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Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
Israel
2026

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Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

D-Index
49
Citations
11251
World Ranking
1206
National Ranking
4

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering in Israel Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering in Israel Leader Award

Overview

Oleg Gendelman is affiliated with the Technion - Israel Institute of Technology in Israel. Their research spans the fields of Engineering and Physics and Astronomy, with a focus on multiple subfields such as Statistical and Nonlinear Physics, Civil and Structural Engineering, Atomic and Molecular Physics and Optics, Materials Chemistry, and Computational Mechanics.

The main topics of Gendelman's scholarly work include:

  • Stochastic dynamics and bifurcation
  • Mechanical and Optical Resonators
  • Nonlinear Dynamics and Pattern Formation
  • Vibration Control and Rheological Fluids
  • Quantum chaos and dynamical systems
  • Seismic Performance and Analysis
  • Material Dynamics and Properties

Gendelman has contributed extensively to several publication venues. The most frequent include:

  • Nonlinear Dynamics
  • arXiv (Cornell University)
  • Journal of Sound and Vibration
  • International Journal of Non-Linear Mechanics
  • Physical Review E

Their recent papers cover various aspects of nonlinear and intermodal energy transfer, vibro-impact dynamics, and related physical phenomena. Selected publications are:

  • "Nonlinear targeted energy transfer: state of the art and new perspectives" (2022, Nonlinear Dynamics)
  • "Rapid non-resonant intermodal targeted energy transfer (IMTET) caused by vibro-impact nonlinearity" (2020, Nonlinear Dynamics)
  • "Effect of asymmetric cooling of sessile droplets on orientation of the freezing tip" (2022, Journal of Colloid and Interface Science)
  • "Extreme intermodal energy transfers through vibro-impacts for highly effective and rapid blast mitigation" (2021, Communications in Nonlinear Science and Numerical Simulation)
  • "Experimental Inter-Modal Targeted Energy Transfer in a cantilever beam undergoing Vibro-impacts" (2022, Journal of Sound and Vibration)

Collaboration is a significant aspect of Gendelman's research, with frequent coauthors including:

  • Alexander Fidlin
  • Majdi Gzal
  • Edward Bormashenko
  • Alexander F. Vakakis
  • Shraga Shoval

Best Publications

  • Nonlinear Targeted Energy Transfer in Mechanical and Structural Systems

    Alexander F. Vakakis;O. V. Gendelman;L. A. Bergman;D. M. McFarland

  • Energy Pumping in Nonlinear Mechanical Oscillators: Part II—Resonance Capture

    Alexander F Vakakis;O. Gendelman

  • Energy pumping in nonlinear mechanical oscillators : Part I : Dynamics of the underlying Hamiltonian systems

    O. Gendelman;L. I. Manevitch;Alexander F Vakakis;R. M’closkey

  • Effect of supramolecular structure on polymer nanofibre elasticity

    Arkadii Arinstein;Michael Burman;Oleg Gendelman;Eyal Zussman

  • Transition of Energy to a Nonlinear Localized Mode in a Highly Asymmetric System of Two Oscillators

    Oleg V. Gendelman

  • Dynamics of linear discrete systems connected to local, essentially non-linear attachments

    A. F. Vakakis;A. F. Vakakis;L. I. Manevitch;O. Gendelman;Lawrence Bergman

  • Attractors of harmonically forced linear oscillator with attached nonlinear energy sink I: Description of response regimes

    O. V. Gendelman;Y. Starosvetsky;M. Feldman

  • Normal heat conductivity of the one-dimensional lattice with periodic potential of nearest-neighbor interaction

    Gendelman Ov;Savin Av

  • Vibration absorption in systems with a nonlinear energy sink: Nonlinear damping

    Y. Starosvetsky;O.V. Gendelman

  • Strongly modulated response in forced 2DOF oscillatory system with essential mass and potential asymmetry

    Y. Starosvetsky;O.V. Gendelman

  • Attractors of harmonically forced linear oscillator with attached nonlinear energy sink. II: Optimization of a nonlinear vibration absorber

    Y. Starosvetsky;O. V. Gendelman

  • Analytic treatment of a system with a vibro-impact nonlinear energy sink

    O.V. Gendelman

  • Nonlinear targeted energy transfer: state of the art and new perspectives

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  • Bifurcations of Nonlinear Normal Modes of Linear Oscillator with Strongly Nonlinear Damped Attachment

    Oleg V. Gendelman

  • Quasiperiodic energy pumping in coupled oscillators under periodic forcing

    O.V. Gendelman;E. Gourdon;C.H. Lamarque

  • Resonance captures and targeted energy transfers in an inertially-coupled rotational nonlinear energy sink

    G. Sigalov;O. V. Gendelman;M. A. AL-Shudeifat;L. I. Manevitch

  • Targeted energy transfer in systems with non-polynomial nonlinearity

    Oleg V. Gendelman

  • Dynamics of an Eccentric Rotational Nonlinear Energy Sink

    O. V. Gendelman;G. Sigalov;L. I. Manevitch;M. Mane

  • Dynamics of forced system with vibro-impact energy sink

    O.V. Gendelman;A. Alloni

  • Efficiency of targeted energy transfers in coupled nonlinear oscillators associated with 1:1 resonance captures: Part I

    D. Dane Quinn;Oleg Gendelman;Gaetan Kerschen;Themistoklis P. Sapsis

  • Targeted energy transfer in mechanical systems by means of non-smooth nonlinear energy sink

    Claude-Henri Lamarque;Oleg V. Gendelman;Alireza Ture Savadkoohi;Emilie Etcheverria

  • Dynamics of a strongly nonlinear vibration absorber coupled to a harmonically excited two-degree-of-freedom system

    Y. Starosvetsky;O.V. Gendelman

Frequent Co-Authors

Alexander F. Vakakis
Alexander F. Vakakis University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Leonid I. Manevitch
Leonid I. Manevitch Semenov Institute of Chemical Physics
Lawrence A. Bergman
Lawrence A. Bergman University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Edward Bormashenko
Edward Bormashenko Ariel University
D. Michael McFarland
D. Michael McFarland University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Gaëtan Kerschen
Gaëtan Kerschen University of Liège
Doron Aurbach
Doron Aurbach Bar-Ilan University
Arif Masud
Arif Masud University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Yuri Estrin
Yuri Estrin Monash University
Konrad Samwer
Konrad Samwer University of Göttingen

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