Events

On November 26th, 2021, the “1st (virtual) FRASCAL Symposium” took place in an online format. There, principal advisors (PAs) of the research training group 2423 “FRASCAL” and guest speakers gave insights into their research. Sebastian Pfaller as the PA of FRASCAL’s project P6 represented the Capric...

We are very pleased to announce that our project „Interphase properties in nanocomposites“ has been granted funding by the German Science Foundation (DFG) for another 24 months (grant number 396414850). In this second funding period, we will validate our findings obtained in the first funding period...

We are delighted to announce the publication of "A particle‐continuum coupling method for multiscale simulations of viscoelastic‐viscoplastic amorphous glassy polymers " in the International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering. In this contribution, we extend our Capriccio method, which ...

After the lecture period, we held another Capriccio mini retreat to address various scientific, organisational, and strategic issues. Due to the ongoing Covid-19 restrictions, we decided to stay at the university and to reserve a large seminar room to ensure appropriate distances. Each day started w...

We are delighted to announce the publication of “A coupled MD-FE methodology to characterize mechanical interphases in polymeric nanocomposites” in the International Journal of Mechanical Sciences.  We introduce an unconventional procedure to characterize spatial profiles of elastic and inelastic...

We are delighted to announce the publication of “A viscoelastic-viscoplastic constitutive model for glassy polymers informed by molecular dynamics simulations” in the International Journal of Solids and Structures. Lead by Wuyang Zhao, we have developed a complex inelastic material model that can re...

  Another important conference was held from March 15th to 19th, 2021: Rather than as actually scheduled in Kassel, the 91st Annual Meeting of the International Association of Applied Mathematics and Mechanics took place as an online conference via Zoom. Nevertheless, the Capriccio group rep...

The 14th World Congress in Computational Mechanics and ECCOMAS Congress (WCCM-ECCOMAS) took place from 11 to 15 January 2021. Due to the Covid-19 pandemic, a digital conference was held instead of the event planned in Paris in July 2020. The Capriccio group was attending the congress with talks by a...

To end the year properly despite the Corona pandemic, the Capriccio group held a virtual Christmas party. After a joint dinner with home-cooked or ordered delicacies, everyone had to recite a Christmas poem. Afterward, the traditions around the turn of the year in the German as well as in the Chines...

The Capriccio group had the chance to discuss issues related to multiscale coupling and the Capriccio method with Michael Ortiz. As an expert in fracture mechanics and multiscale analysis, he is Mercator fellow of the Research Training Group GRK 2423 “FRASCAL” and regularly visits Erlangen. Beginnin...