Counts, W. A.; Friák, M.; Battaile, C.; Raabe, D.; Neugebauer, J.: Multiscale Prediction of Polycrystal Elastic Properties of Ultralight Weight Mg-Li Alloys using Ab Initio and FEM Approaches. MRS Fall Conference 2008, Boston, MA, USA (2008)
Counts, W. A.; Ma, D.; Friák, M.; Neugebauer, J.; Raabe, D.: Multiscale design of aluminium alloys based on ab-initio methods. ICAA 11 – 11th International Conference on Aluminium Alloys 2008, Aachen, Germany (2008)
Raabe, D.; Friak, M.; Neugebauer, J.; Counts, W. A.: Homogenization in Polycrystal Mechanics on the Basis of First Principles Simulations. IUTAM Symposium on Variational Concepts in Materials Mechanics, Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Germany (2008)
Friák, M.; Sander, B.; Ma, D.; Counts, W. A.; Raabe, D.; Neugebauer, J.: Ab-initio based multi-scale approaches to the elasticity of polycrystals. Mid-term COST conference on Multiscale Modeling of Materials, COST action 19, Brno, Czech Republic (2008)
Counts, W. A.: FEM: A Basic Overview of the Method & Outlook on Applications. MPIE inter-departmental tutorial day(s) 2008, MPI für Eisenforschung GmbH, Düsseldorf, Germany (2008)
Counts, W. A.; Friák, M.; Raabe, D.; Neugebauer, J.: Using Ab Initio to Predict Engineering Parameters in bcc Magnesium-Lithium Alloys. American Physics Society March Meeting, New Orleans, LA, USA (2008)
Counts, W. A.; Friák, M.; Raabe, D.; Neugebauer, J.: Using Ab Initio to Predict Engineering Parameters in bcc Magnesium-Lithium Alloys. Deutsche Physikalische Gesellschaft Meeting, Berlin, Germany (2008)
Nikolov, S.; Sachs, C.; Counts, W. A.; Fabritius, H.; Raabe, D.: Modeling of the Mechanical Behavior of Bone at Submicron Scale through Mean-Field Homogenization. European Congress and Exhibition on Advanced Materials and Processes (EUROMAT 2007), Nürnberg, Germany (2007)
Friák, M.; Counts, W. A.; Raabe, D.; Neugebauer, J.: Identification of fundamental materials-design limits in ultra light-weight Mg–Li alloys via quantum-mechanical calculations. Materials Science and Engineering 2010, Darmstadt, Germany (2010)
Counts, W. A.: FEM: A Basic Overview of the Method & Outlook on Applications. Lecture: Aachen Institute for Advanced Studies in Computational Engineering and Science (AICES), Aachen, Germany, 2008-09
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…
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
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.
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…
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,...
Understanding hydrogen-assisted embrittlement of advanced high-strength steels is decisive for their application in automotive industry. Ab initio simulations have been employed in studying the hydrogen trapping of Cr/Mn containing iron carbides and the implication for hydrogen embrittlement.