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Mahmoud A. Issa, Alfred A. Yousif, and Mohsen A. Issa, "Dynamic Analysis of Concrete Bridge Decks at Early Ages Due to Construction Loads and Vibrations," ASCE Journal of Bridge Engineering, in press. Mohsen A. Issa, Alfred A. Yousif, and Mahmoud Issa "Experimental Evaluation of Full Depth Precast Concrete Bridge Deck Panels," ACI Structural Journal, in press. Mohsen A. Issa, "Investigation of Cracking in Concrete Bridge Decks at Early Ages" ASCE Journal of Bridge Engineering, Vol. 4, No. 2, May 1999, pp. 116-124. Mohsen A. Issa, Alfred A. Yousif, Mahmoud A. Issa, Iraj I. Kaspar, and Salah Y. Khayyat, "Analysis of Full Depth Precast Concrete Bridge Deck Panels," Precast/Prestress Concrete Institute Journal, Vol. 43, No. 1, January/February 1998, pp. 74-85. Mohsen A. Issa, Alfred A. Yousif, Mahmoud A. Issa, Iraj I. Kaspar, and Salah Y. Khayyat, "Field Performance of Full Depth Precast Panels for Bridge Deck Reconstruction," Precast/Prestressed Concrete Institute Journal, Vol. 40, No. 3, May-June 1995, pp. 82-108. Mohsen Issa, Shumin Tsui, and Alfred Yousif, "Application of Knowledge-Based Expert Systems for Rating Highway Bridges," International Journal of Engineering Fracture Mechanics, Vol. 50, No. 5/6, March/April 1995, pp. 923-934. Mohsen A. Issa, Ahmad-Talal Idriss, Iraj I. Kaspar, and Salah Y. Khayyat, "Full Depth Precast and Precast, Prestressed Concrete Bridge Deck Panels," Precast/Prestress Concrete Institute Journal, Vol. 40, No. 1, January/February 1995, pp. 59-80. Rajan Sen, Mohsen Issa, Xianghong Sun, and Antoine Gergess, "Finite Element Modeling of Continuous Post-tensioned Voided Slab Bridges," American Society of Civil Engineers, Journal of Structural Engineering, Vol. 120, No. 2, February 1994, pp. 651-667. Mohsen Issa and Rajan Sen, "Service, Post-cracking and Ultimate Response of Continuous, Post-tensioned Voided Slab Bridges," American Concrete Institute, Structural Journal, Vol. 91, No. 1, Jan-Feb 1994, pp. 42-48.
Mohsen A. Issa, Alfred A. Yousif, Mahmoud A. Issa, and Ahmad M. Hammad, "Effect of Construction Loads and Vibrations on Concrete Bridge Decks," International Conference on Rehabilitation and Development of Civil Engineering Infrastructure Systems, Beirut, Lebanon, June 1997, Vol. 1, pp. 423-432. Mohsen Issa, Rajan Sen, and Larry Oline, "Testing of Continuous Post-tensioned Voided Slab Bridges," Second Workshop on Bridge Engineering Sponsored by National Science Foundation and Civil Engineering Department at Reno, NV, October 1990, pp. 147-150. Mohsen Issa, Huiming Li, M. Arockiasamy, Mohsen Shahawy, and Moussa Issa, "Refined Analysis of Load Distribution Factors for Bridges," Proceedings of the Ninth Conference, Engineering Mechanics, ASCE, NY, N.Y., May 1992, pp. 260-263.
Mohsen A. Issa, "Construction Loads and Vibrations," Final Report No. ITRC FR 94-3, Illinois Transportation Research Center/Illinois Department of Transportation, March 1998, 268 pp. Mohsen A. Issa, Alfred A. Yousif, and Mahmoud A. Issa, "Structural Behavior of Full Depth Precast Prestressed Concrete Bridge Deck Replacement," Final Report, Illinois Department of Transportation, October 1995. Mohsen Issa and Shumin Tsui, "Knowledge Based Expert System for Rating and Analysis of Bridges," Final Report, Florida Department of Transportation/Florida Atlantic University, May 1993, 134 pp. Rajan Sen, Mohsen Issa, and Larry Oline, "Analytical and Experimental Evaluation of Stiffness Parameters of Voided Concrete Slab Bridges," Final Report, Florida Department of Transportation, January 1990, 234 pp.
