Dr. Samir Edmond Chidiac

Books

1. Chidiac, S.E. (Editor), Proceedings of the 2nd Canadian Conference on Effective Design of Structures – Sustainability of Civil Engineering Structures. Centre for Effective Design of Structures, Hamilton, Canada, 752 pages, 2008.
2. Chidiac, S.E. (Editor), Proceedings of the 1st Canadian Conference on Effective Design of Structures – Transferring Research into Practice. Centre for Effective Design of Structures, Hamilton, Canada, 646 pages, 2005.

Journal articles

1. Chidiac, S.E. and Shafikhani, M.*, “Electrical resistivity model for quantifying concrete chloride diffusion coefficient”, Cement and Concrete Composites.
2. Shafikhani, M.* & Chidiac, S. E., “A holistic model for cement paste and concrete chloride diffusion coefficient”, Cement and Concrete Research.
3. Chidiac, S.E., Mihaljevic, S.N.*, Krachkovskiy, S.A., & Goward G.R., “Characterization of SAP for internal curing – A calorimetry study”, Journal of Thermal Analysis and Calorimetry.
4. Marjaba, G.E.*, Chidiac, S.E. & Kubursi, A.A., “Sustainability framework for building via data analytics”, Building & Environment.
5. Chidiac, S. E., & Shafikhani, M.*, “Phenomenological model for quantifying concrete chloride diffusion coefficient”, Construction and Building Materials, 224, 773-784, 2019.
6. Chidiac, S.E. and Shakikhani, M.*, “Cement degree of hydration in mortar and concrete”, Journal of Thermal Analysis and Calorimetry, 138, 2305-2313, 2019. Shafikhani, M.*, and Chidiac, S.E., “Characterization of concrete chloride diffusion coefficient – Critical review”, Cement and Concrete Composites, 99, 225-250, 2019.
7. Marjaba, G.*, and Chidiac, S.E. “Sustainability and resiliency metrics for buildings – Critical review”, Journal of Building and Environment, 101, 116-125, 2016.
8. Moutassem, F.*, and Chidiac, S.E. "Assessment of concrete compressive strength prediction models", KSCE Journal of Civil Engineering, 20(1), 343-358, 2016.
9. Mahmoodzadeh, F.* and Chidiac S.E. "Rheological models for predicting plastic viscosity and yield stress of fresh concrete", Cement and Concrete Research, 49(10), 1-9, 2013.
10. Chidiac, S.E., Moutassem, F.*, and Mahmoodzadeh F.* "Compressive strength model for concrete", Magazine of Concrete Research, 65(9), 557 – 572, 2013. Received best paper award.
11. Chidiac, S.E. and Mahmoodzadeh, F.* "Constitutive Flow Models for Characterizing the Rheology of Fresh Mortar and Concrete", Canadian Journal of Civil Engineering, 40(5), 475-482, 2013.
12. Chidiac, S.E., Catania, E.*, Perry, H.L.*, Morofsky, E. and Foo, S. "Computational tools for selecting energy conservation measures for retrofitting existing office buildings", Canadian Journal of Civil Engineering, 40(5), 445-459, 2013.
13. Chidiac, S.E., Panesar, D.K. * and Zibara, H. "The effect of short duration NaCl exposure on the surface pore structure of concrete containing GGBFS", Materials and Structures, 45 (8), 1245-1258. 2012.
14. Federico, L.M. *, Chidiac, S.E. and Raki, L. “Reactivity of cement mixtures containing waste glass using thermal analysis”, Journal of Thermal Analysis and Calorimetry, 104 (3), 849-858, 2011.
15. Chidiac, S.E. and Mihaljevic, S.N. * “Performance of dry cast concrete blocks containing waste glass powder or polyethylene aggregates”, Cement and Concrete Composites. 33 (8), 855-863. 2011.
16. Chidiac, S.E., Catania, E. *, Morofsky, E., and Foo, S. “Effectiveness of Single and Multiple Energy Retrofit Measures on the Energy Consumption of Office Buildings”, Energy, 36, 5037-5052. 2011.
17. Panesar, D.K. * and Chidiac, S.E. “The effect of cold temperatures on the chloride binding capacity,” Journal of Cold Regions Engineering, 25 (4), 133-144. 2011.
18. Chidiac, S.E., Catania, E. *, Morofsky, E., and Foo, S. “A screening methodology for
19. implementing cost effective energy retrofit measures in Canadian office buildings”, Energy and Buildings, 43, 614-620. 2011.
20. Fam, A., Shaat, A. *, MacDougall, C., and Chidiac, S.E. “Out-of-Plane Bending of Masonry Walls with Near-Surface Mounted and Externally Bonded Reinforcement”, Australian Journal of Structural Engineering, Online, 43-56, 2010.
21. Cupido, A.F. *, Baetz, B.W., Pujari, A., and Chidiac, S.E. "Evaluating Institutional Green Building Policies: A Mixed-Methods Approach" Journal of Green Building, 5 (1), 115-131, 2010.
22. Federico, L.M. * and Chidiac, S.E. “Waste glass as a supplementary cementitious material in concrete - Critical review of treatment methods", Cement and Concrete Composites, 31 (8), 606-610, 2009.
