Publications

Summary:     20     Refereed Journal papers
                    36     Papers on conference proceedings
                      4     Publications in workshops and others
                      5     Technical reports

Refereed Journal Papers

  1. Aref, A. J., and Parsons, I.D. (1999). "Design Optimization Procedures for a Fiber Reinforced Plastic Bridge." Journal of Engineering Mechanics, ASCE, Vol. 125, No. 9, 1040-1047.

  2. Aref, A. J., and Parsons, I.D. (2000). "Design and Performance of a Modular Fiber Reinforced Plastic Bridge." Composites Journal- Part B: Engineering, Vol. 31, 619-628.

  3. Aref, A. J., Alampalli, S., and He, Y. (2001). "A Ritz-Based Static Analysis Method for Fiber Reinforced Plastic Skew Bridge Superstructure." Journal of Engineering Mechanics, ASCE, Vol. 127, No. 5, 450-458.

  4. Aref, A. J., and, Guo, Z. (2001). "A Framework of a Finite Element-Based Large Increment Method for Nonlinear Structural Problems." Journal of Engineering Mechanics, ASCE, Vol. 127, No. 7, 739-746.

  5. Aref, A. J., and Alampalli, S. (2001). "Vibration Characteristics of a Fiber Reinforced Plastic Bridge Deck." Journal of Composite Structures, Vol. 52, No. 3-4, 467-474.

  6. Shama, A., Chen, S., Mander, J., and Aref, A. (2001). "Ambient Vibration and Seismic Evaluation of a Cantilever Bridge." Engineering Structures Journal. Vol. 23, No. 10, 1281-1292.

  7. Shama, S., Mander, J., and Aref, A. (2002). "Seismic Performance and Retrofit of Steel Pile to Concrete Cap Connections." ACI Structural Journal, Vol. 99, No. 1, 51-61.

  8. He, Y., and Aref, A. (2002). "A Semi-Analytical Procedure for Simplified Design of Bidirectional FRP Web-core Sandwich Bridge Decks." International Journal of Computational Engineering Science, Vol. 3, No. 2, 129-154.

  9. Aref, A. J., and Jung, W. (2003). "Energy Dissipating Polymer Matrix Composite Infill Wall System for Seismic Retrofitting." Journal of Structural Engineering, ASCE. Vol. 129, No. 4, 440-448.

  10. Jung, W., and Aref, A. (2003). "A Combined Honeycomb and Solid Viscoelastic Material for Structural Damping Applications." Mechanics of Materials Journal, Vol. 35, No. 8, 831-844.

  11. He, Y., and Aref, A. J. (2003). "An Optimization Design Procedure for Fiber Reinforced Web-core Sandwich Bridge Deck system." Journal of Composite Structures, Vol. 60, 2, 183-195.

  12. Chiewanichakorn, M., Aref, A.J., and Alampalli, S. (2003). "Failure Analysis of a Fiber-reinforced Polymer Bridge Deck System." ASTM Journal of Composites and Technology, Vol. 25, No.2, 119-128.

  13. Kitane, Y., Aref. A., and Lee, G. (2004). "Static and Fatigue Testing of Hybrid FRP-Concrete Bridge Superstructure." Journal of Composites for Construction, ASCE. Vol. 8, No. 2, 182-190.

  14. Chiewanichakorn, M., Aref, A., Chen, S., Ahn, I. (2004). "Effective Flange Width Definition for Steel-Concrete Composite Bridge Girder." Journal of Structural Engineering, ASCE. Vol. 130, No. 12, pp. 2016-2031.

  15. Jung, W. and Aref, A. J. (2005). "Analytical and Numerical Studies of Polymer Matrix Composite Sandwich infill Panels." Composite Structures Journal , Vol. 68, No. 3 pp. 359-370.

  16. Ahn, I., Chiewanichakorn, M., Chen, S., and Aref, A. (2004). "Effective Width Provisions for Steel Bridges." Engineering Structures Journal. Vol. 26, 1843-1851.

