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Microbiologically Induced Corrosion (MIC) and Structural Stiffness Degradation in Deep Foundation Piles

Mohamed Fayez Elnagar, Structural Consultant, Ph.D. Applicant at The University of Edinburgh, Forensic Engineer, Certified Expert at Ministry of Justice, ACI member. Email: drmfayez@proton.me

Microbiologically Induced Corrosion (MIC) presents a severe, insidious durability dilemma in geotechnical and structural engineering, threatening the long-term safety of deep foundation systems, such as bored piles and micro-piles. These critical structural elements are anchored deep within subterranean soil strata, fr...

Stress Corrosion and Subcritical Crack Growth in Structural Glass Elements

Mohamed Fayez Elnagar, Structural Consultant, Ph.D. Applicant at The University of Edinburgh, Forensic Engineer, Certified Expert at Ministry of Justice, ACI member. Email: drmfayez@proton.me

The architectural and structural application of glass as a primary load-bearing element—such as in structural glass fins, glass beams, balustrades, and transparent facades—introduces a critical long-term durability dilemma known as stress corrosion or subcritical crack growth. Unlike traditional metals or reinforced co...

Aeroelastic Flutter and Thermal-Mechanical Fatigue in Hypersonic Test Facilities

Mohamed Fayez Elnagar, Structural Consultant, Ph.D. Applicant at The University of Edinburgh, Forensic Engineer, Certified Expert at Ministry of Justice, ACI member. Email: drmfayez@proton.me

The design and maintenance of ground-based hypersonic test facilities—specifically the structural enclosures, nozzle segments, and diffuser walls of wind tunnels operating at velocities exceeding Mach 5—presents an extreme multi-physics stabilization dilemma. These specialized structures must withstand intense, long-du...

Fatigue and Functional Degradation in Shape-Memory Structural Alloys (SMAs)

Mohamed Fayez Elnagar, Structural Consultant, Ph.D. Applicant at The University of Edinburgh, Forensic Engineer, Certified Expert at Ministry of Justice, AISC member. Email: drmfayez@proton.me

The incorporation of Shape Memory Alloys (SMAs), such as Nitinol (Nickel-Titanium), into structural engineering applications represents an advanced technological breakthrough for seismic resilience, self-centering brace systems, and vibration-control dampers. SMAs possess a unique superelastic capability, allowing them...

Progressive Collapse and Key Structural Element Failure

Mohamed Fayez Elnagar, Structural Consultant, Ph.D. Applicant at The University of Edinburgh, Forensic Engineer, Certified Expert at Ministry of Justice, ACI member. Email: drmfayez@proton.me

Progressive collapse represents a catastrophic failure mechanism—often referred to as the "structural domino effect"—where the localized failure of a primary load-bearing element precipitates a disproportionate, cascading collapse of adjoining structural components, ultimately leading to the partial or total destructio...

Instability and Transient Buckling in Kinetic Responsive Structures

Mohamed Fayez Elnagar, Structural Consultant, Ph.D. Applicant at The University of Edinburgh, Forensic Engineer, Certified Expert at Ministry of Justice, ACI member. Email: drmfayez@proton.me

Kinetic architecture and responsive structural systems incorporate movable, transformable components that adapt in real-time to changing environmental conditions, solar orientation, or wind loads. While these dynamic systems optimize energy efficiency and architectural performance, they introduce a critical mechanical...

Nonlinear Soil-Structure Interaction (SSI) under Dynamic Seismic Excitation

Mohamed Fayez Elnagar, Structural Consultant, Ph.D. Applicant at The University of Edinburgh, Forensic Engineer, Certified Expert at Ministry of Justice, ACI member. Email: drmfayez@proton.me

Nonlinear Soil-Structure Interaction (SSI) represents a profoundly complex phenomenon in seismic engineering that challenges the traditional assumptions of independent structural analysis. Standard structural design methodologies frequently treat a building or bridge as a fixed-base system, assuming that foundation sup...

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Data Center Thermal Foundation Settlement

Mohamed Fayez Elnagar, Structural Consultant, Ph.D. Applicant at The University of Edinburgh, Forensic Engineer, Certified Expert at Ministry of Justice, ACI member. Email: drmfayez@proton.me

The rapid global expansion of high-capacity data centers and AI computing infrastructure introduces a unique socio-technical and structural engineering dilemma involving long-term foundation stability. These hyper-scale facilities host thousands of densely packed server racks that generate immense, continuous thermal e...

Adaptive Health Insurance Underwriting via Contextual Bandits: A Reinforcement Learning Approach for Cambodia

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Health insurance underwriting in emerging markets such as Cambodia faces structural challenges including low insurance penetration, fragmented healthcare infrastructure, and limited longitudinal health records. Traditional static rule-based underwriting systems are suboptimal because they ignore feature interactions, c...