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 inverse materials design
- 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
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
- DFG-Priority Programme SPP 2489 DaMic
- DFG-Research Training Group GRK 2868 D³
- 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
Publications
2024
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Morphological evaluation of β-Ti-precipitation and its link to the mechanical properties of Ti-6Al-4V after laser powder bed fusion and subsequent heat treatments , 14 Jul 2024, In: Materials Science & Engineering A: Structural Materials: Properties, Microstructure and Processing. 913, 146958Electronic (full-text) versionResearch output: Contribution to journal > Research article
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A demonstrator example for virtual sensing approaches in predictive maintenance applications , 11 Jun 2024, VAL5 Fifth International Conference on Material and Component Performance under Variable Amplitude Loading. p. 243 - 249Electronic (full-text) versionResearch output: Contribution to book/conference proceedings/anthology/report > Conference contribution
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Viscoelasticty with physics-augmented neural networks: model formulation and training methods without prescribed internal variables , 6 May 2024, In: Computational Mechanics : solids, fluids, engineered materials, aging infrastructure, molecular dynamics, heat transfer, manufacturing processes, optimization, fracture & integrity. 74, 6, p. 1279-1301, 23 p.Electronic (full-text) versionResearch output: Contribution to journal > Research article
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Statistical analysis of effective crack properties by microstructure reconstruction and phase-field modeling , 25 Apr 2024, In: Archive of applied mechanics. 94 (2024), 9, p. 2471-2487, 17 p.Electronic (full-text) versionResearch output: Contribution to journal > Research article
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Neural network-based multiscale modeling of finite strain magneto-elasticity with relaxed convexity criteria , Mar 2024, In: Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering. 421, 116739Electronic (full-text) versionResearch output: Contribution to journal > Research article
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DA-VEGAN: Differentiably Augmenting VAE-GAN for microstructure reconstruction from extremely small data sets , 25 Jan 2024, In: Computational materials science. 232, 14 p., 112661Electronic (full-text) versionResearch output: Contribution to journal > Research article
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Rate- and temperature-dependent ductile-to-brittle fracture transition: Experimental investigation and phase-field analysis for toffee , 20 Jan 2024, In: Engineering Fracture Mechanics. 297 (2024), 24 p., 109878Electronic (full-text) versionResearch output: Contribution to journal > Research article
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Reconstructing Microstructures From Statistical Descriptors Using Neural Cellular Automata , 18 Jan 2024, In: Integrating materials and manufacturing innovation. 13, 1, p. 272-287, 16 p.Electronic (full-text) versionResearch output: Contribution to journal > Research article
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Fast reconstruction of microstructures with ellipsoidal inclusions using analytical descriptors , Jan 2024, In: Computer aided design : CAD. 166, 103635Electronic (full-text) versionResearch output: Contribution to journal > Research article
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Application of the Local Strain Approach to estimate fatigue life of clinched joints under constant and variable amplitude loading in different loading conditions , 2024, VAL5 Fifth International Conference on Material and Component Performance under Variable Amplitude Loading. Esderts, A., Werdin, S. & Bleicher, C. (eds.).46Electronic (full-text) versionResearch output: Contribution to book/conference proceedings/anthology/report > Conference contribution