Single- and Multi-Scale Analysis and Design for Materials and Structures

Michael Kaliske, Technische Universität Dresden, Institute for Structural Analysis, Dresden, Germany
Kenjiro Terada, Tohoku University, Laboratory of Computational Safety Engineering, Sendai, Japan
Junji Kato, Nagoya University, Laboratory of Structural Analysis and Optimal Design, Nagoya, Japan
Robert Fleischhauer, Technische Universität Dresden, Institute for Structural Analysis, Dresden, Germany

The requirement to design optimal engineering materials and industrial products is the main motivation for the development of numerical simulation approaches and tools. In combination with experimental investigations, these simulation tools provide the means to achieve a better understanding of multi-physically coupled effects and phenomena at different length scales. Once the material or structural behavior at complex loading situations is investigated, it can be taken into account and considered while the design process at a macroscopic application scale. Thus, the mini-symposium primarily is devoted to multi-scale methods and multi-physical formulations as well as optimization approaches at different length scales for the design of materials and structures.

The topics of interest include, but are not limited to:

- Multi-physical material modelling (e.g. thermo-mechanical modelling of composites)
- Material design with respect to functionality of structures (e.g. meta-materials considering thermo-mechanical or electro-magnetic properties)
- Advanced topology and shape optimization at different length scale (e.g. design of energy absorbing structures)
- Multi-scale approaches for the analysis of heterogeneous structures (e.g. numerical investigations of reinforced concrete, fiber-reinforced thermo-plastics etc.)