DEPARTMENTS
Dr. Mohammed Ameen
Dr. Mohammed Ameen

Professor

Office Address:

Professor of Civil Engineering Room No: DB 112, NIT Calicut, Kerala, India 673 601

Email ID:

ameen@nitc.ac.in

Home Address:

C5 Staff Quarters, NIT Calicut, Kerala, India 673 601

  • Post-Doctoral Fellow: Department of Biomedical Engineering, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USA (1998-2000); Worked on computational modelling of Outer Hair Cells

  • PhD (Structural Engineering): Indian Institute of Science, Banagalore, India (1989-92); worked on Boundary Integral Equation Methods for the Analysis of Structural Concrete Elements

  • ME (Structural Engineering): Indian Institute of Science, Banagalore, India (1984-86)

  • BTech (Civil Engineering): Regional Engineering College, Calicut, India (1979-84); First Rank in the University

  • Educational Qualifications

    • Post-Doctoral Fellow: Department of Biomedical Engineering, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USA (1998-2000); Worked on computational modelling of Outer Hair Cells

    • PhD (Structural Engineering): Indian Institute of Science, Banagalore, India (1989-92); worked on Boundary Integral Equation Methods for the Analysis of Structural Concrete Elements

    • ME (Structural Engineering): Indian Institute of Science, Banagalore, India (1984-86)

    • BTech (Civil Engineering): Regional Engineering College, Calicut, India (1979-84); First Rank in the University

    Journals

    1. C. G. Krishnanunni, R. Sethu Raj, Deepak Nandan, C. K. Midhun, A. S. Sajith, M Ameen, Sensitivity based damage detection algorithm for structures using vibration data, Journal of Civil Structural Health Monitoring, Nov 2018,

    2. Y. Nadir, N. Praveen, M. Ameen, M. Arif, Flexural stiffness and strength enhancement of horizontally glued laminated wood beams with GFRP and CFRP composite sheets, Construction and Building Materials, Vol 112, June 2016, pp 547-555.

    3. Sasikala, D., Ameen, M., and Nambudiripad, KBM., Nonsingular Boundary Element Flexural Analysis of Stiffened Plates, Engineering Analysis with Boundary Elements, 52, 2015, pp 81-91.

    4. Ameen, M., Prasad, B.K.R., and Gopalakrishnan, A.R., Modeling of Concrete Cracking—A Hybrid Technique of Using Displacement Discontinuity Element Method and Direct Boundary Element Method, Engineering Analysis with Boundary Elements, 35, 2011, pp 1054-1059.

    5. Sasikala, D., and Ameen, M., Simple and Truly Nonsingular Direct Formulation for Boundary Element Analysis of Elastostatic and Plate Bending Problems, Journal of Structural Engineering, SERC, India, Vol. 37, No. 2, 2010, pp 125-134.

    6. Ameen, M., Boundary Element Analysis of Elastic Line Inclusions, Icfai University Journal of Structural Engineering, Vol. II, No. 3, 2009, pp 26-37.

    7. Ameen, M., Prasad, B.K.R., and Gopalakrishnan, A.R., Boundary Element Analysis of Reinforced Concrete Structural Elements, Engineering Analysis with Boundary Elements, 33, 2009, pp 263-270.

    8. Ipe, S., and Ameen, M., Uncertainty Modelling in Finite Element Method, Journal of Structural Engineering, SERC, India, Vol. 35, No. 6, February-March 2009 pp. 404-410.

    9. Sajith, A.S., Pillai, T.M.M., Ameen, M., and Kuttichan, M.K., An efficient design of a tuned mass damper in controlling structural response of flexible structures, Journal of Structural Engineering, SERC, India, Vol. 35, No. 5, Dec 2008-Jan 2009 pp. 339-343.

    10. Jafarali, P., Ameen, M, Mukherjee, S., and Prathap, G., Variational Correctness and Timoshenko Beam Finite Element Elastodynamics, Journal of Sound&Vibration, 299, 2007, pp 196-211.

    11. Ameen, M., and Thana, H.K., Finite Element Analysis of Dynamic Stability of Columns under Periodic Loading, Journal of Zhejiang University Science A, Vol 8, No. 2, 2007, pp 245-256.

    12. Ameen, M., and Suresh, A., Optimal Design of Fuzzy Structural Systems using Genetic Algorithm, Institution of Engineers India Journal, 87, 2006, pp 58-63.

    13. Spector, A.A., Ameen, M., Charalambides, P.G., and A.S. Popel, Nanostructure, Effective Properties, and Deformation Pattern of Outer Hair Cell Cytoskeleton, Journal of Biomechanical Engineering, 124, 2002, pp 180-187.

