Dr. Habib Benabdallah B.Ing., M.Sc.A., Ph.D., P.Eng. Associate Professor

Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

Office: SB2116

Telephone: 613-541-6000 ext 6382

Fax: (613) 542-8612

E-mail: benabdallah-h@rmc.ca

Department of Mechanical Engineering

Royal Military College of Canada

PO Box 17000, Station Forces

Kingston, Ontario CANADA

K7K 7B4

Publications

Reviewed Scientific Journal Publications

  • H.S. BENABDALLAH and D. AGUILAR, “Acoustic Emissions for Dry and Grease Lubricated Steel Sliding Contacts and its Relationship with Friction and Wear”, Tribology Transactions, 51, p. 738-747, 2008.
  • H.S. BENABDALLAH, “Friction Wear and Acoustic Emissions of some Plastics Sliding against Si3N4”, Wear, 264, p. 152-156, 2008.
  • H.S. BENABDALLAH, “Static Friction Coefficient Of Some Plastics Against Steel and Aluminum Under Different Conditions”, Tribology International, Volume 40, Issue 1, p. 64-73, 2007.
  • H.S BENABDALLAH, “Tribological Behaviour and Acoustic Emissions of Some Thermoplastics Sliding Against Steel”, Transactions of the ASME, Journal of Tribology, 128, p. 96-103, 2006.
  • H.S. BENABDALLAH and D. OLENDER, “Finite Element Simulation Of The Wear Of Polyoxymethylene In Pin-On-Disc Configuration”, Wear, 261, p. 1213-1224, 2006.
  • E. EDER, V. HUBKA and H. BENABDALLAH, “Educating for Engineering Design using Design Science”, Journal of Design Engineering and Innovation, 01E1, p. 9-18, 2005.
  • H.S. BENABDALLAH and J. Wei, “Effects of Lubricants on the Friction and Wear Properties of PTFE and POM”, Transactions of the ASME, Journal of Tribology, 127, p. 766-775, 2005.
  • H. BENABDALLAH and V.T. BUI, “Indentation of Poly(formaldehyde) Reinforced Nylons and Poly(ethyl terephthalate)”, Polymer Engineering & Science, 44, 8, p. 1439-1447, 2004.
  • H. BENABDALLAH, “Friction and Wear of Blended Polyoxymethylene Sliding against Coated Steel Plates”, Wear, 254, p.1239-1246, 2003.
  • H. BENABDALLAH and R.J. BONESS, “Tribological Behaviour and Acoustic Emissions of Alumina, Silicon Nitride and SAE52100 under Dry Sliding”, Journal Of Materials Science, 34, p. 1-10, 1999.
  • H. BENABDALLAH and I.E. BOROS, “FEM Analysis of Axisymetric Indentation of Layer Bonded to a Rigid Foundation”, Transactions Of The Canadian Society For Mechanical Engineering, 4A Vol. 22, p. 379-396, 1998.
  • H. BENABDALLAH, “Reciprocating Sliding Friction and Contact Stress of some Thermoplastics against Steel”, Journal Of Materials Science, 32, p. 5069-5083, 1997.
  • H. BENABDALLAH and I.E BOROS, “Finite Element Analysis of the Indentation of Thick Coatings by Cylindrical Indenter”, Transactions Of The Canadian Society For Mechanical Engineering, 20 Vol. 3, p. 217-232, 1996.
  • H. BENABDALLAH, “Small Depth Indentation of UHMW (Polyethylene)”, Transactions Of The Canadian Society For Mechanical Engineering, 19 Vol. 3, p.247-259, 1995.
  • H. BENABDALLAH and J.P. CHALIFOUX, “Small Depth Indentation of Plastic Materials”, Polymer Testing, 13, p.377-393, 1994.
  • H. BENABDALLAH, “Static Shear Strength and Adhesion Friction of some Thermoplastics”, Polymer Engineering & Science, 9 Vol. 33, p.543-548, 1993.
  • H. BENABDALLAH, “Shear Strength resulting from Static Friction of some Thermoplastics”, Journal Of Materials Science, 28, p.3149-3154, 1993.
  • H. BENABDALLAH, “The Running-In and Steady State Coefficient of Friction of some Engineering Thermoplastics”, Polymer Engineering & Science, 2 Vol. 33, p.70-74, 1993.
  • H. YELLE, H. BENABDALLAH and H. RICHARDS, “Friction and Wear of Polyethylene-Nylon blends”, Wear, 149, p.341-352, 1991.
  • H. BENABDALLAH and H. YELLE, “Static and Quasi-Dynamic coefficient of Friction of Three Engineering Thermoplastics”, Journal Of Materials Science, 26, p.2445-2450, 1991.
  • H. BENABDALLAH and J.P. CHALIFOUX, “Computer Aided Friction Tester”, Tribology International, 6 Vol. 24, p.403-408, 1991.
  • H. BENABDALLAH and J. LAPIERRE, “A New Device for Measuring the Real Area of Contact of Polymeric Material”, Journal Of Materials Science, 25, p.3497-3500, 1990.
  • H. BENABDALLAH, “Reciprocating Sliding Friction and Wear Test Apparatus”, Polymer Testing, 9, p.195-211, 1990.
  • H. BENABDALLAH and J.P. CHALIFOUX, “Ploughing of Soft Asperities by a Hemispherical Slider”, Tribology International, 6 Vol. 22, p.383-388, 1989.

