Journal Publications

N.S. Waseetuddin, A. Abubakar, K.S. Athel, F. Mukhtar, S.S. Akhtar, and A.F.M. Arif

Epoxy Grout Composites: Incorporating Construction Waste for Enhanced Under-Grouting

ASCE Journal of Materials in Civil Engineering  ·  Accepted (2026)

A.A. Mahamood, F. Mukhtar, and M.S. Alam

Seismic resilience of RC structures with shape memory alloys: Past and new perspectives

Engineering Structures, 346, 121638 (2026)

M.M. Khan, S. Ahmad, M. Al-Huri, F. Mukhtar, and M.A. Al-Osta

Mechanical behaviour and impact response of ultra-high-performance concrete incorporating steel and polypropylene fibers

Next Materials, 371, 101436 (2026)

F. Mukhtar

A unified FRP-concrete bond model and new experimental insights on size effect

Composite Structures, 371, 119469 (2025)

F. Mukhtar

3D-printed concrete fracture: Effects of cohesive laws, mixes, and print parameters in 3D eXtended FEM

Computers and Structures, 315, 107822 (2025)

F. Mukhtar

Comprehensive FRP-concrete bond behavior: Impact of test methods and the innovative UBoT

Composite Structures, 348, 118475 (2024)

M. Lardhi and F. Mukhtar

Mechanical properties and fracture behavior of seawater-mixed sea sand recycled aggregate concrete

Journal of Sustainable Cement-Based Materials, 1–18 (2024)

F. Mukhtar and M. Lardhi

Punching shear of sustainable recycled aggregate FRC slabs strengthened with NSM FRP bars

Case Studies in Construction Materials, 21, e03468 (2024)

F. Mukhtar and M.O. Osta

Hybridized bio-based repair mortars: Effects on mechanical, self-healing, and cost performance via novel generalized indexing

Journal of Building Engineering, 94, 109982 (2024)

H. Tao, Z.H. Ali, F. Mukhtar, A.W. AlZand, H.A. Marhoon, L. Goliatt and Z.M. Yaseen

Coupled extreme gradient boosting algorithm with artificial intelligence models for predicting compressive strength of fiber reinforced polymer-confined concrete

Engineering Applications of Artificial Intelligence, 134, 108674 (2024)

A. Odeh, M.A. Al-Shugaa, H.J. Al-Gahtani and F. Mukhtar

Analysis of Laminated Composite Plates: A Comprehensive Bibliometric Review

Buildings, 14(6), 1574 (2024)

F. Mukhtar and A. Jawdhari

RC beams flexurally strengthened with CFRP sheets combined with FRC layer for mitigating debonding failures

Construction and Building Materials, 427, 136274 (2024)

F. Mukhtar

Simulation of fracture behavior in seawater and sea-sand mixed recycled coarse aggregate concrete under three-point bending

Theoretical and Applied Fracture Mechanics, 131, 104413 (2024)

M.O. Osta and F. Mukhtar

Effect of bacteria on uncracked concrete mechanical properties correlated with damage self-healing efficiency – A critical review

Developments in the Built Environment, 17, 100301 (2024)

M. Lardhi and F. Mukhtar

Experimental and FE analysis of NSM FRP bond in low- and normal-strength natural and recycled aggregate concretes

Construction and Building Materials, 398, 132457 (2023)

B.A. Salami, F. Mukhtar, S. Ganiyu, S. Adekunle, and T.A. Saleh

Graphene-based concrete: Synthesis strategies and reinforcement mechanisms in graphene-based cementitious composites

Construction and Building Materials, 396, 132296 (2023)

F. Mukhtar and A. Deifalla

A shear model for FRP reinforced concrete elements based on refined Critical Shear Crack Theory parameters

Journal of Building Engineering, 106633 (2023)

A. El-Tohfa and F. Mukhtar

Fracture and Size Effect Analysis in Concrete using 3-D G/XFEM and a CZM-LEFM Correlation Model: Validation with Experiments

Computers and Structures, 282, 107043 (2023)

F. Mukhtar and A. El-Tohfa

A review on fracture propagation in concrete: Models, methods, and benchmark tests

Engineering Fracture Mechanics, 28, 109100 (2023)

F. Mukhtar and A. Deifalla

Shear strength of FRP reinforced deep concrete beams without stirrups: Test database and a critical shear crack-based model

Composite Structures, 307, 116636 (2023)

M. Lardhi and F. Mukhtar

Radiation shielding performance of seawater-mixed concrete incorporating recycled coarse aggregate and steel slag

Journal of Radiation Research and Applied Sciences, 16(1), 100528 (2023)

F.M. Mukhtar and C.A. Duarte

Coupled 3-D generalized/eXtended finite element method simulations of hydraulic fracture propagation experiments

Engineering Fracture Mechanics, 276, 108874 (2022)

F.M. Mukhtar, A. Jawdhari and A. Peiris

Mixed-mode FRP-concrete bond failure analysis using novel test apparatus and 3-D non-linear FEM