  17. Aref, A., Kitane, Y., and Lee, G. "Analysis of Hybrid FRP-Concrete Multi-Cell Bridge Superstructure." Journal of Composite Structures. (In press)

  18. A. J. Aref, S. Alampalli and Y. He, 2001. Performance of a Fiber Reinforced Polymer Web Core Skew Bridge Superstructure, Part I : Field testing and Finite Element Analysis. Composite Structures. (In press)

  19. A. J. Aref, S. Alampalli and Y. He, 2001. Performance of a Fiber Reinforced Polymer
    Web Core Skew Bridge Superstructure, Part II : Failure Modes and Parametric Study. Composite Structures. (In press)

  20. Barham, W., Aref, A., Dargush, G. (2004). "Flexibility-based Large Increment Method for Analysis of Elastic Perfectly Plastic Beam Structures." Computers & Structures. (In press)

    Pending Refereed Journal Papers
     

  21. Barham, W., Aref, A., Dargush, G. (2004). "Development of the Large Increment Method For Elastic Perfectly Plastic Aanalysis OF Plane Frame Structures Under Monotonic Loading" Int. J. of Solids & Structures. In review

    In Preparation Refereed Journal Papers
     

  22. Jung, W. and Aref, A. "Advanced Composite Panels for Dynamic Response Modifications of Hospital Structures." Journal of Composite Structures. (In Preparation)
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Conference Proceedings

1. Chiewanichakorn, M., Aref, A., Chen, S. and Ahn, I. (2005)."Methodologies for Evaluation of Effective Slab Width." Submitted to Transportation Research Board 82 Annual Meeting, Washington, D.C.

2. Chiewanichakorn, M., Aref, A.J., Chen, S.S., Ahn, I-S., and Carpenter, J.A. (2005), "Effective Flange Width of Composite Girders in Negative Moment Region", International Bridge Engineering Conference (Submitted).

3. Ahn, I., Nottis, A., Chiewanichakorn, M., Carpenter, J., Chen, S. and Aref, A. (2005)."Experimental Study of the Ultimate Behavior at the Negative Moment Regions of Composite Bridge." Submitted to Transportation Research Board 82 Annual Meeting, Washington, D.C.

4. Barham, W.S., Dargush, G.F., and Aref, A.J. (2004). " On the Flexibility-based Solutions for Beam Elements with Bi-linear Material Model." The 7th International Conference on Computational Structures Technology, Lisbon, Portugal, September 7-9, 2004.

5. Aref, A. and Jung , W. (2004). "Analytical and Experimental Studies of Polymer Matrix Composite (PMC) Infill Panels." The 13th World Conference on Earthquake Engineering, Vancouver, B.C., Canada, August 1-6, 2004.

6. Kitane, Y., Aref, A. (2204) "Hybrid FRP-Concrete Bridge Deck and Superstructure." Advanced Composite materials in Bridges and Structures (ACMBS IV), Calgary, Alberta, July 20-23, 2004.

7. Barham, W.S., Aref, A.J., and Dargush, G.F. (2004). Large Increment Method for Elastic Perfectly Plastic Analysis of Plane Frames Under Monotonic Loading." The 17th ASCE Engineering Mechanics Conference, Newark, Delaware, June 13-16, 2004.

8. Chiewanichakorn, M., Ahn, I., Chen, S., and Aref, A. (2004). "The development of Revised Effective Slab Width Criteria for Steel-Concrete Composite Bridges." Structures Congress, ASCE, Nashville, May 26-29, 2004.

9. Jung, W., and Aref, A. (2004). "A Study of Advanced Composite Multi-Infill Panels for Seismic Retrofitting" Structures Congress, ASCE, Nashville, May 26-29, 2004.

10. Kitane, Y., Aref, A., and Lee, G. (2004). "Static Behavior of Hybrid FRP-Concrete Multi-Cell Bridge Superstructure" Structures Congress, ASCE, Nashville, May 26-29, 2004.

11. A. Filiatrault, G. Lee, A. Aref, M. Bruneau, M. Constantinou, A. Reinhorn and A. Whittaker. (2004). "Recent Progress Towards the Seismic Control of Structural and Non-Structural Systems in Hospitals" 36th Technical Meeting on Panel on wind and Seismic Effects, May 17-22, 2004, Gaithersburg, MD.

