Nizar Bel Hadj Ali, PhD Professor Head - Modelling in Civil and Environmental Engineering Research Lab Ecole Nationale d'Ingénieurs de Gabès - University of Gabès Rue Omar Ibn-Elkhattab 6029, Gabès, TUNISIA Phone : +216 75 392 053 Fax : +216 75 392 190 E-mail : nizar.belhadjali@enig.rnu.tn |
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Research Interests
Active, Adaptive and Deployable Structures
Tensegrity Structures
Soft Computing and Structural Optimization
Active, Adaptive and Deployable Structures
Tensegrity Structures
Soft Computing and Structural Optimization
Education
Ph.D., Structural Engineering, 2003, Savoie University, France
Msc., Civil Engineering, 1999, INSA de Lyon, France
D.Eng., Civil Engineering, National School of Engineers, Gabes, Tunisia
Ph.D., Structural Engineering, 2003, Savoie University, France
Msc., Civil Engineering, 1999, INSA de Lyon, France
D.Eng., Civil Engineering, National School of Engineers, Gabes, Tunisia
Professional Experience
Professor, Civil Engineering Department, National School of Engineers, Gabes, Tunisia, 2019-present.
Associate Professor, Civil Engineering Department, National School of Engineers, Gabes, Tunisia, 2011-2019.
Fulbright Visiting Scholar, Civil and Environmental Engineering Department, University of Miami, USA, December 2018-September 2019.
Invited Professor, Applied computing and mechanics laboratory, EPFL, Switzerland, 2016-2017.
Post Doctoral fellow, Applied computing and mechanics laboratory, EPFL, Switzerland, 2008-2011.
Assistant Professor, Civil Engineering Department, National School of Engineers, Gabes, Tunisia, 2004-2008.
Research Associate, CUST, Polytech-Clermont, Clermont-Ferrand, France, 2003-2004.
Professor, Civil Engineering Department, National School of Engineers, Gabes, Tunisia, 2019-present.
Associate Professor, Civil Engineering Department, National School of Engineers, Gabes, Tunisia, 2011-2019.
Fulbright Visiting Scholar, Civil and Environmental Engineering Department, University of Miami, USA, December 2018-September 2019.
Invited Professor, Applied computing and mechanics laboratory, EPFL, Switzerland, 2016-2017.
Post Doctoral fellow, Applied computing and mechanics laboratory, EPFL, Switzerland, 2008-2011.
Assistant Professor, Civil Engineering Department, National School of Engineers, Gabes, Tunisia, 2004-2008.
Research Associate, CUST, Polytech-Clermont, Clermont-Ferrand, France, 2003-2004.
Journal Publications
----- 2022 -----
- Bel Hadj Ali, N., Aloui, O., and Rhode-Barbarigos, L. ‘A Finite Element formulation for clustered cables with sliding-induced friction’, International Journal of Space Structures, Proof.
- Silva M., Roa C., Bel Hadj Ali N., O’Reilly C., Abichou T. and MacDonald I.R. 'Fate of Methane Released From a Destroyed Oil Platform in the Gulf of Mexico'. Frontiers in Earth Science. 10:833661, 2022. [view at publisher]
----- 2021 -----
- Bel Hadj Ali, N., Kan, Z., Peng, H. and Rhode-Barbarigos, L. ‘On Static Analysis of Tensile Structures with Sliding Cables – The Frictional Sliding Case', Engineering with Computers, Vol. 37, pages 1429-1442, 2021. [view at publisher]
- Lanseur, H., Cherrared, M., Yousfi-Halimi, N., Moussaoui, F., Bel Hadj Ali, N. 'Multi-criteria analysis and Ant Colony optimization for seismic design of concrete residential buildings at the early-stage phase - Algerian cases-study', Asian Journal of Civil Engineering, Vol. 22, pages 505-527, 2021. [view at publisher]
----- 2020 -----
- Aloui, O., Orden, D., Bel Hadj Ali, N., and Rhode-Barbarigos, L. ‘Analysis of self-equilibrated networks through cellular modeling’, Proceeding of the Royal Society A, Vol. 476, No. 2241, 2020. [view at publisher]
