Publications:

H. Al-Qahtani "Extentional Waves in a Plate with Material and Geoemetric Nonlinearities", Acta Mechanica. Accepted (In- press).

H. Al-Qahtani "Laser-Generated Thermoelastic Waves: Exact Analysis", Journal of Thermals Stresses,  vol. 31, pp. 569 -583, 2008.

H. Al-Qahtani and B. Yilbas, "Entropy Generation Rate During Laser Pulse Heating: Effect of Laser Pulse Parameters on Entropy Generation Rate", Optics and Lasers in Engineering, vol. 46, pp. 27-33, 2007.(PDF)

H. Al-Qahtani and B. Yilbas, "Laser Evaporative Heating: Exact Solution of Temperature Rise Due to Step Input Pulse", Laser in Engineering, vol. 17, pp. 345-360, 2007.(PDF)

H. Al-Qahtani and B. Yilbas, "Laser Pulse Heating", Proceeding of AMPT 2006, July 30- Aug 3, 2006, Las Vegas, USA.(DOC)

H. Al-Qahtani, S. Datta and O. Mukdadi, "Laser Generated Thermoelastic Waves in an Anisotropic Infinite Plate: FEM Analysis", Journal of Thermal Stresses, vol. 28 ,pp. 1099-1122, 2005. (PDF)

H. Al-Qahtani and S. Datta, "Thermoelastic Waves in an Anisotropic Infinite Plate", Journal of Applied Physics, vol. 96, pp. 3645-3658, 2004. (PDF)

H. Al-Qahtani and S. Datta, 2005, "Laser Generated Thermoelastic Waves in an Anisotropic Infinite Plate: FEM Analysis," 6th International Congress of Thermal Stresses and Related Topics, TS2005, Vienna, Austria, 26-29 May. (PDF)

H. Al-Qahtani and S. Datta, 2004, "Laser Generated Thermoelastic Waves in an Anisotropic Infinite Plate," 31th Annual Review of Progress of Quantitative NDE, July 25 - 30, Golden, Colorado. (PDF)

H. Al-Qahtani and S. Datta, 2004,"Thermoelastic Waves in an Anisotropic Infinite Plate," Graduate
Engineering Annual Research Symposium (GEARS), April, Boulder, Colorado. (PDF)