Professor

Professor for Computational and Experimental Solid Mechanics
NameProf. Dr.-Ing. habil. Markus Kästner
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Chair of Computational and Experimental Solid Mechanics
Visiting address:
Zeunerbau, Room 353 George-Bähr-Straße 3c
01069 Dresden
Research
Data-driven analysis of processes, materials and structures
- Microstructure characterisation and reconstruction
- Description of Process-Structure-Property (PSP) linkages
- Exploration of PSP linkages and optimization
- Virtual Sensing und clustering for load and stress analysis
- Digital twins for predictive maintenance
Development of data- and model-driven modeling techniques
- Physics-constrained neural networks for material modeling
- Data-driven multi-scale modeling with automated data augmentation
- Phase-field modeling of fracture and structural evolution processes
- Modeling of coupled boundary value problems
- Homogenization techniques for coupled problems
- Adaptive Isogeometric Analysis (IGA)
- Extended Finite Element Method (XFEM)
Experimental characterization and modeling of materials
- Damage and failure of additively manufactured materials
- Process-dependent fatigue behavior of materials
- Inelastic, rate-dependent material behavior of polymers
- Damage and failure of fibre reinforced composites
- Magnetosensitive elastomers and fluids
- Parameter identification and experimental validation of material models
Selected projects
- AMTwin - Data-driven analysis of processes, materials and structures for additive manufacturing
- ePredict - Predictive maintenance for electromobility
- LRVTwin - a digital twin for light rail vehicles
- Drucksache - multiscale characterization and modeling of additively manufactured lattice structures
- DFG-Priority Program SPP 2013
Publications
2024
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DA-VEGAN: Differentiably Augmenting VAE-GAN for microstructure reconstruction from extremely small data sets , Jan 2024, In: Computational materials science. 232, 112661Electronic (full-text) versionResearch output: Contribution to journal > Research article
2023
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Fatigue crack growth in anisotropic aluminium sheets — phase-field modelling and experimental validation , Nov 2023, In: International Journal of Fatigue. 176, 107874Electronic (full-text) versionResearch output: Contribution to journal > Research article
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Neural networks meet hyperelasticity: A guide to enforcing physics , Oct 2023, In: Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids. 179, 105363Electronic (full-text) versionResearch output: Contribution to journal > Research article
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On the relevance of descriptor fidelity in microstructure reconstruction , 15 Sep 2023, In: PAMM. 23, 3, e202300116Electronic (full-text) versionResearch output: Contribution to journal > Research article
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Scattering transform in microstructure reconstruction , 12 Sep 2023, In: PAMM. 23, 3, e202300169Electronic (full-text) versionResearch output: Contribution to journal > Research article
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Two-stage 2D-to-3D reconstruction of realistic microstructures: Implementation and numerical validation by effective properties , 1 Jul 2023, In: Computer methods in applied mechanics and engineering. 412, 116098Electronic (full-text) versionResearch output: Contribution to journal > Research article
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Conditional diffusion-based microstructure reconstruction , Jun 2023, In: Materials today communications. 35, 105608Electronic (full-text) versionResearch output: Contribution to journal > Research article
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Fatigue monitoring and maneuver identification for vehicle fleets using a virtual sensing approach , May 2023, In: International Journal of Fatigue. 170, 107554Electronic (full-text) versionResearch output: Contribution to journal > Research article
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Overview of phase-field models for fatigue fracture in a unified framework , May 2023, In: Engineering fracture mechanics. 288, 109318Electronic (full-text) versionResearch output: Contribution to journal > Research article
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FEANN: an efficient data-driven multiscale approach based on physics-constrained neural networks and automated data mining , 8 Feb 2023, In: Computational mechanics. 71, 5, p. 827-851, 25 p.Electronic (full-text) versionResearch output: Contribution to journal > Research article