International Journal of Composite Materials

The International Journal of Composite Materials is a bimonthly peer-reviewed scientific journal. The journal covers all scientific and technological aspects of composite materials and their structures, including physical, chemical, artificial, mechanical, and other properties of Composite Materials as well as microscopic to macroscopic behavior studied both experimentally and theoretically.

Haim Abramovich

Editorial Board Member of International Journal of Composite Materials

Associate Professor, Faculty of Aerospace Eng., Technion, I.I.T., Haifa, Israel

Research Areas

Structronics - piezolaminated intelligent-smart structures, Behavior of composite laminated structures, Stability and dynamics of thin walled structure, Initial imperfections of cylindrical shells (analytical and exp. studies), Axial and lateral impact of

Experience

2002-presentAssociate Professor, Faculty of Aerospace Eng., Technion, I.I.T., Haifa, Israel.
1998-2002Senior Lecturer, Faculty of Aerospace Eng., Technion, I.I.T., Haifa, Israel.
1996-1998Guest Professor at ETH Zurich, Institüt fur Leichtbau und Seilbahntechnik, Zurich, Switzerland (sabbatical leave).
1990-1996Senior Lecturer, Faculty of Aerospace Eng., Technion, I.I.T., Haifa, Israel.
1987-1990Research Associate, Faculty of Aeronautical Eng., Research and Development, Technion Foundation, Haifa, Israel.
1979-1983Instructor, Faculty of Aeronautical Eng., Technion, I.I.T., Haifa, Israel.
1978-1979Research Fellow, Dept., of Aerospace Eng., Delft University, Kluyverweg 1, Delft, Holland.
1976-1978Assistant, Faculty of Aeronautical Eng., Technion, I.I.T., Haifa, Israel.