12. Chen, S., Ahn, I., Nottis, A., Chiewanichakorn, M., and Aref, A. (2004). "Continuous Composite Bridge Experiments: Behavior at Service & Ultimate Loads" TRB, Washington DC. January 2004.

13. Barham, W., Aref, A. and Dargush, G. (2003). "Derivation and Implementation of Flexibility-based Large Increment Method for Solving Nonlinear Structural problems. Proceedings of the Ninth International Conference on Civil and Structural Engineering Computing, Egmond-aan-Zee, The Netherlands, September 2-4, 2003.

Conference Proceedings (continued)

14. Aref, A. and Kitane, Y. (2003). "The Concept of Hybrid FRP-Concrete Multi-cell Bridge Superstructure", FHWA conference, Syracuse University, August, 7-8, 2003.

15. Aref, A. J., and Jung, W. (2003). "Conceptual Infill Panel Designs for Seismic Retrofitting," Structures Congress, ASCE, May 29-31, 2003, Seattle, Washington, (on CD-ROM.

16. Kitane, Y., Aref, A., and Lee, G. (2003). "Nonlinear Finite Element Analysis of Hybrid FRP-Concrete Bridge Superstructure" 16th ASCE Engineering Mechanics Conference, Seattle, Washington, July 16-17, 2003, (on CD-ROM).

17. Aref, A. J. and Chiewanichakorn, M. (2003). "A Comparative Study of Field Testing and FE Analysis of FRP Bridge Systems." Transportation Research Board 82 Annual Meeting, January 12-16, Washington, D.C., (on CD-ROM).

18. Aref, A. J., and Jung, W. (2002). "Retrofit of Semi-rigidly Connected Steel Frames with FRP composite Panels," Seventh U.S. National Conference on Earthquake Engineering, July 21-25, Boston, MA, (on CD-ROM).

19. Chiewanichakorn, M., Aref, A.J., and Alampalli, S. (2002). "Analytical Study of FRP Deck on a Bridge," Conference Proceedings, Advanced Polymer Composites for Structural Applications in Construction (ACIC-2002), April 15-17, Southampton, U.K., 329-336.

20. Chen, S.S., Aref, A. J., Ahn, I-S., Chiewanichakorn, M. (2002). "Comparative Study of Effective Flange Width Specifications for Composite Steel Bridges," Conference Proceedings, International Bridge Conference, June 10-12, 2002, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

21. Chiewanichakorn, M., Aref, A. J., and Alampalli, S. (2002). "An analytical study of an FRP deck on a truss bridge," Conference Proceedings, Engineering Mechanics Conference (EM 2002), June 2-5, Columbia University, New York.

22. Aref, A. J., and Jung, W. (2001). "Energy Dissipating Composite Infill Walls for Seismic Retrofit," International Conference on FRP Composites in Civil Engineering, December 12-15, Hong Kong, China, 1127-1134.

23. Aref, A. J. and He, Y. (2001). "A Genetic Algorithm-Based Approach for Design Optimization of Fiber Reinforced Polymer Structural Components," Mechanics and Materials Conference, June 27-29, San Diego, CA.

24. Aref, A. J., and Alampalli, S. (2001). "Health Monitoring of FRP Bridge Superstructure Using Vibration Characteristics," Mechanics and Materials Conference, June 27-29, San Diego, CA.

25. Aref, A. J., and Jung, W. (2001). "Polymer Matrix Composite Infill Walls for Seismic Retrofit," Structures Congress, ASCE, May 21-23, Washington, DC, (on CD-ROM).

26. Alampalli, S., Hag-Elsafi, O., O'Connor, J., Conway, T., and Aref, A. (2001). "Use of FRPs for Bridge Components and Methods of Performance Evaluation," Structures Congress, ASCE, May 21-23, Washington, DC, (on CD-ROM).

27. Aref, A. J. and Alampalli, S. (2000). "Dynamic Behavior and Damage Detection of a Fiber Reinforced Plastic Bridge Superstructure." Proceedings of the Structures Congress 2000, Philadelphia, PA, (on CD-ROM).

Conference Proceedings (continued)

28. Aref, A. J. and Alampalli, S. (2000). "Vibration Characteristics of a Fiber Reinforced plastic Bridge Superstructure." ASME International Congress, Orlando FL.

