Collaborations
Equipe de Mécanique, Université Gustave Eiffel
Fabrice Detrez’ research interests
- multi physics coupling
- chemical-mechanical coupling
- homogenization
- numerical methods
- soft materials
Collaboration
- French-German research project “BIO ART ” on bio-based polymers, since October 2023
- symposium “Multiscale simulations of polymers and polymer composites“ at MMM11, Prague, 2024
- minisymposia “Simulations of Multifunctional Materials Bridging Methods, Scales, and Disciplines” and “Simulations of Polymers and Polymer Composites from Petrol and Biological Sources” at ECCOMAS, Lisbon, 2024
- invited session “Fracture in polymers and polymer composites” at COMPLAS, Barcelona, 2023
- minisymposium “Simulations of Polymers and Polymer Composites” at ECCOMAS, Oslo, 2022
- minisymposium “Multiscale Mechanics of Polymers and Polymer Composites” at WCCM, Paris, 2020
- minisymposium “Multiscale Modeling of Polymers” at ICoNSoM (International Conference on Nonlinear Solid Mechanics), Rome, 2019
Florian Müller-Plathe’s research interests
- Polymers and other (bio)macromolecules in the bulk, in solution and at interfaces
- Polymeric materials, (nano)composites, functional and smart materials
- Simple and complex liquids, including systems far from equilibrium
Collaboration
- Past collaboration: „NanoModel“ – EU-funded project
- Continued collaboration on improving the Capriccio method
- Several joint publications
Gunnar Possart’s research interests
- Continuum mechanical modelling and simulation of curing and inelasticity of polymers and interphases in adhesive joints
- Microscale methods of characterisation for calibration of constitutive laws for bio materials and plastics
Collaboration
- Interphase characterisation in polymer nanocomposites
- Development of the Capriccio method
- Several joint publications
Université Paris Est Créteil (UPEC)
Agustín Ríos de Anda’s research interests
- Condensed polymers
- Bio-sourced thermoset and thermoplastic functional composites
- Investigation of the relationship between the structure, the morphology, the molecular mobility and the thermomechanical properties of polymers by combining multiscale experimental techniques (DMA, Mechanical Testing, Modulated DSC, Dielectric Spectroscopy, Solid State NMR)
Collaboration
- French-German research project “BIO ART ” on bio-based polymers, since October 2023
- minisymposium “Simulations of Polymers and Polymer Composites from Petrol and Biological Sources” at ECCOMAS, Lisbon, 2024
University of Bayreuth
Holger Ruckdäschel’s research interests
- Cellular polymers and foams
- Composites & thermoset resins
- Functionalized polymers and blends
- Recycling and sustainability
- Digitalization in materials science
- Additive manufacturing
- Material testing / fatigue
Collaboration
- French-German research project “BIO ART ” on bio-based polymers, starting October 2023
Ana-Sunčana Smith is principal advisor in the Research Training Group GRK 2423 FRASCAL (frascal.research.fau.de)
Project P12 „Development of a Quantum-to-Continuum Multiscale Model for Fracture of Thermosets“
Ana-Sunčana Smith’s research interests
- materials sciences
- statistical physics and biophysics of systems with reduced dimensionality
- analytic and numerical modelling, commercial and in house developed simulation tools
- experimental data analysis, image processing
Collaboration
- addressing fracture mechanisms in molecular dynamics simulations
- developing a quantum-to-continuum model of thermoset fracture
Maxime Vassaux’ research interests
- study of various materials from concrete to oxide glasses, stem cells, and collagen
- structure-property relationships of complex mechanical systems
- scale-bridging from the molecular to the continuum scale, and the scales in between
- predicting engineering mechanical properties while accounting for chemical compositions and assembly conditions
- high-performance computing and machine learning
Collaboration
- fracture simulations of oxide glasses using the Capriccio method
- exchange on the analysis of molecular structures and computational methods
Christian R. Wick is postdoctoral researcher in the Research Training Group GRK 2423 FRASCAL (frascal.research.fau.de)
Project P12 „Development of a Quantum-to-Continuum Multiscale Model for Fracture of Thermosets“
Christian R. Wick’s research interests
- multiscale modelling of fracture in epoxy resins
- computational Mechanochemistry
- multiscale modelling of SILP catalysis
- water-gas shift reaction
- vitamin B12 dependent enzymatic reactions
- molecular oxygen sensing
Collaboration
- addressing fracture mechanisms in molecular dynamics simulations
- developing a quantum-to-continuum model of thermoset fracture