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Professor Emeritus:Wahba Wahba El-Tahhan
Structural Engineering
 Reinforced Concrete Structures 
Email :wahba54***hotmail.com
 
Qualifications
imgB.Sc. (1977) "Civil Engineering" Cairo University (Egypt)
imgM.Sc. (1982) "Engineering Mechanics" The Ohio State University (USA)
imgPh.D. (1987) "Engineering Mechanics" The Ohio State University (USA)
 
Fields of Interest :
imgReinforced Concrete
imgPrestressed Concrete
imgFracture Mechanics
imgNumerical Modeling
 
Recent Publications :
img-2011-A.A.Elbarbary,M.T.Elmihilmy,and W.W. El-Tahan,"Experimental tests on short composite and internally reinforced concrete columns", Int. J. of Struct. Eng., Vol.2, Issue 1, 2001, pp. 35-49
img-2009-El-Tahan, W. W., “Prediction of concrete mode I critical stress intensity factor via artificial neural networks”, J. Eng. and Appl. Science, Vol. 56, No. 3, June. 2009, Faculty of Eng., Cairo Univ., Egypt.
img-2008-El-Tahan, W. W., “Behavior of eccentrically loaded composite and internally reinforced concrete columns”, J. Eng. and Appl. Science, Vol. 55, No. 5, October, 2008, pp.401- 419, Faculty of Eng., Cairo Univ., Egypt.
img-2008-Galal O.H., El-Tahan, W. , El-Tawil, M. A., and Mahmoud, A.A., “Spectral SFEM analysis of structures with stochastic parameters under stochastic excitation” Structural Engineering and Mechanics, An International J., Vol. 28, No. 3 , pp281-294, Feb.20, 2008.
img-2008-Hussein, A, El-Tawil, M., and El-Tahan, W., and Mahmoud, A.A., “Solution of randomly excited stochastic differential equations with stochastic operator using spectral stochastic finite element method (SSFEM)”, Structural Engineering and Mechanics, An International J., Vol. 28, No. 2, pp 129-152, Jan.30, 2008,.
img-2007-El-Tawil, M., El-Tahan, W., and Hussein, A., ” Using FEM–RVT technique for solving a randomly excited ordinary differential equation with a random operator”, Applied Mathematics and Computation, Vol. 187 (2007) pp 856–867.
img-2005-Galal, O.H., El-Tawil, M.A., El-Tahan, W., and Mahmoud, A.A. “Spectral SFEM analysis for structural systems with stochastic operator under stochastic excitation”, J. Eng. and Appl. Science, Vol. 52, No. 4, Aug. 2005, pp.66- 76, Faculty of Eng., Cairo Univ., Egypt.
img-2005-El-Tawil, M., El-Tahan W., and Hussein, A., ” A proposed technique of SFEM on solving ordinary random differential equation”, Applied Mathematics and Computation Vol. 161 (2005) pp 35 - 47.
img-2004-Yehia, N. A. B., El-Tahan, W. W., and Sorour, M. M. “Fracture of reinforced concrete beams under displacement controlled testing”,7th Int. Conf. on Conc. Tech. in Dev. Count. (7th ICCT), pp 253 - 264, Malaysia, 2004.
img-2004-Essa, M.E., El-Tahan, W.W., Ismael, A.M. , and Morshed, A.E.,” Punching of perforated high strength concrete flat plates“, Int. Conf.: Future Vision and Challenges for Urban Development. Paper No. SG114F, HBRC, Giza, Egypt, Dec. 2004.
img-2004-Essa, M. E., El-Tahan, W.W., and Morshed, A.E.,” Punching shear of high- strength concrete flat plate (comparison with design codes)”, CERM, Al-Azhar Univ., Vol.26, No.1, Jan. 2004, pp 60-72, Egypt
