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2026
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Egypt
2023

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Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

D-Index
71
Citations
17876
World Ranking
357
National Ranking
2

Materials Science

D-Index
70
Citations
16874
World Ranking
4455
National Ranking
32

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering in Saudi Arabia Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering in Saudi Arabia Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Materials Science in Egypt Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Materials Science in Egypt Leader Award

Overview

Ashraf M. Zenkour is affiliated with King Abdulaziz University in Saudi Arabia, specializing in the field of Engineering with a focus on Mechanics of Materials. Their research spans multiple subfields including Civil and Structural Engineering, Materials Chemistry, Control and Systems Engineering, and Aerospace Engineering.

The main topics covered in Zenkour's work include composite structure analysis and optimization, thermoelastic and magnetoelastic phenomena, nonlocal and gradient elasticity in micro and nano structures, numerical methods in engineering, vibration and dynamic analysis, structural analysis and optimization, and structural load-bearing analysis.

Zenkour's publication record includes contributions to various scientific journals with frequent publications in these venues:

  • Composite Structures
  • Mathematics
  • The European Physical Journal Plus
  • Mechanics of Advanced Materials and Structures
  • Thin-Walled Structures

Their collaborative network includes repeated partnerships with several researchers, notably:

  • Hela D. El-Shahrany
  • Mokhtar Bouazza
  • Aman Garg
  • H. D. Chalak
  • Mohamed-Ouejdi Belarbi

Selected recent papers authored or co-authored by Zenkour demonstrate a focus on nanocomposite materials and structural mechanics. These include:

  • "Estimation of carbon nanotubes and their applications as reinforcing composite materials-An engineering review," 2021, Composite Structures
  • "Extended four-unknown higher-order shear deformation nonlocal theory for bending, buckling and free vibration of functionally graded porous nanoshell resting on elastic foundation," 2021, Composite Structures
  • "A Review of Available Theories and Methodologies for the Analysis of Nano Isotropic, Nano Functionally Graded, and CNT Reinforced Nanocomposite Structures," 2021, Archives of Computational Methods in Engineering
  • "Bending and hygro-thermo-mechanical vibration analysis of a functionally graded porous sandwich nanoshell resting on elastic foundation," 2021, Mechanics of Advanced Materials and Structures
  • "Bending and free vibration analysis of symmetric and unsymmetric functionally graded CNT reinforced sandwich beams containing softcore," 2021, Thin-Walled Structures

Best Publications

  • Generalized shear deformation theory for bending analysis of functionally graded plates

    Ashraf M. Zenkour

  • A comprehensive analysis of functionally graded sandwich plates: Part 2—Buckling and free vibration

    A.M. Zenkour

  • Stress, vibration and buckling analyses of FGM plates—A state-of-the-art review

    K. Swaminathan;D.T. Naveenkumar;A.M. Zenkour;A.M. Zenkour;E. Carrera;E. Carrera

  • A COMPREHENSIVE ANALYSIS OF FUNCTIONALLY GRADED SANDWICH PLATES: PART 1—DEFLECTION AND STRESSES

    A.M. Zenkour

  • Thermal buckling of various types of FGM sandwich plates

    A.M. Zenkour;A.M. Zenkour;M. Sobhy

  • BENCHMARK TRIGONOMETRIC AND 3-D ELASTICITY SOLUTIONS FOR AN EXPONENTIALLY GRADED THICK RECTANGULAR PLATE

    A. M. Zenkour;A. M. Zenkour

  • Vibration analysis of functionally graded graphene platelet reinforced cylindrical shells with different porosity distributions

    Mohammad Reza Barati;Ashraf M. Zenkour

  • Bending Analysis of Functionally Graded Sandwich Plates Under the Effect of Mechanical and Thermal Loads

    A. M. Zenkour;N. A. Alghamdi

  • Analytical solution for bending of cross-ply laminated plates under thermo-mechanical loading

    A.M. Zenkour

  • A simple four-unknown shear and normal deformations theory for functionally graded isotropic and sandwich plates based on isogeometric analysis

    Chien H. Thai;A.M. Zenkour;A.M. Zenkour;M. Abdel Wahab;H. Nguyen-Xuan;H. Nguyen-Xuan

  • A simple four-unknown refined theory for bending analysis of functionally graded plates

    Ashraf M. Zenkour;Ashraf M. Zenkour

  • The refined sinusoidal theory for FGM plates on elastic foundations

    Ashraf M. Zenkour

  • Static analyses of FGM beams by various theories and finite elements

    Matteo Filippi;Erasmo Carrera;Erasmo Carrera;A.M. Zenkour;A.M. Zenkour

  • A quasi-3D refined theory for functionally graded single-layered and sandwich plates with porosities

    Ashraf M. Zenkour;Ashraf M. Zenkour

  • Nonlocal elasticity theory for thermal buckling of nanoplates lying on Winkler–Pasternak elastic substrate medium

    A.M. Zenkour;Mohammed Sobhy

  • Post-buckling analysis of refined shear deformable graphene platelet reinforced beams with porosities and geometrical imperfection

    Mohammad Reza Barati;Ashraf M. Zenkour;Ashraf M. Zenkour

  • Two-Temperature Generalized Thermoelastic Interaction in an Infinite Fiber-Reinforced Anisotropic Plate Containing a Circular Cavity with Two Relaxation Times

    Ibrahim A. Abbas;Ashraf M. Zenkour

  • Free vibration of FGM layered beams by various theories and finite elements

    Daoud S. Mashat;E. Carrera;E. Carrera;Ashraf M. Zenkour;Ashraf M. Zenkour;Sadah A. Al Khateeb

  • Electro-thermoelastic vibration of plates made of porous functionally graded piezoelectric materials under various boundary conditions:

    Mohammad Reza Barati;Ashraf M Zenkour;Ashraf M Zenkour

  • Thermo-mechanical buckling analysis of embedded nanosize FG plates in thermal environments via an inverse cotangential theory

    Mohammad Reza Barati;Ashraf M. Zenkour;Hossein Shahverdi

Frequent Co-Authors

Mohammad Arefi
Mohammad Arefi University of Kashan
Ibrahim A. Abbas
Ibrahim A. Abbas Sohag University
Erasmo Carrera
Erasmo Carrera Polytechnic University of Turin
Mohammad Reza Barati
Mohammad Reza Barati Amirkabir University of Technology
António J.M. Ferreira
António J.M. Ferreira University of Porto
Elias C. Aifantis
Elias C. Aifantis Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
Nidal Abu-Hamdeh
Nidal Abu-Hamdeh King Abdulaziz University
Farzad Ebrahimi
Farzad Ebrahimi Imam Khomeini International University
Hung Nguyen-Xuan
Hung Nguyen-Xuan Ho Chi Minh City University of Technology
Maria Cinefra
Maria Cinefra Polytechnic University of Bari

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