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Name

Dr. Kais Taha Ismail Shlash

Date and Place of Birth

Baghdad -1949

Nationality

Iraqi

Address

Baghdad – IRAQ

E-mail

[email protected]

[email protected]

(Work)

University Of Technology / Building and Construction Eng. Dept.

Al-Sana'a Street / Tel Mohammed / Baghdad / Iraq.

Academic Qualifications:

B.Sc.  Degree in Civil Engineering ( Civil Engineering Dept. / College of Engineering / University of Baghdad / Iraq / 1971)

Higher Diploma Degree in ---- ( Department / College / University / Country / Year )

M.Sc. Degree in Soil Mech. And Foundation Engineering ( Civil Engineering Department / College of Engineering / University of Baghdad / Iraq / 1974 )

Ph.D. Degree in Geotechnical Engineering ( Civil and Structural Engineering Department / Sheffield  University / United Kingdom / 1979 )

Experience:

From – To

Position / Work / Details

1974 to date

Participation in major projects  in Iraq:-

1.      Executing piles of Saba Nissan water treatment plant.

2.       Design and Execution of Taji Silo pile foundation.

3.       Executing pile foundations of Medical City in Baghdad.

4.       Executing pile foundation of Leaders club in Kasrah, Baghdad.

5.       Executing piles of  the buildings of the Baghdad University Complex in Jaderiah.

6.        Design and Execution of piles of the General Irrigation Drain Bridges .

7.       Design and Execution of steel piles and sheet pile walls of Um Qasr Berth.

8.       Executing piles of the Foreign Affairs Ministry in Baghdad.

9.       Evaluation and treatment of the pile foundation of Al-Mamoon Communication Tower.

10.  Evaluation of the double deck bridge piles .

11.  Evaluation of the geotechnical information available for the Edaim Dam.

12.  Design of the conversion tunnel of the Edaim Dam.

13.  Consultant of pile foundation of Rawa Bridge.

14.  Consultant of pile foundation of Saddam Bridge on Euphrates River.

15.  Design of foundations of Wax Factory Complex in Mousil.

16.  Design and Execution of injection program for Wax Factory in Mousil.

17.  Consultant of the soil stabilization program of the 10 Berths of Um Qasr project.

18.  Execution consultant of piles of Al-Rahman and the Big Mosques in Baghdad.

19.  Design of the big Mosque pile foundation of the Big Dom.

20.  Consultant of the injection program for Al-Ka’aka establishment.

21.  Evaluation of the treatment of the collapse of soil at Fertilization Factory in Khor Al-Zubair,Basrah.

22.  Checking foundation design of some units at Baiji Refinery in Baiji City.

23.  Design and Supervision of piles execution of Al-Rusafa Water Reservoirs at Baghdad.

24.  Checking the design of Al-Khalege Al-Thaer platform in Khor  Al-Zubair.

25.  Design of Haditha Bridge.

 

       

Occupied Positions

From – To

Position / Work / Details

1974 to 1976

Piling Engineer, Piling Division, State Constructional Contracting Company, Baghdad.

1979 to 1985

Piling Consulting Engineer, State Company for Piling & Foundations, Baghdad.

1985 to 1986

Consulting Engineer, Al-Mansur Contracting Company, Baghdad.

1986 to 1990

Consulting Consulting Engineer, Al-Rashed Contracting  Company, Baghdad.

1989 to 1991

Consulting Engineer, Civil Engineering Division,

Idrisi Center for Engineering Consultancy, Baghdad.

1979 to Date

Lecturer of Geotechnical Engineering, Building & Construction Dept., University of Technology, Baghdad

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Research Papers:

 

1.      K.T. Al-Shlash and M.M. Al-Ani, “An Approach for Evaluating Pile Driving Hammers”, Engineering & Technology Journal, Univ. of Technology, Baghdad, Vol.4, No.3, 1985. (Arabic Lang.).

2.      K.T. Al-Shlash, F.A. Al-Tabatabaie, and A.M. Rahim, “The Analysis of Earth Channels Lined with Reinforced Plastic Sheets”, Jr. Building Research, Council for Scientific Research, Baghdad, Vol.5, No. 1, May, 1986. (Arabic Lang.).

