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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2000 - Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering (UK)

Overview

Amr S. Elnashai is affiliated with the University of Houston in the United States and has contributions mainly in the field of engineering. Their research concentrates on several subfields, including civil and structural engineering as well as mechanical engineering.

Their work covers a range of topics within engineering, with a particular emphasis on:

  • Seismic Performance and Analysis
  • Concrete Corrosion and Durability
  • Structural Response to Dynamic Loads
  • Infrastructure Resilience and Vulnerability Analysis
  • Structural Analysis of Composite Materials
  • Structural Analysis and Optimization
  • Masonry and Concrete Structural Analysis

Amr S. Elnashai has coauthored publications with several researchers including:

  • Luigi Di-Sarno
  • Hussam Mahmoud
  • B.A. Izzuddin
  • P.J. Dowling

Their scholarly output includes publications in specialized venues such as IET Smart Cities. A notable paper by Elnashai is titled A vision for smart and sustainable cities, published in 2021 in IET Smart Cities.

Recognition of their professional contributions includes being named a Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering (UK) in 2000.

Best Publications

  • Fundamentals of earthquake engineering

    Amr S. Elnashai;Luigi Di Sarno

  • Derivation of vulnerability functions for European-type RC structures based on observational data

    T. Rossetto;A. Elnashai

  • Static pushover versus dynamic collapse analysis of RC buildings

    A.M Mwafy;A.S Elnashai

  • The effect of material and ground motion uncertainty on the seismic vulnerability curves of RC structure

    Oh Sung Kwon;Amr Elnashai

  • Confined concrete model under cyclic load

    J. Enrique Martínez-Rueda;A. S. Elnashai

  • ANALYTICAL AND FIELD EVIDENCE OF THE DAMAGING EFFECT OF VERTICAL EARTHQUAKE GROUND MOTION

    A. J. Papazoglou;A. S. Elnashai

  • A new analytical procedure for the derivation of displacement-based vulnerability curves for populations of RC structures

    Tiziana Rossetto;Amr Elnashai

  • Advanced inelastic static (pushover) analysis for earthquake applications

    A.S. Elnashai

  • Overstrength and force reduction factors of multistorey reinforced‐concrete buildings

    A. S. Elnashai;A. M. Mwafy

  • Bracing systems for seismic retrofitting of steel frames

    L. Di Sarno;A.S. Elnashai

  • CALIBRATION OF FORCE REDUCTION FACTORS OF RC BUILDINGS

    A. M. Mwafy;Amr S. Elnashai

  • Fragility analysis of flat-slab structures

    M.Altug Erberik;Amr S. Elnashai

  • Probabilistic fragility analysis parameterized by fundamental response quantities

    Seong Hoon Jeong;Amr S. Elnashai

  • Seismic retrofit schemes for RC structures and local-global consequences

    G E Thermou;A S Elnashai

  • Analytical assessment of the effect of vertical earthquake motion on RC bridge piers

    Sung Jig Kim;Sung Jig Kim;Curtis J. Holub;Curtis J. Holub;Amr S. Elnashai;Amr S. Elnashai

  • Inelastic spectra for displacement-based seismic design

    B. Borzi;G.M. Calvi;A.S. Elnashai;E. Faccioli

  • PROCEDURE AND SPECTRA FOR ANALYSIS OF RC STRUCTURES SUBJECTED TO STRONG VERTICAL EARTHQUAKE LOADS

    A. S. Elnashai;A. J. Papazoglou

  • A new passive confinement model for the analysis of concrete structures subjected to cyclic and transient dynamic loading

    P. Madas;A. S. Elnashai

  • Refined force reduction factors for seismic design

    B. Borzi;A.S. Elnashai

  • A PROCEDURE FOR COMBINING VERTICAL AND HORIZONTAL SEISMIC ACTION EFFECTS

    C. J. Collier;Amr S. Elnashai

  • Zeus NL - A System for Inelastic Analysis of Structures

    D. Lee;Vassilis K. Papanikolaou;Amr S. Elnashai

Frequent Co-Authors

Billie F. Spencer
Billie F. Spencer University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Bassam A. Izzuddin
Bassam A. Izzuddin Imperial College London
Khaled El-Rayes
Khaled El-Rayes University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Jamshid Ghaboussi
Jamshid Ghaboussi University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
A.Y. Elghazouli
A.Y. Elghazouli Imperial College London
Gun Jin Yun
Gun Jin Yun Seoul National University
Kypros Pilakoutas
Kypros Pilakoutas University of Sheffield
Youssef M. A. Hashash
Youssef M. A. Hashash University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
David A. Nethercot
David A. Nethercot Imperial College London
Gaetano Manfredi
Gaetano Manfredi University of Naples Federico II

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