Membership

Senior Member, AIAA
Member ASME
Israel Society of Aeronautics and Astronautics

Publications: Journals

[1]  Abramovich, H. and Singer, J., "Correlation between vibrations and buckling of cylindrical shells under external pressure and combined loading", Israel J. of Technology, Vol.16, Nos.1-2, pp.34-44, 1978.
[2]  Singer, J. and Abramovich, H., "Vibration correlation techniques for definition of practical boundary conditions in stiffened shells" AIAA J., Vol.17, No.7, pp.762- 769, July 1979.
[3]  Abramovich, H., Singer, J. and Yaffe, R., "Initial imperfection measurements of stiffened shells and buckling predictions", Israel J. of Technology, Vol.17, pp.324-338, 1979.
[4]  Rosen, A. and Abramovich, H., "Galerkin method as a tool to investigate the planar and non-planar behavior of curved beams", Computers and Structures, Vol.18, No.1, pp.165-174, 1984.
[5]  Rosen, A. and Abramovich, H., "Investigation of the structural behavior of the blades of a Darrieus wind turbine", J. of Sound and Vibration, Vol.100 (4), pp.493-509, 1985.
[6]  Weller, T., Abramovich, H. and Singer, J., "Application of non-destructive vibration correlation techniques to the buckling of spot-welded and riveted stringer-stiffened shells", Zeitschrift fur Flugwissenschaften und Welttraumforschung, Vol.10, No.3, pp.183-189, 1986.
[7]  Abramovich, H. and Elishakoff, I., "Application of the Krein's method for determination of natural frequencies of periodically supported beam based on simplified Bresse-Timoshenko equations", Acta Mechanica, Vol.66, pp.39-59, 1987.
[8]  Abramovich, H., Yaffe, R. and Singer, J., "Evaluation of stiffened shell characteristics from imperfection measurements", J. of Strain Analysis, Vol.22, No.1, pp.17-23, 1987.
[9]  Abramovich, H., Weller, T. and Singer, J., "Effect of sequence of combined loading on buckling of stiffened shells", Experimental Mechanics, Vol.28, No.1, pp. 1-13, March 1988.
[10]  Abramovich, H. and Rosen, A., "A model of the aeroelastic behavior of Darrieus wind turbine blades", Wind Engineering, Vol.12, No.3, pp. 149-163, 1988.
[11]  Weller, T., Abramovich, H. and Yaffe, R.," Dynamic buckling of beams and plates subjected to axial impact", Computers and Structures, Vol. 32, No. 3/4, pp. 835-851, 1989.
[12]  Abramovich, H., Weller, T. and Yaffe, R., "Application of a modified Donnell technique for the determination of critical loads of imperfect plates", Computers and Structures, Vol.37, No.4, pp.463-469, 1990.
[13]  Abramovich, H. and Elishakoff, I., "Influence of shear deformation and rotary inertia on vibration frequencies via Love's equations", J. of Sound and Vibration, Vol. 137, No.3, pp.516-522, 1990.
[14]  Abramovich, H., and Elishakoff, I., "Bolotin's dynamic edge effect method incorporating shear deformation and rotary inertia”, J. of Sound and Vibration, Vol.136, No.2, pp.355-359, 1990.
[15]  Abramovich, H. and Hamburger, O., "Vibration of a cantilever Timoshenko beam with a tip mass ", J. of Sound and Vibration, Vol. 148, No. 1, pp. 162-170, 1991.
[16]  Somers, M., Weller, T. and Abramovich, H., "Influence of predetermined delaminations on buckling and postbuckling behavior of composite sandwich beams", Composite Structures, Vol.17, pp.295-329, 1991.
[17]  Abramovich, H., "Shear deformation and rotary inertia effects of vibrating composite beams", Composite Structures, Vol. 20, pp. 165-173, 1991.
[18]  Shaviv, G., Weller, T., Felsteiner, J., Rosner, B., Livio, M., Lupu, N., Gertner, I.., Abramovich, H., Markevich, N. and Niv, N., "The proposed Israeli X-ray satellite", Lecture Notes in Physics, 385, pp. 311-319,1991.
[19]  Elishakoff, I. and Abramovich, H., "Note on dynamic response of large space structures", J. of Sound and Vibration, Vol. 156, No.1, pp. 178-184, 1992.
[20]  Abramovich, H., "Natural frequencies of Timoshenko beams under compressive axial loads", J. of Sound and Vibration, Vol. 157, No.1, pp. 183-189,1992.
[21]  Abramovich, H. and Hamburger, O., "Vibration of a uniform cantilever Timoshenko beam with translational and rotational springs and with a tip mass", J. of Sound and Vibration, Vol. 154, No. 1, pp. 67-80, 1992.
[22]  Somers, M., Weller, T. and Abramovich, H., "Buckling and postbuckling behavior of delaminated sandwich beams", Composite Structures, Vol. 22, pp. 211-232, 1992.
[23]  Abramovich, H., "A note on experimental investigation on a vibrating Timoshenko cantilever beam", J. of Sound and Vibration, Vol. 160, No.1, pp. 167-171, 1993.
