Abdul Sheikh

Biography

January 2008 – Present, Associate Professor, School of Civil, Environmental and Mining Engineering, University of Adelaide, Australia February 2006 – October 2007, Associate Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Aalborg University, Denmark June 1998 – December 2007, Professor, Associate Professor, Assistant Professor, Department of Ocean Engineering and Naval Architecture, Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur, India May 2003 – July 2003, Visiting Researcher, School of Engineering Sciences, University of Southampton, UK October 1993 – June 1998, Assistant Professor, Lecturer, Department of Applied Mechanics, Indian Institute of Engineering Science and Technology, Shibpur, India

Research Interest

Innovative finite element modelling of stiffened plates and shells, and their static, dynamic and buckling response in linear and nonlinear ranges. Development of new finite element techniques for efficient modelling of laminated composite, sandwich and smart structures based on higher order refined theories. Numerical simulation of high velocity ballistic impact response of laminated composite and sandwich panels. Development of a fully coupled efficient beam model for thin-walled open and closed section laminated composite beams. Numerical modelling of concrete and ultra-high performance concrete members subjected to blast loading. Novel modelling techniques for straight/curved box-girder bridge deck structures and determination of and their load distributions. Micromechanics based coupled damage plasticity model for progressive failure analysis of laminated composite structures. Analytical and finite element model of steel concrete composite beams based on higher order theories in linear and nonlinear ranges.