DR. KHALID H. ALMITANI
Associate Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, King Abdulaziz University
Education
Degree Field Institution Year
PhD Mechanical Engineering University of Maryland, College Park, USA 2009 MS Mechanical Engineering University of Maryland, College Park, USA 2008 BS Mechanical Engineering King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, SA. 1998
Academic Experience
From To Institution Rank Title (Chair,
Coordinator, etc.)
Full or Part Time 2009 2017 King Abdulaziz Univ. Assist Prof. Faculty Full Time 2017 present King Abdulaziz Univ. Assoc. Prof. Faculty Full Time
Funded Research Projects and Patents from the Past Five Years
1. HiCi Research Initiative Funded Project, Gradient Material Mechanics (GMM) Across Scales:
New Directions and Areas of Interdisciplinary Research Activity with Applications to Advanced Technologies, 2012, Running
Honours and Awards
1. Sheikh Ismail Bin Dawood King Abdulaziz Univ. Prize for Academic Excellence, 1999
Institutional and Professional Services
1. Member of Faculty of Engineering Curriculum Committee 2. Chairman of Mechanical Engineering Department
Principal Publications/Presentations from the Past Five Years
1. Almitani, K.H., Abdalrahmaan, A.A., Eltaher, M.A., (Accepted). On Forced and Free Vibrations of Cutout Squared Beams, Steel and Composite Structures, An International Journal.
2. Almitani, K. H., Wagih, A., Melaibari, A., & Eltaher, M. A. (2019). Improving energy dissipation and damage resistance of CFRP laminates using alumina nanoparticles. Plastics, Rubber and Composites, 48(5), 208-217.
3. Eltaher, M.A., Kabeel, A.M., Almitani, K.H., Abdraboh, A.M., 2018, Static bending and buckling of perforated nonlocal size-dependent nanobeams, Microsystem Technologies, April 2018, pp. 1-13
4. Eltaher, M.A., Abdraboh, A.M., Almitani, K.H., 2018, Resonance frequencies of size dependent perforated nonlocal nanobeam, Microsystem Technologies, Vol. 24, No. 9, pp.
3925-3937
5. Siddiqui, M. E., Taimoor, A. A., Almitani , K. H., 2018, Energy and Exergy Analysis of the S-CO2 Brayton Cycle Coupled with Bottoming Cycles, Processes, Vol. 6, No.9
6. Abu-Hamdeh, N. H., Almitani, K. H., 2017, Construction and numerical analysis of a collapsible vertical axis wind turbine, Energy Conversion and Management, Vol. 151, pp.
400-413
7. K.H. Almitani, 2018, Buckling Behaviors of Symmetric and Antisymmetric Functionally Graded Beams, Journal of Applied and Computational Mechanics, Vol. 4, No. 2, pp.115- 124
8. Mohamed O Gafar, Khalid H Almitani, Ramzi Othman, 2017, Analytical model for harmonic response of dissimilar single-lap joints, J. of Multi-body Dynamics, published online on December 13, 2017
9. Almitani, K.H, Bakare, A, Aljinaidi, A, Spider web shape energy absorber, European Advanced Materials Congress, 2017
10. K.H. Almitani, Detection of Multiple Cracks in Beams Using Vibration Characteristics, Journal of King Abdulaziz University (Accepted for publication)
11. M.A. Hamed, M.A. Eltaher, A.M. Sadoun, K.H. Almitani, 2016, Free vibration of symmetric and sigmoid functionally graded nanobeams. Appl. Phys. A 122(9), 829 12. Almitani, K. H., Othman, R., 2016, Analytical solution of the harmonic response of visco-
elastic adhesively bonded single-lap and double-lap joints, Int J Adhes Adhes 2016;71, pp.
55-65
13. Abu-Hamdeh, N.H., K.H. Almitani, 2016, Solar liquid desiccant regeneration and nanofluids in evaporative cooling for greenhouse food production in Saudi Arabia, Solar Energy, 134, pp. 202-210.
14. K.M. Kateb, K.H. Almitani, K.A. Alnefaie, N.H. Abu-Hamdeh, P. Papadopoulos, H.
Askes, E.C. Aifantis, 2016, Application of gradient elasticity to benchmark problems of beam vibrations, Mech Behav Mater, 25(1-2), pp. 33-51
15. A. Al-Mohemmed, R. Othman, and K. H. Almitani, 2015, Reducing wave reflection in the split Hopkinson bar device by modifying the bar end, J. MultiDisp. Eng. Sci. Technol., vol.
2, pp. 62-65.
16. Hambli R., Almitani K. H, Abdessalem Chamekh, Hechmi Toumi, Joao Manuel R. S.
Tavares, 2015, A theory for bone resorption based on the local rupture of osteocytes cells connections: A finite element study, Mathematical Biosciences, Vol. 262, pp. 46-55 17. K. Y. X, K. A. Alnefaie, N. H. Abu-Hamdeh, K. H. Almitani, E. C. Aifantis, 2015, Free
transverse vibrations of a double-walled carbon nanotube: gradient and internal inertia effects, 2014, Acta Mechanica Solida Sinica, Vol. 27, No. 4, pp. 345-352
18. Abu-Hamdeh NH, Alnefaie KA, Almitani KH, 2013, An analytical solution of the dynamics of a symmetrically operated parallel flow heat exchanger. Heat Mass Transf , 49, pp. 1471-1479
