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Zev Lovinger

Zev Lovinger

זאב לווינגרEducation

  • 1995-1999, B. Sc, Civil Eng., Technion
  • 1999-2001, M. Sc, Civil Eng., Technion
  • 2008-2014, PhD, Mechanical Eng., Technion

Research Interests

  • Dynamic behavior of materials
  • Adiabatic shear banding
  • Experimental mechanics
  • Numerical simulations

Position & Affiliation outside Technion

R&D project manager, Armament division, Rafael – advanced defense systems

Honors and Awards

  • 2021 SEM Peterson award (Best research paper published in the Journal of Dynamic Behavior of Materials in the year 2020).
  • 2016 Candidate for Rafael prize for Excellence in research
  • 2014 PhD Excellence Award by the Amnon Pazy Fund
  • 2002-2008 Katzir Fellowship
  • 2002 Gutwirth foundation special excellence award
  • 2002 Wolf Foundation MSc excellence award

Selected Publications

  • Z. Lovinger, A. Rikanati, Z. Rosenberg, D. Rittel, (2011) “Electro-Magnetic Collapse of Thick Walled Cylinders to investigate spontaneous shear localization”, Int. Journal of Impact Engineering, Vol. 38, 918-929.
  •  Z. Lovinger, D. Rittel, Z. Rosenberg (2015) “An experimental study on spontaneous Adiabatic Shear Band formation in Electro-Magnetically Collapsing Cylinders”,
    JMPS, Vol. 79, pp.134-156.
  •  Z. Lovinger, D. Rittel, Z. Rosenberg, (2018) “Modeling spontaneous adiabatic shear band formation in Electro-Magnetically Collapsing Thick Walled Cylinders, Mech. Mat. 116, pp. 130-145
  •  E. Avriel, Z. Lovinger, R. Nemirovsky, D. Rittel, (2018) ” Investigating the strength of materials at very high strain rates using electromagnetically driven expanding cylinders “, Mechmat. 117, pp.165-180
  •  C. Kettenbeil, Z. Lovinger, S. Ravindran, M. Mello, G. Ravichandran, (2020) “Pressure Shear Plate Impact Experiments at High Pressures”, Journal of Dynamic Behavior of Materials, Vol. 6, pp. 489-501.
  •  Z. Lovinger, C. Czarnota, S. Ravindran, A. Molinari, G. Ravichandran, (2021), “The role of micro-inertia on the shock structure in Porous metal”, JMPS, Vol. 154, 104508.
  •  C. Kettenbeil, Z. Lovinger, M. Mello, G. Ravichandran, T. Jiao, R. Clifton (2022) “Inelastic Behavior of Tungsten Carbide at High Pressures”, JMPS, Vol. 159, 104762.

 

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