Computational Mechanics Laboratory

Head - Prof. Zohar Yosibash 

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Members (Click to view their home-pages):

• Mr. Ilan Gilad – Collaborator – Laboratory Responsible
• Dr. Mordechai Szanto - Affiliate Faculty and Collaborator
• Mr. Nir Trabelsi – Ph.D. student.
• Mr. Elad Priel – Ph.D. student.
• Mr. Samuel Shanon – Ph.D. student.
• Ms. Brigit Ben-Ami – Ph.D. student.
• Mrs. Romina Plitman – M.Sc. student.
• Mr. Hagen Wille – Ph.D. student at TUM supervised with Prof. Rank

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.

Finite Elements Software Products :

• Abaqus/Standard^TM&Abaqus/Explicit^TM - For highly non-linear problems and special constitutive material laws.
• MSC/Nastran^TM, MSC/Dytran^TM & MSC/Patran^TM - General purpose finite element codes and pre/post processor.
• Deform/2D and 3D - Forging dedicated software product (large deformations, strains, thermal effects, etc...all coupled) including pre/post processors.
• Pro/Mechanica^TM and Stress Check^TM - p-version finite element graphical software products.

Research Projects :

• Simulation of SPS processes - densification of powder material - Funded project (Using Abaqus-AdhoC)
• Generalized failure criteria for 3-D structural components – Funded project (Brigit - using Stress Check)
• Singular curved edges in 3-D linear elasticity – Funded project (Shmulik - Using Stress Check)
• On constitutive laws for arteries – simulating the mechanical response using hp-finite element methods – Partially Funded project (Elad – own developed software)
• Simulating the mechanical response of femurs with metastatic lesions – Funded project (Romina –StressCheck)

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).

Reports list :

Several pictures… :

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.
Ben-Gurion University of the Negev
Beer-Sheva 84105
Israel
Tel.: Int-972-8-6477024/5
Fax.: Int-972-8-6472813

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Last updated: ...Nov 2011
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