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Sarp Adali is affiliated with the University of KwaZulu-Natal in South Africa, with a research focus primarily in the fields of Engineering and Materials Science. Their work prominently addresses the mechanics and behavior of composite materials and structural engineering.

Their research spans several subfields, including Mechanics of Materials, Civil and Structural Engineering, Polymers and Plastics, Mechanical Engineering, and Biomaterials. Key topics covered in their publications include:

  • Mechanical Behavior of Composites
  • Composite Structure Analysis and Optimization
  • Natural Fiber Reinforced Composites
  • Structural Behavior of Reinforced Concrete
  • Topology Optimization in Engineering
  • Structural Analysis of Composite Materials
  • Structural Analysis and Optimization

Their body of work has been published in numerous journals, with frequent contributions to the following venues:

  • Composite Structures
  • Engineering Structures
  • Polymers
  • Journal of Composite Materials
  • Nanocomposites

Some of their recent published papers include:

  • "Studies on the mechanical and absorption properties of achatina fulica snail and eggshells reinforced composite materials" (2020) in Composite Structures
  • "Optimization and analysis of frequencies of multi-scale graphene/fibre reinforced nanocomposite laminates with non-uniform distributions of reinforcements" (2020) in Engineering Structures
  • "Optimization of Milling Procedures for Synthesizing Nano-CaCO3 from Achatina fulica Shell through Mechanochemical Techniques" (2020) in Journal of Nanomaterials
  • "Mechanical, microstructure, and dynamic mechanical analysis of nano-shell and plant fiber hybrid biocomposite" (2021) in Journal of Composite Materials
  • "Flexural and shear properties of CFRP laminates reinforced with functionalized multiwalled CNTs" (2021) in Nanocomposites

Throughout their career, Sarp Adali has collaborated extensively with several researchers, with frequent coauthors including:

  • Glen Bright
  • Oluwatoyin Joseph Gbadeyan
  • Bruce Sitholé
  • Getahun Tefera
  • Georgios Α. Drosopoulos

Best Publications

  • Developments in thermopiezoelasticity with relevance to smart composite structures

    T.R. Tauchert;F. Ashida;N. Noda;S. Adali

  • A review of the performance and structural considerations of paraffin wax hybrid rocket fuels with additives

    Kirsty Veale;Sarp Adali;Jean Pitot;Michael Brooks

  • Experimental study of bullet-proofing capabilities of Kevlar, of different weights and number of layers, with 9 mm projectiles

    Riaan Stopforth;Sarp Adali

  • Buckling of nonuniform and axially functionally graded nonlocal Timoshenko nanobeams on Winkler-Pasternak foundation

    Mouafo Teifouet Armand Robinson;Sarp Adali

  • Variational Principles for Nonlocal Continuum Model of Orthotropic Graphene Sheets Embedded in An Elastic Medium

    Sarp Adali

  • Variational principles for multiwalled carbon nanotubes undergoing vibrations based on nonlocal timoshenko beam theory

    Ismail Kucuk;Ibrahim S. Sadek;Sarp Adali

  • Structural control of thermoelastic beams for vibration suppression

    J. C. Bruch;S. Adali;I. S. Sadek;J. M. Sloss

  • Integral equation approach for piezo patch vibration control of beams with various types of damping

    Özcan Kayacık;John C. Bruch;James M. Sloss;Sarp Adali

  • Optimal vibration control of piezolaminated smart beams by the maximum principle

    Ismail Kucuk;Ibrahim S. Sadek;Eiman Zeini;Sarp Adali

  • Buckling of cross-ply cylinders under hydrostatic pressure considering pressure stiffness

    Izzet U. Cagdas;Sarp Adali

  • Vibration damping using piezoelectric stiffener-actuators with application to orthotropic plates

    Victor Birman;Sarp Adali

  • Optimal control of a beam with Kelvin–Voigt damping subject to forced vibrations using a piezoelectric patch actuator

    Ismail Kucuk;Ismail Kucuk;Kenan Yildirim;Ibrahim Sadek;Sarp Adali

  • Variational solution for buckling of nonlocal carbon nanotubes under uniformly and triangularly distributed axial loads

    Mouafo Teifouet Armand Robinson;Mouafo Teifouet Armand Robinson;Sarp Adali

  • Failure analysis of curved composite panels based on first-ply and buckling failures

    S. Adali;Izzet U. Cagdas

  • The structural properties of paraffin wax based hybrid rocket fuels with aluminium particles

    Kirsty Veale;Sarp Adali;Jean Pitot;Clinton Bemont

  • Minimum cost design of hybrid cross-ply cylinders with uncertain material properties subject to external pressure

    Isaac Sfiso Radebe;Sarp Adali

  • Variational formulation for buckling of multi-walled carbon nanotubes modelled as nonlocal Timoshenko beams

    Sarp Adali

  • Active Open-Loop Control of Plates with Multiple Piezoelectric Patches via the Maximum Principle

    I. S. Sadek;I. Kucuk;S. Adali

  • Optimal piezoelectric control of a plate subject to time-dependent boundary moments and forcing function for vibration damping

    Ismail Kucuk;Kenan Yildirim;Sarp Adali

  • Variational principles and natural boundary conditions for multilayered orthotropic graphene sheets undergoing vibrations and based on nonlocal elastic theory

    Sarp Adali

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