[24]  Abramovich, H., "Free vibrations of gravity loaded composite beams", Composite Structures, Vol. 23, No.1, pp. 17-26, 1993.
[25]  Abramovich, H. and Livshits, A., "Dynamic behavior of cross-ply laminated beams with piezoelectric layers", Composite Structures, Vol. 25, No.1-4, pp. 371- 379, 1993.
[26]  Abramovich, H., "Thermal buckling of cross-ply composite laminates using a first-order shear deformation theory", Composites Structures, Vol. 28, pp. 201- 213. 1994.
[27]  Abramovich, H. and Livshits, A., "Free vibrations of non-symmetric cross-ply laminated composite beams", J. of Sound and Vibration, 176(5), pp. 597-612, 1994.
[28]  Abramovich, H., Eisenberger, M. and Shulepov, O., "Vibrations of multi-span non-symmetric composite beams", Composite Engineering, 5(4),pp. 397-404, 1995.
[29]  Miller, S. E., Abramovich, H. and Oshman, Y., "Active distributed vibration control of anisotropic piezoelectric laminated plates", J. of Sound and Vibration, 183(5), pp. 797-817, 1995.
[30]  Singer, J. and Abramovich, H., "The development of shell imperfection measurement techniques", Thin Walled Structures, 23, pp. 379-398, 1995.
[31]  Eisenberger M., Abramovich, H. and Shulepov, O., "Dynamic stiffness analysis of laminated beams using a first order shear deformation theory", Composite Structures, 31, pp. 263-271, 1995.
[32]  Abramovich, H. and Grunwald, A., "Stability of axially impacted composite plates", Composite Structures, 32(1-4), pp.151-158, 1995.
[33]  Miller, S. E. and Abramovich, H., "A self-sensing piezolaminated actuator model for shells using a first order shear deformation theory", J. of Intelligent Material Systems and Structures, Vol. 6, No. 5, pp. 624-638, 1995.
[34]  Pletner, B. and Abramovich, H., "Adaptive suspensions of vehicles using piezoelectric sensors", J. of Intelligent Material Systems and Structures, Vol. 6, No. 6, pp. 744-756, Nov. 1995.
[35]  Abramovich, H., Eisenberger M., and Shulepov, O., "Vibrations and buckling of cross-ply non-symmetric laminated composite beams", AIAA Journal, Vol. 34, No. 5, pp. 1064-1069, May 1996.
[36]  Miller, S. E., Oshman, Y. and Abramovich, H., "Modal control of piezolaminated anisotropic rectangular plates: Part 1 - Modal transducer theory”, AIAA Journal, Vol. 34, No. 9, pp.1868-1875, September 1996.
[37]  Miller, S. E., Oshman, Y. and Abramovich, H., “Modal control of piezolaminated anisotropic rectangular plates: Part 2- Control theory”, AIAA Journal, Vol. 34, No. 9, pp.1876-1884, September 1996.
[38]  Cohen, K., Weller, T., Levitas, J. and Abramovich, H., "An adaptive fuzzy algorithm for model-independent active vibration damping of flexible beam-like structures", J. of Intelligent Material Systems and Structures, Vol. 7, No. 2, 168- 175, March 1996.
[39]  Pletner, B. and Abramovich, H., “A consistent methodology for the modeling of piezolaminated shells” AIAA Journal, Vol. 35, No. 8, pp.1316-1326, August 1997.
[40]  Miller, S.E., Abramovich, H. and Oshman, Y., “Selective modal transducers for anisotropic rectangular plates: Experimental validation”, AIAA Journal, Vol. 35, No.10, pp.1621-1629, October 1997.
[41]  Cohen, K., Weller, T., Levitas, J. and Abramovich, H., "Model-independent vibration control of flexible beam-like structures using a fuzzy based adaptation strategy", J. of Intelligent Material Systems and Structures, Vol. 8, No. 3, pp. 220- 231, March 1997.
[42]  Pletner, B., Idan, M., Abramovich, H. and Weller, T., “Balanced control of structure-radiated sound”, J. of Wave-Material Interaction, Vol. 12, No. 2, pp. 76- 94, April 1997.
[43]  Abramovich, H. and Pletner, B., “Actuation and sensing of piezolaminated sandwich type structures”, Composite Structures, Vol. 38, pp. 17-27, Oct. 1997.
[44]  Eisenberger, M. and Abramovich, H., “Shape control of non-symmetric piezolaminated composite beams”, Composite Structures, Vol. 38, pp. 565-571, Oct. 1997.
[45]  Abramovich, H. and Meyer-Piening, H.-R.,”Induced vibrations of piezolaminated elastic beams”, Composite Structures, Vol. 43, pp.47-55, 1998.
[46]  Abramovich, H., “Deflection control of laminated composite beams with piezoceramic layers- closed form solutions”, Composite Structures, Vol. 43, pp.217-231, 1998.
[47]  Miller, S. E., Oshman, Y. and Abramovich, H., "Selective modal transducers for piezolaminated anisotropic shells", in J. of Guidance, Control and Dynamics, Vol.22, No. 3, pp.455-466, May-June, 1999.