ASCE Journal of Composites for Construction, 26(6), 04022082 (2022)

F.M. Mukhtar, N. Shauer and C.A. Duarte

Propagation mechanisms and parametric influence in multiple interacting hydraulic fractures: A 3‐D G/XFEM hydro‐mechanical modeling

International Journal for Numerical and Analytical Methods in Geomechanics (2022)

A. Deifalla and F.M. Mukhtar

A mechanical and simplified model for RC elements subjected to combined shear and axial tension

Scientific Reports, 12(1), 1–25 (2022)

A. Deifalla and F.M. Mukhtar

Shear strength of lightweight and normal-weight concrete slender beams and slabs: An appraisal of design codes

Advances in Structural Engineering (2022)

R. Graça-e-Costa, F.M. Mukhtar and D. Dias-da-Costa

A mesh-independent framework for bidimensional analysis of CFRP-concrete debonding shear tests with discrete representation of fracture

ASCE Journal of Composites for Construction, 26(3) (2022)

F.M. Mukhtar and M.E. Shehadah

Shear behavior of flexural CFRP-strengthened RC beams with crack-induced delamination: Experimental investigation and strength model

Composite Structures, 268, 113894 (2021)

F.M. Mukhtar and M.E. Shehadah

Experimental verification of 2- and 3-D numerical models for bond-slip behavior of CFRP-concrete

Construction and Building Materials, 287, 122814 (2021)

F.M. Mukhtar and A. Peiris

FRP-concrete bond performance under accelerated hygrothermal conditions

Construction and Building Materials, 270, 121403 (2021)

F.M. Mukhtar, P.D. Alves and C.A. Duarte

Validation of a 3-D adaptive stable generalized/eXtended finite element method for mixed-mode brittle fracture propagation

International Journal of Fracture, 225(2), 129–152 (2020)

F.M. Mukhtar and H.J. Al-Gahtani

On the use of three-force member concept versus equilibrium equations in Statics

International Journal of Mathematical Education in Science and Technology (2020)

F.M. Mukhtar and O. Arowojolu

Recent Developments in Experimental and Computational Studies of Hygrothermal Effects on the FRP-Concrete Bond

Journal of Reinforced Plastics & Composites, 39(11–12), 422–442 (2020)

F.M. Mukhtar and H.J. Al-Gahtani

Comprehensive Evaluation of SCF for Spherical Pressure Vessels Intersected by Radial Cylindrical Nozzles

International Journal of Steel Structures, 19(6), 1911–1929 (2019)

F.M. Mukhtar

Customized shear test for bond-slip characterization of EBR FRP-concrete system: Influence of substrate aggregate type

Composites Part B: Engineering, 163, 606–621 (2019)

F.M. Mukhtar and R.M. Faysal

A Review on Test Methods for Studying the FRP-Concrete Interfacial Bond Behavior

Construction and Building Materials, 169, 877–887 (2018)

F.M. Mukhtar

Relative Performance of Three Mesh-Reduction Methods in Predicting Mode III Crack-Tip Singularity

Latin American Journal of Solids and Structures, 14, 1226–1250 (2017)

F.M. Mukhtar

Free Vibration Analysis of Orthotropic Plates by Differential Transform and Taylor Collocation Methods based on a Refined Plate Theory

Archive of Applied Mechanics, 87, 15–40 (2017)

F.M. Mukhtar and H.J. Al-Gahtani

Finite Element Analysis and Development of Design Charts for Cylindrical Vessel–Nozzle Junctures under Internal Pressure

Arabian Journal for Science & Engineering, 41, 4195–4206 (2016)

F.M. Mukhtar and H.J. Al-Gahtani

Design-Focused Stress Analysis of Cylindrical Pressure Vessels Intersected by Small-Diameter Nozzles

Journal of Pressure Vessel Technology – ASME, 139(2), 021205 (2016)

F.M. Mukhtar

Generalized Taylor polynomials for axisymmetric plates and shells

Applied Mathematics and Computation, 276, 182–199 (2016)

H.J. Al-Gahtani and F.M. Mukhtar

Simplified Formulation of Stress Concentration Factors for Spherical Pressure Vessel–Cylindrical Nozzle Juncture

Journal of Pressure Vessel Technology – ASME, 138(3), 031201 (2016)

F.M. Mukhtar and H.J. Al-Gahtani

Application of Radial Basis Functions to the Problem of Elasto-Plastic Torsion of Prismatic Bars

Applied Mathematical Modelling, 40, 436–450 (2016)

H.J. Al-Gahtani and F.M. Mukhtar

RBF-based meshless method for the free vibration of beams on elastic foundations

Applied Mathematics and Computation, 249, 198–208 (2014)

F.M. Mukhtar and A.H. Al-Gadhib

Collocation Method for Elastoplastic Analysis of a Pressurized Functionally Graded Tube

Arabian Journal for Science and Engineering, 39(11), 7701–7716 (2014)