Sharif Rahman

Research Highlights

Research Links:
http://www.ccad.uiowa.edu/cgi-bin/peoplefinder.cgi?id=rahman

Joined the College of Engineering: 1995

Education:
Ph.D., Solid Mechanics, Cornell University, 1991
M.S., Structural Mechanics, Purdue University, 1986
B.Sc., Civil Engineering, Bangladesh University of Engineering & Technology, 1984

Special Fields of Knowledge:
Computational mechanics; advance materials; and stochastic computing

Present Research Interests:
Multiscale mechanics of heterogeneous materials; high-dimensional model representation; stochastic meshfree and finite element methods, stochastic optimization; probabilistic fracture mechanics; and mechanics of nano-structured materials

Selected Publications:
Rahman, S., “A Solution of the Random Eigenvalue Problem by a Dimensional Decomposition Method,” International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering, Vol. 67, 2006, pp. 1318-1340

Rao, B. N. and Rahman, S., “A Mode Decoupling Continuum Shape Sensitivity Method for Fracture Analysis of Functionally Graded Materials,” Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering, Vol. 195, 2006, pp. 5962-5982

Rahman, S., “A Dimensional Decomposition Method for Stochastic Fracture Mechanics,” Engineering Fracture Mechanics, Vol. 73, 2006, pp. 2093-2109

Rao, B. N. and Rahman, S., “A Continuum Shape Sensitivity Method for Fracture Analysis of Isotropic Functionally Graded Materials,” Computational Mechanics, Vol. 38, 2006, pp. 133-150

Rahman, S. and Wei, D., “A Univariate Approximation at Most Probable Point for Higher-Order Reliability Analysis,” International Journal of Solids and Structures, Vol. 43, 2006, pp. 2820-2839

Active Scientific and Professional Society Memberships:
American Society of Mechanical Engineers; American Society of Civil Engineers; International Association of Structural Safety and Reliability; U.S. Association for Computational Mechanics; International Society for Computational Engineering & Sciences; American Society for Engineering Education.