Rebecca Thierer

Former member

Dr.-Ing.

Vita

  • 1990: Born in Neu-Ulm
  • 2009: Abitur at the Kepler-Gymnasium, Ulm
  • 20112014: Bachelor student of Real Estate Engineering and Management at the University of Stuttgart, funded by the Deutschlandstipendium (scholarship)
  • 20122016: Student assistant at the Institute for Leightweight Structures and Conceptual Design, University of Stuttgart
  • 20142017: Master student of Civil Engineering at the University of Stuttgart, funded by the Deutschlandstipendium (scholarship)
  • 20142016: Working student at str.ucture, Stuttgart
  • 20162017: Internship and working student at schlaich bergermann partner, Stuttgart
  • 20172023: Scientific staff at the Institute for Structural Mechanics, University of Stuttgart
  • 2024: Doctoral degree (Dr.-Ing.) from University of Stuttgart. Dissertation: "Hierarchische Schalenformulierungen für nichtlineare statische und dynamische Analysen"
  • Seit 2024: Structural engineer at Bollinger+Grohmann in Stuttgart

Publications

Articles in journals

  1. Krauß, L.-M., Thierer, R., Bischoff, M., & Oesterle, B. (2024). Intrinsically selective mass scaling with hierarchic plate formulations. Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering, 432. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cma.2024.117430
  2. Thierer, R., Oesterle, B., Ramm, E., & Bischoff, M. (2024). Transverse shear parametrization in hierarchic large rotation shell formulations. International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering, 125(9), Article 9. https://doi.org/10.1002/nme.7443
  3. Durak, G. M., Thierer, R., Sachse, R., Bischoff, M., Speck, T., & Poppinga, S. (2022). Smooth or with a Snap! Biomechanics of Trap Reopening in the Venus Flytrap (Dionaea muscipula). Advanced Science, 2201362. https://doi.org/10.1002/advs.202201362
  4. Eger, C. J., Horstmann, M., Poppinga, S., Sachse, R., Thierer, R., Nestle, N., Bruchmann, B., Speck, T., Bischoff, M., & Rühe, J. (2022). The Structural and Mechanical Basis for Passive-Hydraulic Pine Cone Actuation. Advanced Science, 2200458, Article 2200458. https://doi.org/10.1002/advs.202200458
  5. Krüger, F., Thierer, R., Tahouni, Y., Sachse, R., Wood, D., Menges, A., Bischoff, M., & Rühe, J. (2021). Development of a Material Design Space for 4D-Printed Bio-Inspired Hygroscopically Actuated Bilayer Structures with Unequal Effective Layer Widths. Biomimetics, 6(4), 58. https://doi.org/10.3390/biomimetics6040058
  6. Portillo, D., Oesterle, B., Thierer, R., Bischoff, M., & Romero, I. (2020). Structural models based on 3D constitutive laws: Variational structure and numerical solution. Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering, 362. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cma.2020.112872

Article in proceedings

  1. Oesterle, B., Thierer, R., Krauß, L.-M., & Bischoff, M. (2024). Hierarchische Formulierungen für statische und dynamische Analysen von Flächentragwerken. In B. Oesterle, A. Bögle, W. Weber, & L. Striefler (Eds.), Berichte der Fachtagung Baustatik – Baupraxis 15, 04. und 05. März 2024, Hamburg (pp. 357--364). https://doi.org/10.15480/882.9247
  2. Tahouni, Y., Cheng, T., Wood, D., Sachse, R., Thierer, R., Bischoff, M., & Menges, A. (2020). Self-shaping Curved Folding:: A 4D-printing method for fabrication of self-folding curved crease structures. Proceedings of SCF ’20: Symposium on Computational Fabrication, November 2020. https://doi.org/10.1145/3424630.3425416

Master Thesis

  1. Thierer, R. (2017). Entwicklung finiter Plattenelemente basierend auf Subdivision Surfaces. Masterarbeit 17/20. Betreuer: Simon Bieber und Bastian Oesterle. Institut für Baustatik und Baudynamik, Universität Stuttgart.

Doctoral Thesis

  1. Thierer, R. (2024). Hierarchische Schalenformulierungen für nichtlineare statische und dynamische Analysen. Doktorarbeit, Bericht Nr. 79. Institut für Baustatik und Baudynamik der Universität Stuttgart. https://doi.org/10.18419/opus-15178

Presentations

Rebecca Thierer, Lisa-Marie Krauß, Bastian Oesterle, Manfred Bischoff. Hierarchic plate and shell formulations in explicit dynamics. 10th GACM Colloquium on Computational Mechanics (GACM 2023), Vienna, Austria, September 10–13, 2023.

Rebecca Thierer, Bastian Oesterle, Manfred Bischoff. A study on transverse shear parametrization in non-linear isogeometric hierarchic shells for transient problems. 9th International Conference on Computational Methods in Structural Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering 2023 (COMPDYN 2023), Athens, Greece, June 12–14, 2023.

Rebecca Thierer, Bastian Oesterle, Manfred Bischoff. A fully non-linear, shear deformable isogeometric shell formulation using hierarchic displacements. 9th GACM Colloquium on Computational Mechanics (GACM 2022), Essen, Germany, September 21–23, 2022.

Rebecca Thierer, Bastian Oesterle and Manfred Bischoff. Transverse shear parametrization in non-linear isogeometric shell analysis. 8th European Congress on Computational Methods in Applied Sciences and Engineering (ECCOMAS Congress 2022), Oslo, Norway, June 5–9, 2022.

Rebecca Thierer, Tobias Willmann, Bastian Oesterle and Manfred Bischoff. The role of linearized transverse shear strains in hierarchic isogeometric shell analysis. 6th ECCOMAS Young Investigators Conference (YIC 2021), Valencia, Spain (Virtual Congress), July 7–9, 2021.

