Personal Data

Dr. Zvonko Rakarić, Associate Professor

Location: Wing F, Room 220

Phone: +381 (0)21 485 2242

Fax: +381 (0)21 450 207

E-mail: zvonko@uns.ac.rs

Scientific background

• 2009 Msc in Mechanical engineering
• 2011 PhD in Technical Sciences - Mechanics

Books

• Kovacic I., Rakaric Z, Statics I, University of Novi Sad, Faculty of Tecnical Sciences, 2006. (in Serbian)
• Kovacic I., Rakaric Z, Statics II, University of Novi Sad, Faculty of Tecnical Sciences, 2006. (in Serbian)

Journal papers

• Z. Rakaric, I. Kovacic, Approximations for Motion of the Oscillators with a Non-Negative Real-Power Restoring Force, Journal of Sound and Vibration 330 (2011) 321-336.
• I. Kovacic, Z. Rakaric, Study of Oscillators with a Non-Negative Real-Power Restoring Force and Quadratic Damping, Nonlinear Dynamics 64 (2011) 293-304.
• Z. Rakaric, Oscillators with Quasi-Constant Restoring Force, Meccanica 46 (2011) 1047-1053.
• I. Kovacic, Z. Rakaric, Oscillators with a Fractional-order Restoring Force; Higher Order Approximations for Motion via a Modified Ritz Method, Communication in Nonlinear Sciences and Numerical simulation 15 (2010) 2651-2658.
• I. Kovacic, Z. Rakaric, L. Cveticanin, A Non-Simultaneous Variational Approuch for a Certain Class of Non-Linear Oscillators, Applied Mathematic and Computation, 217 (2010) 3944-3954.
• L. Cveticanin, I. Kovacic, Z. Rakaric, Asymptotic Methods for Vibration of the Pure Fractional-Order Non-Linear Oscillators, Computers and Mathematics with Applications 60 (2010) 2616-2628.

Conference papers

• Z. Rakaric, I. Kovacic, Oscillators with Purely Non-Negative Real-Power Restoring Force: Approximations for Free and Forced Response via Elliptic Functions and Averaging, 7th European Nonlinear Dynamics Conference, July 24-29, Rome, Italy 2011.
• Z. Rakaric, I. Kovacic, On the Behaviour of Forced Oscillators with a Non-Negative Real-Power Restoring Force and Van der Pol Damping, 3th Serbian Congress on Theoretical and Applied Mechanics Vlasina Lake, Serbia, 5-8 July 2011.
• I. Kovacic, Z. Rakaric, On the Motion of Certain Non-Conservative Oscillators with a Purely Non-Linear Restoring Force, XXII Conference of Noise and Vibration, Nis, 2010.
• I. Kovacic, Z. Rakaric, Higher approximations for Motion for Conservative Oscillators with a Fractional-order Restoring Force; Non-Simultaneous and Simultaneous Variational Approuch, IV Europen Conference on Computational Mechanics ECCM, Paris France May 16-21, 2010.
• I. Kovacic, Z. Rakaric, L. Cveticanin, On the motion of the oscillators with a fractional-order restoring force, 2th International Congress of Serbian Society of Mechanics, Palic (Subotica), Serbia, 1-5 June 2009.
• Z. Rakaric and M. Zukovic, Iteration method solution for oscillators with sign(x)Abs(x)^alfa elastic force, 2th International Congress of Serbian Society of Mechanics, Palic (Subotica), Serbia, 1-5 June 2009.
• Z. Rakaric, M. Zukovic, Subharmonic Oscillation in a Non - Ideal Mechanical System, 1st Internacional Congress of Serbian Society of Mechanics, 10-13 April 2007, Kopaonik.
• M. Zukovic, Z. Rakaric, Chaos in Nonideal Mechanical Systems, 25th Congress of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics 1-3 jun Novi Sad 2005.
• M. Zukovic, Z. Rakaric, Steady State Vibration of Mechanical System with Electric Motor and Nonlinear Spring, Iternational Conference on Computational Mechanics-CM 04 Beograd 2004.
• M. Zukovic, D. Radomirovic, Z. Rakaric, Nelinearne oscilacije u mehanickim sistemima sa zazorom, International Scientific Conference Flexible Technologies - MMA Novi Sad 2003.

Research projects

• Parametrically excited oscillators: behaviour, phenomena and benefits, International Project, funded by the Provincial Secretariat of Science and Technological Development of Vojvodina, Republic of Serbia, 2011 - 2014
• Applied biomedical engineering in pre-clinical and clinical practice, funded by the Ministry of Science and Technological Development, Republic Serbia, 2011 -2014