Papers in Reviewed Conference Proceedings

  • H. BENABDALLAH, “Triblogical behaviour and Acoustic Emissions of some Plastics Sliding against SI3N4”, Proceedings of the 16th International Conference on Wear of Materials, Montreal, QC, April 15-19, 2007.
  • H. BENABDALLAH and D. OLENDER, “Finite Element Simulation of Wear in Pin-On-Disc Configuration”, Proceedings of the ASME conference IMECE, Orlando, Florida, November 5-11, 2005.
  • H. BENABDALLAH, “Effects of Lubricants on Friction and Wear of PTFE and POM”, Proceedings of the STLE/ASME joint conference, Long Beach, CA, p.204-209, October 24-27, 2004.
  • E. EDER, V. HUBKA and H. BENABDALLAH, “Educating for Engineering Design using Design Science”, Proceedings of the Inaugural CDEN Design Conference, Montreal, QC, July 29-30, 2004.
  • H. BENABDALLAH, “Static Friction Coefficient of some Polymer Composites”, Proceedings of the STLE Annual Meeting, Toronto, ON, p. 56-68, May 17-20, 2004.
  • H. BENABDALLAH, “Tribological Behaviour and Acoustic Emissions of Some Thermoplastics Sliding Against Steel”, Proceedings of the STLE/ASME joint conference, Ponte Vedra, FL, p.1-9, October 26-29, 2003.
  • H. BENABDALLAH, "Indentation of some Plastic Materials by Indenters of Different Shapes", 60th Technical Conference, Society of Plastics Engineers, San Francisco, CA, p.1581-1586, May 5-9, 2002.
  • H. BENABDALLAH and I.E. BOROS, "A Finite Element Analysis of the Indentation of Thick Coatings by Spherical and Cylindrical Indenters", 1 st Canadian Conference on Non-linear Solid Mechanics, Victoria, British Columbia, p.455-466, June 16-20, 1999.
  • H. BENABDALLAH, V.T. BUI, H. MORRISON and C. MANUEL, "Indentation of Commercially Available Thermoplastics", 48th Canadian Chemical Engineering Conference, London, Ontario, October 4-7, 1998.
  • H. BENABDALLAH, "Reciprocating Sliding Friction and Contact Stresses of some Thermoplastics Against Steel", 54th Technical Conference, SOCIETY OF PLASTICS ENGINEERS, Indianapolis, IN, p.2349-2354, May 5-10, 1996.