Student: Mu'ath Abu Qamar
Project: Soil-structure Interaction of Foundation Elements Supporting Offshore Wind Turbines (OWTs)
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Department: Civil and Environmental Engineering
Advisor: Muhannad Suleiman
Abstract
Surface characteristics (i.e., surface pattern and roughness) of foundation elements influence soil-structure interface shearing behavior under static and cyclic axial loading. A smooth plate simulating conventional steel piles and three bio-inspired rough plates of different surface were 3D printed and then the soil-plates interface was subjected to monotonic shearing at a constant rate. Based on the preliminary results, the interface shear strength of rough surfaces increased with surface roughness level (i.e., asperity height or h). The interface shear resistance increased with level of roughness. This increase ranged from ~60% to 111% when compared to the soil-smooth interface shear resistance (no surface elements).
About Mu'ath Abu Qamar
Mu’ath I. Abu Qamar joined the Ph.D. Program in Geotechnical Engineering at the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Lehigh University in 2017. His research focuses on understanding the soil-structure interaction of foundation elements supporting offshore wind turbines (OWTs) subjected to long-term cyclic loading. He is currently a PhD candidate. He is working under the supervision of Prof. Muhannad T. Suleiman.
Mu’ath I. Abu Qamar is originally from Jordan. He received his bachelor’s degree in Civil Engineering from Mu’tah University (Al Karak, Jordan) in 2010. After finishing his BS, Mu’ath worked as a civil engineer at Consolidated Consultants company (Amman, Jordan) and Hedley International Contracting Company (Abu Dhabi, UAE). He completed his Master of Science degree in Structural Engineering from Jordan University of Science and Technology (Irbid, Jordan) in 2015. After finishing his MS, Mu’ath worked as a full-time lecturer in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Yarmouk University in Jordan for ~ 1 acedemic year.