Krüger, T.; Varnik, F.; Raabe, D.: Second-order convergence of the deviatoric stress tensor in the standard Bhatnagar-Gross-Krook lattice Boltzmann method. Physical Review E 82 (025701) (2010)
Ayodele, S. G.; Varnik, F.; Raabe, D.: Effect of aspect ratio on transverse diffusive broadening: A lattice Boltzmann study. Physical Review E 80 (1), pp. 016304-1 - 016304-9 (2009)
Ayodele, S. G.; Varnik, F.; Raabe, D.: Transverse diffusive mixing of solutes in pressure driven microchannels: A Lattice Boltzmann study of the scaling laws. La Houille Blanche, International Water Journal 6, pp. 93 - 100 (2009)
Gross, M.; Varnik, F.; Raabe, D.: Fall and rise of small droplets on rough hydrophobic substrates. Europhysics Letters 88 (26002), pp. 26002-p1 - 26002-p6 (2009)
Varnik, F.; Raabe, D.: Scaling effects in microscale fluid flows at rough solid surfaces. Modeling and Simulation in Materials Science and Engineering 14, pp. 857 - 873 (2006)
Baschnagel, J.; Varnik, F.: Computer simulations of supercooled polymer melts in the bulk and in confined geometry. Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter 17 (32), pp. R851 - R953 (2005)
Varnik, F.; Bocquet, L.; Barrat, L.-J.: A study of the static yield stress in a binary Lennard-Jones glass. The Journal of Chemical Physics 120 (6), pp. 2788 - 2801 (2004)
Baschnagel, J.; Meyer, H.; Varnik, F.; Metzger, S.; Aichele, M.; Müller, M.; Binder, K.: Computer Simulations of Polymers close to Solid Interfaces: Some Selected Topics. Special Issue of Interface Science: Polymers at Interfaces 11, pp. 159 - 173 (2003)
Varnik, F.; Baschnagel, J.; Binder, K.; Mareschal, M.: Confinement effects on the slow dynamics of a supercooled polymer melt: Rouse modes and the incoherent scattering function. European Physical Journal E 12 (167) (2003)
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…
We will investigate the electrothermomechanical response of individual metallic nanowires as a function of microstructural interfaces from the growth processes. This will be accomplished using in situ SEM 4-point probe-based electrical resistivity measurements and 2-point probe-based impedance measurements, as a function of mechanical strain and…
Hydrogen induced embrittlement of metals is one of the long standing unresolved problems in Materials Science. A hierarchical multiscale approach is used to investigate the underlying atomistic mechanisms.
Hydrogen embrittlement affects high-strength ferrite/martensite dual-phase (DP) steels. The associated micromechanisms which lead to failure have not been fully clarified yet. Here we present a quantitative micromechanical analysis of the microstructural damage phenomena in a model DP steel in the presence of hydrogen.
This project will aim at developing MEMS based nanoforce sensors with capacitive sensing capabilities. The nanoforce sensors will be further incorporated with in situ SEM and TEM small scale testing systems, for allowing simultaneous visualization of the deformation process during mechanical tests
The project aims to study corrosion, a detrimental process with an enormous impact on global economy, by combining denstiy-functional theory calculations with thermodynamic concepts.
Understanding hydrogen-assisted embrittlement of advanced structural materials is essential for enabling future hydrogen-based energy industries. A crucially important phenomenon in this context is the delayed fracture in high-strength structural materials. Factors affecting the hydrogen embrittlement are the hydrogen content,...
Thermo-chemo-mechanical interactions due to thermally activated and/or mechanically induced processes govern the constitutive behaviour of metallic alloys during production and in service. Understanding these mechanisms and their influence on the material behaviour is of very high relevance for designing new alloys and corresponding…