Selected Papers in Refereed Journals

  1. Giannin Viecilli, Abd El Halim Omar Abd El Halim, Abass Braimah, and Osama El-Desouky, “Transportation Optimization of Ribbon Floating Bridges: Analytical and Experimental Investigation”, The Open Civil Engineering Journal, Volume 4, 2014, pp.42-56.
  2. Abass Braimah, Rick Guilbeault, and Ettore Contestabile, “Strain Rate Behaviour of Adhesive Anchors in Masonry”, Engineering Structures, Volume 67, May 2014, pp.96-108.
  3. Eric Jacques, Alan Lloyd, Abass Braimah, Murat Saatcioglu, Ghasan Doudak, Omar Abdelalim, “Influence of High Strain-Rates on the Dynamic Flexural Material Properties of SPF Wood Studs”, Canadian Journal of Civil Engineering, vol 41, No. 1, January 2014, pp. 56-64.
  4. Omar Abdelalim, Abass Braimah, and Abd El Halim O. Abd El Halim, “Computational Method for the Calculation of Blast Pressure Outside Vented Suppressive Shield Containers”, Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board, Volume 2379(11), 2013, 90-102.
  5. Giannin Viecili, Abass Braimah, Abd El Halim O. Abd El Halim, and Osama El-Desouky, “Dynamic Behaviour of Ribbon Floating Bridges: Analytical and Experimental Studies”, Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board, 2331(1), 2013, 35-44.
  6. Elshafey M., Braimah, A., Halim, A. O., and Contestabile, E., “Aluminum Foam-Lined Suppressive Shields for Safe Explosives Transport – An Experimental Investigation”, Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board 2288, No. 1, 2012, pp. 91-102.
  7. Braimah, A., Elshafey, M., Abd El Halim, A. O., and Contestabile, E., “Experimental Investigation of Aluminium Foam Lined Suppressive Shield Containment Vessels”, International Journal of Protective Structures, Volume 3, Number 2, June 2012, pp. 193-220.
  8. Abass Braimah, Ettore Contestabile, and Rick Guilbeault, “Behaviour of Adhesive Steel Anchors under Impulse-type Loading”, Canadian Journal of Civil Engineering, vol. 36, No. 11, November 2009, pp. 1835-1847.
  9. M. Carriere, P.J. Heffernan, R.G. Wight, and A. Braimah, “Behaviour of Steel Reinforced Polymer (SRP) Strengthened RC Members under Blast Load”, Canadian Journal of Civil Engineering, vol. 36, No. 8, August 2009, pp.1356-1365.
  10. Abass Braimah and Ettore Contestabile, “Historical Review: Bombings of Dams”, Canadian Dam Association Bulletin, Vol. 20, No. 1, 2009, pp. 12-21 (Reprint of CDA Published Paper Award Winner).

Selected Papers in Refereed Conference Proceedings

  1. Abass Braimah, Siba Farouk, and Bert von Rosen, “Near-field Explosion Effects on Reinforced Concrete Columns”, Proceedings of the Fifth International Workshop on Performance, Protection and Strengthening of Structures under Extreme Loading, June 28-30, 2015, East Lansing, MI, USA.
  2. Danesh Nourzadeh, JagMohan Humar, and Abass Braimah, “Blast Induced Roof Loads in Building Structures: Comparison with Current Empirical Formulations”, Proceedings of the 4th International Structural Specialty Conference, CSCE Annual Conference, Halifax, NS, May 28 -31, 2014.
  3. Conrad Kyei and Abass Braimah, “Seismic Reinforcement Detailing Effects on Blast Resistance of Reinforced Concrete Columns”, Proceedings of the 3rd Specialty Conference on Disaster Prevention and Mitigation, CSCE Annual Conference, Montreal, Quebec, May 29 – June 1, 2013.
  4. Lawrence Abladey and Abass Braimah, “Effects of Scaled Distance on the Deflection of Concrete Columns to Near-field Blast Loading: A Numerical Investigation”, Proceedings of the 3rd Specialty Conference on Disaster Prevention and Mitigation, CSCE Annual Conference, Montreal, Quebec, May 29 – June 1, 2013.
  5. Lauren Toikka, Abass Braimah, and Ghani Razaqpur, “Strain Rate Effects on Development Length of Steel Reinforcement: State of the Art Reveiw”, Proceedings of the 3rd Specialty Conference on Disaster Prevention and Mitigation, CSCE Annual Conference, Montreal, Quebec, May 29 – June 1, 2013.
  6. Giannin Viecili, Abass Braimah, Abd El Halim O. Abd El Halim, and Osama El-Desouky, “Dynamic Behaviour of Ribbon Floating Bridges: Analytical and Experimental Studies”, Transportation Research Board 92nd Annual Meeting, Washington D.C., January 13-17, 2013, 13-4341.
  7. O. Abdelalim, A. Braimah, and A. O. Abd El Halim, “Computational Method for the Calculation of Blast Pressure Outside Vented Suppressive Shield Containers”, Transportation Research Board 92nd Annual Meeting, Washington D.C., January 13-17, 2013, 13-3930.
  8. Elshafey Mohammed Mokbel, Braimah Abass, Abd El Halim Abd El Halim, and Contestabile Ettore, “Aluminum Foam-Lined Suppressive Shields for Safe Transport of Explosives: Experimental Investigation”, in Proceedings of the 91st Annual Meeting, Transportation Research Board, Washington D.C., January 22-26, 2012, Paper Number 12-0578 (DVD version).
  9. Omar Abdelalim, Abass Braimah, Abd El Halim O. Abd El Halim, “Modeling and Numerical Study on Blast Assessment with Vented Suppressive Shields”, 14th International Symposium on Interaction of the Effects of Munitions with Structures, Seattle, WA, September 19-23, 2011.
  10. Alan Llyod, Eric Jacques, Omar Abdelalim, Murat Saatsioglu, Abass Braimah, Ghasan Doudak, “High Strain-rate Effects on the Dynamic Material Properties of Wood Beams”, Proceedings of the 2nd International Engineering Mechanics and Materials Specialty Conference, CSCE Annual Conference, Ottawa, Ontario, June 14 – 17, 2011.
  11. Abass Braimah, Rick Guilbeault, and Don Wilson, “Blast Load Distribution on Free Standing Columns”, Structures under Extreme Loadings – Proceedings of Second International Workshop on Performance, Protection, and Strengthening of Structures under Extreme Loading, August 19-22, 2009, Hayama, Japan.

Selected Non-Refereed Contributions:

  1. Abass Braimah, Bert von Rosen, Yumin Li, and Mohammed Rayhani, “Explosive Cratering on Embankment Dams”, Proceedings of the Canadian Dam Association, 2012 Annual Conference, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, September 22-27, 2012.
  2. Braimah, A. and Rayhani, M., “How Explosives Affect Embankment Dams”, HydroVision International, March-April 2012.