Department of
MECHANICAL ENGINEERING

Faculty & Staff

Dr. Abdennour C. Seibi Associate Professor Office: Ruwais 3003 Phone: +971 2 607 5454 Fax: +971 2 607 5200 Email: aseibi@pi.ac.ae

Ph.D. Penn State U, 1993

A distinguished researcher in problems related to the oil & gas sectors, has established international collaborations with various research labs and companies such as Shell Research Center, SEPTAR, in The Hague, the Institute of general Mechanics in Aachen, Germany, laboratoire de Mechanique in Rouen, France, and l'Ecole Polytechnique in Tunis. Has published extensively and won 3 international students papers awards from ASME/JSME, and managed to attract more than 2 million US Dollars research fund while at Sultan Qaboos University. He is a member of ASME and SPE societies.

HONORS and AWARDS

• USAID Scholarship for nine years
• International students papers awards from SPE and ASME/JSME societies
• Certificate of Appreciation from FHWA, McLean, VA, USA

PROFESSIONAL SERVICE

• Member of the Tunisian Scientific Society organizing committee
• Member of the development committee of the Master program between L'Ecole Polytechnique a Tunis and Virginia Tech

EXPERTISE

• Design and fabrication of mechanical systems
• Design and failure analysis of pressure vessels and transmitters
• Experimental and computer simulation of curved pipes with applications to oil and gas industry
• Wellbore Tubular Expansion technology
• Vibration control and analysis

INTERNATIONAL JOURNALS

1. A. Karrech, A. C. Seibi, T. Pervez, “Damping Effect on Mechanical Waves in an Elastic Solid Expanded Tubular,” Journal of Pressure Vessels Technology, ASME Transaction, Vol. 129, 2007, pp: 698 – 712.
2. A. C. Seibi, A. Karrech, T. Pervez, “Post-Expansion Tube Response under Mechanical and Hydraulic Expansion – A comparative Study,” ASME Transaction, J. of Pressure Vessels Technology, Vol. 129, 2007, pp: 118-124.
3. T. Pervez , A. C. Seibi, A. Karrech, “Analytical Solution for Wave Propagation due to Pop-out Phenomenon in a Solid Expandable Tubular System,” Journal of Petroleum Science & Technology, 24, pp. 923-942, 2006.
4. K. S. Al-Jabri, A. C. Seibi, and A. Karrech, “Modeling of un-stiffened Flash end-plate Bolted Connections in Fire,” Journal of Constructional Steel Research, 62, 2006, pp: 151-159.
5. A. C. Seibi, T. Pervez, A. Karrech, S. Al-Hiddabi, “Coupled Stress and Pressure Waves Propagation in an Elastic Solid Tube Submerged in Fluids,” ASME Transaction, Journal of Energy Resources Technology, Vol. 128, 2006, pp. 247-256.
6. T. Pervez, A. C. Seibi, F. K. S. Al-Jahwary, “Analysis of thick Orthotropic Laminated Composite Plates Based on Higher Order Shear Deformation Theory,” J. of Composite Structures, 71, 2005, pp:414-422.
7. A. C. Seibi, S. Al-Hiddabi, T. Pervez, “Structural Behavior of a Solid Tubular Under large Plastic Radial Expansion,” Technical Brief, ASME Journal of Energy Resources & Technology, Vol. 127, 2005, pp: 323-326.
8. T. Pervez , A. C. Seibi, A. Karrech, “Simulation of an Engineering Process – Solid Tubular Expansion,” Journal of Petroleum Science & Technology, Vol. 23, 7, 2005, pp. 775-794.
9. T. Pervez , A. Seibi, S. Al-Hiddabi, A. Karrech, “ Review of Solid Expandable Tubular Technology” Accepted for Publication in the SPE Drilling & Completion Journal, paper # 88820, 2004.

