Rafik Gerges, Ph.D., P.E., S.E.
Principal

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Professional Affiliations

  • Certified by NCEES, Structural Engineering Certification Board, Building Security Council & LEED AP
    • Registered Civil and Structural Engineer in Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Idaho, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Mexico, New York, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Vermont, Virginia, Washington, West Virginia, Wisconsin, Wyoming, District of Columbia, Guam, CNMI, Ontario (Canada) & Alberta (Canada)
  • Member in ACI, AISC, ASCE, CTBUH

Publications

Gerges, R.R. and Benuska, K. (2013) Across Wind Response of High-Rise Buildings – Adjusting for Changes in Mass & Stiffness, Structure Magazine: July Issue: 8-10. Read article here

Gerges, R.R. and Benuska, K. (2013) Tuning Structural Properties of High-Rise Buildings to Control Wind Response,ASCE Structures Congress, Pittsburgh, PA, USA. Read article here

Gerges, R.R., Benuska, K. and Kumabe, C. (2012) Performance Based Seismic Design of Tall Buildings-Why & How?Structure Magazine: June Issue: 11-13. Read article here

Gerges, R.R. (2008) Model for the Force-Displacement Relationships of Wire Rope Springs, Journal of Aerospace Engineering, ASCE. 21:1-9. Read article here

Gerges, R.R. and Vickery, B.J. (2005) Optimum Design of Pendulum-Type Tuned Mass Dampers, The Structural Design of Tall and Special Buildings. 14:353-368

Gerges, R.R. and Vickery, B.J. (2005) Design of Tuned Mass Dampers Incorporating Wire Rope Springs: Part I: Dynamic Representation of Wire Rope Springs, Engineering Structures. 27:653-661

Gerges, R.R. and Vickery, B.J. (2005) Design of Tuned Mass Dampers Incorporating Wire Rope Springs: Part II: Simple Design Method, Engineering Structures. 27:662-674

Gerges, R.R. and Vickery, B.J. (2003) Parametric Experimental Study of Wire Rope Spring Tuned Mass Dampers,Journal of Wind Engineering and Industrial Aerodynamics. 91:1363-1385

Gerges, R.R. and Vickery, B.J. (2003) Wind Tunnel Study of the Across-Wind Response of a Slender Tower with a Nonlinear Tuned Mass Damper, Journal of Wind Engineering and Industrial Aerodynamics. 91:1069-1092

Vickery, B.J. and Gerges, R.R. (2003) Modelling of Wire Rope Spring Tuned Mass Dampers, 11th International Conference on Wind Engineering, Lubbock, TX, USA

Gerges, R.R. and Vickery, B.J. (2002) Evaluation of the Wire Rope Coil Spring Tuned Mass Dampers, The Alan G. Davenport Symposium, London, ON, Canada

Gerges, R.R. and El Damatty, A. A. (2002) Large Displacement Analysis of Curved Beams, the 4th Structural Speciality Conference of the Canadian Society for Civil Engineering, Montreal, QC, Canada

Gerges, R.R. (2002) Assessment of the Web Crippling Resistance Factor in the Cold Formed Steel Design Standard,the 4th Structural Speciality Conference of the Canadian Society for Civil Engineering, Montreal, QC, Canada

Gerges, R.R. and Vickery, B.J. (2001) Effect of a Non-linear Tuned Mass Damper on the Across Wind Response of a Slender Tower, Americas Conference on Wind Engineering, Clemson, SC, USA

Gerges, R.R., Vickery, B.J. and Galsworthy, J.K (2001) Experimental Investigation of the Dynamic Characteristics of Wire Rope Coils, the 29th Annual Conference of the Canadian Society for Civil Engineering, Victoria, BC, Canada

Vickery, B. J., Galsworthy, J.K. and Gerges, R.R. (2001) The Behaviour of Simple Non-linear Tuned Mass Dampers, the 6th World Congress of the Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat, Melbourne, Australia

Gerges, R.R. and Schuster, R. (1998) Web Crippling of Single Web Cold Formed Steel Members Subjected to End One-Flange Loading, the 14th International Speciality Conference on Cold-Formed Steel, St. Louis, MO, USA

Education

  • Ph.D., Structural Engineering, University of Western Ontario, London, ON, Canada
  • M.A.Sc., Structural Engineering, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON, Canada
  • B.Sc, Civil Engineering, Minia University, Minia, Egypt

Editorial Activities

  • Reviewer for the Canadian Journal of Civil Engineering
  • Reviewer for the Journal of Structural Engineering, American Society of Civil Engineers
  • Reviewer for the 2006 Earthquake Engineering Conference