Prof. David Ornai
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Associate Professor
Department :
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Room :
302E
בנין הפקולטה למדעי הטבע ע"ש גורובוי - 30
Phone :
972-8-6479674
Email :
ornaid@bgu.ac.il
Office Hours :
Education
B.Sc. - 1981-1984 – Tehnion, Israel Institute of Technology -
Faculty of Civil Engineering
M.Sc. - 1985-1990 – Tehnion, Israel Institute of Technology -
Faculty of Civil Engineering
Name of advisor – Prof. J.J. Golecki
Title of thesis : Numerical Evaluation of
Singular Integrals
Ph.D. - 1995-1999 – Tehnion, Israel Institute of Technology -
Faculty of Civil Engineering
Name of advisors – Prof. J.J. Golecki &
Prof O. Vilnay
Title of thesis : Fracture due to Crack
Interactions
Research Interests
a. Hazards, Effects, Risk Assessment & Protection of Buildings, Facilities, and People that are exposed to Explosions
b. Structural dynamics behavior of Steel Structures and Reinforced Concrete Structures under extreme dynamic loading:
c.
Static and Dynamic behavior of Materials
d. Structural Stability of Buildings after being hit by Internal or external Explosions:
e. Safety of Ammunition and Explosives
Research Projects
1. 2013-4, Ministry of Energy and Water Resources- principal investigators:
Prof. David Ornai
, Prof. Igal M. Shochet, Dr. Erez Gal.
Subject: - The Safety & Operational Consequences of Protected Buried Small Modular Reactor (SMR) -Nuclear Power Plant (NPP)
Period of grant – 12 months.
2. 2013-4, Ministry of Construction and Housing, the State of Israel. Investigators: P.I. Prof. Igal M. Shohet, Co P.Is
Prof.
David Ornai,
Prof. Robert Levy, Prof. Oren Vilnay, Prof.Shabtai Isaac, Prof. Konstantin Volokh, and Prof. Elise Miller-Hooks.
Subject: HAZUS based risk and damage assessment methods for seismic extreme events in Critical Infrastructures".
3. 2013 –2014, Israel Ministry of Defense – principal investigators:
Prof. David Ornai,
Prof. Roni Shneck, Prof. Oren Vilnay, Dr. Meir Mayseless.
Subject: Materials Behavior under Very High Strain Rates, Pressures and
Temperatures. Period of grant –1 year.
4. 2012-2014 – Israel Ministry of Science and Technology– principal investigators: Prof. Igal M. Shochet, Dr. Aharonson Daniel, Dr. Tsafrir Levy. Co. investigators:
Prof. David Ornai
et. al.
Subject: Analytical-Empirical Model for the Assessment of Earthquake Casualties and Injuries in a Major City in Israel – The Case of Be'er Sheva(*).
Period of grant –2 years.
(*) updated to Tiberias
5. 2012-2014 – Israel Ministry of Industry, Trade & Labor – principal investigators: Prof. Igal M. Shochet,
Prof. David Ornai
, Prof. Robert Levy, and Dr. Erez Gal.
Subject: Advanced Integrated Engineering Solutions for Safety
and Protection Improvement in Ammunition & Explosives
Facilities.
Period of grant –2 years.
6. 2011-2012 – Israel Ministry of Defense - principal investigators:
Prof. David Ornai
, Prof. Roni Shneck, Prof. Oren Vilnay, Dr. Meir Mayseless.
Subject: Materials Behavior under Very High Strain Rates, Pressures and Temperatures.
Period of grant – 8 months.
7. 2012–2013, Israel Ministry Energy and Water Resources- principal investigators:
Prof. David Ornai
, Prof. Igal M. Shochet, Prof. Robert Levy, Prof. Oren Vilnay, Prof. Andrei Reinhorn, Prof. Theodor Krauthammer.
Subject: Upgrading for Blast and Strong Ground Motions Resistance of Infrastructures: A critical State of the Art Review and Some Recommendations.
Period of grant – 12 months.
8. 2012–2013, Israel Ministry Energy and Water Resources - principal investigators: Prof. Igal M. Shochet,
Prof. David Ornai
, Prof. Robert Levy, Prof. Oren Vilnay.
Subject: Methods for Damage Assessment in Critical Energy Infrastructures due to Natural and War Extreme Events.
Period of grant – 12 months.
9. 2009 – Nuclear Research Center, principal investigators:
Prof. D. Ornai
, Prof. O. Vilnay, Literature Review on Building and Other Protective Means.
Period of grant –6 months.
10. 2007-2009
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Israel Ministry of Defense, principal investigators: Prof. G. Ben-Dor,
Prof. D. Ornai
, Prof. O. Vilnay,
Protective Structures
Period of grant – 19.5 months.
11. 2007-2008
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Israel Ministry of Defense, principal investigators: Prof. G. Ben-Dor,
Prof. D. Ornai
, Prof. O. Vilnay,
Fundamental Research.
Period of grant – 12 months.