Kamal SAFA

Kamal SAFA

Instructor

School of Engineering of Beirut – Chargé de Cours

+961 (1) 421 000 kamal.safa@usj.edu.lb

Dr. Kamal Safa is a civil engineer with a PhD in damage of concrete under dynamic loading. He is an instructor at ESIB since 2003 a member of the Lebanese Order of Engineers. Dr. Safa is an active researcher who has published extensively on the behavior of concrete under dynamic loads. His work has been recognized by Sandia Laboratories, a US Department of Energy institution.


Teaching at USJ

ESIB - Civil Engineering

Areas of expertise

Engineering and Technology, Sciences

Research themes

Dynamique des structure, rupture des strictures en béton.

Publications and communications

§ “Influence of free water on the quasi-static dynamic strength of concrete in confined compression tests” in Cement andConcrete Research, Volume 40, Issue 2

§ “Accounting for the effect of local punching atthe bar/specimen interface in SHPB experiments” DYMAT 2009 internationalconference

§  “Mise au point d’un essaide compaction dynamique et statique sur matériaux fragiles » MECADYMAT 2009international conference

§ ”Displacement correction for punching at adynamically loaded bar end” in International Journal of Impact Engineering,Volume 37, Issue 4, 2010.