Name: Mondher Neifar

 

Title: Assistant Professor of Civil Engineering at Ecole Superieure des Sciences et Technique de Tunis, Adjunct Professor at Tunisia Polytechnic School

 

Address: Ecole Superieure des Sciences et Technique de Tunis. 5 Avenue Taha Hussein. B.P. 56. 1008 Monfleury, Tunis, Tunisia

 

Cell : (+216) 97 444 935

 

Office Telephone: (+216) 71 496 066

 

Fax: (+216) 71 391 166

 

Email: mneifar@yahoo.fr

 

 

Education: Ph.D., Civil Engineering, Institut National des Sciences Appliquees de Lyon France, 1997; Master of Science, Civil Engineering, Ecole Nationale des Travaux Publics de l’Etat, Vaulx en Velin, France, 1993; Bachelor of Science, Civil Engineering, Ecole Nationale des Travaux Publics de l’Etat, Vaulx en Velin, France, 1993.

 

Research Interests: Thermomechanical behavior of asphalt and bituminous mixes; Fatigue damage of bituminous concrete; Permanent deformation and rutting of bituminous pavement; Road pavement design. Structural Health Evaluation through Ambient Vibration Testing, Output-only Modal Identification and Finite Element Updating.

 

Recent Publications:

 

Articles published international journals

J1.             El-Borgi, S., Neifar, M., Cherif, F, Choura, S. and Smaoui, H., "Modal Identification, Model Updating and Nonlinear Analysis of a Reinforced Concrete Bridge". Journal of Vibration and Control, April 2008; vol. 14: pp. 511 - 530.

J2.             Di Benedetto H., Neifar M., Sauzeat C., Olard F., "Three-dimensional thermo-viscoplastic behaviour of bituminous materials: the DBN model", International Journal of Road Materials and Pavements Design. 8(2):285-315, 2007.

J3.             Neji, J., Neifar, M., Smaoui H. "Proposition d'une approche d'optimisation du dimensionnement des structures de chaussees par programmation mathematique". Bulletins des Laboratoires des Ponts et Chaussees, N°250-251,  Septembre 2004.

J4.             Neji, J., Neifar, M, Bouaziz, I. "Etude de l'ornierage des couches superieures de chaussees : Cas de l'autoroute A1 en Tunisie". Revue Generale des Routes et Aerodromes, N° 929, Juin 2004.

J5.             Neji, J., Neifar, M., Turki, S.Y. " Application de la methode multicritere ELECTRE III pour la conception d'un outil d’aide à la decision en matiere d’amenagement urbain.". Revue Generale des Routes et Aerodromes, N° 928, Mai 2004.

J6.             Neifar, M., Di Benedetto, H. "Thermo-Viscoplastic Law for Bituminous Mixes". Internatinal Journal of Road Materials and Pavement Design. Volume 2-No. 1/2001, p. 71-65.

Papers presented at international conferences

C1.           Neifar, M., Neji, J. "L'apport de la recherche sur le comportement des enrobes bitumineux à la qualite des routes urbaines". International Conference Urbistics, Hammamet, Tunisia, March 2008.

C2.           Guesmi, A., Neifer, M.,  El-Borgi, S., Smaoui, H. "Determination of The Effective Thermoelastic Properties of Functionally Graded Materials" Second International Congress Design and Modelling of Mechanical Systems, CMSM’07. Monastir 19-21 March 2007 Tunisia.

C3.           El-Borgi, S., Neifar, M., Cherif, F., Choura, S., Smaoui, H. “Modal Identification, Model Updating and Nonlinear Analysis of a Concrete Bridge”, Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Advances in Mechanical Engineering and Mechanics, Hammamet, Tunisia, December 2006.

C4.           El-Borgi, S., Choura, S., Neifar, M., Smaoui, H., Majdoub, M.S. and Cherif, D., "Towards a Rational Methodology for the Seismic Vulnerability Assessment and Retrofitting of a Historical Building”, Accepted for presentation at the 4th World Conference on Structural Control, San Diego, California, USA, July 2006.

C5.           Neifar, M., Di Benedetto, H., Dongmo, B. "Permanent deformation and complex modulus : Two different characteristics from a unique test". 6th international RILEM symposium on Performance Testing and Evaluation of Bituminous Materials. Zurich Avril 2003.

C6.           Neifar, M., Di Benedetto, H. " Complex modulus of bituminous mixes : How to interpret measurments". 3rd international conference bituminous mixtures and pavements. Thessaloniki, Greece, 21-22 November 2002.

C7.           Neifar, M., Di Benedetto, H., Piau, J.M., Odeon, H. "Permanent deformation of bituminous mixes : monotonus and cyclic contributions. 6th International Conference on the Bearing Capacity of Roads and Airfields. Lisbone juin 2002. 11p.

C8.           Di Benedetto, H., Neifar, M., Dongmo, B., Olard F., "Loi thermo-viscoplastique pour les melanges bitumineux : simulation de la perte de linearite et du retrait empêche". Proceeding of the 36th annual meeting of the French Rheology Group, Marne la Vallee, October 2001, p. 231-236.

C9.           Di Benedetto, H., Neifar, M. “Loi thermo-viscoplastique pour les enrobes bitumineux”. Proceeding of the 2nd Eurasphalt & Eurobitume congress, Barçelone 2000. Book 2, p. 20-26

C10.       Di Benedetto, H., Neifar, M. “Loi viscoplastique pour les enrobes et exemple de couplage thermomecanique”. 5th annual meeting GEO. Aussois, France, 1999. 4 p.

C11.        Di Benedetto, H., Neifar, M. “Coefficients de dilatation et de contraction thermiques d'un enrobe bitumineux avec et sans chargement mecanique”. Proceeding of the 5th International RILEM Symposium MTBM, Lyon 1997, p. 421-428.