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Tuesday, 11.06.2019 at 15:00 pm, Institute of Applied Mechanics, Pockelsstr. 3, seminar room 0017 on GF
Prof. Gilles Francfort, Université Paris 13
Initiation and kinking: the two pillars of incomprehension in brittle fracture
MUSEN: Thursday, 06.06.2019, 16.45 pm, Institute of Applied Mechanics, Pockelsstr. 3, seminar room 0017 on GF
Dr. Björn Sprungk, Institute for Mathematical Stochastics, Georg-August-Universität Göttingen
Sparse Grid Collocation for Uncertainty Quantification in Groundwater Flow
Thursday, 25.04.2019, 16.45 p.m., Institute of Applied Mechanics, Pockelsstr. 3, seminar room 0017 on GF
MUSEN Vortrag Prof. Dr.-Ing. Tim Ricken, Institute of Mechanics, Structural Analysis and Dynamics of Aerospace Structures, University of Stuttgart
Multiscale Simulation of Multiphase Materials

New project granted:
Phase-field computation of brittle fracture: robustness, efficiency, and characterisation of solution non-uniqueness
DFG Project, in cooperation with the Institute of Scientific Computing

New project granted:
Piezoelectric 0-0-3 CompositesDFG Project, in cooperation with the Institute of Adaptronics und Function Integration and the DLR

KinderUni on Saturday, 17.11.2018 at 10:30, Audimax,
Warum gehen Dinge kaputt? Prof. Dr. Laura de Lorenzis, Institute of Applied Mechanics
Preparation of KinderUni:

New project granted:
Beyond isogeometric and stochastic collocation: maximising efficiency in stochastic non-linear computational solid mechanics
within DFG SPP 1748 "Reliable Simulation Techniques in Solid Mechanics. Development of Non-standard Discretization Methods, Mechanical and Mathematical Analysis", in cooperation with the Institute of Scientific Computing

New project granted:
Isogeometric phase-field modelling of fatigue in slender structures
DAAD Mobility Program (PPP Norwegen)

New publication: Alessi R., Vidoli S., De Lorenzis L. (accepted), Variational approach to fatigue phenomena with a phase-field model: the one-dimensional case, Engineering Fracture Mechanics.

Ph.D. thesis defense by Marreddy Ambati
"Phase-field modeling and computations of brittle and ductile fracture for solids and shells"
Date and time: 6 February 2017 at 11 am
Location: Institute of Applied Mechanics, Bienroder Weg 87, Room 008

New project granted: MIUR-DAAD Joint Mobility Program (PPP Italien):
"Variational approach to fatigue phenomena with phase-field models: modeling, numerics and experiments"

Job Offers at Leibniz Universität Hannover for Ph.D. Students:
The International Research Training Group IRTG 1627/2 - ViVaCE "Virtual Materials and their Validation": German-French School of Computational Engineering at Leibniz Universität Hannover invites applications for 10 PhD Positions in Virtual Testing of Materials and Structures

Our course "Technische Mechanik 1" has received the LehrLEO 2015 in the category "Best basic teaching" (Press release).

Our paper "Isogeometric collocation for large deformation elasticity and frictional contact problems" by R. Kruse, N. Nguyen-Thanh, L. De Lorenzis, T.J.R. Hughes, has been accepted for publication on CMAME.(DOI:10.1016/j.cma.2015.07.022)

Our paper "Phase-field modeling of ductile fracture" by M. Ambati, T. Gerasimov, L. De Lorenzis, has been accepted for publication on Computational Mechanics, DOI 10.1007/s00466-015-1151-4.

Congratulations to the winner of our Photo Competition:
C. Flache, C. Harp und S. Hube

Our paper "A review on phase-field models of brittle fracture and a new fast hybrid formulation" by M. Ambati, T. Gerasimov, L. De Lorenzis, has been accepted for publication on Computational Mechanics, 55: 383-405.
Our paper "Cooperativity in the enhanced piezoelectric response of polymer nanowires" by L. Persano, C. Dagdeviren, C. Maruccio, L. De Lorenzis, D. Pisignano, has been accepted for publication on Advanced Materials
Our project "Isogeometric and stochastic collocation methods for nonlinear, probabilistic multi-scale problems in continuum mechanics" has been funded by the DFG within the SPP 1748 "Reliable Simulation Techniques in Solid Mechanics. Development of Non-standard Discretisation Methods, Mechanical and Mathematical Analysis".

New research position available at the Institute!
Colloquium of Applied Mechanics: Monday, 06th of oktober 2014, Seminarraum der Institute für Stahlbau und Statik BE 51.1, Beethovenstraße 51, EG, 38106 Braunschweig
- 14:00 Josef Kiendl PhD, MSc, University of Pavia, Italy "Isogeometric Methods for Computational Mechanics of Solids and Structures"
- 16:00 Dr.-Ing. Daniel Materna, TU Dortmund / University of Ioannina, Greece "Sensitivitätsanalyse und Optimierung in der numerischen Mechanik"

Our paper "An unbiased computational contact formulation for 3D friction" by R. Sauer, L. De Lorenzis, has been accepted for publication on IJNME
Our paper "An extended isogeometric thin shell analysis based on Kirchhoff-Love theory" by N. Nguyen-Thanh, N. Valizadeh, M.N. Nguyen, H. Nguyen-Xuan, X. Zhuang, P. Areias, G. Zi, Y. Bazilevs, L. De Lorenzis, T. Rabczuk, has been accepted for publication on CMAME

Award: our paper "Cyclic interface behavior of external composite reinforcements: a coupled damage-plasticity model" by P. Carrara, L. De Lorenzis has been attributed the Best Paper Award at the 7th international Conference on Fiber Reinforced Polymer (FRP) Composites in Civil Engineering (CICE 2014) held in Vancouver (Canada) on August 20-22, 2014

The Graduate School MUSIC offers its second Summer School at the Leibniz Universität Hannover from 8 to 12 September 2014. This year's summer school on "multiscale modeling of interfaces and advanced solution techniques" is hosted by the Institute of Continuum Mechanics. For further information please follow this link http://www.music.uni-hannover.de/summerschool00.html or download the flyer (summerschool.pdf).

Klausurtermine
Antrittsvorlesung von Prof. Dr. Laura De Lorenzis "Die Mechanik heute: Chancen und Herausforderungen" am Mittwoch, den 09. Juli 2014 um 17:00 Uhr in der Aula, Haus der Wissenschaft, Pockelsstrasse 11, 3. Stock, 38106 Braunschweig