Mohsen A. Issa, Cyro Ribeiro do Valle, Thomas Patton, Mahmoud Issa, and Alfred Yousif, "Experimental and Theoretical Evaluation of Composite Action in Full-Depth Bridge Deck Systems," ASCE Journal of Structural Engineering. In Preparation. Mohsen A. Issa, Alfred A. Yousif, and Mahmoud A. Issa, "Nonlinear Analysis of Full Depth Precast Concrete Bridge Deck Panels," PCI Journal. In Preparation. Mohsen A. Issa, Hiba Abdalla, and Mahmoud Issa, "Formulation and Modeling of Post-tensioned Transverse Joints of Full Depth Bridge Deck System in the Positive and Negative Moment Regions". In Preparation. Mohsen A. Issa, Cyro R.Valle, and Mahmoud Issa, "Vertical Shear, Bending, and Tensile Strength of Transverse Joints in Full-Depth Bridge Deck Systems". In Preparation.
Mohsen A. Issa, Mahmoud A. Issa, Mohammad S. Islam, Alexander Chudnovsky, "Size Effects in Concrete Fracture: Part I, Experimental Setup and Observations," International Journal of Fracture, in press. Mohsen A. Issa, Mahmoud A. Issa, Mohammad S. Islam, Alexander Chudnovsky, "Size Effects in Concrete Fracture: Part II, Analysis of Test Results," International Journal of Fracture, in press. Mohsen A. Issa and A.B. Shafiq, "Fatigue Characteristics of Aligned Fiber Reinforced Mortar," ASCE Journal of Engineering Mechanics, Vol. 125, No. 2, February 1999, pp. 156-164. Mohsen A. Issa, A.B. Shafiq, and Ahmad M. Hammad, "Crack Arrest in Mortar Matrix Reinforced With Unidirectionally Aligned Fibers," Cement and Concrete Research, Vol. 26, No. 8, 1996, pp. 1245-1256. Ahmad Hammad and Mohsen Issa, "A New Nondestructive Technique to Investigate Concrete Surface Topography," ACI special publication, SP-143, "New Experimental Techniques for Evaluating Concrete Material and Structural Performance," Detroit, Michigan, 1994, pp. 191-205. M.A. Issa, A.M. Hammad, and A. Chudnovsky, RESPONSE: Discussion of "Correlation Between Crack Tortuosity and Fracture Toughness in Cementitious materials," by Weisheng Lei and Bingsen Chen, International Journal of Fracture, Vol. 65, pp. R37-R39, 1994. Ahmad Hammad and Mohsen Issa, "Fractal Dimension as a Measure of Roughness of Concrete Fracture Trajectories," Advanced Cement Based Materials Journal, Vol. 1, 1994, pp. 169-177. Mohsen Issa and Ahmad Hammad, "Assessment and Evaluation of Fractal Dimension of Concrete Fracture Surface Digitized Images," Cement and Concrete Research Journal, Vol. 24, No. 2, Mar-Apr 1994, pp. 325-334.