[48]  Abramovich, H. and Meyer-Piening, H.-R.,”Actuation and sensing of soft core sandwich plates with a built-in adaptive layer”, J. of Sandwich Structures & Materials, Vol.3, No.1, pp.75-86, January 2001.
[49]  Miller, S. E., Oshman, Y. and Abramovich, H., "A selective modal control theory for piezolaminated anisotropic shells", J. of Guidance, Control and, Dynamics, Vol. 24, No. 4, pp.844-852, July-August, 2001.
[50]  Abramovich, H., Singer, J. and Weller, T., “The influence of repeated buckling on the geometrical imperfections of stiffened cylindrical shell under combined loading”, in Int. J. of Non-Linear Mechanics, 37(2002), pp.577-588, 2002.
[51]  Waisman, H. and Abramovich, H., “Active Stiffening of Laminated Composite Beams Using Piezoelectric Actuators”, Composite Structures, Vol. 58, Issue 1, pp. 109-120, Oct. 2002.
[52]  Waisman, H. and Abramovich, H., “Variation of Natural Frequencies of Beams Using the Active Stiffening Effect”, Composites Part B: Engineering, Vol. 33, Issue 6, pp. 415-424, Sept. 2002.
[53]  Yocum, M. and Abramovich, H., “Static Behavior of Piezoelectric Actuated beams”, Computers & Structures, Vol. 80, Issue 23, pp.1797-1808, Sept. 2002.
[54]  Abramovich, H. and Livshits, A., “Flexural vibrations of piezolaminated slender beams: A balanced model”, Journal of Vibration and Control, Vol. 8, Issue 8; pp. 1105-1121, Nov 2002.
[55]  Yaffe, R. and Abramovich, H., “Dynamic buckling of cylindrical stringer stiffened shells”, Computers & Structures, 81 (2003) 1031-1039. Invited paper in honor of 60th birthday of Prof. Bathe (MIT, Editor of Computers & Structures),2003.
[56]  Yocum, M., Abramovich, H., Grunwald, A. and Mall, S., “Fully reversed electromechanical fatigue behavior of composite laminate with embedded piezoelectric actuator/sensor”, Smart Materials and Structures, 12 (2003), 1-9, 2003.
[57]  Abramovich, H., “Piezoelectric actuation for smart sandwich structures- Closed form solutions”, J. of Sandwich Structures & Materials, Vol. 5 (2003), Issue 4, pp 377-350, 2003.
[58]  Rikards, R., Abramovich, H., Green, T., Auzins, J., Chate, A. and Zimmermann, R., “Identification of elastic properties of composite laminates”, in Mechanics of Advanced Materials and Structures, Vol. 10, No. 4, pp.335-352,Oct-Dec. 2003.
[59]  Rikards, R., Abramovich, H., Auzins, J., Korjakins, A., Ozolinsh, O., Kalnins ,K., and Green, T., "Surrogate models for optimum design of stiffened composite shells" Composite Structures, Vol .63, Issue 2, pp.243-251, Feb. 2004.
[60]  Edery-Azulay, L. and Abramovich, H., “Piezoelectric actuation and sensing mechanisms-closed form solutions”, Composite Structures, Vol .64, Issues 3-4, pp. 443-453, June 2004.
[61]  Elka, E., Elata, D. and Abramovich, H., "The electromechanical response of multi- layered piezoelectric structures", J. of Microelectromechanical Systems, A Joint IEEE/ASME Publication on Microstructures, Microactuators, Microsensors and Microsystems, Vol. 13, No.2 , pp. 332-341, April 2004.
[62]  Waisman, H. and Abramovich, H., “Open loop flutter analysis of composite UAV model considering the active stiffening effect”, Finite Elements in Analysis and Design, Vol. 40 Issue 11, pp.1283-1295, July 2004.
[63]  Abramovich, H., Weller, T and Yeen-Ping Siow, "Dynamics Response of a High Aspect Ratio Wing Equipped With PZT Patches-A Theoretical and Experimental Study", J. of Intelligent Materials Systems and Structures, Vol. 16, No. 11/12, pp. 919-923 ,November/December 2005.
[64]  Rikards, R., Abramovich, H., Kalnins, K. and Auzins, J., "Surrogate modeling in optimization of stiffened composite shells", Composite Structures, Vol .73, Issue 2, pp. 244-251, May 2006.
[65]  Gal, E. Levy, R. Abramovich, H. and Pevsner, P. “Buckling analysis of composite panels”, Composite Structures, Vol .73, Issue 2, pp. 179-185, May 2006.
[66]  Edery-Azulay, L. and Abramovich, H., “Augmented damping of a piezocomposite beam using extension and shear piezoceramic transducers”, in Composite B, 37 (2006), pp.320-327, 2006.
[67]  Edery-Azulay, L. and Abramovich, H., “Active damping of piezo-composite beams”, in Composite Structures, Vol .74, Issue 4, pp. 458-466, August 2006.
[68]  Rovenski, V. and Abramovich, H., “Behavior of Piezoelectric Beams under Axially Non-Uniform Distributed Loading”, J. Elasticity Vol. 88, No.3 pp. 223- 253, September, 2007.
[69]  Edery-Azulay, L. and Abramovich, H., “A reliable plain solution for rectangular plates with piezoceramic patches” Journal of Intelligent Material Systems and Structures, Vol. 18, pp. 419-433, May 2007.
