Conferences Proceedings:

 

1.                A.S. Al-Gahtani, M. Musehuddin, “ Performance of  Fusion-Bonded   Epoxy Coated bars Under High Chloride & Elevated Temperature Environment ” 12th International Conference, Structural Faults & Repair-2008, Edinburgh, Scotland, U.K. 10th-12th June2008

 

                           2.      M. Maslehuddin, A.S. Al-Gahtani, M. Ismail and others, “Influence of Temperature and Chloride Contamination on Corrosion of FBEC Steel Bars in Plain and Blended Cement Concretes,” 8th International Conference on: Concrete in Hot and Aggressive Environments, November 27 to 29, 2006, Manama, Bahrain (Received the award of $10,000 for the paper).

 

3.         A.S. Al-Gahtani, M. Ismail, M. Khan, and O.S.B. Al-Amoudi, “Improving the Performance of Damaged Fusion-Bonded Epoxy Coated Rebars (FBECR) in Chloride-Contaminated Concrete,” International   Symposium on   Sustainable   Development of Cement, Concrete and  Concrete Structures, Toronto, Canada, Oct. 5-7, 2005.

 

                        4.       A. Sharif, M.K. Rahman, A.S. Gahtani, and M. Hameeduddin, “Effectiveness of Patch Repair in Axially Loaded R.C. Columns Loaded to Failure,” Proceedings, 7th International Conference on Concrete Technology in Developing Countries, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Oct. 5-8, 2004.

 

                        5.         M.K. Rahman, A. Sharif, M. Hameeduddin, and A.S. Gahtani, “Ultimate Load Behavior of Patch Repair in Axially Loaded Reinforced Concrete Columns,” Proceedings of International Conference on Structural & Geotech. Engineering, IC-SGECT-04, Mansourah, Egypt, March 23-25, 2004, pp. 871-885.

 

                        6.         A.S. Al-Gahtani and M.K. Rahman, “Load Distribution on Repaired Concrete Columns,” 1st International Conference on Concrete Repair, France, 15-17 July, 2003.

 

                        7.         A.S. Al-Gahtani and M. Mukarram, “Shrinkage Characteristics of Blended Cements,” Sixth CANMET/ACI International Conf. on Recent Advancement in Concrete Technology, Romania, June 8-11, 2003.

 

                        8.         M.A. Shazali, M.H. Baluch, A.H. Al-Gadhib and A.S. Al-Gahtani, “Application of Concrete Desalination for Concrete Protection,” Proceedings of International Conference on Performance of Construction Materials in the New Millennium, Cairo, Egypt, 18-20, February 2003.

 

                        9.         M.A. Shazali, M.H. Baluch, A.H. Al-Gadhib and A.S. Al-Gahtani, “Application of Concrete Desalination for Concrete Corrosion,” Proceedings of International Conference on Performance of Construction Materials in the New Millennium, Cairo, Egypt, 18-20 February, 2003.

 

                        10.       A.S. Al-Gahtani and M. Maslehuddin, “Characteristics of the Gulf Environment and Its Impact on Concrete Durability,” Proceedings of The 6th Saudi Engineering Conference, KFUPM, Dec. 14-16, 2002.

 

                        11.       A.S. Al-Gahtani, “Evaluation of Faculty Performance: KFUPM Experience,” Symposium on Assessment of Engineering & Technical Education in Saudi Arabia, KFUPM, Nov. 23-24, 1999, pp. 75-87.

 

                        12.       A.S. Al-Gahtani, “Environmental Consideration for the Use of Epoxy-Coated Rebars (FBECR) in the Gulf Region,” Proceedings, Symposium on Performance of Concrete Structures in the Arabian Gulf Environment, KFUPM, Nov. 15-17, 1998, pp. 21-36.           

 

                        13.       A.S. Al-Gahtani, M. Ibrahim, M. Maslehuddin, and M. Mukarram Khan, “Performance Evaluation of Concrete Surface Treatment Materials in the Arabian Gulf Environment,” Proceedings, Fifth International Conference on Deterioration & Repair of Reinforced Concrete in the Arabian Gulf, Bahrain, 27-29 October, 1997.

