Name: Hichem Smaoui

Title: Professor of Civil Engineering and Applied Mechanics at the National Engineering School of Tunis (ENIT), Head of the Applied Mechanics Research Laboratory at Tunisia Polytechnic School, Adjunct Professor at Tunisia Polytechnic School

Address: Tunisia Polytechnic School, Rue El-Khawarizmi, B.P. 743, La Marsa 2078, Tunisia

Office Telephone: (+216) 71 774 611 Ext. 276 or Ext 255

Fax: (+216) 71 748 843

Email: hichem.smaoui@enit.rnu.tn

Education: Ph.D., Aerospace Engineering, University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA), USA, 1988; Master of Engineering, Structural Mechanics, University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA), USA, 1985; Engineering Diploma, Ecole Nationale des Ponts et Chaussées, Paris, France, 1980.

Research Interests: Structural Optimization, Approximations in structural analysis, Nonlinear Optimization algorithms, Sensitivity and perturabation of optima, Limit analysis, Unilateral problems, Behavior Modeling of granular materials, Design with smart materials, Structural dynamics, Identification and damage detection, Biomechanics applications.

Recent Publications :

1.   Neji J., Neifar M., Smaoui H, "Proposition d'une nouvelle approche d'optimisation du dimensionnement des structures de chaussées par programmation mathématique". Bulletin de Liaison des Laboratoires des Ponts et Chaussées, Numéro double 250-251, septembre 2004.

2. Smaoui, H., Chafra, M. and Chevalier, Y., “Identification of Behaviour Laws and Failure Criteria Parameters of Composites Based on off-Axes Tests – Application to Polyester-Alfa”, Sciences and Enginering of Composite Materials, 12(1-2): 83-92, 2005.

3. El-Borgi, S., Smaoui, H., Casciati, F., Jerbi, K. and Kanoun, F., “Seismic Evaluation and Innovative Retrofit of a Historical Building in Tunisia”, Journal of Structural Control and Health Monitoring, 12(2): 179-196, 2005.

4. Guedria Najeh., Smaoui, H. and Chouchane, M., "A direct algebraic method for eigensolution sensitivity computation of damped asymmetric systems", International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering , 2006.

5. Neji, J., Smaoui, H., Guendouz, W., " Proposal of new materials for road foundation: A Saharan sand treated with slag and a compacted sand concrete" , International Journal of Pavements. Volume 5 Number 1 January 2006. 

6. Guedria N., Chouchane M., Smaoui H, "Second-order eigensensitivity analysis of symmetric damped systems using Nelson’s method", Accepted for publication at the Journal of Sound and Vibration, 2007.

7. S. Elouafi Bahlous, M. Abdelghani, H. Smaoui, S. El-Borgi, "A Model Filtering and Statistical Approach for Damage Detection and Diagnosis in Structures using Ambient Vibrations Measurements", Journal of Vibration and Control, 2007.