Institute of Applied Mechanics
Passion for mechanics
The Institute of Applied Mechanics (LTM) consists of a professorship for continuum mechanics, a professorship for structural mechanics, and a research group for computational mechanics. Each of the two professorships and the research group covers a subject area of applied mechanics both in research and in teaching. Applied mechanics is a basic subject of engineering sciences and strongly anchored and crosslinked in mechanical engineering. The main concern of applied mechanics is modeling and simulation of technologically relevant materials, processes, and systems.
The 1st FRASCAL Virtual Colloquium aims to provide a platform to discuss recent advances in computational modeling of fracture at various length and time scales.
The new elective course "Beyond FEM" is now available at LTM. This course aims the introduction into the modern and nowadays rapidly developing FEM techniques which go beyond the standard FEM course. The main requirement for students is the finished FEM or IFEM course.
All information about the schedule of individual lectures and tutorials is communicated through the StudOn courses.
The present RTG (Research Training Group) aims to improve understanding of fracture in brittle heterogeneous materials by developing simulation methods that are able to capture the multiscale nature of failure. With i) its rooting in different scientific disciplines, ii) its focus on the influence of heterogeneities on fracture at different length
