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Adnan Kefal Faculty of Engineering and Natural Sciences Faculty Member (216) 483 9541 adnankefalsabanciunivedu

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https://cmeo.sabanciuniv.edu/

Jobs

Faculty Member

Education

PhD, Naval Architecture, Ocean and Marine Engineering, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, United Kingdom, 2017
BSc, Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering, Istanbul Technical University, Istanbul, Turkey, 2013
BSc (Erasmus exchange program), Naval Architecture, Ship Science, University of Southampton, Southampton, United Kingdom, 2011-2012

Areas of Interest

Computational and experimental mechanics; Large-scale design and analysis; Structural health monitoring; Shape sensing; Composite and sandwich structures; Structural topology optimization; Additive manufacturing; Isogeometric analysis; Finite element analysis; Peridynamic theory; Beam, plate and shell theories.

Memberships

International Ship Structures Committee (ISSC), Royal Society of Naval Architects (RINA), The American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA), Turkish Chamber of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers

Kefal, Adnan and Bilgin, Mahmut Hüdayi and Kendibilir, Abdullah (2024) "Particle inverse method for full-field displacement and crack propagation monitoring from discrete sensor measurements", Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering, Vol.432, No.Part A (SCI)

Kheyabani, Aryan and Kefal, Adnan (2024) "Integrating parametric HFGMC and isogeometric RZT{3,2} for multiscale damage modeling of composite structures: a numerical and experimental study", Thin-Walled Structures, Vol.204 (SCI)

Hasim, K. A. and Kefal, Adnan (2024) "Free and forced vibration analysis of piezolaminated plates via an isogeometric layerwise finite element". Published Online First https://dx.doi.org/10.1080/15376494.2024.2400716

Al-Nadhari, Abdulrahman Saeed Abdulqader and Kheyabani, Aryan and Kefal, Adnan and Topal, Serra and Yıldız, Mehmet (2024) "Effective multiscale structural analysis of thick sandwich structures with 3D woven composite face sheets and a soft core based on coupled micromechanics and refined zigzag theory", Composite Structures, Vol.337 (SCI)

Belur, Muhammed Yavuz and Kefal, Adnan and Abdollahzadeh, Mohammad Amin and Fassois, Spilios D. (2024) "Damage diagnosis of plates and shells through modal parameters reconstruction using inverse finite-element method". Published Online First https://dx.doi.org/10.1177/14759217241249678

Yousefimiab, Elham and Basoglu, M. F. and Kefal, Adnan (2024) "Peridynamic analysis of thermomechanical effects in fracture toughening mechanisms of stop holes", Engineering Fracture Mechanics, Vol.301 (SCI)

Kheyabani, Aryan and Ali, Hafiz Qasim and Kefal, Adnan and Yıldız, Mehmet (2024) "Coupling of isogeometric higher-order RZT and parametric HFGMC frameworks for multiscale modeling of sandwich laminates: theory and experimental validation", Aerospace Science and Technology, Vol.146 (SCI)

Zoghipour, Pouya and Kefal, Adnan and Yıldız, Mehmet (2024) "Structural analysis of sandwich plates with variable stiffness composite skins and functionally graded cores using refined zig-zag theory". Published Online First https://dx.doi.org/10.1080/15376494.2024.2323098

Kendibilir, Abdullah and Bilgin, Mahmut Hüdayi and Kefal, Adnan (2024) "Coupling of bond-based peridynamics and continuous density-based topology optimization methods for effective design of three-dimensional structures with discontinuities". Published Online First https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00366-023-01920-w

Kömürcü, Emre and Kefal, Adnan and Abdollahzadeh, M. A. and Basoglu, M. F. and Kısa, Erdal and Yıldız, Mehmet (2024) "Towards composite suspension control arm: conceptual design, structural analysis, laminate optimization, manufacturing, and experimental testing", Composite Structures, Vol.327 (SCI)

Lahe Motlagh, Peyman and Bediz, Bekir and Alan, Salih and Kefal, Adnan (2023) "Analysis of smart laminated composites integrated with piezoelectric patches using spectral element method and lamination parameters", Journal of Sound and Vibration, Vol.567 (SCI)

Kendibilir, Abdullah and Kefal, Adnan (2023) "Enhanced ship cross-section design methodology using peridynamics topology optimization", Ocean Engineering, Vol.286 (SCI)

Ganjdoust, Faraz and Kefal, Adnan and Tessler, Alexander (2023) "Delamination detection and localization in vibrating composite plates and shells using the inverse finite element method", Sensors, Vol.23, No.18 (SCI)

Abdollahzadeh, Mohammad Amin and Belur, Muhammed Yavuz and Basoglu, Muhammed Fatih and Kefal, Adnan (2023) "Shape sensing of beam-like structures using the robust iFEM-iQS4 inverse shell element", IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement, Vol.72 (SCI)