[70]  Rovenski, V., Harash, E. and Abramovich, H., “Saint Venant's problem for homogeneous piezoelastic beams“, J. of Applied Mechanics, ASME, Issue 6, November 2007.
[71]  Fridman, Y. and Abramovich, H., "Enhanced structural behavior of flexible laminated composite beams", Composite Structures 82, pp.140-154,Jan. 2008.
[72]  Pevzner, P., Abramovich, H. and Weller, T., "Calculation of the Collapse Load of an Axially Compressed Laminated Composite Stringer Stiffed Curved Panelan Engineering Approach", Composite Structures 83 ,341–353, 2008.
[73]  Edery-Azulay, L. and Abramovich, H., “Integrity of Piezo-Composite Beams Under High Cyclic Electro-Mechanical Loads- Experimental Results” ,Smart Materials & Structures, 16, pp. 1226-1238, 2007.
[74]  Edery-Azulay, L. and Abramovich, H., “Piezolaminated Plates-Highly Accurate Solutions Based on the Extended Kantorovich Method”, Composite Structures 84 , Issue 3, pp. 241-247, July 2008.
[75]  Abramovich, H., Weller, T. and Bisagni, C., "Buckling Behavior of Composite Laminated Stiffened Panels Under Combined Shear and Axial Compression", J. of Aircraft, Vol.45, No. 2, pp. 402-413 , March-April 2008.
[76]  Abramovich, H. and Zarutskii, V. A., "Stability and Vibrations of Non-closed Circular Cylindrical Shells Reinforced with Discrete Longitudinal Ribs", International Applied Mechanics, Vol. 44, No.1, 2008, pp. 16-22, Translated from Prikladnaya Mekhanica, Vol. 44, No.1 , pp.20-27, January 2008.
[77]  Rovenski, V. and Abramovich, H., “Saint Venant's Problem for Compound Piezoelastic Beams“, J. of Elasticity, 96:105-127, April 2009.
[78]  Abramovich, H. and Zarutskii, V. A., "General Solution of the Equilibrium Equations for Open Circular Cylindrical Shells Reinforced with Discrete Longitudinal Ribs", International Applied Mechanics, Vol. 45, No.6, 2009, pp. 643-653, Translated from Prikladnaya Mekhanica, Vol. 45, No.6 , pp.80-91, June 2009.
[79]  Nir, A. and Abramovich, H., "Design, Analysis and Testing of a Smart Fin", in Composite Structures, 92, pp. 863-872, 2010.
[80]  Abramovich, H., Burgard, M., Edery-Azulay, L.,Evans, K. E., Hoffmeister, M., Miller, W., Scarpa, F., Smith, C. W. and Tee, K. F., "Smart Tetrachiral and Hexachiral Honeycomb: Sensing and Impact Detection", Composites Science and Technology, 70, pp.1072-1079, 2010 .
[81]  Abramovich, H. and Weller, T., "Buckling and Postbuckling Behavior of Laminated Composite Stringer Stiffened Curved Panels under Axial Compression- Experiments and Design Guidelines", in Journal of Mechanics of Materials and Structures (JoMMS), Vol.4,No. 7-8, pp.1187-1207, 2010.
[82]  Lauterbach , S, Orifici , A.C., Wagner , W., Balzani , C., Abramovich, H. and Thomson, R., "Damage Sensitivity of Axially Loaded Stringer-Stiffened Curved CFRP Panels", Composites Science and Technology,Vol. 70(2), pp.240-248,2010.
[83]  Abramovich, H. and Zarutskii, V. A., "Propagation of Harmonic Waves Along Open Circular Cylindrical Shells Reinforced with a Quasi-Regular Set of Discrete Longitudinal Ribs", International Applied Mechanics, Vol. 45, No.9, 2009, pp. 1000-1006, Translated from Prikladnaya Mekhanica, Vol. 45, No.9 , pp.98- 106, May, 2008.
[84]  Abramovich, H. and Zarutskii, V. A., "Influence of Discretely Arranged Longitudinal Ribs on the Stability and Vibrations of Open Circular Cylindrical Shells", International Applied Mechanics, Vol. 45, No.11, 2009, pp. 1214-1220, Translated from Prikladnaya Mekhanica, Vol. 45, No.11 , pp.80- 89, November, 2009.
[85]  Zarutskii, V. A. and Abramovich, H., "Stability and Vibrations of Cylindrical Shells Discretely Reinforced with Rings", International Applied Mechanics, Vol. 46, No.1, 2010, pp. 46-53, Translated from Prikladnaya Mekhanica, Vol. 46, No.1 , pp.56-65, January 2010.
[86]  Abramovich, H. and Weller, T., “Repeated Buckling and Postbucking Behavior of Laminated Stringer Stiffened Composite Panels with and without Damage” International Journal of Structural Stability and Dynamics (IJSSD), Vol.10, No.4, Oct.2010, pp.807-825.
[87]  Abramovich, H.," A New Insight on Vibrations and Buckling of a Cantilevered Beam under a Constant Piezoelectric Actuation", Composite Structures, 93 (2011), pp. 1054–1057.
[88]  Abramovich, H. and Less, H., “Dynamic Buckling of a Laminated Composite Stringer-Stiffened Cylindrical Panel”, in Composite Part B (2011), doi:10.1016/j.compositesb.2011.11.070.

