Research Publications

1- M.O.Budair, M.Mahmood, M.K.Abusaleh," Experiments on a flat square plate at high incidence and different Reynolds numbers", AJSE, Vol. 15, pp. 553-564, 1990.

2- M.Budair," Some features of the wake of a finite circular cylinder at a low subcritical Reynolds number", AJSE, Vol. 16, pp.397-408, 1991.

3- M.Budair, A. Ayoub, K. Karamcheti," Frequency measurements in a finite cylinder wake at a subcritical Reynolds number", AIAA Journal, Vol.29, pp. 2163-2168, 1991.

4- S. O. Daffuaa, A. N. Shuaib, A. Raouf, M. O. Budair, " Evaluation of maintenance management systems", Journal of King Saud University, ( Special Issue on Maintenance), Vol.4, pp.29-43, 1992.

5- M. O. Budair, M. Najjar, K. Al-Qurashi, " Grade-point-average-Based scheme for tracking academic students’ performance at King Fahd University of Petroleum & Minerals", The European Journal of Engineering Education, Vol.17, pp. 95-103, 1992.

6- S. O. Daffuaa, M.O. Budair, "Optimal schedules for scale removal in heat exchange equipment", Engineering Optimization, Vol. 21, pp. 165-174, 1993.

7- S. O. Duffuaa, M. O. Budair , " Scale removal from heat-exchangers: Using energy utilization as a schedule criterion ”, Journal of Applied Energy, Vol. 47, pp. 77-85, 1994.

8- M. A. Z. Hasan, M. O. Budair,” Role of splitter plates in modifying cylinder wake flows”, AIAA Journal, Vol. 32, pp.1992-1998, 1994.

9- M. Sultan Khan, S. M. Zubair, M. O. Budair, A. K. Sheikh, and A. Quddus, “ Fouling resistance model for prediction of CaCo3 scaling in AISI 316 tubes”, Heat and Mass Transfer, Vol. 32, pp. 73-79, 1996.

10- A. K. Sheikh, S. M. Zubair, M. U. Haq, M. O. Budair, “ Reliability-Based maintenance strategies for heat exchangers subject to fouling”, Transactions of the ASME, Journal of Energy Resources Technology, Vol. 118, pp. 306-312, 1996.

11- M. A. L. El-Shaarawi, M. O. Budair, M. S. A. Al-Qahtani,” Turning moment of rotating inner cylinder in the entry region of concentric annuli”, JSME International Journal, Series B, Vol. 40, No.1, pp.67-74, 1997.

12- S. M. Zubair, A. K. Sheikh, M. O. Budair, M. A. Badar, “ A maintenance strategy for heat transfer equipment subject to fouling: A probabilistic approach”, Journal of Heat Transfer, Vol.119, pp. 575-580, 1997.

13- S. M. Zubair, A. K. Sheikh, M. O. Budair, M. U. Haq, A. Quddus, O. A. Ashiru, “ Statistical aspects of CaCO3 fouling in AISI 316 stainless-steel tubes”, Journal of Heat Transfer, Vol. 119, pp. 581-588, 1997.

14- M. O. Budair, M. S. Khan, S. M. Zubair, A. K. Sheikh, A. Quddus, “ CaCO3 scaling in AISI 316 stainless steel tubes – effect of thermal and hydraulic parameters on the induction time and growth rate ”, Heat and Mass Transfer, Vol. 34, pp. 163-170, 1998.

15- N. Ahmed, B. S. Yilbas, M. O. Budair,” Computational study into the flow field developed around a cascade of NACA 0012 airfoils”, Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering, Vol. 167, pp. 17-32, 1998.

16- B. S. Yilbas, M. O. Budair, M. Naweed Ahmed,” Numerical simulation of the flow field around a cascade of NACA 0012 airfoils - effects of solidity and stagger”, Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering, Vol. 158, pp. 143-154, 1998.

17- S.Z.Shuja, B.S. Yilbas and M. O. Budair, “ Modeling of laser heating of solid substance including assisting gas impingement”, Numerical Heat Transfer, An International Journal of Computation and Methodology, Part A, Vol. 33, pp. 315-339, 1998.

18- S. O.Duffuaa, M. O. Budair, “ Impact of scale build-up models on energy utilization in heat exchangers ”, Int. J. Energy Res., Vol. 23, pp. 999-1005, 1999.

19- S. Z. Shuja, B. S. Yilbas and M. O. Budair, “ Natural convection in a square cavity with a heat generating body”, Accepted in Heat and Mass Transfer, 1999.