Ali, Hafiz Qasim and Kheyabani, Aryan and Akalın, Cagdas and Kefal, Adnan and Yıldız, Mehmet (2023) "Numerical and experimental methodologies to investigate the damage progression inside the axisymmetric composite cylinders with cutouts under torsion", Composite Structures, Vol.315 (SCI)

Ganjdoust, Faraz and Kefal, Adnan and Tessler, A. (2023) "A novel delamination damage detection strategy based on inverse finite element method for structural health monitoring of composite structures", Mechanical Systems and Signal Processing, Vol.192 (SCI)

Ghasemzadeh, Maryam and Mokhtari, Mojtaba and Bilgin, Mahmut Hüdayi and Kefal, Adnan (2023) "Pitting corrosion identification approach based on inverse finite element method for marine structure applications", Ocean Engineering, Vol.273 (SCI)

Kendibilir, Abdullah and Polat, Mehmet Furkan and Çavuş, Ömer Safa and Khalilvandi Behrouzyar, Sina and Motlagh, Peyman Lahe and Koç, Bahattin and Kefal, Adnan (2023) "Combination of peridynamics and genetic algorithm based topology optimization methods for additive manufacturing-friendly designs", Journal of Additive Manufacturing Technologies, Vol.2, No.1 (NA)

Li, Mengying and Jia, Dawei and Huang, He and Wu, Ziyan and Kefal, Adnan (2023) "Geometrically nonlinear deformation reconstruction based on iQS4 elements using a linearized iterative iFEM algorithm", Acta Mechanica Solida Sinica, Vol.36, No.1, 166-180 (SCI)

Zoghipour, Pouya and Hasim, K. A. and Kefal, Adnan and Yıldız, Mehmet (2023) "Implementation of shear-locking-free triangular refined zigzag element for structural analysis of multilayered plates with curvilinear fibers", Composite Structures, Vol.305 (SCI)

Ghasemzadeh, Maryam and Kefal, Adnan (2022) "Sensor placement optimization for shape sensing of plates and shells using genetic algorithm and inverse finite element method", Sensors, Vol.22, No.23 (SCI)

Zhao, Feifei and Kefal, Adnan and Bao, Hong (2022) "Nonlinear deformation monitoring of elastic beams based on isogeometric iFEM approach", International Journal of Non-Linear Mechanics, Vol.147 (SCI)

Kendibilir, Abdullah and Kefal, Adnan and Sohouli, A. and Yıldız, Mehmet and Koç, Bahattin and Suleman, A. (2022) "Peridynamics topology optimization of three-dimensional structures with surface cracks for additive manufacturing", Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering, Vol.401, No.Part B (SCI)

Başoğlu, Muhammed Fatih and Kefal, Adnan and Zerin, Zihni and Oterkus, Erkan (2022) "Peridynamic modeling of toughening enhancement in unidirectional fiber-reinforced composites with micro-cracks", Composite Structures, Vol.297 (SCI)

Kheyabani, Aryan and Massarwa, Eyass and Kefal, Adnan (2022) "Multiscale structural analysis of thick sandwich structures using parametric HFGMC micromechanics and isogeometric plate formulation based on refined zigzag theory", Composite Structures, Vol.297 (SCI)

Abdollahzadeh, Mohammadamin and Ali, Hafiz Qasim and Yıldız, Mehmet and Kefal, Adnan (2022) "Experimental and numerical investigation on large deformation reconstruction of thin laminated composite structures using inverse finite element method", Thin-Walled Structures, Vol.178 (SCI)

Hasim, K. A. and Kefal, Adnan (2022) "A novel isogeometric layerwise element for piezoelectric analysis of laminated plates with straight/curvilinear fibers", Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering, Vol.399 (SCI)

Emami Tabrizi, Isa and Kefal, Adnan and Seyyed Monfared Zanjani, Jamal and Yıldız, Mehmet (2022) "Damage growth and failure detection in hybrid fiber composites using experimental in-situ optical strain measurements and smoothing element analysis", International Journal of Damage Mechanics, Vol.31, No.4, 479-507 (SCI)

Kefal, Adnan and Diyaroğlu, Çağan and Yıldız, Mehmet and Oterkus, Erkan (2022) "Coupling of peridynamics and inverse finite element method for shape sensing and crack propagation monitoring of plate structures", Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering, Vol.391 (SCI)

Rahimi, Mohammad Naqib and Kolukısa, Deniz Can and Yıldız, Mehmet and Ozbulut, Murat and Kefal, Adnan (2022) "A generalized hybrid smoothed particle hydrodynamics-peridynamics algorithm with a novel Lagrangian mapping for solution and failure analysis of fluid-structure interaction problems", Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering, Vol.389 (SCI)