Publications: Conferences/Workshops/Symposiums

[1]  Abramovich, H., Singer, J. and Weller, T., "Buckling of imperfect stiffened cylindrical shells under combined loading", Proc. of the 9th Int. Conference on Experimental Mechanics, Lyngby, Aug. 1990, Denmark, Vol. 4, pp.1610-20, 1990.
[2]  Abramovich, H., Singer, J. and Weller, T., "The influence of initial imperfections on the buckling of stiffened cylindrical shells under combined loading", in Buckling of Shell Structures, on Land in the Sea and in the Air, editor J. F. Julien, Elsevier Applied Science, pp.1-10, 1991.
[3]  Abramovich, H., Eisenberger M. and Shulepov, O., "Dynamic stiffness matrix for symmetrically laminated beams using a first order shear deformation theory", Composite Design, Proc. of the 9th International Conf. on Composite Materials (ICCM/9),12-14 July 1993, Madrid, Spain, Vol. 4, pp. 337-342,1993.
[4]  Abramovich, H., Miller, S. E. and Oshman, Y., "Active distributed vibration control of laminated composite beams and plates", Proc. of the 4th International Conference on Adaptive Structures, Cologne, Germany, pp. 373-387, Nov. 2- 4,1993.
[5]  Miller, S. E., Abramovich, H. and Oshman, Y., "Active distributed vibration control of flexible anisotropic plates", AIAA Paper 94-3596 ,1994 AIAA Guidance, Navigation and Control Conf., Scottsdale, Arizona, USA, August 1-3, 1994.
[6]  Miller, S. E., Oshman, Y. and Abramovich, H., "Distributed modal transducers for the vibration control of anisotropic composite plates", IAF-94-1.4.201 Paper, 45th International Astronautical Congress, Jerusalem, Israel, Oct. 9-14, 1994.
[7]  Abramovich,H., Eisenberger M., and Shulepov, O., "Vibrations and buckling of non-symmetric laminated composite beams via the exact element method", AIAA Paper, AIAA-95-1459-CP, 36th AIAA/ASME/ASCE/AHS/ASC Structures, Structural Dynamics, and Materials Conference and AIAA/ASME Adaptive Structures Forum April 10-13, 1995/New Orleans, LA, USA.
[8]  Miller, S.E., Oshman, Y. and Abramovich, H., "Selective modal control of anisotropic plates via selective modal transducers", AIAA Paper, AIAA-95-1131- CP, 36th AIAA/ASME/ASCE/AHS/ASC Structures, Structural Dynamics, and Materials Conference and AIAA/ASME Adaptive Structures Forum April 10-13, 1995, New Orleans, LA, USA.
[9]  Miller, S. E., Oshman, Y. and Abramovich, H., "Selective modal control of anisotropic piezo-laminated shells via self-sensing selective modal actuators", AIAA Paper 95-3255, 1995 AIAA Guidance, Navigation and Control Conference, Baltimore, MD, Aug. 7-10, 1995.
[10]  Pletner, B. and Abramovich, H., "Adaptive suspensions of vehicles using piezoelectric sensors", Proc. of the 6th Int. Conference on Adaptive Structures, Nov. 13-15, 1995, Key-West, Florida, USA.
[11]  Cohen, K., Weller, T., Levitas, J. and Abramovich, H., " An adaptive fuzzy algorithm for model-independent active vibration damping of flexible beam-like structures", Proc. of the 6th Int. Conference on Adaptive Structures, Nov. 13-15, 1995, Key-West, Florida, USA.
[12]  Pletner, B, Abramovich, H. and Idan, M., “A new methodology for active control of structure-radiated noise”, Proc. of the 7th Int. Conference on Adaptive Structures, Sept. 23-25, 1996, Rome, Italy.
[13]  Pletner, B. and Abramovich, H., “Actuation and sensing in piezolaminated anisotropic shells”, Proc. of the 38th AIAA/ASME/ASCE/AHS/ASC Structures, Structural Dynamics, and Materials Conference and AIAA/ASME Adaptive Structures Forum, AIAA Paper 97-1353, Collection of Technical Papers, Pt. 2 (A97-24112 05-39), p. 1798-1808, April 7-9, 1997, Kissimmee, Florida, USA.
[14]  Miller, S.E., Abramovich, H., and Oshman, Y., “Experimental validation of a modal transducer for an orthotropic rectangular plate”, Proc. of the 38th AIAA/ASME/ASCE/AHS/ASC Structures, Structural Dynamics, and Materials Conference and AIAA/ASME Adaptive Structures Forum, AIAA Paper 97-1157, Pt. 1 (A97-24112 05-39), p. 471-481, April 7-9, 1997, Kissimmee, Florida, USA.
[15]  Abramovich, H. and Meyer-Piening, H.-R.,” Vibrations of piezolaminated elastic beams”, presented at the SPIE’s 5th Annual International Symposium on Smart Structures and Materials 1-6 March 1998, San Diego, CA, USA.
[16]  Miller, S. E., Oshman, Y. and Abramovich, H., "Selective modal control of composite piezolaminated anisotropic shells ", presented at the SPIE’s 5th Annual International Symposium on Smart Structures and Materials 1-6 March 1998, San Diego, CA, USA.
[17]  Miller, S. E., Oshman, Y. and Abramovich, H., "Modal transducers for piezolaminated anisotropic zero-Gaussian curvature shell systems ", presented at the 39th AIAA/ASME/ASCE/AHS/ASC Structures, Structural Dynamics, and Materials Conference and AIAA/ASME Adaptive Structures Forum, April 20-23, 1998, Long Beach, CA, USA.
[18]  Abramovich, H. and Meyer-Piening, H.-R.,” Actuation and sensing of soft core sandwich plates with a built-in adaptive layer”, presented at the 4th Int. Conf. on Sandwich Constructions, June 8-12, 1998, Stockholm, Sweden.
[19]  Abramovich, H. and Livshits, A., “Flexural vibrations of piezolaminated slender beams: A balanced model”, Proc. of the 9th Int. Conference on Adaptive Structures, ICAST, Oct. 11-13, 1999, Paris, France.
[20]  Abramovich, H. and Meyer-Piening, H.-R.,” Experimental studies of soft-core sandwich plates with a built-in adaptive layer”, Smart Structures and Structronic Systems - IUTAM Symposium , Otto-von-Guericke University, Magdeburg, Germany, Sept.26-29 2000.
