, 813-832.

Books

1. Moustafa, 2014. Earthquake Engineering-From Engineering Seismology to Optimal Seismic Design of Engineering Structures. InTech, in press.
2. Takewaki, I, Moustafa, A and Fujita, K 2013. Improving the earthquake resilience of buildings- The worst case approach. Springer, London, ISBN 978-1-4471-4143-3.
3. Moustafa, A (editor) 2012. Earthquake-Resistant-Structures - Design, Assessment and Rehabilitation. InTech, Croatia, (ISBN 978-953-51-0123-9).
4. Moustafa, A (editor) 2012. Advances in Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering-Soil Liquefaction and Seismic Safety of Dams and Monuments, InTech, Croatia (ISBN 978-953-51-0025-6).

Bokk Chapters

1. Moustafa, A. Seismic assessment of structural performance under future earthquake loads: Structural seismic design optimization and earthquake engineering, Plevris V, Mitropoulou CC and Lagaros ND (editors), ICI Global, Athens, in press (www.igi-global.com).
2. Moustafa, A and Mahadevan, S. Bond graph based health assessment of structures: Structural seismic design optimization and earthquake engineering, Plevris V, Mitropoulou CC and Lagaros ND (editors), ICI Global, Athens, in press (www.igi-global.com).

Last updated: 2015-07-01