MECHANICAL ENGINEERING

 

 

PUBLICATION record

 

Darwish, M., and F. Moukalled. 2003. The schemes: A new consistent high-resolution formulation based on the normalized variable methodology. Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering 192:1711–1730.

 

. 2003. TVD schemes for unstructured grids. International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer 46 (4): 599–611.

 

Darwish, M., F. Moukalled, and B. Sekar. 2003. A robust multi-grid algorithm for multifluid flow at all speeds. International Journal for Numerical Methods in Fluids 41:1221–1251.

 

Ghaddar, N., K. Ghali, and B. Jones. 2003. Integrated human-clothing system model for estimating the effect of walking on clothing insulation. International Journal of Thermal Sciences 42 (6): 605–619.

 

Ghali, K., N. Ghaddar, and B. Jones. 2002. Empirical evaluation of convective heat and moisture transport coefficients in porous cotton medium. ASME Transaction, Heat Transfer Journal 124 (3): 530–537.

 

. 2002. Modeling of heat and moisture transport by periodic ventilation of thin cotton fibrous media. International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer 45 (18): 3703–3714.

 

. 2002. Multi-layer three-node model of convective transport within cotton fibrous medium. Journal of Fibrous Media 51:17–31.

 

Hamade, R., and D. A. Dillard. 2003. Cathodic weakening of elastomer-to-metal adhesive bonds: Accelerated testing and modeling. Journal of Adhesion Science and Technology 17 (9): 1235–1264.

 

Moukalled, F., M. Darwish, and B. Sekar. 2003. A high resolution pressure-based algorithm for multi-phase flow at all Speeds. Journal of Computational Physics 190:550–571.

 

Nuwayhid, R., and F. Moukalled. 2003. Evolution of power and entropy in a temperature gap system with electric and thermoelectric influences. Energy Conversion and Management 44 (5): 647–665.

 

Nuwayhid, R., F. Moukalled, and J. C. Denton. 2002. Basic thermodynamic power plant models. Journal of Non-Equilibrium Thermodynamics 27 (4): 309–325.

 

Rolfe, B. F., M. J. Cardew-Hall, S. M. Abdallah, and G. A. W. West. 2002. Mapping of geometric shape variation into process parameter settings in a sheet metal context. In Intelligent Applications in a Materials World, ed. Y. Kawazoe, S. R. Leclair, J. A. Meech, and M. M. Veiga. CRC-Press. (ISBN 0849314933)

 

 

 

Abstracts, Conferences, and Proceedings

 

Darwish, M., and F. Moukalled. 2002. An exact r-factor TVD formulation for unstructured grids. IASTED International Conference on Applied Simulation and Modeling (ASM 2002), Crete, Greece, June 25–28, 2002.

 

Darwish, M., and F. Moukalled. 2003. A unified formulation for geometric conservation based multifluid algorithms. The 6th ASME-JSME Thermal Engineering Joint Conference, Hawaii, USA, March 16–20, 2003.

 

Ghaddar, N. 2002. Energy efficiency in Lebanon: Status and prospects. Keynote paper to the Training Workshop on Renewable Energy Technologies for Clean Environment and Sustainable Development, INRES, Amman-Jordan, March 26–29, 2002.

 

Ghaddar, N., K. Ghali, and B. Jones. 2002. Multi-layer three-node model of convective heat and mass transport within cotton fibrous medium. Proceedings of the ICERD-2 Second International Conference on Energy Research and Development, Vol. II, 893–909. Kuwait, April 6–8, 2002.

 

. 2003. Thermal dynamic modeling of an integrated walking human-clothing system. Presented in the 3rd Conference on Modeling and Simulation in Biology, Medicine and Biomedical Engineering, Beirut, Lebanon, May 2003.

 

Ghaddar, N., K. Ghali, and A. Najm. 2003. Performance of solar-assisted hybrid air-conditioning liquid desiccant system in Beirut. Proceedings of Energy and Environment Conference, Helkdiki, Greece, May 14–16, 2003.

 

. 2003. Seasonal performance of solar-assisted liquid-desiccant hyprib air-conditioning system in Beirut. Presented in the Renewable Energy Sources and Utilization Conference, Syrian-Lebanese Research week, Beirut, Lebanon, March 16–17, 2003.

 

Hamade, R. 2002. Modeling of cathodic debonding of elastomer-to-metal adhesive bonds. 2nd International Symposium on Interfaces in Polymer Composites and Adhesive, Orlando, December 9–11, 2002.

 

Hamade, R., A. Smaili, F. Zeineddine, and B. Akle. 2002. Model angelo: A rapid prototyping system for polystyrene. Proceedings of the 2002 DETC Conference: 18th Design Automation Conference.

 

Khalaf, K., and S. Abdallah. 2003. Biomechanical simulation of manual lifting using functional performance criterion and constraints based on kinematics. In Proceedings of the 3rd Conference on Modeling and Simulation in Biology, Medicine and Biomedical Engineering (BioMedSim 2003), Balamand, Lebanon, May 27–30, 2003.

 

Moukalled, F., and M. Darwish. 2002. On the performance of mass conservation based algorithms for multi-phase flows. IASTED International Conference on Applied Simulation and Modeling (ASM 2002), Crete, Greece, June 25, 28, 2002.

 

Rolfe, B. F., M. J. Cardew-Hall, S. M. Abdallah, and G. A. W. West. 2001. Geometric shape errors in forging: Developing a metric and an inverse model. Proceedings of the Institute of Mechanical Engineers, Journal of Manufacture 215 B:1229–1240.

 

. Mapping of geometric shape variation to process parameter settings in a sheet metal context. In Proceedings 3rd International Conference on Intelligent Processing and Manufacturing of Materials Conference, Vancouver, BC, Canada, July 29–August 3, 2001.

 

Silpa-Anan, C., T. Brinsmead, S. M. Abdallah, and A. Zelinsky. 2001. Preliminary experiments in visual servo control for autonomous underwater vehicle. In proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems, Maui, Hawaii, October/November 2001.

 

Smaili, A. 2002. A model for integrating mechatronics into mechanical engineering education. Proceedings of the ASEE Annual Conference, Paper # 2002–698.

 

. 2002. Design for cultural. Proceedings of the ASME Design Technical Conference, Paper # DETC2002/EDC-34381.

 

Smaili, A., R. Hamade, F. Zeineddine, and B. Akle. 2002. Modelangelo: A rapid prototyping system for polystyrene. Proceedings of the ASME Design Automation Conference, Paper # DETC2002/DAC-34137.

 

Smaili, A., and F. Zein-eddine. 2003. SOFTLINK: A Matlab-Simulink based code for the analysis, synthesis, optimization, and simulation of mechanism. ASEE Annual Conference, 2003.