Research

RESEARCH INTERESTS

Dr. El Ansary research interests lie in the general area of Structural Engineering and Engineering Optimization. His main fields of expertise are:

  • Analysis and Stability of Liquid-Storage Tanks under Hydrostatic and Hydrodynamic Loading.

  • Response of Structures to Seismic and Wind Loading.

  • Optimization Techniques in Structural Design

  • Structural Shape optimization

  • Structural Dynamics and Fluid-Structure Interaction Problems

RESEARCH GROUP

RESEARCH GROUP OPPORTUNITIES

Interested students should contact Dr. El Ansary directly.

 SUPERVISED Ph.D. STUDENTS

  • S. Stevenson (Co-Supervisor: Dr. G. Kopp)

Title of Research Project:  Performance Assessment and Development of Prescriptive Design Standards for Wood-Frame Residential Structures Under Extreme Wind Loads     

 SUPERVISED MSc STUDENTS

  • C. Bain (Co-Supervisor: Dr. G. Kopp)

Title of Research Project:  Performance of Stick-Built Wood houses under Extreme Wind Loads

  • N. Szilagy (Co-Supervisor: Dr. G. Kopp)

Title of Research Project:  Effective Wind Area for the Design of Roof Sheathing under Wind Loading

  • H. Zhang   (Co-Supervisor: Dr. W. Zhou)

Title of Research Project: Nonlinear Buckling Analysis of Conical Tanks Considering field-measured Imperfections

  • S. Stevenson (Co-Supervisor: Dr. G. Kopp)

Title of Research Project: Analysis of Framing Failures in Wood-Frame Residential Roofs under Wind Load

  • T. Azabi (Co-Supervisor: Dr. A. El Damatty)

Title of Research Project: Behaviour of Reinforced Concrete Conical Tanks under Hydrostatic Pressure.

  • G. Hafeez (Co-Supervisor: Dr. A. El Damatty)

Title of Research Project: Behaviour of Liquid-Filled Combined Conical Tanks.

 CURRENT MEng PROJECTS

SUPERVISED MEng PROJECTS

  • M. Carman   (Co-Supervisor: Dr. A. Hamada)

Title of Research Project: Nonlinear Static Pushover Analysis of a Single-Storey Industrial Steel Structure.

  • R. MacKay

Title of Research Project: Use of FRP Sheets for Strengthening Steel Shell Structures against Buckling. 

  • B. Uzeri   (Co-Supervisor: Dr. A. Hamada) 

Title of Research Project: Modeling Assumptions for Wall-Floor Connections in Precast Concrete Buildings. 

  • A. Badrinath   (Co-Supervisor: Dr. A. Hamada)

Title of Research Project: Study of NBCC 2010 for Wind Loading Prediction on Irregular Buildings by Comparing CFD Simulations With ETABS Analysis.

  • A. Al Issa    (Co-Supervisor: Dr. A. Aboshosha)

Title of Research Project: Critical Downburst Configurations for a conductor line Considering Different Terrain Roughness. 

  • S. Haddadin (Co-Supervisor: Dr. G. Bitsuamlak)

Title of Research Project: Finite Element - CFD Simulations to predict the behaviour of a Solar Panel System under Wind Loading.