Representative Publications:
Publications in Refereed Journals
M. A. Habib and J. H. Whitelaw, 1979, "Velocity Characteristics of Confined Coaxial Jets. ASME Winter
Annual Meeting and ASME J. Fluids Engineering , Vol. 101, pp521-529.
M. A. Habib and J. H. Whitelaw, 1980, "Velocity Characteristics of Confined Coaxial Jets with and without
Swirl. ASME J. Fluids Engineering , Vol. 102 , pp47-53.
M. A. Habib and J. H. Whitelaw, 1982, " The Calculation of Turbulent Flow in Wide-Angle Diffusers", J.
Numerical Heat Transfer, Vol.5, pp145-164.
F. M. El-Mahallawy, M. A. Habib, A. H. Abdel-Hafez and A. Abdel-Salam, 1988, "An Assessment of the
Temperature Measurements in Combustion Engineering" J. Modeling, Simulation & Control, B, Vol.14, No. 4,
PP35-46.
M. A. Habib, A. M. Attya and D. M. McEligot, 1988, "Calculation of Turbulent Flow and Heat Transfer in
Channels with streamwise Periodic Flow", ASME Winter Annual Meeting in Boston, and ASME J. of
Turbomachinery, Vol. 110, pp405-411.
M. A. Habib, A. M. Mobarak, A. E. Attya and A. Aly, 1992, "An Experimental Investigation of Heat Transfer
and Flow in Channels with Streamwise-Periodic Flow," Energy, The International Journal, Vol. 17, No. 11,
pp1049-1058.
M. A. Habib and S. M. Zubair, 1992, "Second-Law-Based Thermodynamic Analysis of Regenerative-Reheat
Rankine Cycle Power Plants." Energy, The International Journal, No. 3, pp295-301.
M. A. Habib, A.M. Attya and M.M. Khalifa, 1992, "Measurements of Augmented Heat Transfer Downstream of
an Abrupt Rectangular Channel Expansion", J. Modeling, Measurement & Control B, Vol. 44, No.1, pp33-46.
M. A. Habib, F.M. El-Mahallawy, A. Abdel-Hafez, N. Nasseef, 1992, "Stability Limits and Temperature
Measurements in a Tangentially-Fired Model Furnace," Energy, The International Journal, Vol. 17, No.3,
pp.283-294.
M. A. Habib, 1992, "Heat Transfer Augmentation Downstream of a Rectangular Step," J. Modeling, Simulation
& Control, B, Vol.42, No.4, pp29-42.
M. A. Habib, 1992, "Thermodynamic Analysis of the Performance of Cogeneration Plants," Energy, The
International Journal, Vol. 17, No. 5, pp. 485-491.
M. A. Habib, A. M. Mobarak, A. E. Attya and A. Aly, 1993, "Enhanced Heat Transfer in Channels with
Staggered Fins of Different Spacings," International Journal of Heat and Fluid Flow, Vol.14, No. 2, pp185-190.
M. A. Habib, A.M. Mobarak, E. Abdel- Hafez, M. El-Sallak and R. Affify, 1994, "Experimental Investigation of
Heat Transfer and Flow Over Baffles of Different Heights," ASME J. Heat Transfer, Vol. 116, P363.
M. A. Habib, 1994, "First and Second Law Analysis of Cogeneration Plants." ASME J. of Engineering for Gas
Turbines and Power, Vol 116, pp15-19.
M.A. Habib, S.A.M. Said and I. Al-Zaharna, 1995, "Optimization of Reheat Pressures in Thermal Power Plants,
" Energy, The International Journal, Vol. 20, No. 6, p.555.
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M. A. Habib, S.A.M. Said and J. Al-Bagawi, 1995, " Thermodynamic Performance Analysis of the Ghazlan
Power Plant, " Energy-The International Journal, Vol. 20, No. 11, pp. 1121-1130.
Shahzada Z. Shuja and M.A. Habib, 1996, " Fluid Flow and Heat Transfer Characteristics in Axisymmetric
Annular Diffusers, " Computers and Fluids, An International Journal, Vol. 25, No. 2, pp. 133-150.