- Ghoulem K., Kormi, T., and Bel Hadj Ali, N. ‘Damage identification of nonlinear civil structures using kernel principal component analysis’, Advances in Structural Engineering, Vol. 23, No. 11, 2020. [view at publisher]
- Ben Kahla, N., Hechmi El Ouni, M., Bel Hadj Ali, N. and Abad Khan, R., ‘Nonlinear dynamic response and stability analysis of a tensegrity bridge to selected cable rupture’, The Latin American Journal of Solids and Structures, LAJSS, Vol. 17, No 2, 2020. [view at publisher]
- Bel Hadj Ali, N., Abichou, T. and Green, R. ‘Comparing Estimates of Fugitive Landfill Methane Emissions Using Inverse Plume Modeling Combined with Surface Emission Monitoring (SEM), Drone Emission Monitoring (DEM), and Downwind Plume Emission Monitoring (DWPEM)’, Journal of the Air & Waste Management Association, Vol. 70, No. 4, 2020. [view at publisher]
- Kormi, T., Hentati, A., Selmi, M. and Bel Hadj Ali, N. ‘Reliability-based assessment of foundations under HM combined loading using Random Finite Element Method’, Georisk: Assessment and Management of Risk for Engineered Systems and Geohazards, Vol. 14, No. 4, 2020. [view at publisher]
----- 2019 -----
- Selmi, M., Kormi, T., Hentati, A., and Bel Hadj Ali, N. ‘Capacity assessment of offshore skirted foundations under HM combined loading using RFEM’, Computers and Geotechnics, Volume 114, 2019. [view at publisher]
----- 2018 -----
- Hentati, A., Selmi, M., Kormi, T., and Bel Hadj Ali, N. ‘Probabilistic HM Failure Envelopes of Strip Foundations on Spatially Variable Soil’, Computers and Geotechnics, Volume 102, 2018. [view at publisher]
- Hentati, A., Selmi, M., Kormi, T., and Bel Hadj Ali, N. ‘Random finite element method for bearing capacity assessment of a shallow foundation under varied uniaxial loadings’, International Journal of Reliability and Safety, Vol. 12, No. 3, 2018. [view at publisher]
- Kormi, T., Mhadhebi, S., Bel Hadj Ali, N., Abichou, T. and Green, R. ‘Estimation of Fugitive Landfill Methane Emissions using Surface Emission Monitoring and Genetic Algorithms Optimization’, Waste Management, Volume 72, 2018. [view at publisher]
----- 2017 -----
- Bel Hadj Ali, N., Sychterz, A., Smith, I.F.C. ‘A dynamic-relaxation formulation for analysis of cable structures with sliding-induced friction’, International Journal of Solids and Structures, Vol. 136-137, November 2017. [view at publisher]
- Kormi, T., Bel Hadj Ali, N., Abichou, T. and Green, R. ‘Estimation of methane Landfill Emissions using Stochastic search methods’, Atmospheric Pollution Research, Vol. 8, Issue 4, July 2017. [view at publisher]
----- Before 2016 -----
- Selmi, M., Kormi, T. and Bel Hadj Ali, N. ‘Comparison of multi-criteria decision methods through a ranking stability index’, Int. J. Operational Research, Vol. 27, Nos. 1/2, 2016. [view at publisher]
- Laory, I., Hadj Ali, N., Trinh, T., and Smith, I., "Measurement System Configuration for Damage Identification of Continuously Monitored Structures”, Journal of Bridge Engineering-ASCE. Volume 17, pages 857-866, 2012. (SPECIAL ISSUE: Nondestructive Evaluation and Testing for Bridge Inspection and Evaluation). [view at publisher]
- Rhode-Barbarigos, L., Schulin, C., Bel Hadj Ali, N., Motro, R. and Smith, I.F.C., “Mechanism-Based Approach for the Deployment of a Tensegrity-Ring Module”, Journal of Structural Engineering-ASCE, Volume 138, pages 539-548, 2012. [view at publisher]
- Korkmaz, S., Bel Hadj Ali, N., and Smith, I.F.C., “Configuration of Control System for Deployment and Damage Tolerance of a Tensegrity Bridge”, Advanced Engineering Informatics, Volume 26, pages 145-155, 2012. [view at publisher]
- Bel Hadj Ali, N., Rhode-Barbarigos, L., and Smith, I.F.C., “Analysis of clustered tensegrity structures using a modified dynamic relaxation algorithm”, International Journal of Solids and Structures, Volume 48, Issue 5, pages 637-647, 2011. [view at publisher]