Lahe Mothlag, Peyman and Kendibilir, Abdullah and Koç, Bahattin and Kefal, Adnan (2021) "Peridynamics-informed effect of micro-cracks on topology optimization of lightweight structures", Journal of Additive Manufacturing Technologies, Vol.1, No.3 (NA)

Abdollahzadeh, Mohammadamin and Tabrizi, Isa Emami and Kefal, Adnan and Yıldız, Mehmet (2021) "A combined experimental/numerical study on deformation sensing of sandwich structures through inverse analysis of pre-extrapolated strain measurements", Measurement: Journal of the International Measurement Confederation, Vol.185 (SCI)

De Sá Rodrigues, Francisco and Marques, Ricardo and Emami Tabrizi, Isa and Kefal, Adnan and Ali, Hafiz Qasim and Yıldız, Mehmet and Suleman, Afzal (2021) "A new methodology for thermoelastic model identification in composite materials using digital image correlation", Optics and Lasers in Engineering, Vol.146 (SCI)

Gül, S. and Tabrizi, Isa Emami and Saner Okan, Burcu and Kefal, Adnan and Yıldız, Mehmet (2021) "An experimental investigation on damage mechanisms of thick hybrid composite structures under flexural loading using multi-instrument measurements", Aerospace Science and Technology, Vol.117 (SCI)

Lahe Mothlag, Peyman and Kefal, Adnan (2021) "Comparative study of peridynamics and finite element method for practical modeling of cracks in topology optimization", Symmetry, Vol.13, No.8 (SCI)

Kefal, Adnan and Emami Tabrizi, Isa and Yıldız, Mehmet and Tessler, Alexander (2021) "A smoothed iFEM approach for efficient shape-sensing applications: numerical and experimental validation on composite structures", Mechanical Systems and Signal Processing, Vol.152 (SCI)

Rahimi, Mohammad Naqib and Kefal, Adnan and Yıldız, Mehmet (2021) "An improved ordinary-state based peridynamic formulation for modeling FGMs with sharp interface transitions", International Journal of Mechanical Sciences, Vol.197 (SCI)

Habibian, Anahita and Sohouli, Abdolrasoul and Kefal, Adnan and Nadler, Ben and Yıldız, Mehmet and Suleman, Afzal (2021) "Multi-material topology optimization of structures with discontinuities using peridynamics", Composite Structures, Vol.258 (SCI)

Kefal, Adnan and Emami Tabrizi, Isa and Tansan, Murat and Kısa, Erdal and Yıldız, Mehmet (2021) "An experimental implementation of inverse finite element method for real-time shape and strain sensing of composite and sandwich structures", Composite Structures, Vol.258 (SCI)

Alexiadis, Alessio and Albano, Andrea and Rahmat, Amin and Yıldız, Mehmet and Kefal, Adnan and Özbulut, Murat and Bakırcı, Nadi and Garzon Alvarado, Diego Alexander and Duque-Daza, Carlos Alberto and Eslava-Schmalbach, Javier Hernando (2021) "Simulation of pandemics in real cities: enhanced and accurate digital laboratories", Proceedings of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences, Vol.477, No.2245 (SCI)

Haşim, Kazım Ahmet and Kefal, Adnan (2021) "Isogeometric static analysis of laminated plates with curvilinear fibers based on refined zigzag theory", Composite Structures, Vol.256 (SCI)

Sohouli, Abdol Rasoul and Kefal, Adnan and Abdelhamid, Ahmed and Yıldız, Mehmet and Suleman, Afzal (2020) "Continuous density-based topology optimization of cracked structures using peridynamics", Structural and Multidisciplinary Optimization, Vol.62, No.5, 2375-2389 (SCI)

Rahimi, Mohammad Naqib and Kefal, Adnan and Yıldız, Mehmet and Öterkuş, Erkan (2020) "An ordinary state-based peridynamic model for toughness enhancement of brittle materials through drilling stop-holes", International Journal of Mechanical Sciences, Vol.182 (SCI)

Sharani, Baidaa and Emami Tabrizi, Isa and Seyyed Monfared Zanjani, Jamal and Rahimi, Mohammad Naqib and Haghighi Poudeh, Leila and Kefal, Adnan and Yıldız, Mehmet (2020) "Damage mechanisms in CFRP/HNT laminates under flexural and in-plane shear loadings using experimental and numerical methods", Composites Part A: Applied Science and Manufacturing, Vol.136 (SCI)

Abdollahzadeh, Mohammadamin and Kefal, Adnan and Yıldız, Mehmet (2020) "A comparative and review study on shape and stress sensing of flat/curved shell geometries using C0-continuous family of iFEM elements", Sensors, Vol.20, No.14 (SCI)