S.A.M. Said, M.A. Habib and M.A.R. Khan, 1997, "Turbulent Natural Convection in Partitioned Enclosure",
Computers and Fluids, An International Journal, Vol. 26, No. 6, PP. 547-563.
M. A. Habib, Ikramul-Haq and H. M. Badr and S.A.M Said, 1998, " Calculations of Turbulent Flow and Heat
Transfer in Periodic Converging-Diverging Channels, " Computers and Fluids, An International Journal, Vol.
27, No. 1, pp. 95-120.
M. A. Habib, S.A.M. Said, A. Al-Farayedhi, S. El-Dini, A. Asghar and S.A. Gbadebo, 1999, "Heat Transfer
Characteristics of a Pulsated Turbulent Pipe Flow", Heat and Mass Transfer, Vol. 34, pp.413-421.
M. A. Habib, S.A.M. Said, M.A. El-Hadidy and I. Al-Zaharna, 1999, "Optimization of Solar Wind Hybrid
System for Constant Load", Energy-The International Journal, Vol. 24, pp. 919-929.
M. A. Habib, S.A.M. Said and I. Al-Zaharna, 1999 " Thermodynamic Optimization of Reheat Regenerative
Thermal Power Plant, " J. of Applied Energy, Vol. 63, pp 17-34..
S.A. Gbadebo, S.A.M. Said and M. A. Habib, 1999, " Average Nusselt Number Correlation in the Thermal
Entrance Region of Steady and Pulsating Turbulent Pipe Flows", Heat and Mass Transfer, Vol. 35, No. 5, pp.
377-381.
M. A. Habib, S.A.M. Said and J. Al-Bagawi, 2000, "Thermodynamic Performance Analysis of the Qurrayah
Power Plant, " J. Applied Energy, Submitted.
M. A. Habib and A. A. A. Negm, 2001 "Laminar Mixed Convection in Horizontal Concentric Annuli with non
Uniform Circumferential Heating,", J. of Heat and Mass Transfer, Vol 37, 4-5, pp 427-435.
M. A. Habib, A. M. Attya, I. Eid and A. Z. Aly, 2002, " Convective Heat Transfer Characteristics of Pulsating
Turbulent Pipe Air Flow, J. of Heat and Mass Transfer, Vol. 38, pp. 221-232.
K. Al-Mulhim, S.A.M. Said, B. Yilbas, M. A. Habib and J. Al-Bagawi, 2002, “Multi-dimensional transient heat
conduction in heat exchanger tubesheets, Proc. Instn Mech Engrs, Vol 216, Part B: Journal of Engineering
Manufacture, PP. B05001, pp.1-15.
M. A. Habib, S. A. M. Said, Ahmed S. A. and A. Asghar, 2002, " Velocity Characteristics of Turbulent
Natural Convection in Symmetrically and Asymmetrically Heated Vertical Channels, " Int. J. of
Experimental Thermal and Fluid Science, Vol. 26, pp 77-87.
M. A. Habib, S. A. M. Said, and Ahmed S. A. 2002, " Velocity Characteristics of Turbulent Natural
Convection in Convergent-plates Vertical Channels, " Int. J. of Fluid Mechanics Research, Vol. 29, No. 2.
M. A. Habib, S. A. M. Said, M. O. Iqbal, 2003, Database for Building Energy Prediction on Saudi Arabia,
Journal of Energy Conversion and Management, Vol. 13, No. 3, pp. 286-308.
M. A. Habib, S. A. M. Said, M. O. Iqbal, 2003 Heat Transfer to Pulsation Turbulent Flow in an Abrupt pipe
Expansion, Int Journal of Numerical Methods for Heat & Fluid Flow, Vol. 44, pp. 191-201.
A. M. Attya, I. Eid, A. Z. Aly, M. A. Habib and S. A. M. Said, 2003, "Characteristics and Nusselt Number
Correlations of Turbulent Pulsating Pipe Air Flows, " J. of Heat and Mass Transfer, Volume 40, Numbers
3-4, February 2004, Pages:, 307 – 318, Also available as DOI: 10.1007/s00231-003-0456-6, 23 October, 2003
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M. A. Habib, A. M. Attya, S. A. M. Said, I. Eid and A. Z. Aly, 2004, "Heat Transfer Characteristics and
Nusselt Number Correlations of Turbulent Pulsating Pipe Air Flows, "J. of Heat and Mass Transfer, Volume
40, Numbers 3-4, pp. 307–318, Also available as DOI: 10.1007/s00231-003-0456-6, October 2003.