- Korkmaz, S., Bel Hadj Ali, N., and Smith, I.F.C., “Determining Control Strategies for Damage Tolerance of an Active Tensegrity Structure”, Engineering Structures, Volume 33, Issue 6, pages 1930-1939, 2011. [view at publisher]
- Bel Hadj Ali, N., Rhode-Barbarigos, L., Pascual Albi, A.A., and Smith, I.F.C., “Design optimization and dynamic analysis of a tensegrity-based footbridge”, Engineering Structures, Volume 32, Issue 11, Pages 3650-3659, 2010. [view at publisher]
- Bel Hadj Ali, N., and Smith, I.F.C., “Dynamic behaviour and vibration control of a tensegrity structure”, International Journal of Solids and Structures, Volume 47, Issue 9, Pages 1285-1296, 2010. [view at publisher]
- Rhode-Barbarigos, L., Bel Hadj Ali, N., Motro, R. and Smith, I.F.C. “Designing tensegrity modules for pedestrian bridges”, Engineering Structures, Volume 32, Issue 4, Pages 1158-1167, 2010. [view at publisher]
- Bel Hadj Ali, N., Sellami, M., Cutting-Decelle, A-F., and Mangin, J-C., “Multi-stage production cost optimization of semi-rigid steel frames using genetic algorithms”, Engineering Structures, Volume 31, Issue 11, Pages 2766-2778, 2009. [view at publisher]
----- 2022 -----
- Bel Hadj Ali, N., Aloui, O., and Rhode-Barbarigos, L. ‘A Finite Element formulation for clustered cables with sliding-induced friction’, International Journal of Space Structures, Proof.
- Silva M., Roa C., Bel Hadj Ali N., O’Reilly C., Abichou T. and MacDonald I.R. 'Fate of Methane Released From a Destroyed Oil Platform in the Gulf of Mexico'. Frontiers in Earth Science. 10:833661, 2022. [view at publisher]
----- 2021 -----
- Bel Hadj Ali, N., Kan, Z., Peng, H. and Rhode-Barbarigos, L. ‘On Static Analysis of Tensile Structures with Sliding Cables – The Frictional Sliding Case', Engineering with Computers, Vol. 37, pages 1429-1442, 2021. [view at publisher]
- Lanseur, H., Cherrared, M., Yousfi-Halimi, N., Moussaoui, F., Bel Hadj Ali, N. 'Multi-criteria analysis and Ant Colony optimization for seismic design of concrete residential buildings at the early-stage phase - Algerian cases-study', Asian Journal of Civil Engineering, Vol. 22, pages 505-527, 2021. [view at publisher]
----- 2020 -----
- Aloui, O., Orden, D., Bel Hadj Ali, N., and Rhode-Barbarigos, L. ‘Analysis of self-equilibrated networks through cellular modeling’, Proceeding of the Royal Society A, Vol. 476, No. 2241, 2020. [view at publisher]
- Ghoulem K., Kormi, T., and Bel Hadj Ali, N. ‘Damage identification of nonlinear civil structures using kernel principal component analysis’, Advances in Structural Engineering, Vol. 23, No. 11, 2020. [view at publisher]
- Ben Kahla, N., Hechmi El Ouni, M., Bel Hadj Ali, N. and Abad Khan, R., ‘Nonlinear dynamic response and stability analysis of a tensegrity bridge to selected cable rupture’, The Latin American Journal of Solids and Structures, LAJSS, Vol. 17, No 2, 2020. [view at publisher]
- Bel Hadj Ali, N., Abichou, T. and Green, R. ‘Comparing Estimates of Fugitive Landfill Methane Emissions Using Inverse Plume Modeling Combined with Surface Emission Monitoring (SEM), Drone Emission Monitoring (DEM), and Downwind Plume Emission Monitoring (DWPEM)’, Journal of the Air & Waste Management Association, Vol. 70, No. 4, 2020. [view at publisher]
- Kormi, T., Hentati, A., Selmi, M. and Bel Hadj Ali, N. ‘Reliability-based assessment of foundations under HM combined loading using Random Finite Element Method’, Georisk: Assessment and Management of Risk for Engineered Systems and Geohazards, Vol. 14, No. 4, 2020. [view at publisher]
----- 2019 -----
- Selmi, M., Kormi, T., Hentati, A., and Bel Hadj Ali, N. ‘Capacity assessment of offshore skirted foundations under HM combined loading using RFEM’, Computers and Geotechnics, Volume 114, 2019. [view at publisher]