    14. Spector, A.A., Ameen, M., and Schmiedt, R.A., Modelling Three-Dimensional Deformation of Outer Hair Cells in the Cochlea, Biomechanics and Modelling in Mechanobiology, 2002, 2, pp 123-135.

    15. Spector, A.A., Ameen, M., and Popel, A.S., Simulation of Motor-Driven Outer Hair Cell Electromotility, Biophysical Journal, 81, 2001, pp 11-24.

    16. Ameen, M., Modelling of Elastic Line Inhomogeneities inside an Elastic Continuum using Boundary Element Method, Journal of Structural Engineering, SERC, India, Vol. 25, No. 3, 1998, pp 173-176.

    17. Ameen, M., and Paul, S., Probabilistic BEM for Elastodynamic Problems, Journal of Structural Engineering, SERC, India, Vol. 23, No. 2, 1996, pp 73-80.

    18. Ameen, M., and Raghu Prasad, B.K., A Hybrid Technique of Modelling of Cracks using Displacement Discontinuity and Direct Boundary Element Method, International Journal of Fracture, Vol. 67, 1994, pp 343-355.

    Conferences

    1. Kishore, B., and Ameen, M., Nonlinear Finite Element Analysis of Space Trusses, Proceedings of the International Conference on Innovations in Building Materials, Structural Designs and Construction Practices (IBMSDCP-2008), 15 - 17 May 2008, pp 200-209.

    2. Ipe, S., and Ameen, M., Finite Element Modeling of Uncertainity, Proceedings of the International Conference on Innovations in Building Materials, Structural Designs and Construction Practices (IBMSDCP-2008), 15 - 17 May 2008, pp 255-264.

    3. Jafarali, P., Mukherjee, S., Ameen, M., and Prathap, G., A variational basis for error analysis in finite element elastodynamic problems, FEMTEC 2006, University of Texas at El Paso, US.

    4. Jafarali, P., Mukherjee, S., Ameen, M., and Prathap, G., Analysis of shear locking and function space interpretation of the field-consistency approach, ICCMS 2006, IIT Guwahati, India.

    5. Nithyadharan, M., and Ameen, M., Mindlin Plate Element For Sandwich Panel With Thin Faces, Proceeding of Fifth International Conference on Computational and Experimental Engineering Sciences (ICCES 2005), 3159-3165, Dec 2005, Chennai, India.

    6. Ameen, M., and Sasikala, D., Boundary Element Analysis of Stiffened Thin Plates in Flexure, Proceedings of Third International Conference on Theoretical, Applied, Computational and Experimental Mechanics (ICTACEM 2004), Ed. S.K. Battacharyya and S. Ghosh., 370-372, Dec 2004.

    7. Ameen, M., Health Monitoring of Structures using Vibration Characteristics, Proceedings of National Conference on Recent Developments in Materials and Structures (REDEMAT 2004), Ed. N.Ganesan and A.P. Shashikala, 367-372, Dec 2004.

    8. Ameen, M., and Sasikala, D., Boundary Element Analysis of Stiffened Plates, Proceedings of National Conference on Recent Developments in Materials and Structures (REDEMAT 2004), Ed. N.Ganesan and A.P. Shashikala, 159-165, Dec 2004.

    9. Ameen, M., and Nithyadharan, Mindlin Plate Element for Isotropic Sandwich Plates, Proceedings of National Conference on Recent Developments in Materials and Structures (REDEMAT 2004), Ed. N.Ganesan and A.P. Shashikala, 167-173, Dec 2004.

    10. Sajith, A.S., Pillai. T.M.M., and Ameen, M., Structural Control using Mass Dampers--A Review, Proceedings of National Conference on Recent Developments in Materials and Structures (REDEMAT 2004), Ed. N.Ganesan and A.P. Shashikala, 73-80, Dec 2004.

    11. Sreejith, T., and Ameen, M., Prediction of Damage in Structures Using Vibration Characteristics, Proceedings of the First National Conference on Recent Advances in Civil Engineering, Cochin University of Science & Technology, India, Mar 2004, pp 163-169.

    12. Gopakumar, T.S., Ameen, M., Muraleedharan, K., Pillai, T.M.M, Menon, D., Chandrasekharan, M.P., and Nambudiripad, K.B.M., Clinical Experience with CREC Dynamic Wrist Fixator in Comminuted Wrist Fractures, in the Second International Conference on Mechanics of Structures, Materials and Systems, Wollongong, Australia, Feb 2001, pp 265-270.

    13. Ameen, M., and Spector, A.A., Mathematical Modelling of the Cortical Lattice of Outer Hair Cells, in the Second International Conference on Mechanics of Structures, Materials and Systems, Wollongong, Australia, Feb 2001, pp 303-308.

