Research interests

Nonlinear analysis of steel and concrete structures

Numerical analysis of structures using FEM

Analysis and design of structures exposed to fire

Analysis and design of structures subjected to blast and impact induced by fire

Analysis and design of concrete structures reinforced by FRP bars

Publications

• I. International Journals

• H. Al-Thairy H, Wang YC, A numerical study of the behaviour and failure modes of axially compressed steel columns subjected to transverse impact, International Journal of Impact Engineering 38 (2011) 732-744.

• H. Al-Thairy, Y.C. Wang, A Simplified Analytical Method for Predicting the Critical Velocity of Transverse Rigid Body Impact on Steel Columns, International Journal of Impact Engineering 58 (2013) 39-54

• H. Al-Thairy, Y.C. Wang, An Assessment of the Current Eurocode 1 Design Methods for Building Structure Steel Columns under Vehicle Impact, Journal of Construction Steel Research, 88 (2013) 164–171

• H. Al-Thairy, Y.C. Wang , A Simplified Analytical Method for Predicting the Critical Velocity of Vehicle Impact on Steel Columns, Journal of Constructional Steel Research, 92, (2014) pp. 136-149..

• H. Al-Thairy, Y.C. Wang , Simplified FE vehicle model for assessing the vulnerability of axially compressed steel columns against vehicle frontal impact, Journal of Constructional Steel Research 102, November 2014, 190–200.

• H. Al-Thairy, Wang YC “ Behaviour and Design of Steel Columns Subjected to Vehicle Impact “, Applied Mechanics and Materials Vol. 566 (2014) pp 193-198© (2014) Trans Tech Publications, Switzerland,doi:10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMM.566.193.

• H. Al-Thairy, “A modified single degree of freedom method for the analysis of building steel columns subjected to explosion induced blast load “,International Journal of Impact Engineering Vol. 94 (2016) pp 120-133 (

• H. Al-Thairy, “Behaviour and Failure of Steel Columns Subjected to Blast Loads: Numerical Study and Analytical Approach “,Advances in Materials Science and Engineering Volume 2018 (2018), Article ID 1591384, 20 pages

• H. Al-Thairy . “Analytical predictions of moment curvature relationship of steel beam columns under fire attack “.MATEC Web of Conferences 162, 04006 (2018)BCEE3-2017.

• H. Al-Thairy .”Residual strength of steel beam columns under elevated temperature”, Journal of Constructional Steel Research 155 (2019) 176–191.

• Al-Thairy . Effect of using river sand on the strength of normal and high strength concrete. International Journal of Engineering and Technology(UAE), 7(4.20 Special Issue 20), pp. 222-228

• Al-Thairy and AlJasmi, Behavior of light weight reinforced concrete beam under elevated Temperature, IOP Conf. Series: Materials Science and Engineering 737 (2020) 012020

• Al-Thairy and Hussien, Behavior and Failure Mode of GFRP bars RC Beams under Elevated Temperature, IOP Conf. Series: Materials Science and Engineering 888(2020) 012012

• Nuha H. Albu-Hassan and H. Al-Thairy ” Experimental and numerical investigation on the behavior of hybrid concrete beams reinforced with GFRP bars after exposure to elevated temperature”, Structures 28 (2020) 537–555.

• Al-Thairy. A simplified method for steady state and transient state thermal analysis of hybrid steel and FRP RC beams at fire. Case Studies in Construction Materials 13 (2020) e00465.

• Al-Thairy, H., Al-Jasmi, S.K. Numerical Investigation on the Behavior of Reinforced Lightweight Concrete Beams at Elevated Temperature. Iran J Sci Technol Trans Civ Eng (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s40996-021-00580-4

• Noor Al-Huda Al-Talqani , Haitham Al-Thairy2, Behavior of eccentrically loaded normal weight concrete encased steel columns at elevated temperature, IOP Conf. Series: Materials Science and Engineering 1076 (2021) 012124.

• Faaiza Al-Naqeeb, Haitham Al-Thairy, The behavior of reinforced concrete columns exposure to eccentric loads at high temperature, IOP Conf. Series: Journal of Physics 1895 (2021) 012055.

• Haitham Al-Thairy, Prediction of Behaviour and Failure of Steel Columns Subjected to Blast Followed by Fire Induced by Explosion, international Journal of Steel Structures, 21(4), 1431-1453.

• Haitham Al-Thairy and Marwa Azeez Al-Hamzawi, Behavior of Eccentrically Loaded Slender Concrete ColumnsReinforced with GFRP Bars, IOP Conf. Series: Journal of Physics 1973 (2021) 012218

• II. International conferences.

• H. Al-Thairy, Y.C. Wang “Numerical Study of Behavior of Axially Loaded Steel Columns Subjected to Transverse Impact “, Proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Steel & Composite Structures, Sydney-Australia., 21-23 July 2010

• H. Al-Thairy, Wang YC “ Behaviour and Design of Steel Columns Subjected to Vehicle Impact “, Proceedings of the 8th International Symposium on Impact Engineering (ISIE-2013). Osaka, Japan, 2-6 Sep.2013.

• H. Al-Thairy . “Analytical predictions of moment curvature relationship of steel beam columns under fire attack “.MATEC Web of Conferences 162, 04006 (2018)BCEE3-2017.

Patents