Research interests

Properties of construction materials and behaviour of concrete and masonry structures under various load conditions

Publications

• Peer reviewed journal papers

• Al-Sibahy A., Edwards R. Effect of Chases with Renovation Techniques on the Load Carrying Capacity of Masonry Walls, Infrastructures, 2021, 6, 160 (1-15). https://doi.org/10.3390/infrastructures6110160.

• Al-Sibahy A., Mashay S., Development of hybrid ECC columns subjected to concentric and eccentric loading. Structures, 2020 (Accepted/will be published soon).

• Al-Sibahy A., Edwards R. Structural evaluation for the historic Palace of King Ghazi and mechanism of its rehabilitation. Case Studies in Construction Materials, 13 (2020) e00371. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cscm.2020.e00371.  

• Al-Sibahy A., Maha S. Corrosion effects on the bond behaviour of steel bars in self-compacting concrete. Construction and Building Materials, 250 (2020) 118568. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.conbuildmat.2020.118568

• Al-Sibahy A., Mashay S.. Development of hybrid ECC columns subjected to concentric and eccentric loading. Al-Qadisiyah Journal for Engineering Sciences, 2020. DOI: https://doi.org/10.30772/qjes.v13i1000

• Al-Sibahy A., Maha S., Pullout strength behaviour of self-compacted concrete in aggressive solutions. Al-Qadisiyah Journal for Engineering Sciences, 2019. DOI: https://doi.org/10.30772/qjes.v12i4.260

• Al-Sibahy A., Tarish A. Behaviour of Gypsum Plasterboards Under Mechanical Loads and Thermal Effects. International Journal of Engineering and Technology (2018) 7(4.2):266-270. DOI: 10.14419/ijet.v7i4.20.25937.

• Al-Sibahy A., Edwards R. Characterization of the Clay Masonry Units and Construction Technique at the Ancient City of Nippur. Engineering Structures; 147 (2017) 517–529. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.engstruct.2017.06.017.

• Al-Sibahy A., Edwards R. Effects of mineral and superplasticizer admixtures on the mechanical behaviour of lightweight concrete. Structures and Buildings (ICE); 2017. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1680/jstbu.15.00044.

• Al-Sibahy A. Behaviour of reinforced concrete columns strengthened with ferrocement layer under compression conditions: Experimental approach. World Journal of Engineering and Technology, 4: 608-622, 2016. DOI:10.4236/wjet.2016.44057

• Al-Sibahy A. Improvement of gypsum behaviour using glass wool. Babylon Journal for Sciences, In Press, 2016.

• Al-Sibahy A. A comparison between American and British methods of mix design with suggestions for improvement. Al-Qadisiyah Journal for Engineering Sciences, 9 (3):423-441, 2016.

• Al-Sibahy A. Effect of superplastizier admixture of the mechanical behaviour of lightweight concrete mixes containing mineral additives. Al-Qadisiyah Journal for Engineering Sciences, In Press, 2016.

• Al-Sibahy A., Edwards R. Behaviour of masonry wallettes made from a new concrete formulation under compression loads of at ambient temperatures: Testing and modelling. Construction and Building Materials, 63: 271-280, 2014. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.conbuildmat.2014.04.043.

• Al-Sibahy A., Edwards R. Behaviour of masonry wallettes made from a new concrete formulation under combination of axial compression load and heat exposure: experimental approach. Engineering Structures, 48: 193-204, 2013. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.engstruct.2012.09.028.

• Al-Sibahy A., Edwards R. Thermal behaviour of novel lightweight concrete at ambient and elevated temperatures: Experimental, modelling and parametric studies. Construction and Building Materials, 31: 174-187, 2012. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.conbuildmat.2011.12.096.

• Al-Sibahy A., Edwards R. Mechanical and thermal properties of novel lightweight concrete mixtures containing recycled glass and metakaolin. Construction and Building Materials, 31: 157-167, 2012. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.conbuildmat.2011.12.095.

• Al-Sibahy A., Effect of magnetizer water on the properties of cement mortar. Al-Qadisiyah Journal for Engineering Sciences, 1(1): 95-108, 2008.

• Al-Sibahy A., Effect of concrete properties on the design criteria of continuously rigid concrete pavements. Babylon Journal for Sciences, 11(5): 894-905, 2006.

• Al-Sibahy A., An experimental study on the concrete properties containing polymer admixture- epoxy-resin: Babylon Journal for Sciences,11(5): 996-1004, 2006.

• Peer reviewed conference papers

• * -denotes speaker

• Al-Sibahy A.^*, Edwards R., Structural behaviour of new developed lightweight concrete masonry walls. 12th SPARC Conference, The University of Salford, May 2012.

• Al-Sibahy A.^*, Edwards R., Structural behaviour of new masonry lightweight concrete wallettes at high temperatures. Postgraduate Research Conference, The University of Manchester, December 2011: 1-2.

• Al-Sibahy A.^*, Edwards R., Thermo-mechanical behaviour of new combination of lightweight aggregate concrete mixtures. Conference of Engineering Sciences. Iraqi Cultural Attache’ London, October 2011.

• Al-Sibahy A.^*, Edwards R., Thermo-mechanical behaviour of new combination of lightweight aggregate concrete mixtures. 31st Cement and Concrete Science Conference (Novel Developments and Innovations in Cementitious Materials). Imperial College London, September 2011: PP8.

• Al-Sibahy A.^*, Edwards R., Mechanical behaviour of high metakaolin lightweight aggregate. International Conference of Computational Methods and Experimental Measurements XV. Wessex Institute of Technology, May 2011: 85-96. DOI:10.2495/CMEM110091

• Al-Sibahy A.^*, Edwards R., A new method of producing lightweight aggregate concrete. Postgraduate Research Conference, The University of Manchester, July 2010: 43.

• Al-Sibahy A.^*, Problems of Iraqi sands in production concrete mixes. Conference of Rebuilding of Al-Diwaniyah City: May 2007.

Membership

• Editorial Member for the Journal of Smart Construction Research

• Member of Organizing Committee of the 1st ICCES-2018- Iraq.

• Member of Reviewer’s Committee of the ICEET International Conference - Turkey- 2016.

• Member of Scientific Committee of 3th International Conference in Civil Engineering and Urban Planning- Chain -2014.

• American concrete institute (ACI) membership

• Institute of civil engineers (ICE) membership-UK

• Member of Iraqi engineering union