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ALEXANDRIA ENGINEERING JOURNAL

Faculty of Engineering, Alexandria University

EDITORIAL BOARD

Editor-in-Chief INTERNATIONAL ADVISORY BOARD Heba W. Leheta Vice Dean for Graduate Studies and Research Urban Planning and Architecture Engineering Geoffery Payne, Geoffrey Payne and Associates, UK Executive Editor Arif Hassan, Pakistan Mina B. Abd-el-Malek Bernd Streich, Technical University of Kaiserslautern, Germany Ray Bromley, State University of New York at Albany, USA Assistant Executive Editor Said M. Allam Chemical Engineering Bassim H. Hameed, USM, Malaysia Associate Editors Yuh-Shanho, Asia University, Taiwan Essam Souror, Electrical Engineering Wael A. Crosby, Mechanical Engineering Electrical Engineering Galal A. Elkobrosy, Engineering Mathematics Ziyad Salameh, Massachusetts Lowell University, USA (Applied Mechanics) Salah Bedair, North Carolina State University, USA Ahmed M. Soliman, Architecture Engineering Rawya M. Kansoh, Irrigation Engineering and Hydraulics Amr Elmasry, Computer and Systems Engineering Civil Engineering Hassan G. El-Ghazouly, Transportation Engineering M. Hesham El-Naggar, University of Western Ontario, Canada Yousi M. Welaya, Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering Nabil Grace, Lawrence Technological University, Mohammad A. Younes, Production Engineering Michigan, USA Alya A. Badawi, Nuclear and Radiation Engineering Awad Hanna, University of Wisconsin, Madison, USA Tamer H. Abdelhamid, Electrical Engineering Reinhard Flick, University of California, San Diego, USA Shafik S. Khoury, Structural Engineering Atef A. Ata, Engineering Mathematics (Applied Mechanics) Mechanical Engineering Tarek Sorour, Sanitary Engineering Yousri El-Kassabgi, Texas A & M University, USA Affaf K. Aloufy, Textile Engineering Helmi Attia, McGill University, Canada Nevine K. Amin, Chemical Engineering Sarwat N. Hanna, Engineering Mathematics Engineering Mathematics and Physics (Applied Mechanics) Faruk Gungor, Dogus University, Istanbul, Turkey Pantelis Damianou, University of Cyprus, Nicosia, Cyprus Christodoulos Sophocleous, University of Cyprus, NATIONAL ADVISORY BOARD Nicosia, Cyprus Rachad Shoucri, Kingston, Canada Chemical Engineering Raouf Boules, Towson University, MD, USA Abdel-Aziz H. Konsowa, Alexandria University Wedad Abdou, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California, USA Mathematics and Actuarial Sciences Hani Abdel Malek, American University in Cairo Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering Atilla Incecik, University of Strathclyde, Scotland Engineering Mathematics Jeom K. Paik, Pusan National University, South Korea Ahmed Ghaleb, Cairo University Soren Ehlers, Aalto University, Finland Mohamed A. Helal, Cairo University Pandeli Temarel, Southampton University, UK Mohammad Nassar, Cairo University Selma Ergin, Istanbul Technical University, Turkey

Engineering Physics Nuclear and Radiation Engineering Sherif Sedky, American University in Cairo Mohamed E. Sawan, University of Wisconsin, Madison, USA Salah El-Sheikh, American University in Cairo Laila A. El-Guebaly, University of Wisconsin, Madison, USA

Production Engineering Textile Engineering Helmy Abdel-Maksoud, Alexandria University Abdel-Fattah Seyam, North Carolina State University, USA Maher Younan, American University in Cairo Sayed Ibrahim, Tech. University of Liberec, Czech Republic