Apresentação Pessoal

Educational qualifications:

• 2018: Equivalence to the program of Doctorate in Civil Engineering - Structures at the University of Porto - FEUP (Portugal). 

• 2014-2017: Doctoral of Philosophy in Civil Engineering, University of Blida 1, Algeria. Thesis: “Quantification of seismic performance factors for cold-formed steel structures .”

• 2011-2013: Master of Science in Civil Engineering, University of Blida 1, Algeria. Thesis: “Deteriorating hysteresis models for cold-formed steel shear wall panels.”

• Smail Kechidi and Nouredine Bourahla, Deteriorating hysteresis model for cold-formed steel shear wall panel based on its physical and mechanical characteristics. Thin-Walled Structures. 98 (2016); 421-430.

• Smail Kechidi, Nouredine Bourahla and José Miguel Castro, Seismic design procedure for cold-formed steel shear wall frames: Proposal and evaluation. Journal of Constructional Steel Research. 128 (2017); 219-232.

• Smail Kechidi, Luís Macedo, José Miguel Castro and Nouredine Bourahla, Seismic risk assessment of cold-formed steel shear wall systems. Journal of Constructional Steel Research. 138 (2017); 565-579. 

• Smail Kechidi, David C. Fratamico, Benjamin W. Schaffer, José M. Castro and Nouredine Bourahla, Simulation of screw connected built-up cold-formed steel columns. Engineering Structures (under review).

• Smail Kechidi, Aires Colaço, Mário Marques, José Miguel Castro and Pedro Alves Costa, Modelling of soil-structure interaction in OpenSees: a practical approach for performance-based engineering. Journal of Earthquake Engineering (Under submission).

• Smail Kechidi,José Miguel Castro, Mário Marques, Ricardo Monteiro, Nouredine Bourahla and Karim Yelles, Development of tools for disaster risk mitigation: A case study in northern Algeria. Journal of Earthquake Engineering (Under submission).

Areas of interest

1. Technological sciences > Civil engineering > Earthquake engineering > Engineering