Name: Kamel Makhlouf

 

Title: Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering at Preparatory Institute of Engineering Studies at Nabeul, Adjunct Professor at Tunisia Polytechnic School

 

Address: I.P.E.I. de Nabeul, 8000 ElMrazka, Nabeul, Tunisia

Office Telephone: (+216) 72 220 053 (+216) 72 220 093

 

Fax: (+216) 72 220 181

 

Email: Kamel.Makhlouf@issatso.rnu.tn

 

Education: Ph.D., Materials Science and Engineering, The University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA, 1991; Master of Science, Mechanical Engineering, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri, USA, 1985; Bachelor of Science, Mechanical Design, ENSET de Tunis, Tunis, Tunisia, 1983.

Research Interests: Corrosion fatigue of duplex stainless steels.  High temperature mechanical properties of materials. Embrittlement of stainless steels.

 

Recent Publications:

 

1.      K. Makhlouf and J.W. Jones, "Near-Threshold FCG Behavior in Ferritic Stainless Steel: Applicability of Kmax Testing at High Temperature", Fatigue 90, MCE Publications, Birmingham, UK, 1990, pp. 1547-1552.

2.      K. Makhlouf and J.W. Jones, "Near-threshold Fatigue Crack Growth Behavior of Ferritic Stainless Steel at Elevated Temperatures", International Journal of Fatigue, vol. 14, No. 2, 1992, pp. 92-104.

3.      K. Makhlouf and J.W. Jones, "Effects of Temperature and Frequency on Fatigue Crack Growth Rates in 18%Cr Ferritic Stainless Steel." International Journal of Fatigue, vol. 15, No. 3, 1993, pp. 163-171.

4.      K. Makhlouf, A.K. Ghosh and R. Ray "Deformation Behavior of a g-TiAl Reinforced with TiC in the Solid and Mushy States", Materials Science and Engineering, A184, 1994, pp. 17-25.

5.      K. Makhlouf, H. Sidhom, Triqui I. and C. Braham, "Corrosion Fatigue Crack Propagation of a Duplex Stainless Steel X6Cr Ni Mo Cu 25-6 in Air and in Artificial Sea Water", International Journal of Fatigue, vol. 25, No. 2, 2003, pp.167-179.

6.      H. Sahlaoui, K. Makhlouf, H. Sidhom and J. Philibert "The effect of aging condition on the precipitate evolution, chromium depletion and IGC susceptibility of AISI 316L : Experimental results and modeling procedure", Materials Science and Engineering A, 372, 2004, pp. 98-108.