Cluster of Excellence IntCDC
Cluster of Excellence IntCDC
Integrative computational design and engineering methods for novel hybrid bio-fibre timber composite systems
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Geometric and material hourglassing in large deformations
Geometric and material hourglassing in large deformations
Development and application of stable, locking-free finite elements for large deformations
Data-based time step estimators for explicit time integration methods
Data-based time step estimators for explicit time integration methods
Development and implementation of data-integrated methods for accurate estimation of the critical time step for time-explicit finite element simulations
Intrinsically locking-free formulations
Intrinsically locking-free formulations
Development of unlocking schemes independent of the discretization method
Robustness of Structures
Robustness of Structures
Development of a method to assess and optimize structural robustness
Stress-based Dimensioning of Reinforced Concrete Structures
Stress-based Dimensioning of Reinforced Concrete Structures
Development of a design concept that takes into account plastic material behavior
CRC1244: Adaptive skins and structures for the built environment of tomorrow
CRC1244: Adaptive skins and structures for the built environment of tomorrow
Methods for extending the service life of railway bridges with active elements

Research at the Institute for Structural Mechanics covers many aspects of non-linear computational structural mechanics. Our scientific work has a strongly interdisciplinary character and is mostly oriented towards development of methods and algorithms to model and solve problems in structural mechanics. The main focal points are finite element methods and shells.

Current subjects involve:

  • shells and finite element technology (stable and efficient finite elements)
  • efficient methods for nonlinear dynamics (mass scaling, time-step estimators)
  • isogeometric analysis
  • adaptive path following
  • adaptive structures
  • data-integrated analysis and model reduction
  • redundancy matrices for load bearing structures
  • automated design methods (Reinforced concrete)
  • form finding and optimization

Our research is supported financially by the state of Baden-Württemberg and the German Research Foundation (Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft, DFG). The research group is also integrated in the cluster of excellence "Integrative Computational Design and Construction for Architecture (IntCDC)".

Contact:

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Manfred Bischoff

Prof. Dr.-Ing. habil.

Head of Institute

 

Institut for Structural Mechanics

Pfaffenwaldring 7, D-70550 Stuttgart

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