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Norbert Hoffmann publication distribution in Engineering and Technology in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Engineering and Technology in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Norbert Hoffmann sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 804+

This scientist: 161 publications — 32nd percentile

32% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 804 publications or more.

Norbert Hoffmann D-index placement in Engineering and Technology in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Engineering and Technology scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Norbert Hoffmann sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 107+

This scientist: 35 D-Index — 10th percentile

10% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Overview

Norbert Hoffmann is affiliated with the Hamburg University of Technology in Germany and has a research portfolio spanning multiple fields, primarily within Engineering and Earth and Planetary Sciences. Their work engages with several subfields including Oceanography, Statistical and Nonlinear Physics, Automotive Engineering, Atmospheric Science, and Geometry and Topology.

Hoffmann's recent publications reveal a focus on dynamics and wave phenomena as well as mechanical systems related to automotive engineering. Notable papers include:

  • Deep learning for brake squeal: Brake noise detection, characterization and prediction (2020) published in Mechanical Systems and Signal Processing
  • On the Deterministic Prediction of Water Waves (2020) published in Fluids
  • Self-excited vibrations due to viscoelastic interactions (2020) published in Mechanical Systems and Signal Processing
  • bSTAB: an open-source software for computing the basin stability of multi-stable dynamical systems (2021) published in Nonlinear Dynamics
  • Experiments on uni-directional and nonlinear wave group shoaling (2021) published in Ocean Dynamics

The scientist's frequent collaborative efforts involve coauthors such as M. Stender, Marco Klein, Mathies Wedler, Amin Chabchoub, and Svenja Ehlers. Among these, the collaboration with M. Stender appears the most extensive.

Hoffmann has contributed research in a variety of publication venues, with the most frequent including:

  • arXiv (Cornell University)
  • Ocean Engineering
  • Nonlinear Dynamics
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Journal of Sound and Vibration

The main topics addressed in Hoffmann's work cover:

  • Ocean Waves and Remote Sensing
  • Brake Systems and Friction Analysis
  • Bladed Disk Vibration Dynamics
  • Nonlinear Dynamics and Pattern Formation
  • Oceanographic and Atmospheric Processes
  • Algebraic Geometry and Number Theory
  • Advanced Algebra and Geometry

This range of topics and fields indicates a multidisciplinary approach, combining applied engineering with theoretical and computational methods relevant to fluid dynamics, mechanical vibrations, and mathematical frameworks.

Best Publications

  • Rogue wave observation in a water wave tank.

    A Chabchoub;N P Hoffmann;Nail Akhmediev

  • Super Rogue Waves: Observation of a Higher-Order Breather in Water Waves

    A Chabchoub;N P Hoffmann;M Onorato;M Onorato;Nail Akhmediev

  • A minimal model for studying properties of the mode-coupling type instability in friction induced oscillations

    Norbert Hoffmann;Michael Fischer;Ralph Allgaier;Lothar Gaul

  • Effects of damping on mode-coupling instability in friction induced oscillations

    Norbert Hoffmann;Lothar Gaul

  • Observation of a hierarchy of up to fifth-order rogue waves in a water tank.

    A Chabchoub;N P Hoffmann;M Onorato;A Slunyaev

  • Experimental observation of dark solitons on the surface of water.

    Amin Chabchoub;Amin Chabchoub;Olivier Kimmoun;Hubert Branger;Norbert Hoffmann;Norbert Hoffmann

  • Super rogue waves in simulations based on weakly nonlinear and fully nonlinear hydrodynamic equations

    A Slunyaev;E Pelinovsky;A Sergeeva;A. Chabchoub

  • Experimental study of spatiotemporally localized surface gravity water waves.

    A Chabchoub;Nail Akhmediev;N P Hoffmann

  • The influence of joints on friction induced vibration in brake squeal

    Sebastian Kruse;Sebastian Kruse;Merten Tiedemann;Bernhard Zeumer;Pascal Reuss

  • The influence of component design, bearing clearance and axial load on the squeaking characteristics of ceramic hip articulations.

    Arne Hothan;Gerd Huber;Cornelius Weiss;Norbert Hoffmann

  • Hydrodynamic Supercontinuum

    A. Chabchoub;N. Hoffmann;M. Onorato;G. Genty

  • A sufficient criterion for the onset of sprag-slip oscillations

    N. Hoffmann;L. Gaul

  • Friction Induced Vibrations of Brakes: Research Fields and Activities

    Norbert P. Hoffmann;Lothar Gaul

  • Deep learning for brake squeal: Brake noise detection, characterization and prediction

    Merten Stender;Merten Tiedemann;David Spieler;Daniel Schoepflin

  • Load-separation curves for the contact of self-affine rough surfaces.

    Antonio Papangelo;Norbert Hoffmann;Norbert Hoffmann;Michele Ciavarella

  • Squeak in hip endoprosthesis systems: An experimental study and a numerical technique to analyze design variants.

    Cornelius Weiss;Przemyslaw Gdaniec;Norbert P. Hoffmann;Arne Hothan

  • A numerical study on stick–slip motion of a brake pad in steady sliding

    J. Behrendt;C. Weiss;N.P. Hoffmann

  • Rogue waves of the Sasa-Satsuma equation in a chaotic wave field

    J.M. Soto-Crespo;Natasha Devine;N P Hoffmann;N P Hoffmann;Nail Akhmediev

  • Recurrence analysis and phase space reconstruction of irregular vibration in friction brakes: Signatures of chaos in steady sliding

    B.A. Wernitz;N.P. Hoffmann

  • Experiments on wind-perturbed rogue wave hydrodynamics using the Peregrine breather model

    Amin Chabchoub;Norbert Hoffmann;Hubert Branger;Christian Kharif

  • Subcritical bifurcation in a self-excited single-degree-of-freedom system with velocity weakening-strengthening friction law: analytical results and comparison with experiments

    A. Papangelo;M. Ciavarella;N. Hoffmann;N. Hoffmann

  • Mode lock-in characteristics and instability study of the pin-on-disc system

    A. Tuchinda;N. P. Hoffmann;D. J. Ewins;W. Kelper

Frequent Co-Authors

Nail Akhmediev
Nail Akhmediev Australian National University
Miguel Onorato
Miguel Onorato University of Turin
Michele Ciavarella
Michele Ciavarella Polytechnic University of Bari
Lothar Gaul
Lothar Gaul University of Stuttgart
Nikolay K. Vitanov
Nikolay K. Vitanov Bulgarian Academy of Sciences
Friedrich H. Busse
Friedrich H. Busse University of Bayreuth
Goëry Genty
Goëry Genty Tampere University
John M. Dudley
John M. Dudley University of Franche-Comté
Efim Pelinovsky
Efim Pelinovsky National Research University Higher School of Economics
Alexander V. Babanin
Alexander V. Babanin University of Melbourne

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