DIK Department: Simulation and Continuum Mechanics

Head of department: Dr.-Ing. Daniel Juhre

Phone +49 511 84201-18 | Fax: +49 511 8386826
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Research topics in this department are the experimental and continuum mechanical investigation of multiaxial loading conditions as well as the computer aided simulation of rubber components. In this context we develop problem-specific constitutive models for e.g. elastomer, thermoplastics, adaptive materials which can be implemented efficiently into commercial simulation software (like e.g. Abaqus and MSC.Marc).


Development of FE suited material models Phenomenological material models for highly-stressed rubber components Concept of representative directions Continuum mechanical formulation of inelastic material behavior Consideration of Mullins and Payne effect Material damping and anisotropy Description of dynamical and thermomechanical coupled phenomena

		Efficient FE simulation of rubber components Stress-strain analysis Computer aided design and optimization of rubber components Simulation of fatigue and damage processes Parameter identification considering inhomogeneous loading distribution Solutions for the analysis of measurement results

Simulation of self-organizing mechanisms in elastomer Detection of physical meanings of the material behavior Consideration of mechanical and thermal disintegration Implementation of the material concepts into computer aided optimization techniques

		Development of new approaches for lifetime prediction of complex loaded rubber parts Investigation of the influence of directional modulation on the lifetime of highly-stressed rubber components Development of tensorial damage parameters based on multiaxial experiments Design and modification of lifetime-optimized geometries of highly-stressed rubber products
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