Instructor of the Faculty of Engineering, University of Kufa was awarded a Doctorate in Civil Engineering

Dr. Furat Younis Al-Ghalibi was awarded a doctorate in Civil Engineering Science from his thesis “Investigate the Seismic Behavior of Concrete Walls with Composite Iron Sections”.
Al-Ghalibi explained that the thesis dealt with the dynamic nonlinear laboratory behavior of reinforced concrete walls with the impact of the presence of openings and the role of an embedded iron structure, explaining that the use of concrete walls has become widespread as one of the types of structural engineering applications. He pointed out that there are different types of walls and several types of ways of construction and adoption in buildings.
The study involved the manufacture of a local device and the design of a device to simulate the displacement-time response curve using a fixed-phase motor with a three-phase motor controller, and the rotational motion was converted to linear motion using a rotary lever-type FSU05020-4-800 with its accessories. ADXL335 accelerator reader sensors were used and positioned in the accelerated reading locations, and the accelerated data received was converted using a NI PCI-6255 M-Series electronic data reader with a total absorption of 1.25 million readings per second, containing wave forming for first and second integration for acceleration data received for the purpose of calculating the displacement and velocity instead of using the displacement reader.
Laboratory results show that the use of internally embedded steel structure significantly improves the properties of reinforced concrete walls. For example, the displacement of composite walls is reduced by 15.85% compared to non-composite concrete walls, the speed is reduced by 32.87%, and the acceleration rate is reduced by 56.09%. Also, the agitation in concrete decreased by 50.88%. The study showed the effect of openings in the wall, where the displacements increased by 52.44% in the case of a hole in the first floor, while the displacements increase by 60.92% in the case of a hole in the second floor. The percentage of displacement increase by 62.63% if the wall contains a hole on the first and second floor
After the discussion committee recorded its observations, the committee went to evaluate the thesis and decided to award the student a doctorate in civil engineering with an excellent grade.
Dr. Al-Ghalibi is a graduate of Civil Engineering from the University of Kufa in 2001. He was awarded a master’s degree in structural engineering from the University of Kufa in 2004. He holds an English diploma from the Florida Institute of Technology, USA, 2014.