20- B. S. Yilbas, S. Z. Shuja, and M. O. Budair,” Second law analysis of a swirling flow in a circular duct with restriction”, Int. J. Heat Mass Transfer, Vol. 42. pp. 4027-4041, 1999.

21- S. Z. Shuja, B. S. Yilbas and M. O. Budair,” Gas jet impingement on a surface having a limited constant heat flux area-various turbulence models”, Numerical Heat Transfer, An International Journal of Computation and Methodology, Part A, Vol. 36, No. 2, p. 171, 1999.

22- S. Z. Shuja, B. S. Yilbas, M. O. Iqbal, M. O. Budair, “Flow through a protruding bluff body- Heat and irreversibility analysis”, Accepted in Intl. J. Exergy, 1999.

23- B. S. Yilbas, S. Z. Shuja, and M. O. Budair, ”Nano-second pulse heating and gas assisting jet considerations”, Intl. J. Machine Tools and Manufacture, Vol. 40, pp. 1023-1038, 2000.

24- M. O. Budair, “ Entropy analysis of unsteady flow on flat plate”, Int. J. Energy Res., Vol. 25, pp. 519-524, 2001.

25- Syed M. Zubair, Anwar K. Sheikh, Muhammad Younas, M. O. Budair,” A risk based heat exchanger analysis subject to fouling: Part I: Performance evaluation”, Energy-The International Journal, Vol. 25, pp. 427-443, 2000.

26- Anwar K. Sheikh, Syed M. Zubair, Muhammad Younas, M. O. Budair,” A risk based heat exchanger analysis subject to fouling: Part II- Economics of heat exchangers cleaning”, Energy-The International Journal ,Vol. 25, pp. 445-461, 2000.

27- S. Z. Shuja, B. S. Yilbas and M. O. Budair, “ Local entropy generation in an impinging jet: Minimum entropy concept evaluating various turbulence models”, Accepted in The Journal CMAME, 2000.

28- M. O. Budair, “ Investigation into some aspects of fluid flow and thermal analysis in annuli”, Int. J. Energy Res., Vol. 25, pp. 525-535, 2001.

29- M. Mahmood, K. Srinivas, M. O. Budair, “ Computation of flow past a low-rise building”, Accepted in Computational Fluid Dynamics Journal, 2000.

30- S. Z. Shuja, B. S. Yilbas, M. O. Budair and I. S. Hussaini, “ Entropy analysis of a flow past a heat-generated bluff body”, Int. J. Energy Res., Vol. 23, pp. 1133-1142, 1999.

31- S. Z. Shuja, B. S. Yilbas and M. O. Budair, “ Laser pulse heating of steel surfaces including impinging gas effect and variable properties”, Accepted .in Int. J. Numerical Methods for Heat & Fluid Flow, 2000.

32- M. O. Budair, A. Al-Qutub., “ An experimental investigation of under-expanded super sonic jet flow impingement over an inclined plate”, Submitted to Transaction of the Japan Society for Aeronautical and Space Sciences, 2000.

33- M. S. Khan, M. O. Budair, S. M. Zubair,” A parametric study of CaCO3 scaling in AISI 316 stainless steel tubes”, Accepted in Heat and Mass Transfer, 2000.

34- M. O. Budair, " Unsteady features of the flow around a finite circular cylinder", In progress.

35- M. Mahmood, K. Srinivas, M. O. Budair, “ Experimental and computational study of the flow past a low-rise building”, in progress.


Papers in Refereed Proceedings

36- M.Budair, M.Mahmood, and M.Abusaleh," Experiments on a flat square plate at high angles of attack ", Proceedings, 2nd Saudi Engineers Conference, Vol. 3, pp. 1493-1510, Nov. 1985.

37- S. Daffuaa, S. Shuaib, A. Raouf and M. O. Budair," A framework for the evaluation of maintenance management systems ", Proceedings, Maintenance Planning and Operation Symposium, Riyadh, King Saud University, March 1990.

38- S. Zubair, M. O. Budair, A. Alshakhs,” Effect of brine heater fouling on the performance of multi-stage flash distillation plant”, Proceedings, ASME Winter Annual Meeting, Anaheim, CA, Nov. 8-13, 1992.

39- S. M. Zubair, A. K. Sheikh, M. O. Budair, M. A. Badar,” On Maintenance of heat-transfer equipments subject to fouling”, Proceedings, Fourth Saudi Eng. Conference, Vol. IV, pp.301-307, Nov.5-8, 1995.

40- S. M. Zubair, A. K. Sheikh, M. O. Budair, M. U. Haq, O. A. Ashiru,” Statistical analysis of CaCO3 scaling in heat exchanger tubes”, Proceedings of “ Fouling Mitigation of Industrial Heat Exchangers”, An International Conference, pp. 287-297, Begell House, Inc., 1997.

