Specialization "Multi Scale Mechanics"

of the master 'Mechanical Engineering'


How does the micro-structure of materials and fluids affect their material properties? Can modern numerical tools like DEM/FEM or CFD help us to understand the interesting behaviour of modern materials and tools? And how can one improve engineering machines and tools? The group multi scale mechanics deals with fluids and solids, particles and their contacts, granular materials and powders, micro fluid systems and self-healing materials, as well as a variety of multi-scale theory and modelling approaches as:
• Microscopic/discrete models for fluids and solids
• Micro-Macro transition for constitutive relations
• Continuum CFD/FEM based on micro-properties
Collaborations with industry involve: modern/complex materials testing and optimization, sound- and wave propagation for oil exploration, powder flow behaviour, mixing and segregation, sintering, self-healing, etc.