Professor
Contact Information
Office Bldg-63 Room-315
Phone 966-3-860 2579
Fax 966-3-860 2949 (ME Dept)
Education
Ph.D. (Mechanical Engineering) from University of Minnesota, USA, in 1991
M.Sc. (Mechanical Engineering) from University of Minnesota, USA, in 1988
B.Sc (Mechanical Engineering) from NED University of Engineering, Pakistan, in 1985.
Courses Taught
- ME206 Manufacturing Processes I
- ME215 Materials Science for ME
- ME307 Machine Design I
- ME308 Machine Design II
- ME487 Mechanics of Materials
- ME489 FEA in Mechanical Design
- ME543 Nonlinear Finite Element Analysis
- ME580 Principles of metal forming
- ME586 FEA in Metal Forming
- ME590 FEA for Large Deformation Problems
Research Areas
- Applied Computational Mechanics
- Applications of Finite Element Method in Multi-physics Problems
- Laser assisted manufacturing and surface modification processes
- Metal forming and other advanced manufacturing processes
- Multi-physics modeling of photovoltaic solar system
- Non-dimensional finite element analysis
- Micro-mechanical modeling of coatings
Representative Publications
- Akhtar, SS; Abubakar, AA; Arif, AFM ; Prediction of Residual Stresses During Gas Nitriding of H13 Steels Using Phase Field Approach ;2016
- Nasim, K; Arif, AFM; Al-Nassar, YN; Anis, M ; Investigation of residual stress development in spiral welded pipe ;2015
- Abubakar, AA; Akhtar, SS; Arif, AFM ;Phase field modeling of V2O5 hot corrosion in thermal barrier coatings (vol 99, pg 105, 2015) ;2015
- Abubakar, AA; Akhtar, SS; Arif, AFM ; Phase field modeling of V2O5 hot corrosion kinetics in thermal barrier coatings ;2015
- Abubakar, AA; Akhtar, SS; Arif, AFM; Mostaghimi, J ; The effect of porosity on the hot corrosion failure of thermal barrier coatings ;2015
- Mustafa, MT; Arif, AFM; Masood, K ; Approximate Analytic Solutions of Transient Nonlinear Heat Conduction with Temperature-Dependent Thermal Diffusivity ;2014
- Saheb, N; Ul Qadir, N; Siddiqui, MU; Arif, AFM; Akhtar, SS; Al-Aqeeli, N ; Characterization of Nanoreinforcement Dispersion in Inorganic Nanocomposites: A Review ;2014
- Akhtar, SS; Arif, AFM ; Effect of Profile Corners on the Nitriding Treatment of AISI H13 Hot Extrusion Dies ;2014
- Pashah, S; Arif, AFM ; Fatigue life prediction of adhesive joint in heat sink using Monte Carlo method ;2014
- Hasan, O; Arif, AFM; Siddiqui, MU ; Finite Element Modeling, Analysis, and Life Prediction of Photovoltaic Modules ;2014
- Hasan, O; Arif, AFM; Performance and life prediction model for photovoltaic modules: Effect of encapsulant constitutive behavior ;2014
- Meng, L; You, Z; Arif, AFM; Dubowsky, S ;Shape Optimized Heliostats Using a Tailored Stiffness Approach ;2014
- Pashah, S; Zubair, SM; Arif, AFM ;Study of coating effects on variable profile annular fins when subjected to dehumidifying operating conditions ;2014
Patents
- Bekir S. Yilbas, A.F.M. Arif, Cihan Karatas, Abdul Aleem B. Jabbar, “Laser Gas Assisted Nitriding of Alumina Surfaces”, Patent No. US 8,147,926, Date of Patent: April 3, 2012.
- Bekir S. Yilbas and Abul Fazal M. Arif, “Method of Modeling Residual Stresses During Laser Cutting”, Patent No. US 8,155,933, Date of Patent: April 10, 2012.
Books
- S.Z. Qamar, A.K. Sheikh, A.F.M. Arif, Modeling and analysis of aluminum extrusion: process, tooling, and defects, ISBN: 978-3-8443-3158-5, LAP Lambert Academic Publishing, Germany, 2011
- Syed Sohail Akhtar and Abul Fazal M. Arif, Hot Extrusion Dies: Failure Analysis, Nitriding & Effect of Billet Quality, ISBN 978-3-8465-4512-6, LAP Lambert Academic Publishing, Germany, 2011