M. A. Habib, H. M. Badr, R. Ben-Mansour and S. A. M. Said, 2004, Numerical Calculations of Erosion in an
Abrupt Pipe Contraction of Different Contraction Ratios, International Journal for Numerical Methods in
Fluids, 46 (1): 19-35 SEP 10 2004
H. M. Badr, M. A. Habib, R. Ben-Mansour and S. A. M. Said, 2005, "Numerical investigation of erosion
threshold velocity in a pipe with sudden contraction, International Journal of Computers and Fluids", Vol.
34, No. 6, pp. 721-742.
M. A. Habib, R. Ben-Mansour, H. M. Badr and S. A. M. Said and S. Al-Anizi, 2005, “Erosion in the tube
entrance region of a shell and tube heat exchanger”, International Journal of Numerical Methods for Heat
and Fluid Flow", Vol. 15, No. 2, pp. 143-160.
M. A. Habib, H. M. Badr, S. A. M. Said, I. Hussaini and J. J. Al-Bagawi, 2005, “On the Development of
Deadleg Criterion", ASME J. Fluids Engineering, Vol. 127, No. 1, pp. 124-135.
M. A. Habib, S.A.M. Said, H. M. Badr and I. Hussaini and J. J. Al-Bagawi 2005, “Effect of Geometry on Flow
Field and Oil/Water Separation in Vertical Deadlegs,” The International Journal of Numerical Methods for
Heat and Fluid Flow, Vol. 15 (4): 348-362 2005
M. A. Habib, R. Ben-Mansour and M. A. Antar, 2005, “Flow Field and Thermal Characteristics in a Model of
a Tangentially Fired Furnace under Different Conditions of Burner Tripping” Journal of Heat and Mass
Transfer, Vol. 41, pp. 909-920, 2005.
S. A. M. Said, M. A. Habib, H. M. Badr and S. Anwar, 2005,"Turbulent Natural Convection between
Inclined Isothermal Plates," Computers & Fluids, Volume 34, Issue 9, November 2005, Pages 1025-1039
S. A. M. Said, M. A. Habib, H. M. Badr and S. Anwar, 2005 "Numerical Investigation of Natural Convection
inside an Inclined Parallel-Walled Channel," International Journal of Numerical Methods in Fluids, Vol. 49,
pp 569-582.
M. A. Habib, H. M. Badr, S. A. M. Said, E. M. A. Mokheimer, I. Hussaini, M. Al-Sanaa, 2005,
“Characteristics of flow field and water concentration in a Horizontal Deadleg,” Journal of Heat and Mass
Transfer, Heat and Mass Transfer 41 (4): 315-326 FEB 2005.
T. Ayinde, S. A. M. Said, M. A. Habib, 2006, "Experimental Investigation of Turbulent Natural Convection
Flow in a Channel, Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, Vol. 42, pp. 169-177.
H. M. Badr, M.A. Habib, S. Anwar, R. Ben-Mansour and S.A.M. Said, 2006 "Turbulent Natural Convection
in Vertical Parallel-Plate Channels, Journal Heat and Mass Transfer, Vol. 43, No. 1, pp. 73-84.
E. Zohir, M.A. Habib, A. M. Attya and A. I. Eid, 2006, "An Experimental Investigation of Heat Transfer to
Pulsating Pipe Air Flow With Different Amplitudes". Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer. Heat and Mass
Transfer, Vol. 42 (7), pp. 625-635.
H.M. Badr, M.A. Habib, R. Ben-Mansour, S.A.M. Said and S.S. Al-Anizi, 2006, "Erosion in the tube entrance
region of an Air-Cooled heat exchanger," International Journal of Impact Engineering, Volume 32, Issue 9,
pp.1440-1463.