23. Chidiac, S.E. and Mahmoodzadeh, F.* “Plastic viscosity of fresh concrete – A critical review of predictions methods", Cement and Concrete Composites, 31 (8), 535-544, 2009.
24. Panesar, D.K. * and Chidiac, S.E. “Capillary Suction Model for Characterizing Salt Scaling Resistance of Concrete containing GGBFS”, Cement and Concrete Composites, 31 (8), 570- 576, 2009.
25. ElSheikh, A.H. *, Chidiac, S.E. and Smith, S., "Assessment of Two A Posteriori Error Estimators for Elasticity", Canadian Journal of Civil Engineering, 35, 1239-1250, 2008.
26. Chidiac S.E and Panesar, D.K. * “Evolution of mechanical properties of concrete containing ground granulated blast furnace slag and effects on the scaling resistance at 28 days”. Cement and Concrete Composites, 30 (2), 63-71, 2008.
27. ElSheikh, A.H. *, Chidiac, S.E. and Smith, S. "A posterior error estimation based on numerical realization of the variational Multiscale method". Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering, 197:3637-3656, 2008.
28. ElSheikh, A.H. *, Smith, S. and Chidiac, S.E. "Numerical investigation of the Reliability of A Posteriori Error Estimation for Advection Diffusion Equations'', Communications in Numerical Methods in Engineering, 24:711-726, 2008.
29. Panesar, D.K. * and Chidiac, S.E. “Ultrasonic Pulse Velocity for Determining the Early Age Properties of Dry Cast Concrete containing GGBFS. Canadian Journal of Civil Engineering, 34, 682-685, 2007. (Technical note).
30. Panesar, D.K. * and Chidiac, S.E. “Multi-variable statistical analysis for scaling resistance of concrete containing GGBFS”. Cement and Concrete Composites, 29 (1), 39-48, 2007.
31. Chidiac, S.E. and Federico, L.M. * “Effects of waste glass addition on the properties of fired clay brick”, Canadian Journal of Civil Engineering, 34 (11), 1458-1466, 2007.
32. Chidiac, S.E. and Zibara, H. * “Dry-Cast concrete masonry products: properties and durability”, Canadian Journal of Civil Engineering, 34 (11), 1413-1423, 2007.
33. Chidiac, S.E., Habibbeigi, F. and Chan, D. * “Slump & slump flow for characterizing yield stress of fresh concrete”, ACI Material Journal. 103 (6), November-December 2006.
34. Chidiac, S.E., and Habibbeigi, F. * “Modelling the rheological behaviour of fresh concrete: An elasto-viscoplastic finite element approach”, Computers and Concrete, 2 (2), 97-110, 2005.
35. ElSheikh A.H. *, Smith S. and Chidiac, S.E. “Semi formal design of reliable mesh generation systems”, Advances in Engineering Software, 35 (12), 827-841, 2004.
36. Chidiac, S.E., Maadani, O. *, Razaqpur, A.G. and Mailvaganam, N.P., “Durability of Concrete – Rheology, Strength & Permeability of Concrete”, Journal of Materials in Civil Engineering, ASCE, 15 (4), 391-399, 2003.
37. Ghobarah, A, Ghorbel M.N. * and Chidiac S.E. “Upgrading torsional resistance of reinforced concrete beams using fiber-reinforced polymer”, Journal of Composites for Construction, 6 (4), 257-263, 2002.
38. Chidiac, S.E., Maadani, O. *, Razaqpur, A.G. and Mailvaganam, N.P. “Controlling the quality of fresh concrete – A new approach”, Magazine of Concrete Research, 52 (5) 353-364, 2000.
39. Chidiac, S.E., Repette, W.L. *, Mailvaganam, N.P. and Masson, J.F. “Damage predictive model for coating on concrete”, L’industria italiana del Cemento, (749) 924-931, 1999.
40. Basheer, P.A.M., Chidiac, S.E., and Long, A.E. “Predictive models for deterioration of concrete structures”, Construction and Building Materials, 10 (1) 27-37, 1996.
41. Chidiac, S.E., Mirza, F.A., and Wilkinson, D.S. "A simplified welding arc model by The finite element method", J. Computers & Structures, 53 (5), 1235-1241, 1994.
42. Chidiac, S.E., Maurenbrecher, A.H.P., and Guan W. "Thermal behaviour of masonry walls: Mathematical modelling and field monitoring", Building Research and Information, 21 (5), 280-287, 1993.
43. Chidiac, S.E. and Mirza, F.A. "Thermal stress analysis due to welding processes by the finite element method", J. Computers & Structures, 46 (3), 1993, 407-412, 1993.
44. Chidiac, S.E., Brimacombe, J.K., and Samarasekera, I.V., "A new transient method for analysis of solidification in the continuous casting of metals", Applied Scientific Research, 51, 573-597, 1993.
45. Nagasaka, Y. *, Brimacombe, J.K., Hawbolt, E.B., Samarasekera, I.V. and Chidiac, S.E., "Mathematical model of phase transformation and elastoplastic stress in the water spray quenching of steel bars", Met. Trans. A, 24A, 795-808, 1993.
46. Chidiac, S.E., Wilkinson, D.S. and Mirza, F.A. "Finite element modelling of transient heat transfer and microstructural evolution in welds. Part II: Modelling of grain growth in austenitic stainless steels", Met. Trans. B, 23B, 841-845, 1992.