               

                        14.       M.G. Ali, A.S. Al-Gahtani, and R.S. Ravindrarajah, “Cathodic Protection Criteria for Two-Layered Reinforced Concrete Sections,” Fourth CANMET/ACI International Conference on Durability of Concrete, Sydney, Australia, August 17-22, 1997.

 

                        15.       A.A. Bubshait, B.M. Tahir, and A.S. Al-Gahtani, “Repair with Silica-Fume Shotcrete,” Proceedings of 7th International Conference on the Durability of Building Materials and Components, Stockholm, Sweden, May 19-23, 1996.

 

                        16.       A.S. Al-Gahtani, Rasheeduzzafar, and S. Ehtesham Hussain, “Effect of Alkali Content of Cement on Chloride Binding and Corrosion of Reinforcing Steel,” Proceedings of International Conference on Corrosion and Corrosion Protection of Steel in Concrete, University of Sheffield, U.K., 24-29 July 1994, pp. 461-471.

                                   

                        17.       A.Y. Talib, Rasheeduzzafar, and A.S. Al-Gahtani, “Effect of Temperature on the Chloride Binding Capacity of Silica Fume Blended Cement,” Proceedings of International Conference on Corrosion and Corrosion Protection of Steel in Concrete, University of Sheffield, U.K., 24-29 July 1994, pp. 806-816.

 

                        18.       A.Y. Talib, Rasheeduzzafar, and A.S. Al-Gahtani, “Chloride Binding and Corrosion Characteristics of Silica Fume Blended Cement Concrete,” Proceedings of Concrete 2000 Conference, Dundee, September 7-9, 1993, pp. 1453-1466.

 

                        19.       M.G. Ali, Rasheeduzzafar, S.S. Al-Saadoun, and A.S. Al-Ghatani, “Influence of Arabian Gulf Environment on the Cathodic Protection Criteria for Reinforced Concrete,” NACE-BSE Fifth Middle East Corrosion Conference, Bahrain, 28-30 October 1991, pp. 471-431.     

                       

                        20.       Rasheeduzzafar, S.S. Al-Saadoun, A.S. Al-Gahtani, F.H. Dakhil, and M.A. Bader, “A Repair Strategy for Corrosion Damaged Concrete,” Proceedings of Third International Conference on Deterioration and Repair of Reinforced Concrete in the Arabian Gulf, Bahrain, 21-24 October 1989, pp. 35-57.

                       

                        21.       Rasheeduzzafar, F.H. Dakhil, M.K. Mukarram, A.S. Al-Gahtani, S.S. Al-Saadoun, and R.A. Mustafa, “Influence of Cement Composition on Durability Performance in the Arabian Gulf Environment,”  Proceedings of Symposium on Concrete and Concrete Structures in the Middle East, King Saud University, Riyadh, 1987, Vol. 1, pp. 9-38.

                       

                        22.       Rasheeduzzafar, F.H. Dakhil, A.S. Al-Gahtani, S.S. Al-Saadoun, M. Bader, and K.Y. Madallah, “Proposal for a Code of Practice to Ensure Durability of Concrete Construction in the Arabian Gulf Environment,” Proceedings of the Second International Conference on Deterioration and Repair of Reinforced Concrete in the Arabian Gulf, Bahrain, 11-13 October, 1987, Vol. 1, pp. 595-631.

 

                        23.       A.S. Al-Gahtani and M. Asghar Bhatti, “Software for Optimum Design of Highway Bridge Beams,” Proceedings of the Fourth Conference on Computing in Civil Engineering, Boston, October 1986, pp. 238-354.

 

                        24.       Rasheeduzzafar, F.H. Dakhil, and A.S. Al-Gahtani, “Evaluation of Corrosion Deterioration in Reinforcement in Concrete Structures in the Middle East,” presented to American Concrete Institute Symposium on Evaluation of Existing Concrete Buildings, Phoenix, Arizona, March 1984.

 

                        25.       Rasheeduzzafar, F.H. Dakhil, and A.S. Al-Gahtani, “Corrosion Deterioration of Reinforcement in Concrete Structures in the Middle East,” Proceedings, International Symposium on Materials Science and Restoration, Esslingen, West Germany, September 1983, pp. 175-179.

