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Prof. Leonid I. Slepyan

School of Mechanical Engineering
The Iby and Aladar Fleischman Faculty of Engineering
Tel Aviv University
Ramat Aviv 69978
ISRAEL
Phone: +972-3-640-8397
Fax: +972-3-640-7617
e-mail: leonid@eng.tau.ac.il

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Fields of research


DYNAMICS OF CONTINUOUS AND STRUCTURES
Linear and nonlinear waves
Structures under impact and explosion
Hydroelasticity
FRACTURE MECHANICS
Quasi-statics and dynamics of cracks in elastic, viscoelastic
and elastic-plastic media
Crack and phase transition dynamics in elastic and viscoelastic lattices
Crack and crack systems in plates
PENETRATION
Hydrodynamic and thermoplastic jet models
Crack dynamics under penetration and perforation
MATERIAL SCIENCE
Principles of creation of shock- and explosion-resistant structures
Composite materials with curvilinear reinforcements
IN ENGINEERING
Vibro-impact machines based on parametric resonance

Inventions and patents: Author of 20 inventions and of a patent

Grants (in Israel):

Grant No. 00349-94 from the United States-Israel Binational Science Foundation (BSF):
Structured materials of high strain energy on extension

Grant No. 9673-96 from the Ministry of Science, Israel:
Flapping waves and dynamics of exible structures

Grant No. 1207-98 from the Ministry of Science, Israel:
Nonlinear theory of composites toughened by curvilinear reinforcements

Grant No. 28-00 from the Israel Science Foundation:
Dynamic factor and rate of processes

Grant No. 1155/04 from the Israel Science Foundation:
Dynamic transitions in bistable-bond lattices 2




See List of publications


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