Mohsen A. Issa, Md. S. Islam, Mahmoud A. Issa, and A. Chudnovsky, "Influence of Specimen and Maximum Aggregate Size on Concrete Brittle Fracture," The 7th International Symposium on Structural Failure and Plasticity, 4-6 October 2000, Melbourne, Australia, in press. Mohsen A. Issa, Mahmoud A. Issa, Md. S. Islam, Y. Shulkin, A. Chudnovsky, J. Shlyapobersky, and J. W. Dudley, "Scale Effects on Fracture Resistance of Brittle Materials in the Presence of Compression Along the Fracture Plane," Proceedings of the Sixth Pan-American Congress of Applied Mechanics, PACAM VI, Brazil, January 1999, pp. 1059-1062. Jacob Shlyapobersky, Mohsen A. Issa, Mahmoud A. Issa, Md. S. Islam, John W. Dudley, Yuiri Shulkin, and Alexander Chudnovsky, "Scale Effects on Fracture Growth Resistance in Poroelastic Materials," Society of Petroleum Engineers, SPE 48929, 1998, pp. 1-10. Mohsen A. Issa, A.B. Shafiq, and Alexander Chudnovsky, "Effect of Inclusion Strength and Geometry on Mortar Fracture," Proceedings of the 11th ASCE Engineering Mechanics Conference, Ft. Lauderdale, Florida, May 1996, Vol. 2, pp. 1038-1041. Mohsen A. Issa and A.B. Shafiq, "Crack Growth in Uniaxially Aligned Fiber Reinforced Mortar," Proceedings of the 11th ASCE Engineering Mechanics Conference, Ft. Lauderdale, Florida, May 1996, Vol. 1, pp. 624-627. Mohsen Issa, M. Gorelik, and Ahmad Hammad, "A New Probabilistic Model for the Fracture Toughness of Concrete," Probabilistic Mechanics and Structural and Geotechnical Reliability. Proceedings of the Sixth Specialty Conference, ASCE, NY, N.Y., July 1992, pp. 467-470. Mohsen Issa, Ahmad Hammad, and A. Chudnovsky, "Fracture Surface Characterization of Concrete," Proceedings of the Ninth Conference, Engineering Mechanics, ASCE, NY, N.Y., May 1992, pp. 127-130.
Mohsen A. Issa and A. Chudnovsky, "Reliability Prediction of Brittle Materials Based on Small Scale Testing," Final Report, National Science Foundation, August 1999, 215 pp.
Mohsen A. Issa, Mahmoud A. Issa, Mohammad S. Islam, and Alexander Chudnovsky, "Effect of Notch/depth Ratio on Fracture Behavior of Concrete," ASCE Journal of Engineering Mechanics. Submitted. Mahmoud Issa, Md. S. Islam, Mohsen Issa, and A. Chudnovsky, "Fractal Dimension- A Measure of Fracture Roughness and Toughness of Concrete," Engineering Fracture Mechanics. Submitted. Mohsen A. Issa, Mahmoud Issa, Hiba Abdalla, Md. S. Islam, and A. Chudnovsky, "Reliability and Scale Effect in Toughness of Concrete Structures," Probabilistic Engineering Mechanics. Submitted.
Mohsen Issa and Ahmed Amer, "Prestress Losses in Fiberglass Prestressed Concrete Compression Members," Materials and Structures Journal, RILEM, Vol. 28, pp. 330-339, 1995. Mohsen Issa, Rajan Sen, Daniel Mariscal, and Mohsen Shahawy, "Static Response of Fiberglass Pretensioned Columns," Journal of Structural Engineering, ASCE, Vol. 120, No. 12, December 1994, pp. 3634-3648. Mohsen Issa, Rajan Sen, and Ahmed Amer, "Comparative Study of Transfer Length in Fiberglass and Steel Pretensioned Concrete Members," Prestress Concrete Institute Journal, Vol. 38, No. 6, Nov-Dec 1993, pp. 52-63. Rajan Sen, Mohsen Issa, Patricia Wadsack, and Mohsen Shahawy, "Driving Stresses in Fiberglass Pretensioned Piles," American Concrete Institute, Structural Journal, Vol. 90, No. 6, Nov-Dec 1993, pp. 666-674.