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M. A. Habib, H.M. Badr, S.A.M. Said, R. Ben-Mansour, and S. S. Al-Anizi, 2006, Solid-particle Erosion in
the tubes of the tube sheet of a shell and tube heat exchanger, International Journal for Numerical Methods
in Fluids, Vol. 50 (8), pp. 885-909.
R. B. Mansour, M.A. Habib, H.M. Badr and S. Anwar, 2007 "Comparison of Different Turbulence Models
and Flow Boundary Conditions in Predicting Turbulent Natural Convection in a Vetical channel with Isoflux
Plates", AJSE, Vol. 32, No. 2B.
M. A. Habib, R. Ben-Mansour, S. A. M. Said and M. S. Al-Qahtani, J. J. Al-Bagawi and K. M. Al-Mansour,
2008, Evaluation of flow Maldistribution in Air Cooled Heat Exchangers. Computers and Fluids.
M. A. Habib, S. A. M. Said and R. Ben-Mansour, J. J. Al-Bagawi and K. M. Al-Mansour, 2008, Correlations
of flow Maldistribution parameters in an Air Cooled Heat Exchanger. International Journal for Numerical
Methods on Fluids, Int. J. Numer. Meth. Fluids 2008; 56:143–165
M. A. Habib, H. M. Badr , R. Ben-Mansour and M. E. Kabir, 2007, Erosion Rate Correlations of a Pipe
Protruded in an Abrupt Pipe Contraction. The International Journal of Impact Engineering. International
Journal of Impact Engineering 34 (2007) 1350–1369
M. A. Habib, R. Ben-Mansour, H. M. Badr, M. E. Kabir, 2008, Erosion and penetration rates of a pipe
protruded in a sudden contraction. Computers & Fluids 37 (2008) 146–160.
T. F. Ayinde, S.A.M. Said and M.A. Habib, 2008, Turbulent Natural Convection Flow in Vertical Channel
with Anti-Symmetric Heating, Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, Accepted.
H. E. Emara-Shabaik, M. A. Habib and I. Al-Zaharnah, Prediction of risers' tubes temperature in water tube
boilers, Applied Mathematical Modeling, Accepted.
M. Shakil, M. Elshafei, M. A. Habib and F. Al-Maleki, Soft Sensors for NOx and O2 using Dynamical Neural
Networks, Computers & Electrical Engineering, 2008.
M. A. Habib, Moustafa. Elshafei and Mansour Al-Dajani (2008),”Influence of Combustion Parameters on
NOx Production in an Industrial Boiler,” The Journal of Computers and Fluids, COMPUTERS & FLUIDS
37 (1): 12-23, 2008.
Publications in Edited Books
F. M. El-Mahallawy and M. A. Habib, 1977, "Study of Mixing of Two Coaxial Confined Jets in a Model
Furnace", HMT-1 (ED. K. H. Khalil), Pergamon Press, pp35-47.
A. M. Attya, M. A. Habib and M. R. Taha, 1989, "Measurements of Spray Flame Properties in a Jet-Engine
Combustor. "Heat Transfer Phenomena in Radiation, Combustion, and Fires, Edited R.K. Shah, The Heat
Transfer Division, ASME.
A. M. Attya and M. A. Habib, 1990, "The Influence of Spray Characteristics and Air Preheat on the Flame
Properties in a Gas Turbine Combustor," Multi-phase Transport and Particulate Phenomena, Edited by T. Nejat
Veziroglu, Hemisphere Publishing Corporation, N. Y., Vol. 3, PP 543-566.
Publications in Conference Proceedings and Symposium:
M. A. Habib and J. H. Whitelaw, 1981, "Calculation of Confined Coaxial Jet Flows", Proceedings of the 3rd Int.
Turbulent Shear Flow Symposium, Davis, pp5.20-5.26.
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M. A. Habib and D. M. McEligot, 1982, "Turbulent Heat Transfer in a swirl Flow Downstream of an abrupt Pipe
Expansion", 7th Int. Heat Transfer Conference, Munchen, Paper Fc29, pp159-164.
M. A. Habib, F. Durst and D. M. McEligot, 1984, "Streamwise-Periodic Flow Around Baffles", 2nd Int.
Symposium on Application of Laser Doppler Anemometry to Fluid Mechanics", Lisbon, Portugal, July2-5, p14.5.
