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  1. Fragility Assessment of Flexible Pavement Roads Subjected to Tsunami Debris Flows in Coastal Pakistan

    Article • Journal of Transportation Engineering Part B Pavements, June 2026, American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)

    Prof Muhammad Masood Rafi

  2. Lateral Load Capacity of Unreinforced Block Masonry Walls: Mortar Strength and Block Type Considerations

    Article • Journal of Structural Design and Construction Practice, May 2026, American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)

    Prof Muhammad Masood Rafi

  3. Effects of Lateral Confinement on Concrete Columns Reinforced with Steel Bars with Uncertain Yield Strength

    Article • Journal of Structural Design and Construction Practice, November 2025, American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)

    Prof Muhammad Masood Rafi

  4. Tsunami Fragility Functions for Low-Rise Reinforced Concrete Buildings for Enhancing Coastal Resilience

    Article • Journal of Structural Design and Construction Practice, November 2025, American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)

    Prof Muhammad Masood Rafi

  5. Experimental Evaluation of Flexural and Bond Behaviors of Adobe Masonry

    Article • Journal of Structural Design and Construction Practice, May 2025, American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)

    Prof Muhammad Masood Rafi

  6. Investigation of Shear Behavior of Concrete Block Masonry

    Article • Journal of Structural Design and Construction Practice, May 2025, American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)

    Prof Muhammad Masood Rafi

  7. Experimental Testing of Shear Web Panels of Steel Plate Girders Strengthened by Fiber-Reinforced Polymer Composites

    Article • Practice Periodical on Structural Design and Construction, November 2024, American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)

    Prof Muhammad Masood Rafi

  8. Influence of Loading Direction on Compressive Strength of Concrete Block Masonry

    Article • Practice Periodical on Structural Design and Construction, November 2024, American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)

    Prof Muhammad Masood Rafi

  9. Comparison of analytical models for shear strength estimation of steel plate girders

    Article • Bridge Structures, July 2024, IOS Press

    Prof Muhammad Masood Rafi

  10. Experimental Assessment of Compressive and Shear Behavior of Adobe Masonry

    Article • Journal of Materials in Civil Engineering, June 2024, American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)

    Prof Muhammad Masood Rafi

  11. Assessing Mechanical Properties of Concrete Block Masonry under Uniaxial Compression for Design Applications

    Article • Journal of Materials in Civil Engineering, April 2024, American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)

    Prof Muhammad Masood Rafi

  12. Experimental Evaluation of Flexural and Bond Behaviours of Adobe Masonry

    Article • November 2023, Springer Science + Business Media

    Prof Muhammad Masood Rafi

  13. Study of Effects of Lateral Confinement on Concrete Columns Reinforced With Tmt Bars

    Article • October 2023, Springer Science + Business Media

    Prof Muhammad Masood Rafi

  14. Experimental Assessment of Mechanical Properties of Adobe Masonry

    Article • Journal of Materials in Civil Engineering, September 2023, American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)

    Prof Muhammad Masood Rafi

  15. Development of Fragility Functions for Brick Masonry Structures Using Damage Data from September 24, 2019, Earthquake in Mirpur, Azad Kashmir

    Article • Journal of Performance of Constructed Facilities, August 2023, American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)

    Prof Muhammad Masood Rafi

  16. Investigating a university library building evacuation in Pakistan during a semi‐announced fire drill

    Article • Fire and Materials, November 2022, Wiley

    Prof Muhammad Masood Rafi

  17. Investigation of Damage to Reinforced Concrete Buildings Due to the 2019 Mirpur Earthquake, Azad Kashmir

    Article • Journal of Performance of Constructed Facilities, October 2022, American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)

    Prof Muhammad Masood Rafi

  18. High-temperature behaviour of thermo-mechanically treated and cold-drawn twisted steel bars

    Article • Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers - Construction Materials, August 2022, Emerald

    Prof Muhammad Masood Rafi

  19. Experimental assessment of proposed seismic strengthening scheme for adobe structures

    Article • Advances in Structural Engineering, July 2022, SAGE Publications

    Prof Muhammad Masood Rafi

  20. Study of Strength and Durability Characteristics of Concrete Mixes Made by Unwashed Sea Sand as Fine Aggregates

    Article • Advances in Civil Engineering Materials, July 2022, ASTM International

    Prof Muhammad Masood Rafi

  21. Experimental Investigation of Dynamic Behavior of RC Frame Strengthened with Buckling-Restrained Bracing

    Article • Journal of Structural Engineering, July 2022, American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)

