Varnik, F.: Can microscale wall roughness trigger unsteady/chaotic flows ? 5th International Workshop on Complex Systems, American Institute of Physics, Sendai, Japan (2007)
Varnik, F.: Two-dimensional lattice Boltzmann studies of the effects of wall roughness/channel design on the flow at moderate Reynolds numbers. IUTAM Symposium on Advances in Micro-& Nanofluidics, Dresden, Germany (2007)
Varnik, F.: Lattice Boltzmann studies of binary liquids and liquid-vapor systems beyond equilibrium. Leibniz Institute for Polymer Research, Dresden, Germany (2007)
Varnik, F.: A comprehensive introduction to lattice Boltzmann methods in materials science and engineering. Fritz-Haber Institut der Max-Planck Gesellschaft, Berlin, Germany (2007)
Varnik, F.: Non linear rheology and dynamic yielding in a simple glass: A molecular dynamics study. School of Physics, University of Edinburgh, UK (2006)
Varnik, F.: Chaotic lubricant flows in metal forming: Some new insights from lattice Boltzmann simulations. Seminar Talk at MPI für Eisenforschung GmbH, Düsseldorf, Germany (2006)
Varnik, F.: Lattice Boltzmann simulations of moderate Reynolds number flows in strongly confined channels: The role of the wall roughness. Massachussets Institute of Technology (MIT), Boston, MA, USA (2006)
Varnik, F.: MD simulations of steady state yielding in a simple glass. 31st Middle Euoropean Cooperation on Statistical Physics (MECO31), Primošten, Croatia (2006)
Varnik, F.: Rheological response of a model glass: Theory versus computer simulation. 2nd International workshop on dynamics in viscous liquids, Mainz, Germany (2006)
Varnik, F.; Raabe, D.: Lattice Boltzmann studies of flow instability in microchannels: The role of the surface roughness/topology. Laboratoire de Physique et de la Matiere Condensee et Nanostructure, Universite Claude Bernard, Lyon1, France (2005)
Varnik, F.: Complex rheology of simple systems: Shear thinning, dynamic versus static yielding and flow heterogeneity. CECAM-Workshop on Simulating deformed glasses and melts: From simple liquids to polymers, Lyon, France (2005)
Varnik, F.: Rheology of dense amorphous systems: Recent theories versus molecular dynamics simulations. 5th International Discussion Meeting on Relaxation in Complex Systems, Lille, France (2005)
Hydrogen in aluminium can cause embrittlement and critical failure. However, the behaviour of hydrogen in aluminium was not yet understood. Scientists at the Max-Planck-Institut für Eisenforschung were able to locate hydrogen inside aluminium’s microstructure and designed strategies to trap the hydrogen atoms inside the microstructure. This can…
Biological materials in nature have a lot to teach us when in comes to creating tough bio-inspired designs. This project aims to explore the unknown impact mitigation mechanisms of the muskox head (ovibus moschatus) at several length scales and use this gained knowledge to develop a novel mesoscale (10 µm to 1000 µm) metamaterial that can mimic the…
Hydrogen embrittlement (HE) of steel is a great challenge in engineering applications. However, the HE mechanisms are not fully understood. Conventional studies of HE are mostly based on post mortem observations of the microstructure evolution and those results can be misleading due to intermediate H diffusion. Therefore, experiments with a…
Smaller is stronger” is well known in micromechanics, but the properties far from the quasi-static regime and the nominal temperatures remain unexplored. This research will bridge this gap on how materials behave under the extreme conditions of strain rate and temperature, to enhance fundamental understanding of their deformation mechanisms. The…
This project aims to investigate the influence of grain boundaries on mechanical behavior at ultra-high strain rates and low temperatures. For this micropillar compressions on copper bi-crystals containing different grain boundaries will be performed.
Microbiologically influenced corrosion (MIC) of iron by marine sulfate reducing bacteria (SRB) is studied electrochemically and surfaces of corroded samples have been investigated in a long-term project.
In this project we investigate the hydrogen distribution and desorption behavior in an electrochemically hydrogen-charged binary Ni-Nb model alloy. The aim is to study the role of the delta phase in hydrogen embrittlement of the Ni-base alloy 718.
We plan to investigate the rate-dependent tensile properties of 2D materials such as metal thin films and PbMoO4 (PMO) films by using a combination of a novel plan-view FIB based sample lift out method and a MEMS based in situ tensile testing platform inside a TEM.