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
2025
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Phase-field models for ductile fatigue fracture , Apr 2025, In: Theoretical and applied fracture mechanics. 136, 104842Electronic (full-text) versionResearch output: Contribution to journal > Research article
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Inverse design of spinodoid structures using Bayesian optimization , 19 Feb 2025, In: Computational mechanics : solids, fluids, engineered materials, aging infrastructure, molecular dynamics, heat transfer, manufacturing processes, optimization, fracture & integrity. 104726Electronic (full-text) versionResearch output: Contribution to journal > Research article
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Fast descriptor-based 2D and 3D microstructure reconstruction using the Portilla-Simoncelli algorithm , Feb 2025, In: Engineering with computers. 41, 1, p. 589-607, 19 p., 113043Electronic (full-text) versionResearch output: Contribution to journal > Research article
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FFT‐Based Phase‐Field Fracture Modeling of Periodic Inhomogeneous Microstructures , 29 Jan 2025, In: Fatigue & Fracture of Engineering Materials & StructuresElectronic (full-text) versionResearch output: Contribution to journal > Research article
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Neural networks meet anisotropic hyperelasticity: A framework based on generalized structure tensors and isotropic tensor functions , 21 Jan 2025, In: Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering. 437, 117725Electronic (full-text) versionResearch output: Contribution to journal > Research article
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