Fatigue degradation in wind power plants
- Identification of fatigue process zones
- Modeling of fatigue degradation
- Characterization of loading sequence effect
Projects: [ WinConFat ],[ WinConFat-Structure ]
Physics-based machine learning
- Accurate lifetime prediction
- Efficient simulation of fatigue degradation
- Digital design of construction materials
Microplane modeling approach
- Development of microplane constitutive models
- Nonlinear finite element analysis under fatigue loading
- Homogenization approaches within microplane theory
Projects: [ DFG:412131890 ],[ DFG:441550460 ]
Modeling of 3D printed concrete
- Modeling approaches across scales
- Anisotropic behavior of hardened 3DPC
- Multiphysics characteristics of 3DPC
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Experimental characterization methods
- Innovative fatigue testing methods
- Advanced measurement techniques
- Plain and reinforced concrete members
Projects:[ WinConFat ],[ DFG:412131890 ]
Modeling of material interfaces
- Thermodynamic based constitutive interface models
- Fatigue and time dependent behavior
- Applications to steel- and FRP-concrete bond
Projects: [ WinConFat ],[ DFG:412131890 ]
Lattice discrete modeling
- Constitutive laws at the meso-scale level
- Fatigue and time dependent behavior
- Correspondence to the macro scale model
Projects: [ DFG:412131890 ],[ DFG:471796896 ]
Characterization of shear zones in RC elements
- Development of Automated crack detection scheme
- Automated evaluation of crack kinematics
- Evaluation of analytical models for shear zones
Projects: [ DFG: 420545423 ]
Phase field modeling approach
- Cohesive zone phase field modeling for quasi-brittle materials
- Extension for cyclic and fatigue loading
- Corrosion and multi-physics problems
