Computational Mechanics Laboratory

Head - Prof. Zohar Yosibash 

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Members (Click to view their home-pages):

• Mr. Ilan Gilad – Collaborator – Laboratory Responsible
•     Ms. Gal Dahan - PhD student.
•     Mr. Yekutiel Katz – PhD student.
•     Mr. Yaron Schapira – PhD student.
•     Mr. Avichai Uzan – PhD student.
• Mr. Itay Yacobi – MSc student.

Past Members (Click to view their home-pages):

•     Mr. Nir Rotem - Past M.Sc. student – Thesis Submitted June 2001
• Mr. Ofer Adan - Past M.Sc. student – Thesis Submitted April 2002
•     Dr. Netta Omer.- Past M.Sc. & PhD Student – Thesis Submitted Oct 2007
• Mr. Meidad Korengol – Past M.Sc. student – Thesis Submitted Jan 2004.
• Mrs. Michal Peleg-Lubovsky – Past M.Sc. – Thesis Submitted Jan 2005.
• Mr. Royi Fedida – Past M.Sc. student – Thesis Submitted Oct 2005.
• Mr. Elad Priel – Past M.Sc. student – Thesis Submitted July 2007.
• Ms. Shani Weisberg – Past M.Sc. student – Thesis Submitted Oct 2010.
• Mr. David Tal – Past M.Sc. student – Thesis Submitted Mar. 2011.
• Mr. Alon Katz – Past M.Sc. student – Thesis Submitted Aug 2011.
• Dr. Mordechai Szanto - Affiliate Faculty and Collaborator
• Dr. Nir Trabelsi – Ph.D. student . - Thesis Submitted 2011.
• Dr. Elad Priel – Ph.D. student. - Thesis Submitted 2011.
• Mrs. Romina Plitman – M.Sc. student - Thesis Submitted Oct 2013.
• Dr. Danny Weiss – Sabbatical stay and Collaborator.
• Mr. Natan Levin – Past MSc student – Thesis Submitted Oct 2014.
• Mr. Itay Manor – Past MSc student – Thesis Submitted Oct 2014.
•     Mrs. Hadar Frenkel - MSc student supervised with prof. Bortman – Thesis Submitted Oct 2014.
•     Mr. Yosi Levi – Past MSc student – Thesis Submitted April 2015. 
• Dr. Brigit Mittelman – Past Ph.D. student – Thesis Submitted March 2015.
• Dr. Samuel Shanon – Past Ph.D. student – Thesis Submitted July 2015.
• Ms. Sigal David – Past MSc student - Thesis Submitted Oct 2016.
• Mr. Snir Lugasi – Past MSc student - Thesis Submitted Oct 2016.
• Mr. Ofry Yossef – Past MSc student – Thesis Submitted May 2017.

Finite Elements Software Products :

• Abaqus/Standard^TM&Abaqus/Explicit^TM - For highly non-linear problems and special constitutive material laws.
• Deform/2D and 3D - Forging dedicated software product (large deformations, strains, thermal effects, etc...all coupled) including pre/post processors.

Research Projects :

• Singular curved edges in 3-D linear elasticity – Funded project (Yaron)
• On constitutive laws for arteries – simulating the mechanical response using hp-finite element methods – (Avihai)
• Simulating the mechanical response of femurs with implants and humerii– Funded project (Gal, Kuty)
• Development of a Java p-FE code – (Itay).
• Mechanical properties of pultruted composites – Funded project (Ilan and Arie)

Finished Research Projects :

• Failure initiation due to thermo-elastic loading in microelectronic components - Funded project (Ofer- Stress Check)
• Boundary layers and modal analysis in 3-D and hierarchical models of linear elastic plates - Using Stress Check (4th year project)
• Simulation of forging Magnesium alloys – Funded project (Moti+Avigdor - using Deform)
• Simulation of arc-welding process – Funded project (Moti+Ilan – using Fluent)
• Large Plastic Deformations - Funded project (Meidad -using Abaqus)
• Simulating the growth of a Saphire uni-crystal – Funded project (Moti+Ilan – using Fluent)
• On constitutive laws for the carotid artery – Funded by BSF (Michal Peleg-Lubovsky)
• Simulating CIP processes and solids undergoing large-strain deformations – Funded by GIF (Moti-using Abaqus)

• Failure initiation in brittle elastic material in the vicinity of V-notches under symmetrical and mixed loading – Funded by Vatat-Kamag (Elad Priel – StressCheck).
• Singular straight edges in 3-D linear elasticity – Funded by ISF (Netta - Using Stress Check)
• Simulation of a "cogging" process – Funded project (Moti+Ilan - using Deform)
• Simulating the mechanical response of femurs – Funded project (Nir, Dudu, Alon –StressCheck).
• Simulation of SPS processes - uncertainty quantification of densification of powder material - Funded by DFG (Danny Weiss – own software development).
• Generalized failure criteria for 3-D structural components – Funded project (Brigit - using Stress Check)
• Uncertainty quantification of the mechanical response of the femur – Funded project (Hagen)
• On constitutive laws for arteries – Experiments for the determination of the mechanical response– Funded project (Ofry)

Several pictures… :

Dinner in May 2017

Yaron, Itay, Avihai, Gal, Ofry, Zohar, Kuti, Nitzan, Ruti, Arie, Gila, Ilan, Nurit -  May 16, 2017

Nir's first-born baby-girl celebration:

Dudu, Alon, Zohar, Eduardo, Nir+Noga, Ilan, Elad -  July 2, 2010

Nir and Elad prepare the preliminary bone experiment – Jan 2006

Moti's "Corner" - Feb 2005 Zohar and Royi – Discussing bone modeling issues – Feb 2005

History… 1999 PC's with Scanner, Printer, and of the 2-processor PC and one of the Work-stations


History… 2000 - 2-processor PC, workstation and PC with Ilan and Meidad

Address:
Computational Mechanics Laboratory
Mechanical Engineering Dept.

Room 110
Ben-Gurion University of the Negev
Beer-Sheva 84105
Israel
Tel.: Int-972-8-6477024/5

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Last updated: ...May 2017
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