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CSE Colloquium talk by Jarkko Niiranen

Jarkko Niiranen from Aalto University gave an inspiring talk on "The mechanics of lattice-type structures: theoretical and computational modeling and experiments" as part of the research colloquium Computational Science and Engineering (CSE).

EuroTUG 2022 at UniBw M

This year's European Trilinos User Group (EuroTUG) meeting took place on September 12 - 14, 2022. After a pause of three years, the EuroTUG 2022 offered an interactive forum for Europe-based users and developers of the Trilinos project.

New publication on Mortar FEM methods in contact mechanics

Take a look at our new paper "An efficient algorithm for rigid/deformable contact interaction based on the dual mortar method".

Ten contributions to the GACM Colloquium 2022

Members of IMCS presented their contributions in various sessions: "Discretization schemes", "Biomechanics", "Data-integrated modeling and ANN", "Time-dependent problems".

Finite Element Symposium 2022 - a full success

The 35th Chemnitz Finite Element Symposium on tour in Herrsching, organized by IMCS from September 15-17, 2022, turned out to be a complete success.

Ivo Steinbrecher passes his PhD defense with highest grade

Yesterday, Monday, September 19, 2022, the first PhD defense in the CompSim group of IMCS took place.

New Paper on Multigrid Solvers

Our new paper on algebraic multigrid methods for semi-structured grids has been published in the SIAM Journal of Scientific Computing.

Preliminary program of the Finite Element Symposium 2022

The preliminary program for the "35th Chemnitz Finite Element Symposium on tour in Herrsching" organized by the IMCS in Herrsching, Germany, September 15-17, 2022, is now available.

EuroTUG 2022

IMCS organizes the 2022 European Trilinos User Group meeting to bring together the European user and developer community of the Trilinos project.

Successful PhD defense of Volker Kempf with highest grade

Yesterday, Monday, August 22, 2022, the oral PhD defense of Volker Kempf took place.

Nine Contributions to GAMM 2022

Members of IMCS presented their contributions in the sessions Biomechanics, Coupled Problems, Numerical methods of differential equations, Scientific computing, and Structural Mechanics.

Excursion 2022

The IMCS team goes to "Starnberger See" on 02.08.2022 for the annual excursion. In bright sunshine, the IMCS team spends the day together at "Starnberger See". In summery temperatures, the team was able to relax with a short hike and soak up a few hours of sunshine before the conference preparations will be completed in the coming weeks.

IMCS at FE ohne Schnee

For the first time, IMCS was invited to participate in this year's FE im Schnee event and was able to present its research in contact mechanics and mixed-dimensional modeling. The event series was initiated by Professor Ramm, Professor Stein and Professor Wunderlich to support the networking and exchange of ideas between the participating research groups of different chairs and institutes in the field of (structural) mechanics from Germany and Austria.

Leon Eckardt wins study prize for outstanding master's thesis

Last Saturday, June 24, 2022, Leon Eckardt, who is currently an external PhD student at IMCS, was awarded the study prize of the Friends of the University for his outstanding master thesis on the topic "Berechnung von Eigenschwingformen von Platten mittels Isogeometrischer Analysis".

CSE Colloquium talk on "Numerical Design of Engineering Components and their Production Processes"

On June 22, 2022, the second talk of the research colloquium Computational Science and Engineering (CSE) organized by Professors Apel, Brünig, Kiendl and Popp took place.

New Open Access Publication on Fluid-Beam Interaction

The article has successfully passed the peer review process and has been published by the international journal Advanced Modeling and Simulation in Engineering Sciences in an Open Access format. This publication proposes a novel computationally efficient mixed-dimensional embedded finite element approach for the coupling of one-dimensional geometrically exact beam equations to a three-dimensional background fluid mesh, referred to as fluid-beam interaction (FBI).

IMCS @ ECCOMAS @ OSLO, Norway

Ivo Steinbrecher and Max von Danwitz present new research results at the "8th European Congress on Computational Methods in Applied Sciences and Engineering" (ECCOMAS)-Congress.

New Preprint on Space-Time Finite Elements on Arxiv

In this manuscript four variants of space-time finite element discretizations based on linear tensor-product and simplex-type finite elements are constructed and analysed.

IMCS at the Contact Mechanics International Symposium 2022

Computational Contact Mechanics is one of our main research topics at IMCS, where our activities span from micromechanical modeling to robust discretization schemes for large deformations in large-scale applications. From May 23rd to May 25th, part of the "Computational Simulation" group (Prof. Popp) took part in the 10th edition of the Contact Mechanics International Symposium (CMIS) hosted in Chexbres, Switzerland.

Project RISK.twin in the current issue of the "Hardthöhenkurier"

In the current issue of the "Hardthöhenkurier", the dtec.bw research project RISK.twin presents itself. In addition to an overview article on the topic of "Critical Infrastructure Protection", an interview was also conducted with the project leader Prof. Popp.

IMCS at the doctoral student network "Digital Bridge" in Hamburg

Within the framework of dtec.bw, the two universities of the German Armed Forces cooperate in research on the digitalization of bridges. On May 05 and 06, 2022, the second meeting of the network took place on the campus of HSU/ UniBw H.

Matthias Mayr appointed as head of Data Science & Computing Lab

Dr.-Ing. Matthias Mayr has officially been appointed to lead and shape the future of the institute's Data Science & Computing Lab.

Talk on "Motion Design" opens new CSE Colloquium

On April 7, 2022, the first talk in the new research colloquium series Computational Science and Engineering (CSE) took place.

We welcome our new employee in the Simulation group

We are pleased to welcome our new member in the group Computational Simulation (Prof. Popp) as of April 1, 2022.

Ivo Steinbrecher receives Robert J. Melosh Medal

Ivo Steinbrecher, PhD student from the computer-based simulation group at IMCS, has been awarded the 2021 Robert J. Melosh medal.

New Preprint on Fluid-Beam Interaction on Arxiv

This manuscript proposes a novel computationally efficient mixed-dimensional embedded finite element approach for the coupling of one-dimensional geometrically exact beam equations to a three-dimensional background fluid mesh, referred to as fluid-beam interaction (FBI).

New Publication on Beam-to-Solid Coupling!

Have a look at our new paper "Consistent coupling of positions and rotations for embedding 1D Cosserat beams into 3D solid volumes".

New Preprint on Arxiv

This paper proposes computational strategies for load balancing in the context of mortar finite element methods applied to contact mechanics.

We welcome our new team assistant at IMCS

We are happy to welcome Mrs. Aysun Dincer-Gedik in our team with the beginning of the new year.

IMCS celebrates Christmas - with many new faces

On Wednesday, December 15, 2021, this year's Christmas party of our institute took place in compliance with the valid Corona rules.