Dror Rubinstein, Lecturer
B.Sc. 1983; M.Sc. 1986; D.Sc. 1990 (Technion).

Dr. Rubinstein's M.Sc. Thesis focuses on problems of vibration isolation, nonlinear dampers, and mathematical modeling of the multi-degree of freedom of mechanical systems. The D.Sc. thesis deals with theoretical and numerical analysis of highly nonlinear dynamic systems. After receiving his doctorate, Dr. Rubinstein spent a year at the Department of Agricultural Engineering of University of California, Davis. He participated in research including elastoplastic models, finite element solutions and experimental investigation of soil mechanics and soil-vehicle interaction. In this research, a general approach to the identification of properties of nonlinear materials by using a limited number of in-situ tests and optimization techniques was developed. In 1993, he joined the Technion Department of Agricultural Engineering, and where he works mainly on modeling and simulation of off-road vehicles. The simulation work is a combination of modeling of nonlinear dynamic systems and nonlinear material properties. In the last year, Dr. Rubinstein has been working on the active and semi-active suspension control of off-road vehicles.

Research interests
Modeling and simulation of off-road vehicles; Interaction between tire or track and soil; Active and semi-active suspension control; Modeling, simulation and control of agricultural machines.

Selected publications

• Rubinstein, D., S. K. Upadhyaya and M. Sime, "Determination of in-situ engineering properties of soil using response surface methodology". Journal of Terramechanics, Vol. 13, No. 2, 1994: 67-92
  
• Rubinstein, D. and N. Galili, "REKEM - a design-oriented simulation program for off-road track vehicles". Journal of Terramechanics, Vol. 31, No. 5, 1994: 329-352
  
• Rubinstein, D., N. Galili and A. Libai, "Direct and inverse dynamics of a flexible beam". Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering, 131, 1996: 241-261