Kefal, Adnan (2020) "A novel four-node inverse-plate element for shape and stress sensing of laminated composite and sandwich plates [Lamine kompozit ve sandviç plakaların şekil ve gerilme algılaması için yeni bir dört-düğüm noktalı ters-plaka eleman]", Journal of the Faculty of Engineering and Architecture of Gazi University, Vol.35, No.4, 1767-1781 (SCI)

Özdemir, Murat and Kefal, Adnan and Imachi, Michiya and Tanaka, Satoyuki and Öterkuş, Erkan (2020) "Dynamic fracture analysis of functionally graded materials using ordinary state-based peridynamics", Composite Structures, Vol.244 (SCI)

Kefal, Adnan and Öterkuş, Erkan (2020) "Isogeometric iFEM analysis of thin shell structures", Sensors, Vol.20, No.9 (SCI)

Li, Mingyang and Kefal, Adnan and Öterkuş, Erkan and Öterkuş, Selda (2020) "Structural health monitoring of an offshore wind turbine tower using iFEM methodology", Ocean Engineering, Vol.204 (SCI)

Li, Mingyang and Kefal, Adnan and Cerik, Burak Can and Öterkuş, Erkan (2020) "Dent damage identification in stiffened cylindrical structures using inverse finite element method", Ocean Engineering, Vol.198 (SCI)

Kefal, Adnan (2019) "An efficient curved inverse-shell element for shape sensing and structural health monitoring of cylindrical marine structures", Ocean Engineering, Vol.188 (SCI)

Haşim, Kazım Ahmet and Kefal, Adnan and Madenci, Erdoğan (2019) "Isogeometric plate element for unstiffened and blade stiffened laminates based on refined zigzag theory", Composite Structures, Vol.222 (SCI)

Kefal, Adnan and Haşim, Kazım Ahmet and Yıldız, Mehmet (2019) "A novel isogeometric beam element based on mixed form of refined zigzag theory for thick sandwich and multilayered composite beams", Composites Part B: Engineering, Vol.167, 100-121 (SCI)

Kefal, Adnan and Maruccio, Claudio and Quaranta, Giuseppe and Öterkuş, Erkan (2019) "Modelling and parameter identification of electromechanical systems for energy harvesting and sensing", Mechanical Systems and Signal Processing, Vol.121, 890-912 (SCI)

Kefal, Adnan and Mayang, Jimmy Bunga and Öterkuş, Erkan and Yıldız, Mehmet (2018) "Three dimensional shape and stress monitoring of bulk carriers based on iFEM methodology", Ocean Engineering, Vol.147, 256-267 (SCI)

Kefal, Adnan and Yıldız, Mehmet (2017) "Modeling of sensor placement strategy for shape sensing and structural health monitoring of a wing-shaped sandwich panel using inverse finite element method", Sensors, Vol.17, No.12 (SCI)

Kefal, Adnan and Tessler, Alexander and Öterkuş, Erkan (2017) "An enhanced inverse finite element method for displacement and stress monitoring of multilayered composite and sandwich structures", Composite Structures, Vol.179, 514-540 (SCI)

Yildizdag, M.E., Ardic, I.T., Kefal, A., and Ergin, A., 2020. An isogeometric FE-BE method and experimental investigation for the hydroelastic analysis of a horizontal circular cylindrical shell partially filled with fluid. Thin-Walled Structures, 151, p.106755.
Kefal, A., Sohouli, A., Oterkus, E., Yildiz, M., and Suleman, A., 2019. Topology optimization of cracked structures using peridynamics. Continuum Mechanics and Thermodynamics, 31(6), pp. 1645-1672.
Tabrizi, E.I., Kefal, A., , Zanjani, J.S.M., Akalin, C., and Yildiz, M., 2019. Experimental and numerical investigation on fracture behavior of glass/carbon fiber hybrid composites using acoustic emission method and refined zigzag theory. Composite Structures, 223, pp.110971.
Basoglu, M.F., Zerin Z., Kefal, A., and Oterkus, E., 2019. A computational model of peridynamic theory for deflecting behavior of crack propagation with micro-cracks. Computational Materials Science, 162, pp.33-46.
Kefal, A., and Oterkus, E., 2016. Displacement and stress monitoring of a chemical tanker based on inverse finite element method. Ocean Engineering, 112, pp. 33-46.
Kefal, A., Oterkus, E., Tessler, A., and Spangler, J., 2016. A quadrilateral inverse-shell element with drilling degrees of freedom for shape sensing and structural health monitoring. Engineering Science and Technology, an International Journal, 19, pp. 1299-1313.
Kefal, A., and Oterkus, E., 2016. Displacement and stress monitoring of a Panamax containership using inverse finite element method. Ocean Engineering, 119, pp. 16-29.