[21]  Singer, J., Abramovich, H., and Weller, T., "The prerequisites for an advanced design methodology in shells prone to buckling ", presented at the 42nd AIAA/ASME/ASCE/AHS/ASC Structures, Structural Dynamics, and Materials Conference and AIAA/ASME Adaptive Structures Forum, April 16-19, 2001, Seattle, Washington, USA. Also in the Calladyne Festschrift Book, Kluywer Ed. 2002
[22]  Waisman, H. and Abramovich, H., “Active Stiffening of Laminated Composite Beams Using Piezoelectric Actuators”, presented at the 43rd AIAA/ASME/ASCE/AHS/ASC Structures, Structural Dynamics, and Materials Conference and AIAA/ASME Adaptive Structures Forum, April 22-25, 2002, Denver, Colorado, USA.
[23]  Abramovich, H. and Edery-Azulay, L, “Piezoelectric actuation mechanismsclosed form solutions” , presented at the 9th ICCE Conference, San Diego, USA, July 1-6, 2002.
[24]  Abramovich, H. and Edery-Azulay, L., “Actuation and sensing of shear type piezoelectric patches-closed form solutions” presented at the 13th ICAST Conference, 7-9 Oct. 2002, Hotel Dorint, Sanssouci, Postdam/Berlin, Germany.
[25]  Abramovich, H., Grunwald, A., Pevsner, P., Weller, T., David, A., Ghilai, G., Green, A. and Peker, N.," Experiments on axial compression postbuckling behavior of stiffened cylindrical composite panels", presented at 44th AIAA/ASME/ASCE/AHS/ASC Structures, Structural Dynamics, and Materials Conference and 11th AIAA/ASME Adaptive Structures Forum, April 7-10, 2003, Norfolk, Virginia, USA.
[26]  Rikards, R., Abramovich, H.and Auzins, J., “Identification of elastic properties of composite laminates”, 9th International Conference on the Mechanical Behavior of Materials, Palexpo Congress Center Geneva, Switzerland, May 25-29, 2003.
[27]  Abramovich, H., Weller, T and Yeen-Ping Siow, "Dynamics Response of a High Aspect Ratio Wing Equipped With PZT Patches-A Theoretical and Experimental Study", 14th International Conference on Adaptive Structures and Technologies (ICAST2003) Hoam Convention Center, Seoul National University, Korea, October 7-9, 2003.
[28]  Elka, E., Elata, D., and Abramovich, H., "The Exact Piezoelectric Response of a Multi-Layer Smart Beam", 14th International Conference on Adaptive Structures and Technologies (ICAST2003) Hoam Convention Center, Seoul National University, Korea, October 7-9, 2003.
[29]  Gal, E. Levy, R. Abramovich, H. and Pevsner, P. “Buckling analysis of composite panels”, Second International Conference on Structural Engineering, Mechanics and Computation, 2004, Cape Town, South Africa.
[30]  Elka, E., Elata, D. and Abramovich, H., “A Novel 3D Modeling Approach for Piezoelectric Actuators, and a Resulting Method for Deflection Enhancement”, EUROSENSORS 2004 XVIII Conference, Sept. 13-15, 2004, Rome, Italy.
[31]  Bisagni, C., Cordisco, P., Abramovich, H. and Pevsner, P., "Buckling and Post- Buckling Behavior of Stringer Stiffened Laminated Composite Curved Panels Subjected to Shear", ICCES'04 Conference, Theme: Composites – Experiments and Analysis, 26-29 July, 2004, Madeira, Portugal.
[32]  Abramovich, H., Grunwald, A., Pevsner, P., Weller, T., David, A., Ghilai, G., Green, and Pekker, N., " Experiments on Buckling and Postbuckling Behavior of Laminated Composite Stringer Stiffened Cylindrical Panels", ICCES'04 Conference, Theme: Composites – Experiments and Analysis, 26-29 July, 2004, Madeira, Portugal.
[33]  Abramovich, H. and Weller, T., " Alleviation of Stress Concentrations in a Stiffened Composite Torsion Box-A Methodological Approach", CST 2004, Special Session on "Failure Analysis for Composites - Engineering Approaches and Highly Sophisticated Models", 7-9 Sept. 2004, Lisbon, Portugal.
[34]  Edery-Azulay, L. and Abramovich, H., “Active damping of piezolaminated composite beams using combined extension and shear piezoelectric mechanisms" 12th SPIE Symposium on Smart Structures and Materials Conference on Modeling, Signal Processing, and Control, 6-10 March 2005, Town and Country Resort & Convention Center in San Diego, CA USA.
[35]  Orifici, A. C., Thomson, R. S., Gunnion, A. J., Degenhardt, R., Abramovich, H., and Bayandor, J., "Benchmark Finite Element Simulations of Postbuckling Composite Stiffened Panels", 09-CRC-ACS/AIAC-11, 13-17 March 2005, Melbourne, Australia.
[36]  Abramovich, H., Weller, T. and Bisagni, C., " Buckling behavior of composite laminated stiffened panels under combined shear and axial compression", 46th AIAA/ASME/ASCE/AHS/ASC Structures, Structural Dynamics & Materials Conference, April 18-21, 2005, Hyatt Regency Austin, Texas, USA.
[37]  Abramovich, H., " "Active Activities" in Israel-An Overview", Adaptronic Congress 2005, 31 May- 1st June, LOKHALLE, Gottingen, Germany .
[38]  Edery-Azulay, L. and Abramovich, H., “Piezo-composite beams under high cyclic electro-mechanical loads ", 16th International Conference on Adaptive Structures and Technologies (ICAST'05), October 9-12, 2005, Paris, France.
[39]  Abramovich, H., " Buckling of laminated composite stringer stiffened panels", International Conference on Computational and Experimental Engineering and Sciences, ICCES'05 , Theme : Contemporary Issues and Developments in Mechanics of Composite Materials and Structures 1-6 Dec. 2005, Chennai, India.