 

                        26.       Rasheeduzzafar, F.H. Dakhil, M.A. Bader, and A.S. Al-Gahtani, “The Deterioration of Concrete Structures in the Environment of Eastern Saudi Arabia,” Presented to First Saudi Engineering Conference, Jeddah, May 14-19, 1983.

 

 

                        Refereed Journals:

   

                       27-    A.S. Al-Gahtani, “Effect of Curing Methods on the Properties of Plain and Blended Cement Concretes "Construction and Building Materials, Accepted for publication, Aug.2009 .

 

                        28.       A.S. Al-Gahtani, M. Ibrahim, M. Maslehuddin, and A.A. Almusallam,  “Performance of Concrete Surface Treatment Systems,” Concrete International, Jan. 1999, pp. 64-68.

 

                        29.       A.A. Almusallam, M. Abdul-Waris, M. Maslehuddin, and A.S. Al-Gahtani, “Placing and Shrinkage at Extreme Temperatures,” Concrete International, Jan. 1999, pp. 75-79.

 

                        30.       A.A. Almusallam, M. Maslehuddin, M.A. Waris, O.S.B. Al-Amoudi, and A.S. Al-Gahtani, “Plastic Shrinkage Cracking of Concrete in Hot-Arid Environment,” AJSE, Vol. 23, No. 2C, Dec. 1998, pp. 57-71.

 

                        31.       M. Ibrahim, A.S. Al-Gahtani, and M. Maslehuddin, “Effectiveness of Concrete Surface Treatment Materials in Reducing Chloride-Induced Reinforcement Corrosion,” Construction and Building Materials Journal, Vol. 11, Nos. 7-8, 1997, pp. 443-451.

 

                        32.       A.A. Almusallam, A. Al-Gahtani, M. Maslehuddin, M.M. Khan, and A.R. Aziz, “Evaluation of Repair Materials for Functional Improvement of Slabs and Beams with Corroded Reinforcement,” Engrs. Structs. & Bldgs., 122, Feb. 1997, pp. 27-34.

                                   

                        33.       A. Almusallam, A. Al-Gahtani, A. Aziz, and Rasheeduzzafar, “Effect of Reinforcement Corrosion on Bond Strength,” Construction and Building Materials Journal, Vol. 10, No. 2, 1996, pp. 123-129.

                                                           

                        34.       S.E. Hussain, A.S. Al-Gahtani, and Rasheeduzzafar, “Chloride Threshold for Corrosion of Reinforcement in Concrete,” ACI Materials Journal, Vol. 93, No. 6, November-December 1996, pp. 534-538.

 

                        35.       A.A. Al-Musallam, A.S. Al-Gahtani, A. Aziz, F. Dakhil, and Rasheeduzzafar, “Effect of Reinforcement Corrosion on Flexural Behavior of Reinforced Concrete Slabs,” ACI Materials Journal, Vol. 8, No. 3, August 1996, pp. 123-127.

 

                        36.       A.S. Al-Gahtani, Rasheeduzzafar, and A.A. Al-Musallam, “Performance of Repair Materials Exposed to Fluctuation of Temperature,” Discussion Closure, ASCE Journal of Materials in Civil Engineering, Vol. 8, No. 3, August 1996, pp. 176-177.

 

                        37.       S.E. Hussain, Rasheeduzzafar, A. Al-Musallam, and A.S. Al-Gahtani, “Factors Affecting Threshold Chloride for Reinforcement Corrosion in Concrete,” Cement and Concrete Research (An International Journal), Vol. 25, No. 7, 1995, pp. 1543-1555.

 

                        38.       A.S. Al-Gahtani, S.S. Al-Saadoun, and E.A. Abul-Feilat, “Design Optimization of Continuous Partially Prestressed Concrete Beams,” Computers & Structures, Vol. 55, No. 2, 1995, pp. 365-370.