F. M. El-Mahallawy, Z. S. Safar, M. A. Habib and M.R. Taha, 1986, "A Computational Technique for the
Evaluation of the Performance of the Thermal Power Plants", Proceedings of the 6th Int. Conference for
Mechanical Power Engineering, Egypt, September, ppI.1-I.21.
A. M. Attya, M. A. Habib and M.R. Taha, 1989, "Combustion Characteristics of Gaseous Flames in a Gas
Turbine Combustor," AIAA/ASME/SAE/ASEE 25th Joint Propulsion Conference, Monterey, Ca, pp1-9.
M. A. Habib, 1989, "Calculation of the Turbulent Flow and Heat Transfer in Expanding Ducts," ASME
COGEN-TURBO 3rd International Symposium on Turbomachinery, Combined Cycle Technologies and
Cogeneration, The ASME International Gas Turbine Institute, Aug.-Sept., Nice, France, pp219-226. Edited G.K.
Serovy, T.H. Fransson, J. Farbi.
A. M. Attya, M. A. Habib and M. R. Taha, 1989, "Measurements of Spray Flame Properties in a Jet-Engine
Combustor. "Heat Transfer Phenomena in Radiation, Combustion, and Fires, Edited R.K. Shah, The Heat
Transfer Division, ASME. Also Published in the ASME COGEN-TURBO 3rd International Symposium on
Turbomachinery, Combined Cycle Technologies and Cogeneration, Aug.-Sept., Nice, France.
M. A. Habib and S. M. Zubair, 1990, "Thermodynamics of Regenerative Rankine Cycle Power Plants."
Fundamentals of Thermodynamics and Exergy Analysis." The Advanced Energy Systems Division, ASME
Winter Annual Meeting, AES-Vol.19, pp. 29-34, Dallas, TX.
O. M. F. El-Bahar, M. M. Kamel, M. A. Habib and Abou-El-Fotoh, 1990, "Measurements of Particle Size and
Velocity in Air Blast Atomizer by an Optical Diagnostics Techniques," Proceedings of the Seventh International
Conference of Mechanical Power Engineering, Vol. I, Cairo University, Dec.17-20, 1990, II-13- (1-16).
M. A. Habib, 1991, "First and Second Law Analysis of Cogeneration Plants."Symposium on Thermodynamics
and the Design, Analysis and Improvement of Energy Systems: Fundamentals of Thermodynamics, Advanced
Energy Systems Division, ASME Winter Annual Meeting, AES-Vol.-24, 1991, Atlanta, Georgia.
M. A. Habib, 1992, "Turbulent Flow and Heat Transfer in the Vicinity of a Backward-Facing Step," The First
European Joint Conference on Engineering Systems Design and Analysis, Istanbul, Turkey, June 29- July 3.
M. A. Habib, S.A.M. Said and J. Al-Bagawi, 1994, "Thermodynamic Analysis of the Performance of Ghazlan
Thermal Power Plant, "Second Saudi Symposium on Energy, Utilization and Conservation, Nov. , Dhahran,
KSA.
S.A.M. Said, M. A. Habib and M. A. Al-Hadidy, 1995, " A Data Base for Photovoltaic Array Estimation in Saudi
Arabia, " The 5th Arab International Solar Energy Conference AISEC-5, 13-16 Nov., pp. 65-71, Bahrain.
S.A.M. Said, A. A. Al-Farayedhi, M. A. Habib, S.A. Gbadebo and A. Asghar, 1998, " Experimental Investigation
of Heat Transfer in Pulsating Turbulent Pipe Flow", Int. Conference of Turbulent Heat Transfer-2, May 31-
June 5, Manchester, UK., Submitted.
S.A.M. Said, M.A. Habib and A. Asghar, 1998, " Natural Convection in Converging and Parallel Vertical
Channels", 1998 ASME Fluids Engineering Division Summer Meeting, June 21-25, Washington, D.C..
M. A. Habib, S.A.M. Said and J. Al-Bagawi, 1998, " Parametric analysis of the Ghazlan Power Plant, " ASME
IJPGC 98, International Joint Power Generation Conference and Exhibition, Aug. 24-26, Baltimore, Maryland.
