Publications:

Journal Papers:

ZHANG, L. C. and MAHDI. M., (1995a), Applied Mechanics in Grinding, Part IV: Grinding Induced Phase Transformation. Int. J. Mach. Tools Manuf., 35/10,  (1995) 1397‑1409.

MAHDI, M. and ZHANG, L. C., (1995b), The Finite Element Thermal Analysis of Grinding Processes by ADINA, Computer & Structure,  56, (2/3) (1995) 313-320.

ZHANG L. C and MAHDI, M, (1996a), Plastic Behaviour of Silicon Subjected to Micro-Indentation, Journal of Materials Science, 31/21 (1996) 5671-5676.

MAHDI, M. and ZHANG, L., (1997a), Applied Mechanics in Grinding-V: Thermal Residual Stresses, Int. J. Mach. Tools Manufact.,  37/5 (1997) 619-633.

MAHDI, M. and ZHANG, L., (1997b), Applied Mechanics in Grinding , Part VI: Residual Stresses and Surface Hardening by Coupled Thermo-Plasticity and Phase Transformation, Int. J. Mach. Tools Manufact, 38/10-11 (1998) 1289-1304.

MAHDI, M. and ZHANG, L., (1999a), Residual Stresses in Ground Components Caused by Coupled Thermal and Mechanical Plastic Deformation, Submitted in May 1998 to  Journal of Materials processing Technology.

MAHDI M. and ZHANG L., (1999b) Applied Mechanics in Grinding, Part 7: Residual stresses induced by the full coupling of mechanical deformation, thermal deformation and phase transformation, International Journal of Machine Tools and Manufacture, 1999, 39: 1285-1298.

MAHDI, M. and ZHANG, L.,A Numerical Algorithm for the Full Coupling of Mechanical Deformation, Thermal Deformation and Phase Transformation in Surface Grinding, Computational Mechanics, 2000, 26/2 148-156.

MAHDI, M. and ZHANG, L., An adaptive three-dimensional finite element algorithm for the orthogonal cutting of composite materials, Journal of Materials Processing Technology, 2001, 113/1,  368-372. 

MAHDI, M. and ZHANG, L., A finite element model for the orthogonal cutting of fiber-reinforced composite materials, Journal of Materials Processing Technology,  2001, 113/ 1,  373-377.

 Conference Papers:

·                     ZHANG L. and MAHDI M. (1994), A Numerical Investigation into The Micro-Indentation of Silicon, International Ceramic Monographs, International Conference, Sydney, Australasian Ceramic Society, 2, (1994) 644-650.

·                     MAHDI. M. and ZHANG. L., (1994), Correlation Between Grinding Conditions and Phase Transformation  of An Alloy Steel, Proceedings of advanced computational methods in heat transfer III, , August, (1994) 193-200.

·                     MAHDI, M., and ZHANG, L., (1996b), A Theoretical Investigation on The Mechanically Induced Residual Stresses Due to Surface Grinding, Progress of Cutting And Grinding, JSPE, , III, International Conference on Progress of Cutting and Grinding (1996) 484-487.

·                     MAHDI, M. and ZHANG, L., (1997c), An Adaptive Method for Predicting Residual Stresses Associated With Grinding Induced Phase Transformation, The 12th annual meeting of ASPE, October 5-10, (1997) 303-306.

·                     MAHDI M and ZHANG L., (1998c), Residual Stresses in Ground Components: Fully Coupled Thermo-Mechanical Deformation and Phase Transformation, Proceedings of International Conference on Progress of Cutting and Grinding, Urumqi and Turpan, China, 5-9 October (1998) 453-458.

·                     MAHDI M and ZHANG L., (1998d), Residual Stresses in Ground Components: Effect of thermo-mechanical deformation, Proceedings of International Conference on Progress of Cutting and Grinding, Urumqi and Turpan, China, 5-9 October(1998) 447-452.

·                     MAHDI, M. and ZHANG, L., (1999a), Residual Stresses in Ground Components: Distribution Effect of Surface Traction, The Second Australasian Congress on Applied Mechanics, Canberra, Australia, 10-12 February  (1999).

·                     MAHDI, M. and ZHANG, L., (1999b), A Numerical Treatment for the Coupling of Mechanical Deformation, Thermal Deformation and Phase Transformation in Surface Grinding, ABTEC’99 International Conference on Abrasive Technology, November 21-23,1999 Brisbane, Australia.

·                     MAHDI, M. and ZHANG, L., (1999c), Simulation of Orthogonal Cutting: The Effect of Separation Criteria and Cutting Tool Geometry, ABTEC’99 International Conference on Abrasive Technology, November 21-23,1999 Brisbane, Australia.

·                     Mahdi, M, On the Modelling of the Material Processing by the Finite Element Method: Applications in Grinding and Cutting Processes, Proceedings of the 4^th Jordanian International Mechanical Engineering Conference, JIMEC 2001, Amman, Jordan.