----- 2018 -----
- Hentati, A., Selmi, M., Kormi, T., and Bel Hadj Ali, N. ‘Probabilistic HM Failure Envelopes of Strip Foundations on Spatially Variable Soil’, Computers and Geotechnics, Volume 102, 2018. [view at publisher]
- Hentati, A., Selmi, M., Kormi, T., and Bel Hadj Ali, N. ‘Random finite element method for bearing capacity assessment of a shallow foundation under varied uniaxial loadings’, International Journal of Reliability and Safety, Vol. 12, No. 3, 2018. [view at publisher]
- Kormi, T., Mhadhebi, S., Bel Hadj Ali, N., Abichou, T. and Green, R. ‘Estimation of Fugitive Landfill Methane Emissions using Surface Emission Monitoring and Genetic Algorithms Optimization’, Waste Management, Volume 72, 2018. [view at publisher]
----- 2017 -----
- Bel Hadj Ali, N., Sychterz, A., Smith, I.F.C. ‘A dynamic-relaxation formulation for analysis of cable structures with sliding-induced friction’, International Journal of Solids and Structures, Vol. 136-137, November 2017. [view at publisher]
- Kormi, T., Bel Hadj Ali, N., Abichou, T. and Green, R. ‘Estimation of methane Landfill Emissions using Stochastic search methods’, Atmospheric Pollution Research, Vol. 8, Issue 4, July 2017. [view at publisher]
----- Before 2016 -----
- Selmi, M., Kormi, T. and Bel Hadj Ali, N. ‘Comparison of multi-criteria decision methods through a ranking stability index’, Int. J. Operational Research, Vol. 27, Nos. 1/2, 2016. [view at publisher]
- Laory, I., Hadj Ali, N., Trinh, T., and Smith, I., "Measurement System Configuration for Damage Identification of Continuously Monitored Structures”, Journal of Bridge Engineering-ASCE. Volume 17, pages 857-866, 2012. (SPECIAL ISSUE: Nondestructive Evaluation and Testing for Bridge Inspection and Evaluation). [view at publisher]
- Rhode-Barbarigos, L., Schulin, C., Bel Hadj Ali, N., Motro, R. and Smith, I.F.C., “Mechanism-Based Approach for the Deployment of a Tensegrity-Ring Module”, Journal of Structural Engineering-ASCE, Volume 138, pages 539-548, 2012. [view at publisher]
- Korkmaz, S., Bel Hadj Ali, N., and Smith, I.F.C., “Configuration of Control System for Deployment and Damage Tolerance of a Tensegrity Bridge”, Advanced Engineering Informatics, Volume 26, pages 145-155, 2012. [view at publisher]
- Bel Hadj Ali, N., Rhode-Barbarigos, L., and Smith, I.F.C., “Analysis of clustered tensegrity structures using a modified dynamic relaxation algorithm”, International Journal of Solids and Structures, Volume 48, Issue 5, pages 637-647, 2011. [view at publisher]
- Korkmaz, S., Bel Hadj Ali, N., and Smith, I.F.C., “Determining Control Strategies for Damage Tolerance of an Active Tensegrity Structure”, Engineering Structures, Volume 33, Issue 6, pages 1930-1939, 2011. [view at publisher]
- Bel Hadj Ali, N., Rhode-Barbarigos, L., Pascual Albi, A.A., and Smith, I.F.C., “Design optimization and dynamic analysis of a tensegrity-based footbridge”, Engineering Structures, Volume 32, Issue 11, Pages 3650-3659, 2010. [view at publisher]
- Bel Hadj Ali, N., and Smith, I.F.C., “Dynamic behaviour and vibration control of a tensegrity structure”, International Journal of Solids and Structures, Volume 47, Issue 9, Pages 1285-1296, 2010. [view at publisher]
- Rhode-Barbarigos, L., Bel Hadj Ali, N., Motro, R. and Smith, I.F.C. “Designing tensegrity modules for pedestrian bridges”, Engineering Structures, Volume 32, Issue 4, Pages 1158-1167, 2010. [view at publisher]
- Bel Hadj Ali, N., Sellami, M., Cutting-Decelle, A-F., and Mangin, J-C., “Multi-stage production cost optimization of semi-rigid steel frames using genetic algorithms”, Engineering Structures, Volume 31, Issue 11, Pages 2766-2778, 2009. [view at publisher]
