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Shahram Sarkani , PhD

   
   

EMSE_Faculty

Professor of Engineering Management and Systems Engineering; and Director, Infrastructure Safety and Reliability Laboratory

Office: 1776 G Street, N.W. (18th Street entrance), Room 147

Tel: (202) 994-5450

Fax: (202) 994-0092

Email: sarkani@gwu.edu

Website: http://www.gwu.edu

Office Hours : Spring 2009: By appointment only

 

Education

  • 1980 B.S., Civil Engineering, Louisiana State University
  • 1981 M.S., Civil Engineering, Louisiana State University
  • 1987 Ph.D., Civil Engineering, Rice University
 

Research Interests

  • Stochastic methods of structural dynamics and fatigue, Fatigue and fracture reliability, Structural safety and reliability, Smart infrastructure systems for natural hazard mitigation.

 

Current Projects

  1. "3-D Shaking Table Investigation of Methodology for Analysis, Design, and Implementation of Smart Dampers: Nonlinearity and Asymmetry." National Science Foundation. 1Jun2000 to 31May2003.

    "Stochastic and Constant Amplitude Fatigue of Composite Joints." Office of Chief of Naval Research and Naval Surface Warfare Center. 29Sep1995 to 31Aug2002.

 

Biography

Professor Shahram Sarkani has been engaged in engineering research, technology development, and engineering education since 1980. The author of over one hundred technical publications and presentations, Professor Sarkani focuses his research on the study of how such natural forces as earthquakes affect buildings, bridges, and other human-made structures. His main research interests are structural failure--with emphasis on structures subjected to dynamic and cyclic loadings--and the effects of earthquakes and other natural forces on infrastructure. In 1990 he founded, and still directs, GW's Center for Infrastructure Safety and Reliability, where he and his associates and students explore dynamic and cyclic loadings on structures to predict how long a structural system will last if the foundation under it undergoes occasional violent erratic motion. Their research is supported by the National Science Foundation, the U.S. Navy, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, and the United States Agency for International Development.

Professor Sarkani joined the faculty of the School of Engineering and Applied Science of George Washington University in 1986, after earning his Ph.D. from Rice University. He served as chair of the Civil, Mechanical, and Environmental Engineering Department from 1994 to 1997. From 1997 to 2001 he was SEAS Interim Associate Dean for Research and Development. Since 2001 he has served as Faculty Adviser for Off-Campus Programs in the Department of Engineering Management and Systems Engineering.

 

Journal Puplications

  1. Yavari, A., S. Sarkani. and E. T. Moyer, Jr. "The Mechanics of Self-Similar and Self-Affine Fractal Cracks." International Journal of Fracture 114 (2002): 1-27.

  2. Yavari, A., S. Sarkani, and E. T. Moyer, Jr. "On Fractal Cracks in Micropolar Elastic Solids." Journal of Applied Mechanics 69 (1), (January 2002): 45-54.

  3. Sarkani, S., G. Michaelov, and D. P. Kihl. "Stochastic Fatigue Damage Accumulation in a T-Welded Joint Accounting for the Residual Stress Field." International Journal of Fatigue 23 (2001): S71-S78.

  4. Nosier, A., A. Yavari, and S. Sarkani. "A Study of the Edge-Zone Equation of Mindlin-Reissner Plate Theory in Bending of Laminated Rectangular Plates." Acta Mechanica 146 (3-4), (2001): 227-238.

  5. Yavari, A., A. Kaveh, S. Sarkani, and H. A. R. Bondarabady. "Topological Aspects of Meshless Methods and Nodal Ordering for Meshless Discretizations." International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering 52 (9), (2001): 921-938.

  6. Michaelov, G., L. D. Lutes, and S. Sarkani. "Extreme Value of the Response to Nonstationary Excitation." ASCE Journal of Engineering Mechanics 127 (4), (2001): 352-363.