 

                        39.       A.S. Al-Gahtani, Rasheeduzzafar, and A.A. Al-Musallam, “Performance of Repair Materials Exposed to Fluctuation of Temperature,” ASCE Journal of Materials in Civil Engineering, Vol. 7, No. 1, Feb. 1995, pp. 9-18.

 

                        40.       A.S. Al-Gahtani, Rasheeduzzafar, and S.S. Al-Saadoun, “Rebar Corrosion and Sulfate Resistance of Blast Furnace Slag Cement,” ASCE Journal of Materials in Civil Engineering, Vol. 6, No. 2, May 1994, pp. 223-239.

 

                        41.       S.E. Hussain, Rasheeduzzafar, and A.S. Al-Gahtani, “Influence of Sulfates on Chloride Binding in Cements,” Cement and Concrete Research, Vol. 24, No. 1, Jan-Feb. 1994.

                       

                        42.       S.S. Al-Saadoun, Rasheeduzzafar, and A.S. Al-Gahtani, “Corrosion of Reinforcing Steel in Fly Ash Blended Cement Concrete,” ASCE Journal of Materials in Civil Engineering, Vol. 5, No. 3, August 1993, pp. 356-371.

 

                        43.       Rasheeduzzafar, S.S. Al-Saadoun, and A.S. Al-Gahtani, “Corrosion Cracking in Relation to Bar Diameter, Cover and Concrete Quality,” ASCE Journal of Materials in Civil Engineering, Vol. 4, No. 4, November 1992, pp. 327-342.

                       

                        44.       Rasheeduzzafar, S.S. Al-Saadoun, and A.S. Al-Gahtani, “Reinforcement Corrosion-Resistance Characteristics of Silica-Fume Blended-Cement Concrete,” ACI Materials Journal, Vol. 89, No. 4, July-August 1992, pp. 337-344.

 

                        45.       S.S. Al-Saadoun, Rasheeduzzafar, and A.S. Al-Gahtani, “Mix Design Consideration for Durable Concrete in the Gulf Environment,” AJSE,  Vol. 17, No. 1, January 1992, pp. 17-33.

 

                        46.       Rasheeduzzafar, S.E. Hussain, and A.S. Al-Gahtani, “Pore Solution Composition and Reinforcement Corrosion Characteristics of Microsilica Blended Cement Concrete,” Cement and Concrete Research, Vol. 21, No. 6, November 1991, pp. 1035-1048.

                       

                        47.       Rasheeduzzafar, S.S. Al-Saadoun, F.H. Dakhil, and A.S. Al-Gahtani, “Effect of Cement Composition on Corrosion of Reinforcing Steel in Concrete,” C.L. Page, Kw.J. Treadway, and P.B. Bamforth, eds., Elsevier Applied Science, London, 1990, pp. 213-226.

                       

                        48.       Rasheeduzzafar, S.S. Al-Saadoun,  A.S. Al-Gahtani, and F.H. Dakhil, “Effect of Tricalcium Aluminate (C3A) Content of Cement on Corrosion of Reinforcing Steel in Concrete,” Cement and Concrete Research, Vol. 20, No. 5, 1990, pp. 723-738.

               

                        49.       Rasheeduzzafar, F.H. Dakhil, A.S. Al-Gahtani, S.S. Al-Saadoun, and M.A. Bader, “Influence of Cement Composition on the Corrosion of Reinforcement and Sulfate Resistance of Concrete,” ACI Materials Journal, Vol. 87, No. 2, March-April 1990, pp. 114-122.

 

                        50.       Rasheeduzzafar, A.S. Al-Gahtani, and S.S. Al-Saadoun, “Influence of Construction Practices on Concrete Durability,” ACI Materials Journal, Vol. 86, No. 6, November-December 1989, pp. 566-575.

                       

                        51.       Rasheeduzzafar, F.H. Dakhil, A.S. Al-Gahtani, and S.S. Al-Saadoun, “Exposure Site Studies on the Effect of Cement Composition of Concrete on Corrosion of Reinforcing Steel in Concrete,” Arabian Journal for Science and Engineering, Theme Issue: Corrosion, Vol. 4, Number 2, April 1989, pp. 235-248.