REFEREED CONFERENCE

• L. Khezzar, A. Goharzadeh, A. C. Seibi, “Liquid Sloshing In a Moving Rectangular Container Subjected To Sudden Impact,” Costantine, Algeria, 2007.
• T. Pervez, A. C. Seibi, S. A. Al-Hiddabi, F. K. Al-Jahwari, S. Z. Qamar, F. Marketz, “Solid Tubular Expansion in Horizontal Wells,” 15th SPE Middle East Oil & gas Show, Bahrain, 11-14 March, 2007, SPE105704.
• F. H. Boukadi, M. Sahraoui, A. Seibi, A. Barhoumi, “A Mathematical Model to Simulate Gas-Oil Gravity Drainage in a Naturally-fractured Oil-wet Reservoir, 2nd International Conference on Modeling, Simulation, and Applied Optimization, Petroleum Institute, Abu Dhabi, UAE, March 24 – 27, 2007.
• A. C. Seibi, T. Pervez, F. Boukadi, “Development of Operating Envelops for Casings in Deviated Wells Using A User-Friendly Computer Program,” 2nd International Conference on Modeling, Simulation, and Applied Optimization, Petroleum Institute, Abu Dhabi, UAE, March 24 – 27, 2007.
• F. Boukadi, M. Sehraoui, A. C. Seibi, A. Barhoumi, “TAGOD Simulation,” The Third International Conference on Advances in Mechanical Engineering and Mechanics, Hammamet, Tunisia, Dec. 17-19, 2006.
• A. C. Seibi, T. Pervez, “Design of Mobile HDPE Water Tanks – A Practical Design Exercise for Senior Students in Mechanical Engineering, ASME PVP Division Conference,  Vancouver, CA, July 23-27, 2006.
• A. Karrech, A. Seibi, T. Pervez, K. Sab, “Dynamics of Submerged Expandable Tubes in Borehole Wells”, ASME PVP Division Conference, Student Paper Award, Colorado, USA, July 17-21, 2005.
• A. C. Seibi, S.K. Al-Oraimi, and F. Al-Jahwary, “Finite Element Modeling and Experimental Study on GRP/Concrete under Bending,” International Conf. on Composites Science & Technology (ICCST/5), American University of Sharjah, April 2005.
• T. Pervez, A.C. Seibi, F.K.S. Al-Jahwari, “Finite Element Analysis of Thick Anisotropic Laminated Composite Plates Using Higher Order Shear Deformation Theory,” International Conf. on Composites Science & Technology (ICCST/5), American University of Sharjah, April 2005.
• A. C. Seibi, T. Pervez, S. Al-Hiddabi, A. Karrech, “Finite Element Modeling of A Solid Tubular Expansion – A Typical Well Engineering Application,” SPE Technical paper, SPE84943, 2005.
• A. C. Seibi, T. Pervez, “A Need For The Establishment Of A GCC Accreditation Body In Engineering Education,” Proc. of Int. Mech. Engng Conf. Dec. 5–8, 2004, Kuwait, IMEC2004-DS086-CP.
• T. Pervez, A. C. Seibi, A. Karrech, “Effects of Viscous Damping on Wave Propagation due to Pop-out Phenomenon in Solid Expandable Tubular,” Proc. of Int. Mech. Engng Conf. Dec. 5–8, 2004, Kuwait, IMEC2004-DS086-CP
• A. Karrech, A. C. Seibi, T. Pervez, S. Al-Hiddabi, “Stress/Fluid Pressure waves in Radially Expanded Solid Tubular” 12th Annual PVP Student Paper Award, ASME/JSME Pressure Vessels and Piping Division Conference, San Diego, California, July 25-29, 2004.
• K. Jabri, A. C. Seibi, A. Karrech, “3-D finite element modeling of flush end-plate bare-Steel connections at elevated-temperatures”, SEMC 2004 Second International Conference on Structural Engineering, Mechanics and Computation, South Africa, 5-7 July, 2004.
• A. C. Seibi, T. Pervez, S. Al-Hiddabi, A. Karrech, “Finite element modeling of solid tubular expansion – A typical well engineering application,” accepted in the SPE Conf. Proceds., 2004.
• A. C. Seibi, A. Karrech, T. Pervez, S. Al-Hiddabi, “Finite Element Analysis of Solid Tubular Expansion in Well Engineering,” TSSICAME March 24-26, 2004, Sousse, Tunisia.