Université Laval
Faculté des sciences
et de génie

Ahmed El Refai

Professeur titulaire

Champs d'intérêts

  • Conception des structures en béton armé et précontraint
  • Matériaux composites, polymères renforcés des fibres
  • Réparation des structures à l’aide des matériaux innovants
  • Performance et Durabilité des structures sous charges extrêmes
  • Fatigue

  • GCI-7021 - Sujets spéciaux : Matériaux composites en construction
  • GCI-3300 - Conception des structures II
  • GCI-2004 - Structures de béton armé
  • GCI-1001 - Statique et dynamique

Pour la liste complète des publications, consultez mes pages ResearchGate et Google Scholar

  1. Mandor*, A. and El Refai, A. (2022). “Strengthening of the Hogging and Sagging Regions in Continuous Beams with Fiber-Reinforced Cementitious Matrix (FRCM): Experimental and Analytical Investigations.” Journal of Construction and Building Materials. doi.org/10.1016/j.conbuildmat.2022.126341  
  2. Alhoubi*, Y., El Refai, A., Abed, F., El-Maaddawy, T., and Tello*, N. (2022). “Strengthening Pre-Damaged RC Square Columns with Fabric-Reinforced Cementitious Matrix (FRCM): Experimental Investigation.” Journal of Composite Structures. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.compstruct.2022.115784
  3. Eltantawi*, I., Alnahhal, W., El Refai, A., Younis, A., Alnuaimi, N., Kahraman, R. (2022). “Bond Performance of Tensile Lap-Spliced Basalt-FRP Reinforcement in High-Strength Concrete Beams.” Composite Structures. doi.org/10.1016/j.compstruct.2021.114987
  4. Hamed*, S., El Refai, A., and Alnahhal, W. (2022). “Shear Contribution of Basalt Fiber-Reinforced Concrete in Beams Reinforced with BFRP Bars.” Journal of Composite Structures. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.compstruct.2022.115443
  5. Mandor*, A. and El Refai, A. (2021). “Assessment and modelling of the debonding failure of fabric-reinforced cementitious matrix (FRCM) systems.”  Composite Structures. doi.org/10.1016/j.compstruct.2021.114394
  6. Mandor*, A. and El Refai, A. (2021). “Flexural response of reinforced concrete continuous beams strengthened with fiber-reinforced cementitious matrix (FRCM).”  Journal of Engineering Structures. doi.org/10.1016/j.engstruct.2021.113557  
  7. Elmessalami*, N., Abed, F., and El Refai, A. (2021). “Response of concrete columns reinforced with longitudinal and transverse BFRP bars under concentric and eccentric loading”. Composite Structures. doi.org/10.1016/j.compstruct.2020.11305
  8. Elmessalami*, N., El Refai, A., and Abed, F. (2019). “Fiber-Reinforced Polymers (FRP) Bars for Compression Reinforcement: A promising Alternative to Steel Reinforcement.” Journal of Construction and Building Materials. doi.org/10.1016/j.conbuildmat.2019.03.105
  9. Attia*, K., El Refai, A., and Alnahhal, W. (2020). “Flexural Behavior of Basalt Fiber-reinforced Concrete Slab Strips with BFRP Bars: Experimental Testing and Numerical Simulation.” Journal of Composites for Construction. DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)CC.1943-5614.0001002.   
  10. Ebead, U., El Refai, A., Shrestha, K., and Nanni, A. (2019). “Soffit and U-wrap FRCM strengthening for reinforced concrete beams.” ACI Structural Journal. DOI: 10.14359/51713292
  11. Elghazy*, M., El Refai, A., Ebead, U., and Nanni, A. (2018). “Experimental Results and Modelling of Corrosion-Damaged Concrete Beams Strengthened with Externally-Bonded Composites.” Journal of Engineering Structures. doi.org/10.1016/j.engstruct.2018.06.037.   
  12. Elghazy*, M., El Refai, A., Ebead, U., and Nanni, A. (2018). “Fatigue and Monotonic Behavior of Corrosion-Damaged Reinforced Concrete Beams Strengthened with FRCM Composites.” Journal of Composites for Construction, ASCE. DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)CC.1943-5614.0000875
  13. Akiel*, M., El-Maaddawy, T., and El Refai, A. (2018). “Serviceability and Moment Redistribution of Continuous Concrete Members Reinforced with Hybrid Steel-BFRP Bars.” Journal of Construction and Building Materials. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.conbuildmat.2018.04.202

  • Professional Engineers, Ontario (PEO) 2011 - present.
  • American Concrete Institute (ACI)
  • Comité scientifique de la guide de conception ACI-549 sur les matrices cimentaires renforcées de fibres (en anglais : Fabric-reinforced cementitious matrices).
  • Centre d’études interuniversitaire des structures sous charges extrêmes (CEISCE) - Research center on structures under extreme loading
  • Comité de programme GCI 1er cycle (2020 - présent)

  • B.Sc., M. Sc., Ph.D. (University of Waterloo, Canada)
  • P.Eng. (Ontario)