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UAE
2022

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Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

D-Index
76
Citations
17224
World Ranking
272
National Ranking
3

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering in United Arab Emirates Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Materials Science in United Arab Emirates Leader Award

Overview

Rashid K. Abu Al-Rub is affiliated with Khalifa University in the United Arab Emirates and has contributed extensively to the field of engineering, with a particular focus on mechanical engineering. Their research spans a broad range of subfields, including biomedical engineering, automotive engineering, civil and structural engineering, and materials chemistry.

Their work primarily centers on topics such as cellular and composite structures, additive manufacturing and 3D printing technologies, advanced materials and mechanics, topology optimization in engineering, innovations in concrete and construction materials, heat transfer and optimization, and bone tissue engineering materials.

Rashid K. Abu Al-Rub's recent published papers include:

  • MSLattice: A free software for generating uniform and graded lattices based on triply periodic minimal surfaces (2020, Material Design & Processing Communications)
  • Process parameter selection and optimization of laser powder bed fusion for 316L stainless steel: A review (2022, Journal of Manufacturing Processes)
  • Heat transfer performance of a finned metal foam-phase change material (FMF-PCM) system incorporating triply periodic minimal surfaces (TPMS) (2021, International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer)
  • Quasi-static and dynamic compressive behaviour of sheet TPMS cellular structures (2021, Composite Structures)
  • Forced Convection Computational Fluid Dynamics Analysis of Architected and Three-Dimensional Printable Heat Sinks Based on Triply Periodic Minimal Surfaces (2020, Journal of Thermal Science and Engineering Applications)

The frequent co-authors collaborating with Rashid K. Abu Al-Rub include:

  • Imad Barsoum
  • Oraib Al-Ketan
  • Mohamed I. Hassan Ali
  • Kamran A. Khan
  • Reza Rowshan

Their research has been published in several recurring venues, demonstrating consistent engagement in particular academic journals, such as:

  • Case Studies in Thermal Engineering
  • Materials & Design
  • Virtual and Physical Prototyping
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • International Journal of Mechanical Sciences

The footprint of Rashid K. Abu Al-Rub's work resides predominantly in the engineering disciplines, with more than 260 publications credited to their name. Within engineering, mechanical engineering remains the most prominent specialization, supported by significant contributions to biomedical and automotive engineering, among other subfields.

Best Publications

  • Topology-mechanical property relationship of 3D printed strut, skeletal, and sheet based periodic metallic cellular materials

    Oraib Al-Ketan;Oraib Al-Ketan;Reza Rowshan;Rashid K. Abu Al-Rub;Rashid K. Abu Al-Rub

  • Multifunctional Mechanical Metamaterials Based on Triply Periodic Minimal Surface Lattices

    Oraib Al-Ketan;Rashid K. Abu Al-Rub

  • Meso-scale computational modeling of the plastic-damage response of cementitious composites

    Sun-Myung Kim;Rashid K. Abu Al-Rub

  • Mechanical properties of 3D printed polymeric Gyroid cellular structures: Experimental and finite element study

    Diab W. Abueidda;Mohamed Elhebeary;Cheng Shen (Andrew) Shiang;Siyuan Pang

  • Mechanical properties of 3D printed polymeric cellular materials with triply periodic minimal surface architectures

    Diab W. Abueidda;Mete Bakir;Rashid K. Abu Al-Rub;Jörgen S. Bergström

  • Functionally graded and multi-morphology sheet TPMS lattices: Design, manufacturing, and mechanical properties.

    Oraib Al-Ketan;Dong Wook Lee;Reza Rowshan;Rashid K. Abu Al-Rub

  • On the aspect ratio effect of multi-walled carbon nanotube reinforcements on the mechanical properties of cementitious nanocomposites

    Rashid K. Abu Al-Rub;Ahmad I. Ashour;Bryan M. Tyson

  • A plasticity and anisotropic damage model for plain concrete

    Umit Cicekli;George Z. Voyiadjis;Rashid K. Abu Al-Rub

  • MSLattice: A free software for generating uniform and graded lattices based on triply periodic minimal surfaces

    Oraib Al‐Ketan;Rashid K. Abu Al‐Rub

  • Analytical and experimental determination of the material intrinsic length scale of strain gradient plasticity theory from micro- and nano-indentation experiments

    Rashid K. Abu Al-Rub;George Z. Voyiadjis

  • Carbon Nanotubes and Carbon Nanofibers for Enhancing the Mechanical Properties of Nanocomposite Cementitious Materials

    Bryan M. Tyson;Rashid K. Abu Al-Rub;Ardavan Yazdanbakhsh;Zachary Grasley

  • On the coupling of anisotropic damage and plasticity models for ductile materials

    Rashid K. Abu Al-Rub;George Z. Voyiadjis

  • Effective conductivities and elastic moduli of novel foams with triply periodic minimal surfaces

    Diab W. Abueidda;Diab W. Abueidda;Rashid K. Abu Al-Rub;Ahmed S. Dalaq;Dong Wook Lee

  • Gradient plasticity theory with a variable length scale parameter

    George Z. Voyiadjis;Rashid K. Abu Al-Rub

  • A thermo-viscoelastic-viscoplastic-viscodamage constitutive model for asphaltic materials

    Masoud K. Darabi;Rashid K. Abu Al-Rub;Eyad A. Masad;Eyad A. Masad;Chien Wei Huang

  • Heat transfer performance of a finned metal foam-phase change material (FMF-PCM) system incorporating triply periodic minimal surfaces (TPMS)

    Zahid Ahmed Qureshi;Emad Elnajjar;Oraib Al-Ketan;Rashid Abu Al-Rub

  • Microarchitected Stretching‐Dominated Mechanical Metamaterials with Minimal Surface Topologies

    Oraib Al-Ketan;Rachid Rezgui;Reza Rowshan;Huifeng Du

  • Quasi-static and dynamic compressive behaviour of sheet TPMS cellular structures

    Nejc Novak;Oraib Al-Ketan;Lovre Krstulović-Opara;Reza Rowshan

  • A continuum damage mechanics framework for modeling micro-damage healing

    Masoud K. Darabi;Rashid K. Abu Al-Rub;Dallas N. Little

  • A micro-damage healing model that improves prediction of fatigue life in asphalt mixes

    Rashid K. Abu Al-Rub;Masoud K. Darabi;Dallas N. Little;Eyad A. Masad;Eyad A. Masad

  • A physically based gradient plasticity theory

    Rashid K. Abu Al-Rub;George Z. Voyiadjis

  • Thermodynamic framework for coupling of non-local viscoplasticity and non-local anisotropic viscodamage for dynamic localization problems using gradient theory

    George Z. Voyiadjis;Rashid K. Abu Al-Rub;Anthony N. Palazotto

Frequent Co-Authors

Eyad Masad
Eyad Masad Hamad bin Khalifa University
George Z. Voyiadjis
George Z. Voyiadjis Louisiana State University
Dallas N. Little
Dallas N. Little Texas A&M University
Anthony N. Palazotto
Anthony N. Palazotto Air Force Institute of Technology
Iwona Jasiuk
Iwona Jasiuk University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Hassan A. Arafat
Hassan A. Arafat Khalifa University
Seungkwan Hong
Seungkwan Hong Korea University
Nicholas X. Fang
Nicholas X. Fang University of Hong Kong
Gordon Airey
Gordon Airey University of Nottingham

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