Dr. Rami Masri

Refereed Papers

1. Masri, R. and Ryan, S., “An approximate theory for the perforation of moderately thin armour plates by ductile hole formation”, International Journal of Impact Engineering, 207, 105472 (2026).
2. Masri, R. and Ryan, S., “Projectile nose-length effect on specific cavitation energy and ballistic limit velocity and thickness”, International Journal of Impact Engineering, 195, 105133 (2025).
3. Abu-Salih, S. and Masri, R., “Consistent explicit formulation for adiabatic thermal softening of Johnson-Cook model with improved numerical stability for implicit solver”, Journal of Mechanics of Materials and Structures, 19, pp. 685-708 (2024).
4. Masri, R. and Ryan, S., “Approximate theory of armour perforation by ductile hole expansion”, International Journal of Impact Engineering, 187, 104925 (2024).
5. Masri, R., “Exact formula for the effective yield stress of metals with arbitrary stress-strain curves”, International Journal of Impact Engineering, 177, 104589 (2023).
6. Masri, R. and Ryan, S., “Ballistic limit predictions of non-identical layered targets perforated in ductile hole formation”, International Journal of Impact Engineering, 171, 104391 (2023).
7. Masri, R., “Practical formulae for predicting the ballistic limit velocity of armour perforation by ductile hole growth”, International Journal of Impact Engineering, 167, 104219 (2022).
8. Masri, R. and Ryan, S., “Ballistic limit predictions for perforation of multi-layered aluminium armour targets by rigid, nose-pointed projectiles”, International Journal of Impact Engineering, 155, 103900 (2021).
9. Masri, R. and Durban, D., “Comparison of experimental and numerical simulation data for ballistic velocities of aluminium plates with predictions of available analytical formulae”, International Journal of Impact Engineering, 141, 103563 (2020).
10. Masri, R. and Durban, D., “Ballistic limit predictions for perforation of aluminium armour plates by rigid nose-pointed projectile”, International Journal of Impact Engineering, 131, pp. 291-303 (2019).
11. Masri, R., “Low-velocity penetration of a rigid, hemispherical nose projectile in incompressible, elastoplastic, strain-hardening Mises media”, International Journal of Solids and Structures, 167, pp. 14-23 (2019).
12. Masri, R., “Ballistically equivalent aluminium targets and the effect of hole slenderness ratio on ductile plate perforation”, International Journal of Impact Engineering, 80, pp. 45-55 (2015).
13. Masri, R., “The effect of adiabatic thermal softening on specific cavitation energy and ductile plate perforation”, International Journal of Impact Engineering, 68, pp. 15-27 (2014).
14. Masri, R., “Estimation of deep penetration resistance with spherical specific cavitation energy”, International Journal of Protective Structures, 1, pp. 391-408 (2010).
15. Masri, R. Cohen, T. and Durban, D., “Enlargement of a circular hole in a thin plastic sheet: Taylor-Bethe controversy in retrospect”, Quarterly Journal of Mechanics and Applied Mathematics, 66, pp. 589-616 (2010).
16. Cohen, T. Masri, R. and Durban, D., “Shock waves in dynamic cavity expansion”, Journal of Applied Mechanics, 77, pp. 41009 (2010).
17. Cohen, T. Masri, R. and Durban, D., “Ballistic limit predictions with quasi-static cavitation fields”, International Journal of Protective Structures, 1, pp. 235-255 (2010).
18. Cohen, T. Masri, R. and Durban, D., “Analysis of circular hole expansion with generalized yield criteria”, International Journal of Solids and Structures, 46, pp. 3643-3650 (2009).
19. Masri, R. and Durban, D., “Deep penetration analysis with dynamic cylindrical cavitation fields”, International Journal of Impact Engineering, 36, pp. 830-841 (2009).
20. Durban, D. and Masri, R., “Conical indentation of strain-hardening solids”, European Journal of Mechanics A/Solids, 27, pp. 210-221 (2008).
21. Masri, R. and Durban, D., “Cylindrical cavity expansion in compressible Mises and Tresca solids”, European Journal of Mechanics A/Solids, 26, pp. 712-727 (2007).
22. Masri, R. and Durban, D., “Quasi-static cylindrical cavity expansion in an elastoplastic compressible Mises solid”, International Journal of Solids and Structures, 43, pp. 7518-7533 (2006).
23. Masri, R. and Durban, D., “Dynamic cylindrical cavity expansion in an incompressible elastoplastic medium”, Acta Mechanica, 181, pp. 105-123 (2006).
24. Masri, R. and Durban, D., “Dynamic spherical cavity expansion in an elastoplastic compressible Mises solid”, Journal of Applied Mechanics, 78, pp. 887-898 (2005).
25. Durban, D. and Masri, R., “Dynamic spherical cavity expansion in a pressure sensitive elastoplastic medium”, International Journal of Solids and Structures, 41, pp. 5697-5716 (2004).

Other Publications
1. Masri R., “The importance of the cavitation effective yield stress and the hole slenderness ratio for accurate predictions of ballistic limit velocities”, The 12th International Conference on Mechanics and Industrial Engineering (ICMIE 23), London, Brunel University, England 2023.

2. Masri R., “Cavitation in solids and ballistic limit predictions for perforation of metal targets by nose-pointed projectiles”, The 34th Israeli Conference on Mechanical Engineering, Haifa, Technion, Israel 2016.

3. Durban, D. and Masri, R., “Cavitation, indentation and penetration”, International Journal of Pure and Applied Mathematics, 42, pp. 361-367 (2008).