    14. Spector AA, Ameen M, and Popel AS., Mechanics of the Cochlear Outer Hair Cell Composite Membrane, in 2001 Bioengineering Conference, ASME, BED?{Vol. 50, 1999, pp 869-870.

    15. Ameen, M., and Suresh, A., GA Based Optimisation of Structural Systems with Fuzzy Constraints, International Conference on Civil Engineering, Bangalore, India, July 2001, pp 353-361.

    16. Nambudiripad, K.B.M., Ameen, M., Pillai, T.M.M., Chandrasekharan, M.P., Gopakumar, T.S., and Menon, D., Assessment of Efficacy of Wrist Fixators, International Conference on Multidisciplinary Design in Engineering, Concordia University, Montreal, Canada, Dec 2001.

    17. Ameen, M., and Radesh, P., Stochastic FEM for Free-Vibration Analysis of Stochastic Bars and Beams, International Conference on Multidisciplinary Design in Engineering, Concordia University, Montreal, Canada, Dec 2001.

    18. Spector AA, Ameen M, Charalambides PG, and Popel AS., Computational modeling of the outer hair cell cytoskeleton, in Recent Developments in Auditory Mechanics, edited by Wada H, Takasaka T, Ikeda K, Ohyama K, and Koike T. Singapore: World Scientific, 2000, p. 307-313.

    19. Spector, A.A., Ameen, M., Charalambides, P.G. and Popel, A.S., Mechanical Properties of the Outer Hair Cell Cytoskeleton: Simulation of the Microstructure and Molecular Organization, 1999 Bioengineering Conference, ASME, Ed. V.K. Goel, et al., BED Vol. 42, 1999, pp 325-326.

    20. Spector AA, Ameen M, and Popel AS., Mechanics of the Outer Hair Cell Cytoskeleton, in the Symposium on Recent Developments in Auditory Mechanics, July 1999, pp 22-23.

    21. Spector, A.A., Ameen, M., Charalambides, P.G. and Popel, A.S., Computational Modeling of the Microstructure and Molecular Composition of a Cell Membrane, ASME Mechanics and Materials Conference, Ed. R.C. Batra and E.G. Henneke, June 1999, pp 410-411.

    22. Suresh, A and Ameen, M, An Improved Genetic Algorithm for the Optimal Design of Large Trusses, Advances in Engineering Computational Technology, Ed. B.H.V. Topping, Edinburgh, Aug-1998, pp 97-102.

    23. Ameen, M., and Raghu Prasad, B.K., Analysis of R.C. Beams by BEM, The Thirteenth Boundary Element Conference, Ed. C.A. Brebbia, Oklahoma, 1991.

    Boundary Element Analysis—Theory and Programming, May 2001, Published jointly by CRC Press, Washington D.C., USA; Alpha Science International, U.K.; and Narosa Publishing House, New Delhi, India.

    Computational Elasticity—Theory of Elasticity, Finite Element and Boundary Element Methods, Jan 2005, Published jointly by Alpha Science International, U.K.; and Narosa Publishing House, New Delhi, India.

    Computational Elasticity—Theory of Elasticity, Finite Element and Boundary Element Methods—Revised Edition, May 2008, Narosa Publishing House, New Delhi, India.

    Fluid Structure Interaction on an Aircraft Wing (2008)

    Structural Optimisation of Steel Trusses (2008)

    Finite Element Analysis of Certain Fracture Mechanics Problems (2006)

    Finite Element Error Analysis of Torsion Problems (2005) (submitted in the mechanical engineering department)

    Finite Element Analysis of Three-Dimensional Elastic Continua (2005)

    Topology Optimisation using Finite Element Method and Genetic Algorithm (2005)

    Human Gait Analysis (2004) submitted in the mechanical engineering department)

    Finite Element Analysis of Some Two-Dimensional Elasticity Problems (2003)

    Object Oriented Finite Element Method (2000)

    Genetic Algorithm based Optimal Design of Steel Roof Trusses (1998)

    Genetic Algorithm for Optimal Design of Reinforced Concrete Building Frames (1997)

    Dynamic Analysis of Cracked Rotating Shafts (1996)

    Control of Flexible Robotic Manipulator (1996)

    Optimal Design of Transmission Line Towers (1995)

    Computer Analysis of Infilled Frames (1995)

    Dynamic Analysis of Compliant Robotic Manipulators (1995)

    Computer-Aided Analysis and Optimal Design of Reinforced Concrete Building Frames and Grids (1993)

    Structural Damage Detection by Dynamic Non-Destructive Technique (Akram, P.A., May 2012)

    Finite Element Analysis of Two-Dimensional Elastoplastic Problems (Sajitha, P.H., May 2010)

    N-gon Elements with Quadratic Variation of Shape Functions for Quadtree Mesh Refinement (Sreekanth, S., May 2010)

