The Chair
The Chair complements the research conducted by its colleagues from the Institute of Materials Science in the areas of material fatigue, damage analysis, component reliability and the prediction of micro-structure and deformation behaviour under exposure to static, cyclic, thermal and corrosive stress.
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The Chair
The Chair is dedicated to reinforcing the continued importance of experimentally validating materials - right up to component behaviour - in the age of digitisation. This includes performing structural analyses - from an atomic to a macroscopic level - as well as developing and testing innovative testing methods for characterising mechanical and functional properties. Working in close collaboration with researchers from the Faculty of Mechanical Science and Engineering and external institutions, the Chair is working on identifying the best possible combination of simulation methods and experimental research for creating a basis for achieving maximal flexibility concerning material design and the development of hierarchical structures and systems. All of the research conducted by the team around Prof. Zimmermann is driven by a deep curiosity about the ‘how, when, why and if’ in its experimental investigation of the system that constitutes a material.