Öğretim Üyesi
Doktora, Gemi İnşaatı ve Gemi Makinaları Mühendisliği, Strathclyde Üniversitesi, Glasgow, Birleşik Krallık, 2017
Lisans, Gemi İnşaatı ve Gemi Makinaları Mühendisliği, İstanbul Teknik Üniversitesi, İstanbul, Türkiye, 2013
Lisans (Erasmus değişim programı), Gemi İnşaatı, Gemi Bilimi, Southampton Üniversitesi, Southampton, Birleşik Krallık, 2011-2012
Hesaplamalı ve deneysel mekanik; Büyük ölçekli tasarım ve analiz; Yapısal sağlık izleme; Şekil algılama; Kompozit ve sandviç yapılar; Yapısal topoloji optimizasyonu; Eklemeli üretim; İzogeometrik analiz; Sonlu elemanlar analizi; Peridinamik teori; Kiriş, plaka ve kabuk teorileri.
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
- 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.