Mechanical Engineering

King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals

Dr. Abdel-Salam M.  Eleiche Professor Mechanical Engineering Department King Fahd University of Petroleum & Minerals

Education	Courses Taught
Research	Short Course Coordination
Awards	Contact

Education

Ph. D. (Solid Mechanics), Brown University, Providence, RI, USA, 1973

M. Sc. (Solid Mechanics), Brown University, Providence, RI, USA, 1972

B. Sc. (Production Engineering), Cairo University, Egypt, 1966

Courses Taught

ME 201	Dynamics
ME 206	Manufacturing Processes I
ME 307	Machine Design I
ME 308	Machine Design II
ME 485	Mechanical System Design

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Research

Areas:

Mechanical properties of materials (Theory, Experimentation, and Modeling).  Impact and intensive loading effects on materials and structures. Innovative methods in design. Various issues in higher education.

Representative Publications  (with co-workers):

"Fatigue crack growth in cantilever bending under displacement control," ASTM J. of Testing and Evaluation, 30(2), 124, 2002.

"Fracture toughness properties of high-strength martensitic steel within a wide hardness range," J. Materials Engineering and Performance, 10, 576, 2001.

"The shot peening effect on the hcf behavior of high-strength martensitic steels," J. Materials Processing Technology, 113(1-3), 502, 2001.

"New college graduate attributes and their implications on preparatory year programs in tertiary education," Proc. First Saudi Workshop on University Preparatory Programs, KFUPM, 15, 2000.

"Experimental investigation of the ballistic resistance of steel-fiberglass reinforced polyester laminated plates," Composites, 27B, 447, 1996.

"Low-cycle fatigue in rotating cantilever under bending: I & II, " Int. J. of Fatigue, 18(6), 401, 577, 1996.

"Biaxial dynamic testing of nuclear containment steel," Invited Paper, 13th Int. Conf. Structural Mech. in Reactor Techn. (SMIRT 13), 1995.

"A theoretical comparison of three unified viscoplasticity theories and application to the uniaxial behavior of inconel 718 at 1100F," Nuclear Engineering & Design, 128, 369, 1991.

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Short Course Coordination

Techniques and Practical Applications of Stress Analysis.

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Awards

Egyptian State Prize for Engineering Sciences for the year 1981, an Honorary Degree, and the State Medal for Science and Arts of the First Class

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Contact

	Tel: 966-3-860 3765 (Office)
	Fax: 966-3-860 2949 (ME Department)
	E-mail: eleichea@kfupm.edu.sa

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