Rebecca Thierer, Renate Sachse, Manfred Bischoff. A variational formulation for motion design of adaptive structures. Form and Force Joint International Conference: 60th IASS Symposium and 8th Structural Membranes, Barcelona, Spain, October 7–10, 2019.

Rebecca Thierer, David Portillo, Bastian Oesterle, Ignacio Romero, Manfred Bischoff. Hierarchic isogeometric shell analysis including non-linear material laws using MUESLI. 8th GACM Colloquium on Computational Mechanics (GACM 2019), Kassel, Germany, August 28–30, 2019.

Further Activities in the Scientific Community

  • 2023: Mini Symposium Computational treatment of slender structures allowing for large rotations, 10th GACM Colloquium on Computational Mechanics for Young Scientists from Academia and Industry (GACM 2023), Vienna, Austria, September 10–13, 2023 (Mini Symposium Organizer).
  • 2020: 14. Fachtagung Baustatik-Baupraxis (BB14), Stuttgart, Germany, March 23–24, 2020 (Local Organizing Team).
  • 2017: 7th GACM Colloquium on Computational Mechanics for Young Scientists from Academia and Industry (GACM 2017), Stuttgart, Germany, October 11–13, 2017 (Local Organizing Team).

Teaching

  • Baustatik (B.Sc.), summer terms 2018, 2019 and winter terms 2018/2019, 2019/2020
  • Nichtlineare Baustatik (B.Sc.), summer terms 2020, 2021
  • Baudynamik (M.Sc.), winter term 2020/2021

Supervision of Theses

  1. Johannes Reinken. Optimierung und Vergleich auxetischer Stabwerks- und Schalenstrukturen zur Stoßabsorption (23/12). Master Thesis. Supervisor: Rebecca Thierer und Berta Pi Savall, Tim Ricken (ISD). Institute for Structural Mechanics, University of Stuttgart. 2023.
  2. Lisa-Marie Krauß. Intrinsisch selektive Massenskalierung mit hierarchischen Plattenformulierungen (22/02). Master Thesis. Supervisor: Rebecca Thierer und Bastian Oesterle. Institute for Structural Mechanics, University of Stuttgart. 2022.
  3. Tongyu Xu. Dynamische Schwingungsanalyse unter Verwendung von Datensätzen turbulenter Windströmungen (21/20). Master Thesis. Supervisor: Rebecca Thierer und Sami Bidier (str.ucture). Institute for Structural Mechanics, University of Stuttgart. 2021.
  4. Yanran Song. Isogeometrische Analyse getrimmter NURBS-Flächen in LS-DYNA (20/02). Master Thesis. Supervisor: Rebecca Thierer. Institute for Structural Mechanics, University of Stuttgart. 2020.
  5. Melanie Hofmann. Dynamische Simulation von Stabilitätsproblemen mit isogeometrischen Schalenelementen (20/13). Master Thesis. Supervisor: Bastian Oesterle und Rebecca Thierer. Institute for Structural Mechanics, University of Stuttgart. 2020.
  6. Xiaomeng Fu. Ponding of membrane structures (20/18). Master Thesis. Supervisor: Rebecca Thierer. Institute for Structural Mechanics, University of Stuttgart. 2020.
  7. Helen Schweickhardt. Der Schönbuchturm - Modellbildung, Vorspannung und Dynamik (19/21). Master Thesis. Supervisor: Rebecca Thierer und Florian Geiger. Institute for Structural Mechanics, University of Stuttgart. 2019.
  8. Nur Raihana Sukri. Modal analysis with the trimmed NURBS finite elements using LS-DYNA (18/19). Master Thesis. Supervisor: Anton Tkachuk und Rebecca Thierer. Institute for Structural Mechanics, University of Stuttgart. 2018.
  9. Nadine Elena García Morales. Development of a simplified physical model of a roller coaster (18/33). Master Thesis. Supervisor: Anne Schäuble und Rebecca Thierer. Institute for Structural Mechanics, University of Stuttgart. 2018.
  1. Larissa Kurz. Statische Analyse der Dreiländerbrücke (22/11). Bachelor Thesis. Supervisor: Rebecca Thierer. Institute for Structural Mechanics, University of Stuttgart. 2022.
  2. Marius Klamt. Modellierung und Analyse dehnungsloser Verformungen von Schalen (21/04). Bachelor Thesis. Supervisor: Rebecca Thierer. Institute for Structural Mechanics, University of Stuttgart. 2021.
  3. Mohammed Mosab Tato. Methoden zur Modellierung und Simulation von Bi-Layer-Strukturen in der bionischen Architektur (21/21). Bachelor Thesis. Supervisor: Rebecca Thierer. Institute for Structural Mechanics, University of Stuttgart. 2021.
  4. Carola Grupp. Formfindung und statische Untersuchung pneumatisch vorgespannter Luftkissen (20/04). Bachelor Thesis. Supervisor: Rebecca Thierer. Institute for Structural Mechanics, University of Stuttgart. 2020.
  5. Lisa-Marie Krauß. Untersuchung des Dimensionseffekts in der Modellstatik (19/20). Bachelor Thesis. Supervisor: Rebecca Thierer. Institute for Structural Mechanics, University of Stuttgart. 2019.
  6. Marcel Abele. Thrust Network Analysis: Theorie und Praxis (19/22). Bachelor Thesis. Supervisor: Rebecca Thierer. Institute for Structural Mechanics, University of Stuttgart. 2019.
  7. Melanie Hofmann. Statische Analyse des Killesbergturms (18/12). Bachelor Thesis. Supervisor: Rebecca Thierer. Institute for Structural Mechanics, University of Stuttgart. 2018.
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