    Distortion Sensitivity of Quadratic Triangles, (Anu James, May 2010)

    Finite Element Analysis using Mesh Superposition Technique (Sujana, Y., June 2009)

    Finite Element Mesh Smoothing by Optimisation (Rahna, T.V., June 2009)

    Finite Element Analysis on Adaptive Quadtree Meshes (Jini, R.S., May 2009)

    Error Analysis in Finite Element Method (Anisha A., May 2008)

    Nonlinear Finite Element Analysis of Space Trusses (B. Bala Kishore, May 2008)

    Uncertainty Modelling in Finite Element Method (Suja Ipe, May 2008)

    Optimal Design of Steel Trusses (Praveen, P, May 2008)

    Meshfree Methods for Elasticity Problems (Bismi Mani, Dec 2007)

    Finite Element Analysis of Beams Subjected to Moving Vehicles (Yarra Prabhakar, June 2007)

    Finite Element Analysis of Contact Problems (Praveen Kumar, C.H., Jun 2007)

    Damage Detection of Offshore Structural Systems (Dhanya P.R., May 2007)

    Finite Element Analysis of Dynamic Stability Problems (Thana, H.K., May 2006)

    Boundary Element Analysis of Cathodic Protection Problems (Reddy, A.S., May 2006)

    Finite Element Analysis of Sandwich Panels and Beams (M. Nithyadhaaran, May 2005)

    Boundary Element Wave-Structure Interaction Analysis of Moored Floating Barge (S. Syam, May 2005)

    Quadrilateral Facet Flat Shell Element for Modelling Pipes (M.K. Raja Gopal, May 2005)

    Structural Damage Assessment using Vibration Characteristics (T. Sreejith, May 2004)

    Nonlinear Finite Element Analysis of Cable Structures (Anil Ravi, May 2004)

    Piezoelectric Finite Elements for Two-Dimensional Static Analysis (S.K. Sheeba, Mar 2003)

    Boundary Element Analysis of Elastodynamic and Piezoelectric Problems (P.K. Sajina, Mar 2003)

    Piezoelectric Finite Elements Analysis for Transient Response (N. Betsy, Mar 2003)

    Finite Element Analysis of Cracked Beams (N. Murali Mohan, Mar 2002)

    Finite Element Analysis of Elastoplastic Problems (S. Ramakrishna, Mar 2002)

    Finite Element Analysis of Incompressible Solids (K. Nanda Kishore, June 2001)

    Finite Element Analysis of Arch Dam (Susan Abraham, June 2001)

    Nonlinear Finite Element Analysis of Cable Structures (K Raghu Ranganayakulu, Aug 2001)

    Genetic Algorithm Based Fuzzy Optimisation of Space Trusses (Suresh, A, Jan 1998)

    Boundary Element Method for Elastoplastic Problems (Srinivasa Rao, Jun 1998)

    Optimal Control of Distributed Parameter Structural Systems (Nissar, K.K, Jan 1997)

    Boundary Element Analysis of Thin Plate-Bending Problems (Biju Babu, A, Jan 1997)

    Dynamic Analysis and Mechanical Fault Diagnosis of Cracked Shafts (Thesis submitted in the Dept of Mechanical Engg., Ravi Shankar Reddy,P, Jan 1997)

    Finite Element Based Structural Evaluation of Ilizarov Fixator in Orthopaedic Biomechanics (Viju, K.S, Mar 1997)

    A New Stochastic FEM for Stability and Free-vibration Analysis of Stochastic Bars & Beams (Radesh,P, Mar 1996)

    Geometrically Nonlinear Finite Element Analysis of Cracked Elastic Bars and Frames (Krishna Kumar, B, Mar 1996)

    Probabilistic Boundary Element Method for Elastodynamic Problems (Somy Paul, Mar 1995)

    Boundary Integral Methods for the Solution of Some Inverse Elastostatic Problems (Jiji Jacob,G, Feb 1994)

    Syllabus

    Course Schedule

     

    Sample Questions (This course was only offered at S3 level with a different syllabus)

    Mid-sem exam 

    End-sem exam

    Syllabus

    Sample Questions: MidSemEndSem

    FE Slides:

    IntroductionIsoparametric Formulation (modified), Isoparametric Triangles, Tetrahedra

    FE Notes:

    Isoparametric Formulation

    Includes FE for struct

    Finite Elements and Elasticity Problems

     

    Advanced FE Topics

     

    FE Codes: Unzip into a single folder; use MS C++ (Windows) or Xcode (Mac) as the compiler

    1. Axial bar element

    2. Triangular elements (CST)

    Syllabus

    Class Schedule

    Sample Questions:

    Interim Test 1

    Interim Test 2

    End-Semester Exam

    Lecture Notes:

     Module 1

     Module 2

     Module 3

     Module 4

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