Mohsen A. Issa, Ghassn Al-Chaar, Michael Leslie, Md. S. Islam, and Hiba Abdalla, "Evaluation of FRP Composites for Seismic Retrofit of RC Beam-Column Joint," Conference on Seismic Repair and Rehabilitation of Structures 2, Advanced Composites for the 3rd Millennium- Design Aspects and Field Applications, March 21-22, 2000, Fullerton, CA, in press. Mohsen A. Issa and Ahmed Amer, "Development Length and Ultimate Strength of Fiberglass Pretensioned Beams," Infrastructure: New Materials and Methods for Repair, Proceedings of the Third ASCE Materials Engineering Conference, San Diego, California, November 1994, pp. 408-416. Rajan Sen, Mohsen Issa, Zeying Sun, and Mohsen Shahawy, "Static Response of Fiberglass Beams," American Society of Civil Engineers, Journal of Structural Engineering, Vol. 120, No. 1, January 1994, pp. 252-268. Rajan Sen, Daniel Mariscal, Mohsen Issa, and Mohsen Shahawy, "Durability and Ductility of Advanced Composites," Proceedings of American Society of Civil Engineers, Structures Congress, Irvine, California, April 1993, pp. 1373-1378. Rajan Sen, S. Iyer, Mohsen Issa, and Mohsen Shahawy, "Fiberglass Pretensioned Piles in Marine Environment," Advanced Composite Materials in Civil Engineering, Proceedings of the Specialty Conference, ASCE, NY, N.Y., January 1991, pp. 348-359.
Mohsen Issa, "Evaluation of FRP Composites for Seismic Retrofit of RC Structures," Final Report, United States Army Construction Engineering Research Laboratories, Springfield, IL, December 1999. Rajan Sen, Mohsen Issa, and Daniel Mariscal, "Feasibility of Using Fiberglass Prestressed Piles in Marine Environment," Final Report, FDOT, Tallahassee, Florida, August 1992, 291 pp.
Mohsen A. Issa, Ghassan Al-Chaar, Mahmoud Issa, Michael Leslie, and Md. S. Islam, "Durability of CFRP Composite in Rehabilitation of Deteriorated Reinforced Concrete Structures". In Preparation.
Mohsen Issa and Robert Yuan, "Prestressed Concrete Column Behavior," Prestressed Concrete Institute Journal, Vol. 34, No. 6, pp. 51-67, 1989. Robert Yuan and Mohsen Issa, "Production of Prestressed Concrete in North America," Prestressed Concrete Institute Journal, Vol. 34, No. 6, pp. 46-50, 1989. Robert Yuan, Ran Huang, and Mohsen Issa, "Prestressed Concrete Wall Behavior," Prestressed Concrete Institute Journal, Vol. 34, No. 6., pp. 68-78, 1989. Mohsen Issa and Ahmad Hammad, "Fractal Characterization of Fracture Surfaces in Mortar," Cement and Concrete Research, Vol. 23, No. 1, pp. 7-12, 1993. Mohsen Issa, Ahmad Hammad, and A. Chudnovsky, "Correlation Between Crack Tortuosity and Fracture Toughness in Cementitious materials," International Journal of Fracture, Vol. 60, pp. 97-105, 1993. Rajan Sen, Mohsen Issa, Antoine Gergess, and Xianghong Sun, "Collapse Load Analysis of Continuous, Post-tensioned Voided Slab Bridges," Journal of Structural Engineering, ASCE, Vol. 119, No. 6, pp. 1825-1843, 1993.
Abbas Fawaz, Mohsen Issa, and Moussa Issa, "Prestress Loss in Prestressed Concrete Compression Members," Proceedings of the Second International Conference on Concrete Technology for Developing Countries, Tripoli, Libya, October 1986. pp. 6.15-6.30. Rajan Sen, Mohsen Issa, and Mohsen Shahawy, "Feasibility of Fiberglass Pretensioned Piles," Proceedings of Third NSF Workshop on Bridge Engineering Research in Progress, November 1992, pp. 27-30.
Mohsen Issa and Hussein Tobaa, "Strength and Ductility Enhancement in High Strength Confined Concrete," Magazine of Concrete Research, Vol. 46, No. 168, September 1994, pp. 177-189. Mohsen A. Issa, Mahmoud A. Issa, and Ahmad M. Hammad, "Investigation of Popout and Scaling in Concrete Driveways," Concrete International, Vol. 16, No. 8, August 1994, pp. 63-66.