[40]  Bisagni, C., Cordisco, P., Abramovich, H. and Weller, T., " Cyclic Buckling Tests of CFRP Curved Panels", ICAS 2006 – 25th Congress of International Council of the Aeronautical Sciences Hamburg, Germany, September 3-8, 2006.
[41]  Abramovich, H. and Edery-Azulay, L., "Sensing and Actuation of Chiral Structures", 17th International Conference on Adaptive Structures and Technologies (ICAST'06), October 16-19, 2006, Taipei, Taiwan.
[42]  Abramovich, H., Weller, T. and Pevzner, P., "Dynamic behavior of Thin Walled Composite Circular Cylindrical Shells under Axial Impulsive Loading", 12th Australian International Aerospace Congress, 19-22 March 2007, The Grand Hyatt, Melbourne, Australia.
[43]  Herszberg, I., Kotler, A., Orifici, A. C., Abramovich, H. and Weller, T., "Failure Modes in Loaded Carbon/epoxy Composite T- Sections", 12th Australian International Aerospace Congress, 19-22 March 2007, The Grand Hyatt, Melbourne, Australia.
[44]  Abramovich, H., Bisagni, C. and Cordisco, P.," Post-Buckling Test Simulation of a Stiffened Composite Panel", 48th AIAA/ASME/ASCE/AHS/ASC Structures, Structural Dynamics, and Materials Conference; 15th AIAA/ASME/AHS Adaptive Structures Conference; 9th AIAA Non-Deterministic Approaches Conference;8th AIAA Gossamer Spacecraft Forum; 3rd AIAA Multidisciplinary Design Optimization Specialist Conference; AIAA Dynamics Specialists Conference Committees April 23-26, 2007, Sheraton Waikiki, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA.
[45]  Abramovich, H., "Integrity of piezo-composite beams under high cyclic electromechanical load – Experimental results", Adaptronic Congress – Active Systems for Dynamic Markets 2007, 23-24 May, LOKHALLE, Goettingen, Germany.
[46]  Abramovich, H., Burgard M, Evans K, Hoffmeister M, Miller W, Scarpa F, Smith, C. W. and Tee, K. F., “Sensing and Actuation of Smart Chiral Honeycombs”, SPIE Smart Structures and Materials & Nondestructive Evaluation and Health Monitoring, 9-13 March 2008, San Diego, California, USA.
[47]  Miller, W., Smith, C.W., Scarpa, F.L., Abramovich, H. and Evans, K.E., “Multifunctional Negative Poisson’s ratio (Auxetic) Honeycomb Cores with Embedded Piezo-ceramic Patches”, Sandwich Structures Session in ECCM13 (13th European Conference on Composite Materials), June 2-5, 2008 Stockholm, Sweden.
[48]  Abramovich, H. and Weller, T., “Skin-stringer separation-experimental failure modes”, International Conference on Computational and Experimental Engineering and Sciences, ICCES'08, 16-22 March 2008, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA.
[49]  Abramovich, H. and Edery-Azulai, L., "A multidomain platform Material with self-sensing and actuation capabilities", Adaptronic Congress , 2008, 20-21 May, Berlin, Germany.
[50]  Orifici, A. C., Abramovich, H., Herszberg, I., Kotler, A., Weller, T., Thomson, R. S. and Bayandor, J., Failure in skin-stiffener interfaces under postbuckling loads, 2nd International Conference on Buckling and Postbuckling Behaviour of Composite Laminated Shell Structures, Braunschweig, Germany, 3-5 September 2008.
[51]  Orifici, A. C., Lauterbach, S., Abramovich, H., Thomson, R. S., Wagner, W. and Balzani, C., Analysis of damage sensitivity and collapse in postbuckling fibrereinforced multi-stiffener panels, 2nd International Conference on Buckling and Postbuckling Behaviour of Composite Laminated Shell Structures, Braunschweig, Germany, 3-5 September 2008.
[52]  Abramovich, H. and. Weller, T., Repeated Buckling and Postbucking Behavior of Laminated Stringer Stiffened Composite Panels with and without Damage, 2nd International Conference on Buckling and Postbuckling Behaviour of Composite Laminated Shell Structures, Braunschweig, Germany, 3-5 September 2008.
[53]  Abramovich, H. and. Weller, T., Buckling and Postbuckling Behavior of Laminated Composite Stringer Stiffened Curved Panels under Axial Compression- Experiments and Design Guidelines , 2nd International Conference on Buckling and Postbuckling Behaviour of Composite Laminated Shell Structures, Braunschweig, Germany, 3-5 September 2008.
[54]  Abramovich, H., Bisagni, C. and. Cordisco, P., Effect of cyclic post-buckling loads on CFRP panels , 2nd International Conference on Buckling and Postbuckling Behaviour of Composite Laminated Shell Structures, Braunschweig, Germany, 3-5 September 2008.
[55]  Gottlieb, O. and Abramovich, H., "Nonlinear Dynamics and Orbital Stability of a Smart Piezo-Actuated Wing for Autonomous Aeroeleastic Flight Systems", 20th International Conference on Adaptive Structures and Technologies (ICAST2009) Hong Kong.
[56]  Abramovich , H., “Dynamic Buckling of Thin Walled Structures-Experimental and Numerical Results”, to be presented at 16th International Conference on Composite Structures, ICCS16, Porto, Portugal, 28-30 June 2011.
[57]  Abramovich , H., “Buckling and Postbuckling Behavior of Laminated Stringer Stiffened Composite Cylindrical Panels”, presented at 19th Annual Int. Conference on Composites, Nano and Metal Engineering, ICCE-19 July 24-30, 2011, Shanghai, China.

Publications: Books/Book Chapters

[1]  The chapter: "Experimental Studies of Buckling and Postbuckling Behavior of Stiffened Composite Panels under Axial Compression, Torsion and Combined Loading", in Buckling and Postbuckling Structures: Experimental, Analytical and Numerical Studies, Editors: Brian G. Falzon & M. H. Aliabadi, ICP, UK, 2007, ISBN:978-1-86094-794-0.