29. Aref, A. J., Parsons, I. D., and White, S. (1999). "Manufacture, Design and Performance of a Modular Fiber Reinforced Composite Bridge." 31st International SAMPE Technical Conference, Chicago, IL, 581-591.

30. Aref, A. J., Alampalli, S., and He, Y. (2000). "Performance of A Skewed Fiber Reinforced Plastic Bridge." 7th International Conference on Composites Engineering, Denver, Colorado, p33.

31. Aref, A. J. (1999). "Hybrid Concrete-FRP structural components and Systems." The Sixth International Conference on Composites Engineering. Orlando, Florida.

32. Bisantz, A., Cartwright, A. and Aref, A. J. (1999). "Introducing Students to Engineering Using a Case Study Approach." The ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition.

33. Aref, A. J. and Parsons, I. D. (1996). "Design and Analysis Procedures for a Novel Fiber Reinforced Plastic Bridge Deck." Advanced Composite Materials in Bridges and Structures, M. El-Badry, editor, Montreal, Canada, 743-750.

34. Aref, A. J. and Parsons, I. D. (1996). "Design and Analysis Procedures for a Novel Fiber Reinforced Plastic Bridge Deck." Proceedings of the First International Conference on Composites in Infrastructure, H. Saadatmanesh and M. R. Ehsani, editors, Tuscon, Arizona, 609-620.

35. Aref, A. J. and Parsons, I.D. (1996). "An Integral Composite Bridge Superstructure." Third International Conference on Composites Engineering, David Hui, editor, New Orleans, LA, p79.

36. Aref, A. J. and Parsons, I.D.(1996). "A Novel Fiber Reinforced Plastic Bridge Deck." The Fourth Annual Wilson Forum, Existing & Potential applications of Composite Materials in the Infrastructure, San Francisco, CA.

Workshops and Other Publications

1. Aref, A. (2004). "Temporal Thermal Simulation of FRP Decks." Workshop on the Performance and Design of Fiber Reinforced Polymer Composites at Very Cold Temperatures. Workshop held at University of Alaska Fairbanks and organized by Hong Liang and Judy Liu. Moderated a session on failure Mechanisms.

2. Research Progress and Accomplishments, MCEER. M. Bruneau, editor. Contributed paper "Advanced Composite Infills", May 2003.

3. Chiewanichakorn, Aref, A., and Alampalli, S. (2003). "Structural Behavior Study of an FRP Deck System Using FEA." Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) Workshop, New York City, NY, August 20-21, 2003.

4. Alampalli, S., Aref, A., Schongar, G., and Greenberg, H. (2003). "In-Service Performance and Analytical Investigations of an FRP Superstructure," Conference Proceedings, Fourth International Workshop on Structural Health Monitoring, Stanford, CA, p.239.

Technical Reports

  1. Chen, S.S., Aref, A.J., Ahn, I., and Chiewanichakorn, M. (2004). "Effective Slab Width for Composite Steel Bridge Members. NCHRP 12-58" Final Report prepared for National Cooperative Highway Research Program (NCHRP), Transportation Research Board, National Research Council. December 31, 2004.
     

  2. Aref, A. J., and Chiewanichakorn, M. (2004)."Temporal Thermal Behavior and Damage Simulations of FRP Deck." Report submitted to New York State Department of Transportation, Albany, NY.
     

  3. Aref, A. J., and Chiewanichakorn, M. (2002)."The Analytical Study of Fiber Reinforced Polymer Deck on an Old Truss Bridge." Report submitted to New York State Department of Transportation, Transportation Research Development Bureau and Transportation Infrastructure Research Consortium, New York.
     

  4. Aref, A. J. and He, Y. (2002). "A Ritz-Based Simplified Analysis Method for Fiber Reinforced Polymer Web-Core Sandwich Bridge Deck." Report submitted to New York State Department of Transportation, Transportation Research Development Bureau, and Transportation Infrastructure Research Consortium, New York.
     

  5. Aref, A. J. and He, Y. (2001). "Finite Element Analysis of a Fiber Reinforced Polymer Bridge Superstructure." Report submitted to New York State Department of Transportation, Transportation Research Development Bureau, and Transportation Infrastructure Research Consortium, New York.