Mohsen A. Issa, David T. Johnson, Mahmoud A. Issa, Mohamad Faraj, and Robert L. Bickers, "Mechanical Properties and Durability of High Performance Protecrete Concrete," Symposium Proceedings on Performance of Concrete Structures in the Arabian Gulf Environment, Dhahran, Saudi Arabia, November 1998, pp. 37-49. Husam Omar and Mohsen Issa, "Production of Lunar Concrete Using Different Bonding Materials," Space 94, 4th International Conference on Engineering, Construction, and Operations in Space, ASCE, Vol. 2, 1994. Mohsen Issa and Husam Omar, "Feasibility of Dual Technology in Manufacturing Lunar Concrete," Space 94, 4th International Conference on Engineering, Construction, and Operations in Space, ASCE, Vol. 2, 1994, pp. 933-941. Husam Omar and Mohsen Issa, "Cost Effectiveness of Lunar Concrete for Lunar Structures," Pacific International Conference on Aerospace Science and Technology, Taiwan, Republic of China, December 6-9, 1993.
Mohsen A. Issa, Mahmoud A. Issa, Mohamad Faraj and Krishna Reddy, "Mechanical Properties and Durability of High Performance Protecrete Concrete," Final Report, Applied Concrete Technology, Inc., Arlington Ht., IL, December, 1999. Mohsen A. Issa, "Evaluation of Washington Hydraulic Fracture Test (SHRP) for D-Cracking Aggregate," Final Report No. ITRC FR 94-3, Illinois Transportation Research Center/Illinois Department of Transportation, April 1999, 130 pp. Mohsen A. Issa and Ghassan Al-Chaar, "Structural Evaluation Procedures for Heavy Wood Truss Structures," Final Report, US Army Corps of Engineers, Construction Engineering Research Laboratories, USACERL Technical Report 98/89, July 1998, 109 pp. Mohsen A. Issa, "Inspection of Military Wood Structures," Final Report, United States Army Construction Engineers Research Laboratories, December 1996. Mohsen Issa, Mahmoud Issa, and Ahmad Hammad, "Investigation of Concrete Deterioration in Driveways of the Eagle Ridge Sub-Division in the Village of Oak Lawn," Final Report, Village of Oak Lawn, August 1993, 44 pp.
Ghassan Al-Chaar, Mohsen A. Issa, and Steve Sweeney, "Non-Ductile Detailed Concrete Frames Infilled with Masonry Panels," ASCE Journal of Structural Engineering. Submitted. Sleiman Issa, Md. S. Islam, Mahmoud Issa, Alfred Yousif, and Mohsen A. Issa, "Cylinder and Maximum Aggregate Size Effect on Concrete Strength," Cement, Concrete, and Aggregate, ASTM. Submitted. Sleiman A. Issa, Alfred A. Yousif, Mahmoud A. Issa, and Mohsen A. Issa, "Effect of Cylinder Size on Compressive Strength of Model Concrete," ASCE Journal of Materials in Civil Engineering. Submitted. Mohsen A. Issa, Mohamad Faraj, Mahmoud Issa, and Krishna Reddy "Mechanical Properties and Durability of High Performance Concrete," ASCE Journal of Materials in Civil Engineering. Submitted. Mohsen A. Issa, Mahmoud Issa, and Mark Bendok, "UIC Modified Washington Hydraulic Fracture Test to Determine D-Cracking Susceptible Aggregate," Cement, Concrete and Aggregates Journal, ASTM. Submitted. Mohsen A. Issa, Mahmoud A. Issa, and Alfred A. Yousif, "Analytical Procedures for Modeling Wood Trusses," ASCE Journal of Structural Engineering. In Preparation. Mohsen A. Issa and Mahmoud Issa, "Correlation Between WHFT Results and Petrographic Analysis on Aggregate Porosity". In Preparation. Mohsen A. Issa, Atef M. Khalil, Md. S. Islam and Mahmoud Issa, "Effect of Initial Heat Curing on the Durability of High Performance Concrete". In Preparation.
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