 

                        52.  Rasheeduzzafar, G.J. Al-Sulaimani, A.S. Al-Gahtani, and S.S. Al-Saadoun, “An Overview of Reinforced Concrete Corrosion Research at King Fahd University of Petroleum & Minerals,” Arabian Journal for Science and Engineering, Theme Issue: Corrosion, Vol. 4, Number 2, April 1989, pp. 219-233.

 

                        53.       Rasheeduzzafar, F.H. Dakhil, and A.S. Al-Gahtani, “Corrosion of Reinforcement in Concrete Structures in the Middle East,” Concrete International, Vol. 7, No. 9, September 1985, pp. 78-85.

 

                        54.       Rasheeduzzafar, F.H. Dakhil, and A.S. Al-Gahtani, “Deterioration of Concrete Structures in the Environment of Middle East,” Journal, American Concrete Institute, January-February 1984, Vol. 81.

 

                        55.       Rasheeduzzafar, F.H. Dakhil, and A.S. Al-Gahtani, “Deterioration of Concrete Structures in the Environment of Eastern Saudi Arabia,” Arabian Journal for Science and Engineering, Vol. 7, No. 3, 1982, pp. 191-209.

 

                       

                       

                        Technical Reports:

 

                        1.         A.S. Al-Gahtani and others, “Strategic Plan for Recruiting, Developing and Retention of Faculty and Staff at KFUPM,” Final Report, June, 2007.

 

                        2.         A.S. Al-Gahtani and O.S.B. Al-Amoudi, “Improving the Performance of Damaged FBECR in Chloride-Contaminated Concrete,” PI, SABIC, Final Report, Aug. 2005.

 

                        3.         A.S. Al-Gahtani, F.H. Dakhil, M.A. Bader, and A.S. Al-Jebreen, “Diagnostic Evaluation and Repair of Deteriorated Concrete Structures in Saudi Arabia,” PI, KACST AR-9-066–Part II, Final Report, July 2004.

 

                        4.         A.S. Al-Gahtani, F.H. Dakhil, M.A. Bader, and A.S. Al-Jebreen, “Diagnostic Evaluation and Repair of Deteriorated Concrete Structures in Saudi Arabia,” PI, KACST AR-9-066–Part II, 3rd Progress Report.

 

                        5.         A.S. Al-Gahtani, F.H. Dakhil, M.A. Bader, and A.S. Al-Jebreen, “Diagnostic Evaluation and Repair of Deteriorated Concrete Structures in Saudi Arabia,” PI, KACST AR-9-066–Part II, 2nd Progress Report.

 

                        6.         A.S. Al-Gahtani and O.S.B. Al-Amoudi, “Improving the Performance of Damaged FBECR in Chloride-Contaminated Concrete,” PI, SABIC, 1st Progress Report.

 

                        7.         Rasheeduzzafar, F.H. Dakhil, M.A. Bader, R.A. Mustafa, A.S. Al-Gahtani, and S.S. Al-Saadoun, “New Cement Specifications for Durable Concrete in Saudi Arabia,” Final Report submitted to KACST (AR6-138), July 1994.

 

                        8.         Rasheeduzzafar, F.H. Dakhil, S.S. Al-Saadoun, A.S. Al-Gahtani, A. Almusallam, and Mohammad G. Ali, “Criteria of Cathodic Protection of Steel in Plain and Blended Cement Concrete in the Context of Arabian Gulf Environment,” Research Proposal submitted to KACST under AR-12 in June 1990.

 

                        9.         Rasheeduzzafar, F.H. Dakhil, A.S. Al-Gahtani, S.S. Al-Saadoun, M.A. Bader, and A.S. Al-Jebreen, “Diagnostic Evaluation and Repair of Deteriorated Concrete Structures in Saudi Arabia,” Progress Reports (I to VII) submitted to KACST, Project AR-9-066.

                       

                        10.       Rasheeduzzafar, F.H. Dakhil, M.A. Bader, R.A. Mustafa, A.S. Al-Gahtani, and S.S. Al-Saadoun, “New Cement Specifications for Durable Concrete in Saudi Arabia,” Progress Reports (I to VII) Submitted to KACST (AR6-138).