41- S. M. Zubair, A. K. Sheikh, M. O. Budair and M. A. Badar, “ A probabilistic maintenance strategy for heat exchangers subject to fouling ”, Proceedings of “ Fouling Mitigation of Industrial Heat Exchangers”, An International Conference, pp. 397-406, Begell House, Inc., 1997.

42- M. S. Khan, M. O Budair, S. M. Zubair, A.Quddus, “ Some experiments on CaCO3 scaling in a double pipe heat exchanger”, Proceedings of the Second Trabzon International and Environment Symposium, Karadeniz Technical University, Trabzon, Turkey, Begell House Inc., New York, pp. 471-475, 26-29 July, 1998.

43- Syed M. Zubair, Anwar K. Sheikh, M. Sultan Khan and M. O. Budair, “ A simplified probabilistic cost model for maintenance of heat exchangers subject to fouling ”, Proceedings of an International Conference on Understanding Heat Exchanger Fouling and its Mitigation, pp. 401-408, Begell House, Inc., 1999.

44- A. K. Sheikh, S. M. Zubair, M. Younas and M. O. Budair, “ Some remarks on the probabilistic basis for characterizing fouling data”, Proceedings of an International Conference on Understanding Heat Exchanger Fouling and its Mitigation, pp. 393-400, Begell House, Inc., 1999.

45- A. K. Sheikh, K. M. Raza, S. M. Zubair, M. O. Budair, “ Predicting level of fouling using neural network approach ”, to be published in Proceedings of Engineering Foundation Conference – Mitigation of Heat Exchangers Fouling and its Economic and Environmental Implications, Banff, Alberta, Canada, July, 11-16, 1999.

46- S. M. Zubair, M. S. Khan, M. O. Budair, “ A risk based cost model of a shell-and-tube heat exchanger subject to fouling ”, to be published in Proceedings of Engineering Foundation Conference – Mitigation of Heat Exchangers Fouling and its Economic and Environmental Implications, Banff, Alberta, Canada, July, 11-16, 1999.

47- M. O. Budair, “ Study of some aspects of oscillatory flow in pipes ”, to appear in Proceedings of the Twelfth International Symposium on Transport Phenomena ”, Istanbul, Turkey, July, 16-20, 2000.

48- M. Mahmood, K. Srinivas, M. O. Budair, “ Laser light as a source of illumination for flow visualization ”, to appear in Proceedings of the Twelfth International Symposium on Transport Phenomena ”, Istanbul, Turkey, July, 16-20, 2000.

49- M. Mahmood, K. Srinivas, M. O. Budair, “ Changing the suction characteristics on the roof by modifying the roof edge design ”, to appear in Proceedings of the Twelfth International Symposium on Transport Phenomena ”, Istanbul, Turkey, July, 16-20, 2000.

50- S. Z. Shuja, B. S. Yilbas, M. O. Budair, “ Stagnation flow over constant heat flux surface: Various turbulence models ”, Proceedings of CSME Forum SCGM, Vol. 1, pp. 210-217, 1998.

51- B. Yilbas, S. Z. Shuja, M. O. Budair, “ Effect of velocity profiles on stagnation flow characteristics ”, to appear in Proceedings of the Twelfth International Symposium on Transport Phenomena ”, Istanbul, Turkey, July, 16-20, 2000.

52- N. Ahmed, B. S. Yilbas, M. O. Budair, “ Simulation of leading edge rotation of NACA 0012 airfoil to control separation ”, ASME Fluids Engineering Division Summer Meeting, paper no. 97-3295, June 22-26, 1997.

Refereed Research Reports

53- A. Raouf, S. Duffaa, M. O. Budair, K. A. BuBshait, Z. Ali, “ Review and Evaluation of the Maintenance Management System for the Royal Saudi Air Force ”, Pr. No. 26027, Research Institute, KFUPM, 1992. The report was reviewed by international consultants to Royal Saudi Air Force.

54- Z. Khan, N. Merah, K. Mezghani, M. O. Budair, M. Younas, “ Crack Initiation and Growth in CPVC Weld Zone ”, Pr. No. 20015, Research Institute, KFUPM, 2000. The report was submitted to client (ARAMCO) for review.

55- S. M. Zubair, A. K. Sheikh, M. O. Budair, M. Younas,” A maintenance strategy for heat transfer equipment subject to fouling ”, Pr. No. ME/FOULING/176, Research Committee, KFUPM, 1999. The report was reviewed by international specialists.