3.      K.T. Al-Shlash, “The Efficiency of Using Sand Drains in Ten Berths Project-Um Qasr”, Jr. Building Research, Council for Scientific Research, Baghdad, Vol.6, No.1, May, 1987. (Arabic Lang.).

4.      K.T. Al-Shlash, “Efficiency of Raked Piles in Increasing the Lateral Resistance of Pile Group”, Jr. Building Research, Council for Scientific Research, Baghdad, Vol.7, No.2, Nov., 1988. (Arabic Lang.).

5.      K.T. Al-shlash, M.J. Al-Mosawi, and A.M. Ali, “Prediction of Lateral Earth Pressure on Wall Due to External Load by the Finite Element Method”, 2nd, Iraqi Engineering Conf., Mosul, Nov., 1988. (English Lang.).  

6.      K.T. Al-Shlash, “Tied-Back Walls by the Finite Element Method”, proc. 1st. Regional Conf. In Civil Engineering, Univ. of Bahrain,  March, 1989. (English  lang.) .

7.      K.T. Al-Shlash and S.K. Malala, “Assessing the Behaviour of A Semi-Buried Shelter by the Finite Element Method” Proc. 2nd Int. Conf. on Foundation and Tunnels, London, Vol. 2, Sept., 1989. (English Lang.).

8.      K.T. Al-Shlash, and R. Awad, “The Behavior of Water Storage Tanks of Al- Kerkh Project”, Proc. 5th Conf. Council for Scientific Research, Baghdad, Oct., 1989. (Arabic Lang.).

9.      K.T. Al-Shlash, L.B Hussain, and K. Abdulsattar, “The Use of Solar Energy and Local Manufacture Anodes for Cathodic Protection Purposes”, Jr. Solar Energy Research, Scientific Research Council, Baghdad, Vol. 7, No. 2.1993. (Arabic Lang.).

10.  K.T. Al- Shlash   and  M.F. Aswad, “Prediction of the Improved Bearing Capacity of Reinforced Soil by the Finite Element Method”, Engineering and Technology Jr., Vol. 12, No. 1. 1993. (English Lang.).

11.  K.T. Al-Shlash, L.B. Hussain and K. Abdulsattar, “Proportioning and Evaluating A Local Manufactured Anode for Cathodic Protection Purposes’, Engineering and Technology Jr., Univ. of Technology. 1989 (Arabic Lang.).

12.  K.T. Al-Shlash, M.M.Al- Ani and H.S. Al Jobair, “Application of Optimization Techniques in Slope Stability Problems” Engineering and Technology Jr. , Vol. , No. , 1992 (English Lang.).

13.  K.T. Al-Shlash, S. M. Mubaraq , and G.F. Jalal, “Efficiency of Cement Injection in Treating Damages due to Acid Penetration Through Gypseous Soil”, 2nd Scientific Conf., Mininstry of Housing and Construction, April 11-12, Baghdad, 1992. (Arabic Lang.)

14.  K.T. Al-Shlash and K.H. Al-Rawi, “Effect of Acids on Some Physical and Engineering Properties of Gypseous Soil” Engineering and Technology Jr., Vol. 12, No.7, 1994. (Arabic Lang.)

15.     Al-Shlash, K. T. “Assessing the Effect of Acids on the Analysis of Footings Resting on Gypseous Soil”, Jr. of Arab Universities Union for Studies and Engineering Researches, Vol. 3, No. 2, 1996.  (Arabic Lang.).

16.     Al- Shlash, K.T., and Karim F. C., “Estimation of Stresses Acting on Tunnel by Finite Element Method” , Engineering and Technology Jr., Vol. 16, No. 7, 1997. (English Lang.).

17.     Al-Shlash, K.T., Madhloom, A.  and  Shukri, Z.T., “Efficiency of partially Penetrating Sand Drains”, Jr. of Engineering and Development, Vol. 2, No. 2, 1998.