img-2003-Matbuly, M. S., and El-Tahan, W., ” Stress intensity factors of dynamically loaded concrete beams” Scientific Bulletin, Faculty of Eng., Ain Shams Univ., Vol. 38, No. 3, pp 15-26, Sept. 30, 2003, Egypt.
img-2003-El-Tahan, W., Abohadima, S., and Nassar, M.,” Vibration of a non-uniform reinforced concrete column on elastic foundation”, Scientific Bulletin, Faculty of Eng., Ain Shams Univ., Vol. 38 No. 3 pp 1-14, Sept. 30, 2003, Egypt.
img-2001-Experimental tests on short composite and internally reinforced concrete columns
img-1997-Radwan, L. S., El-Tahan, W., and Ali, A. H., “ The use of geosynthetic fabrics in flexible pavements resting on collapsible soil”, Al-Azhar Eng. 5th Int. Conf., pp. 420-433, Dec. 1997, Cairo, Egypt.
img-1996-A. El-Baky, S., El-Tahan, W., Khedr, S., El-Refai, F., and Abdel Rahman, A., “ Effect of testing and calculation method on fracture parameters of concrete”, Cairo 1st Int. Conf. on Concrete Structures, pp 9 -21, Jan. 1996, Giza, Egypt.
img-1995-G. Eldine, G., Yehia, N. A. B., and El-Tahan, W. W., “ Finite element analysis of circular tanks”, The 6th Arab Structural Eng. Conf., pp 610 - 623, Oc. 1995, Damascus, Syria.
img-1993-El-Tahan, W., and Mourad Sherif, “Assessment of pounding damage to buildings during the October 12, 1992 Dahshour Earthquake”, First Egyptian Conf. on Earthquake Eng. (Egyquake 93).
img-1993-El-Tahan, W., and Seliem, S., “ Elastic deflection and moment redistribution of R.C. continuous beams”, CIVIL –COMP 93, The Fifth Int.Conf. on Civil and Str. Eng. Comp. Edinbrough, UK Aug. 1993.
img-1993-Naasif, E. , El-Tahan, W., and, El-Mihilmy, M., “ Behaviour of R. C. short columns under biaxial bending- an experimental study”, J. Eng. and Appl. Science, Vol. 40, No. 2, Apr. 1993, Faculty of Eng., Cairo Univ., Egypt.
img-1993-Abdel- Rahman, M, Mossaad, M, El-Tahan, W., and, Abdou E, “ Limitation of interference between adjacent ‘D’ shaped tunnels in rock, CERM, Al-Azhar Univ., Vol. 15, No. 1, Jan.1993.
img-1992-Naasif, E. , El-Tahan, W., and, El-Mihilmy, M., “ On the design of eccentrically loaded columns according to the Egyptian code (E. C. 89), CERM, Al-Azhar Univ., Vol. 14, No. 12, Dec.1992.
img-1992-El-Tahan, W., “ Non-linear modeling of axisymmetric concrete structures”, CERM, Al-Azhar Univ., Vol. 14, No. 12, Dec.1992.
img-1992-El-Tahan, W., “Effect of soil elastic constants variability on the behavior of shallow rectangular tunnels”, CERM, Al-Azhar Univ., Vol. 14, No. 11, Nov.1992
img-1992-Naasif, E. , El-Tahan, W., and, El-Mihilmy, M., “ Enhancing the E. C. 89 simplified method for designing biaxially loaded columns”, CERM, Al-Azhar Univ., Vol. 14, No. 11, Nov.1992.
img-1991-Naasif, E. , Sherif A, El-Tahan, W., and El-Sharkawy, A. , “ Flexural Design of Pile Caps”, 4th Arab Str. Eng. Conf., Giza, Egypt, Nov. 1991.
img-1989-El-Tahan, W. W., Advani, S. H., Lee, J. K., and Staab, G., “ Structural analysis of bimodular materials”, ASCE, J. Eng. Mech, Vol.1-115, No. 5, pp 963 -981, May 1989.
img-1989-El-Tahan, W. W., Advani S. H., Lee, J. K., and Staab, G., “ A mixed mode Local Symmetric Fracture criterion”, 31st Symp. On Rock Mech., Golden, USA, June, 1989.
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