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M. A. Habib, S.A.M. Said, I. Al-Zaharna and M.A. El-Hadidy, 1999, " Sizing Optimization of Hybrid
Photovoltaic Wind Energy Systems, " Fifth Saudi Engineering Conference, Umm Al Qura, Feb., Vol. 4, pp439-
447.
M. A. Habib, S. A. M. Said, M. O. Iqbal, F. M. El-Mahallawy and E. Mahdi Aly, 1999, "Energy Conservation
and Early Failure Prediction in Boilers and Industrial Furnaces, " Chamber of Commerce and Industries,
Dammam, Saudi Arabia, October, 2.
M. A. Habib, S. A. M. Said, S. A. Ahmed, I Ouwais and A. Asghar, 2001, "Turbulent Natural Convection in
Short Vertical Channels," Turbulent Heat Transfer III, 18-22 March, Alyeska.
M. A. Habib, S. A. M. Said, S. A. Ahmed, I Ouwais and A. Asghar, 2001, "Turbulent Natural Convection in
Short Vertical Channels," Turbulent Heat Transfer III, 18-22 March, Alyeska.
M. A. Habib and S. A. M. Said 2001, "Energy Conservation in Relation to Early Failure Prediction in Boilers and
Industrial Furnaces, " Energy Conservation Symposium, June 3-3, ARAMCO, KSA.
M. A. Habib, S.A.M. Said and J. Al-Bagawi, 2002, " First and Second Law Based Performance Analysis of
Thermal Power Plants, 6Th Generation Symposium, 1-3 April, Riyadh, KSA.
H.M. Badr, M. A. Habib, R. Ben-Mansour and S. A. M. Said, 2002, “Effect of Flow Velocity and Particle Size on
Erosion in a pipe with Sudden Contraction”, The Sixth Saudi Engineering Conference, Oct. 21-23, 2002,
Dhahran, KSA, Vol. 5, pp. 79-95.
M.A.Habib and S.A.M.Said, The Potential of Waste Heat Recovery in Petrochemical Industry., 2003, E-
Power Technical Exchange Meeting, October 20-22, Dhahran International Exhibition Center, Dhahran,
Saudi Arabia.
M. A. Habib and M. Elshafei (2006), “Computer Simulation of NOx Formation in Boilers”, Paper MSV4102,
The 2006 International Conference on Modeling, Simulation and Visualization Methods (MSV'06: June 26-
29, 2006, Las Vegas, USA).
Moustafa. Elshafei , M. A. Habib, and Mansour Al-Dajani (2006), “Prediction of Boilers Emission Using
Polynomial Networks”, Paper # 656, the Canadian Conference on Electrical and Computer engineering, CCECE
2006, May 7-10, Ottawa, ON, Canada.
Moustafa. Elshafei , M. A. Habib, and Mansour Al-Dajani (2006), “Inferential Sensing Techniques For Boilers
Emission Monitoring”, presented at the April, 2006 meeting of the Society of Instrumentation Systems and
Automation, Dhahran, KSA.
Elshafei, M; Habib, MA; Al-Dajani, M Prediction of boilers emission using polynomial networks
Conference Information: 19th Annual Canadian Conference on Electrical and Computer Engineering, Date:
MAY 07-10, 2006 Ottawa CANADA 2006 CANADIAN CONFERENCE ON ELECTRICAL AND
COMPUTER ENGINEERING, VOLS 1-5 Pages: 1361-1365, 2006.
M. Shakil, M. Elshafei, M. A. Habib and F. Al-Maleki, Soft Sensor for NOx Emission using Dynamical
Neural Network, 4th IEEE-GCC Conference & Exhibition, 11 - 14 November 2007, Manama, Kingdom of
Bahrain.
Published Technical Reports:
M. A. Habib, F. W. Schmidt and J. H. Whitelaw, 1981, "Turbulent Natural Convection in an Enclosure"
Imperial College, Mech. Eng. Dept. Report.
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M. A. Habib, 1982, "Dissociating Gas Power Cycles, Review and Analysis", University of Arizona, Mech. Eng.
Dept. Report.
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