    Prof Muhammad Masood Rafi

  22. Residual properties of concrete exposed to elevated temperatures

    Article • Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers - Structures and Buildings, September 2020, Emerald

    Prof Muhammad Masood Rafi

  23. Elevated Temperature Testing of Thermomechanically Treated Steel Bars

    Article • Journal of Materials in Civil Engineering, June 2020, American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)

    Prof Muhammad Masood Rafi

  24. Experimental testing of fly ash containing recycled aggregate concrete exposed to high temperatures

    Article • Sustainable and Resilient Infrastructure, November 2019, Taylor & Francis

    Prof Muhammad Masood Rafi

  25. Probabilistic Seismic Hazard Analysis Based Zoning Map of Pakistan

    Article • Journal of Earthquake Engineering, November 2019, Taylor & Francis

    Prof Muhammad Masood Rafi

  26. Factors Influencing the Pore Structure Parameters of Lightweight Cement-Based Foams

    Article • Journal of Testing and Evaluation, June 2019, ASTM International

    Prof Muhammad Masood Rafi

  27. Dynamic Testing of Seismic Resistant Cob Structure for Post-Earthquake Reconstruction

    Article • Journal of Earthquake Engineering, December 2018, Taylor & Francis

    Prof Muhammad Masood Rafi

  28. A suggested model for mass fire spread

    Article • Sustainable and Resilient Infrastructure, October 2018, Taylor & Francis

    Prof Muhammad Masood Rafi, tariq Aziz, Sarosh Lodi

  29. Effects of Elevated Temperatures on Residual Properties of Low-Strength Concrete

    Article • Journal of Testing and Evaluation, September 2018, ASTM International

    Prof Muhammad Masood Rafi

  30. Seismic response of reduced scale stone masonry building

    Article • Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers - Structures and Buildings, July 2018, Emerald

    Prof Muhammad Masood Rafi

  31. Mechanical properties of low-strength concrete at exposure to elevated temperatures

    Article • Journal of Structural Fire Engineering, December 2017, Emerald

    Prof Muhammad Masood Rafi

  32. Comparison of dynamic behaviours of retrofitted and unretrofitted cob material walls

    Article • Bulletin of Earthquake Engineering, March 2017, Springer Science + Business Media

    Prof Muhammad Masood Rafi

  33. Seismic performance of adobe construction

    Article • Sustainable and Resilient Infrastructure, January 2017, Taylor & Francis

    Prof Muhammad Masood Rafi

  34. Development of building inventory for northern Pakistan for seismic risk reduction

    Article • International Journal of Disaster Resilience in the Built Environment, November 2016, Emerald

    Prof Muhammad Masood Rafi

  35. Models for Prediction of 28-Day Concrete Compressive Strength

    Article • Journal of Testing and Evaluation, February 2015, ASTM International

    Prof Muhammad Masood Rafi, Muhammad Murtaza Nasir

  36. Mitigation of road traffic crash hazard in Pakistan

    Article • Disaster Prevention and Management An International Journal, October 2014, Emerald

    Prof Muhammad Masood Rafi

  37. Experimental Investigation of Chemical and Physical Properties of Cements Manufactured in Pakistan

    Article • Journal of Testing and Evaluation, March 2014, ASTM International

    Prof Muhammad Masood Rafi, Muhammad Murtaza Nasir

  38. Performance of Hot Mix Asphalt Mixtures Made of Recycled Aggregates

    Article • Journal of Testing and Evaluation, January 2014, ASTM International

    Prof Muhammad Masood Rafi, Dr Adnan Aq Qadir

  39. Parametric finite element analysis of FRP reinforced concrete beams in fire and design guidelines

    Article • Fire and Materials, February 2013, Wiley

    Prof Muhammad Masood Rafi

  40. Assessment of fire hazard in Pakistan

    Article • Disaster Prevention and Management An International Journal, February 2012, Emerald

    Prof Muhammad Masood Rafi