18.     Al-Shlash, K.T. and Al-Sadoon, Z. A., “ Time Dependent Analysis of Tunnel Lining Considering Surrounding Soil Creep  Effect” , Technician Jr. ,No. 46, 1998 (English Lang.).

19.     Al-Shlash, K. T., and Al-kaisi, A. A. , “ A Miniature     Dynamic Penetration Device”, Engineering and Technology Jr., Vol. 20, No. 4,  2001 (English Lang.).

20.     Al-Shlash, K. T., and Laith, R. N., "Assessing Effect of Pile Cap Thickness on Distribution of Load among Piles within Groups", Proc. of The International Conf. on Geotechnical Engineering, Univ. of Sharjah, Oct., 2004. (English Lang.)

21.     Al-Sa'doon , Z. A. , Basma, A. A. , and Al-Shlash, K. T., "Static Analysis of Deep Concrete Tunnel Linings Under Soil Creep Effect- A Case Study", Proc. of The International Conf. on Geotechnical Engineering , Univ. of  Sharjah, Oct., 2004. (English Lang.)

22.     Fattah, M. Y., Al-Shlash, K. T., and Noori, N. M., " Time Dependent Analysis of Tunnels Using The Finite Element Method", Engineering and Technology Jr., Vol. 27 , No. 1, 2009. (English Lang.)

23.     Al-Shlash, K., T., Fattah, M., Y., and Al-Waily, M., J., M., " Laboratory Investigation on Efficiency of Model Stone Column Groups", Engineering and Technology Jr., Vol. 27, No. 9, 2009?. (English Lang.)

24. Al-Shlash, K., T., Fattah, M., Y., and Al-Soud, M., S. , " Boundary Element                                   Analysis of Capped Pile Groups", Engineering and Technology Jr., Vol. 27, No. 11, 2009. (English Lang.)

25. Fattah, M., Y., Al-Shlash, K., T., and Al-Waily, M., J., " Laboratory Investigation on Stress Concentration Between Stone Column and Surrounding Soft Clays", Int. Conf. on the Industry of Engineering Construction, Al-Baath University, Syria, 11-13 May, 2009. (English Lang.)

                    26.  Hussein, H., H., and Al-shlash, K., T., " A Correlation Between Dynamic and Static Pile Test Results", Engineering and Technology Jr., Vol. 27, No. 15, 2009.(English Lang.)

27. Al-Shlash, K., T., Mahmoud, M., R., and Aziz, L., J., " Lateral Resistance of Single Pile Embedded in Sand with Cavities ", Engineering and Technology Jr., Vol.?, No.?, 200?. (English Lang.)

28. Al-Shlash, K., T., Al-Kubaisy, Y., K., and Aswad, M., F., " Effect of Construction Sequence and Soil Nonlinearity on the Behavior of Sheet Pile Walls", Engineering and Technology Jr., Vol. 28, No. 1, 2010. (English Lang.)

29.  Al-Shlash, K., T., Ali, E., F., and Alwash, H., H., "Effect of Pore Water Pressure Parameters on the Stability of Al- Ad'daim Earth Dam", Engineering and Technology Jr., Vol. 28, No.8, 2010. (English Lang.)

30. Al-Shlash, K., T., Al-Hiti, A., A., and Al-Ani, T., M., " Hyperbolic Stress – Strain Parameters for Non-linear Finite Element Analysis of Stone Columns Constructed in Soft Soil", Iraqi Jr. of Civil Engineering, Univ. of Al-Anbar –College of Engineering, Vol. 6, No.?, 200?. ( English Lang.)

31   Fattah, M., Y., Shlash, K.,T., and Al-Waily, M., M., "Stress Concentration Ratio of Model Stone Columns in Soft Clays", Geotechnical Testing Jr., Vol. 34, No. 1, Jan., 2011. (English Lang.) 

 

 

Training Courses :

         None

Fields of Interest:

  1. Piling Design and Construction.
  2. Finite Element Applications in Geotechnical Engineering.
  3. Sand and stone column Applications.
  4. Effect of Modelling Scale on Laboratory Scale Testing Results.
  5. Cathodic Protection of Steel Piles.