  7. Sarkani, S., G. Michaelov, D. P. Kihl, and D. L. Bonanni. "Comparative Study of Nonlinear Damage Accumulation Models in Stochastic Fatigue of FRP Laminates." Journal of Structural Engineering 127 (2001): 314-322.Lutes, L. D., S. Sarkani, and S. Jin. "Response Variability of an SSI System with Uncertain Structural and Soil Properties." Engineering Structures 22 (2000): 605-620.

  8. Yavari, A., K. G. Hockett, and S. Sarkani. "The Fourth Mode of Fracture in Fractal Fracture Mechanics." International Journal of Fracture 101 (2000): 365-384.

  9. Michaelov, G., S. Sarkani, and L. D. Lutes. "Spectral Characteristics of Nonstationary Random Processes-A Critical Review." Structural Safety 21 (3), 1999: 223-244.

  10. Sarkani, S., L. D. Lutes, S. Jin, and C. Chan. "Stochastic Analysis of Seismic Structural Response with Soil-Structure Interaction." Structural Engineering and Mechanics 8 (1), 1999: 53-72.

  11. Yavari, A., S. Sarkani, and E. T. Moyer, Jr. "On Quadratic Isoparametric Transition Elements for a Crack Normal to a Bimaterial Interface." International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering 46 (3), 1999: 457-469.

  12. Kihl, D. P. and S. Sarkani. "Thickness Effects on the Fatigue Strength of Welded Steel Cruciforms." International Journal of Fatigue 19 (Supp. No. 1) (1998): S311-S316.

Conference Proceedings

  1. Rizk, T., I. Mahfouz, and S. Sarkani. "Repairing Rectangular Columns Using FRP: A New Technique." Accepted for Proceedings of the American Society for Composites 16th Annual Technical Conference, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA. Sept 2001

  2. Sarkani, S. and G. Michaelov. "Nonlinear Damage Accumulation in Stochastic Fatigue of FRP Laminates." 8th ASCE Specialty Conference on Probabilistic Mechanics and Structural Reliability, University of Notre Dame, 24-26 Jul 2000.

  3. Hosny, A.-H., I. Mahfouz, and S. Sarkani, editors. Proceedings of the Second Middle East Symposium on Structural Composites for Infrastructure Applications-"Getting to the 21st Century." Hurghada, Egypt. 26-29 Apr 1999. ULP II-Egypt/USA Project 930401, "Utilization of Advanced Composites in the Construction Industry in Egypt," Foreign Relations Coordination Unit of the Supreme Council of Universities and United States Agency for International Development.

  4. Sarkani, S., D. P. Kihl, J. E. Beach, M. Kharrazi, and K. Momenkhani. "Stochastic Fatigue of FRP Composite Joints." Proceedings of 12th Engineering Mechanics Conference-Engineering Mechanics: A Force for the 21st Century. La Jolla, CA. 17-20 May 1998: 1513-1516.

  5. Sarkani, S., G. Michaelov, and D. P. Kihl. "Fatigue Damage Accumulation in Fiber Reinforced Plastics." Proceedings of U.S. Pacific Rim Workshop on Composite Materials for Ship and Offshore Structures. Honolulu, Hawaii. 7-9 Apr 1998.

Books

  1. Lutes, Loren D. and S. Sarkani. Stochastic Analysis of Structural and Mechanical Vibrations. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice-Hall, 1997.

Technical Reports

  1. Michaelov, G., M. Kharrazi, K. Momenkhani, and S. Sarkani. "Fatigue Behavior and Damage Accumulation of Fiber-Reinforced Plastic Laminates and Joints." Technical Report NSWCCD-TR-65-97/36, Naval Surface Warfare Center, Carderock Division, Sept 1997.

  2. Meeks, K. W. and S. Sarkani. "Curing of High Performance Concrete: Annotated Bibliography." Technical Report NIST GCR 97-715, U.S. Department of Commerce, May 1997.

  3. Lewis, R. R., and S. Sarkani. "Statistical Analysis of Ship Hull Girder Response Time Histories." Technical Report SSPD-94-173-XX, David Taylor Research Center, U.S. Department of Navy, 1994.

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