Dr. Rami Masri

Refereed Papers 

1. R. Masri and S. Ryan, “Ballistic limit predictions for perforation of multi-layered aluminium armour targets by rigid, nose-pointed projectiles”, International Journal of Impact Engineering, 155, 103900 (2021).
2. R. Masri and D. Durban, “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).
3. R. Masri and D. Durban, “Ballistic limit predictions for perforation of aluminium armour plates by rigid nose-pointed projectiles”, International Journal of Impact Engineering, 131, pp. 291-303 (2019).
4.  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).
5. 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).
6. 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).
7. Masri, R. “Estimation of deep penetration resistance with spherical specific cavitation energy”, International Journal of Protective structures, 1, pp. 391-408 (2010).
8. 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).
9. Cohen, T. Masri, R. and Durban, D., “Shock waves in dynamic cavity expansion”, Journal of Applied Mechanics, 77, pp. 41009 (2010).
10. 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)
11. 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).
12. Masri, R. and Durban, D., “Deep penetration analysis with dynamic cylindrical cavitation fields”, International Journal of Impact Engineering, 36, pp. 830-841 (2009).
13. Durban, D. and Masri, R., “Conical indentation of strain-hardening solids, European Journal of Mechanics A/Solids, 27, pp. 210-221 (2008).
14. 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).
15. 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).
16. Masri, R. and Durban, D., “Dynamic cylindrical cavity expansion in an incompressible elastoplastic medium”, Acta Mechanica, 181, pp. 105-123 (2006).
17. Masri, R. and Durban, D., “Dynamic spherical cavity expansion in an elastoplastic compressible Mises solid”, Journal of Applied Mechanics, 78, pp. 887-898 (2005).
18. 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).

Conference Proceedings and Abstracts

1. R. Masri, “Ballistic Limit Predictions for Ductile Perforation by Rigid, Nose-Pointed Projectiles”, The fourteenth interdisciplinary research conference, 2018, Israel
2. S. Abu-Salih and R. Masri, “A New Explicit Version of The Johnson-Cook Model for Finite Element Simulations”, The fourteenth interdisciplinary research conference, 2018, Israel
3. Masri, R, “Cavitation in Solids and Applications”, The Thirteen Interdisciplinary Research Conference, 2017, Israel
4. 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, 2016, Israel
5. Masri, R, “Cavitation in Solids and Ballistic Limit Predictions for Ductile Perforation of Metal Targets”, The Twelveth Interdisciplinary Research Conference, 2016, Israel
6. Masri, R. and Durban, D, “Algebraic approximations of specific cavitation energy applied to ductile plate perforation”, VIIth International Symposium on Impact Engineering, 2010, Warsaw, Poland
7. Cohen, T. Masri, R. and Durban, D, “Residual velocity prediction with plane-stress cavitation fields”, International Workshop on Structures Response to Impact and Blast, 2009, Technion, Haifa, Israel
8. Barak, T. Masri, R. and Durban, D, “Plastic instability in plane sheets with generalized isotropic functions”, Irish Society for Scientific Engineering Computation and Irish Mechanics Society Joint Symposium on Advances in Mechanics, 2008, Dublin, Ireland
9. Durban, D. and Masri, R., “Cavitation, indentation and penetration”, IVth International Conference of Applied Mathematics and Computing, 2007, Plovdiv Technical University, Bulgaria
10. Masri, R. and Durban, D., “Dynamic elastoplastic cavitation and penetration phenomena”, Symposium on Plasticity and Impact Mechanics – IMPLAST, 2007, Ruhr-University, Bochum, Germany
11. Masri, R. and Durban, D., “Cylindrical cavity expansion in compressible elastoplastic media”,International Symposium on Trends in Applications of Mathematics to Mechanics – STAMM 2006, Vienna University of Technology, Austria.
12. Masri, R. and Durban, D., “Self-similar dynamic expansion of a spherical cavity in elastoplastic media”, 21^st International Congress of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics – ICTAM 2004, Warsaw University of Technology, Poland.
13. Masri, R. and Durban, D., “Dynamic spherical cavity expansion in a pressure sensitive elastoplastic medium”, Fifth International Symposium on Impact Engineering – ISIE5 2004, Cambridge University, UK
14. Masri, R. and Durban, D., “Self-similar dynamic spherical cavity expansion in an elastoplastic medium”, Annual Symposium of the Israel Society for Theoretical and Applied Mechanics – ISTAM 2003, Tel-Aviv University, Israel.
15. R. Masri and D. Durban, “Ballistic limit predictions for perforation of aluminium armour plates by rigid nose-pointed projectiles”, International Journal of Impact Engineering, 131, pp. 291-303 (2019).
16. R. Masri and D. Durban, “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).

Other Publications

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

Theses

1. Ph.D.  “Cavity expansion in an elastoplastic medium – theory and applications”. Research conducted under the supervision of Prof. D. Durban
2. M.Sc.  “Dynamic spherical cavitation in a porous elastoplastic medium”. Research conducted under the supervision of Prof. D. Durban