Professor Dr.-Ing. Ralf Müller

Address Technische Universität Darmstadt
Fachbereich Bau- und Umweltingenieurwissenschaften
Fachgebiet Kontinuumsmechanik
Franziska-Braun-Straße 7
64287 Darmstadt

Projects

As Applicant
- Current projects
  - Development of a viscoelastic phase field model for fracture processes with application to ice dynamics (Research Grants)
  - Development of a dynamic particle finite element method (PFEM) for geotechnical applications (Research Grants)
  - Simulation of precipitate morphologies in ferroelectric materials (Research Grants)
  - Development of a Lattice Boltzmann Method for the Simulation of Dynamic Deformation Behavior of Nonlinear Elastic Materials (Research Grants)
  - Analysis of the multiaxial stress state during crack initiation by the fracture phase field method (Research Units)
  - Experimental and simulative investigation of crack systems during glass cutting (CrackCut) (Research Grants)
- Completed projects
  - Study of the dynamic state of ice shelves on the south-western Antarctic Peninsula by an interdisciplinary approach of remote sensing, fracture mechanics and modelling of ice dynamics (Infrastructure Priority Programmes)
  - On mechanisms of calving from Antarctic ice shelves (Infrastructure Priority Programmes)
  - Investigation of size effects in ferroic materials using phase field simulations (Research Units)
  - Advanced Finite Element Modelling of 3D Crack Propagation by a Phase Field Approach (Priority Programmes)
  - solidFIDEMO – a firn densification model for volumetric mass balances (Infrastructure Priority Programmes)
As Participating Researcher
- Completed projects
  - GRK 2057: Physical Modelling for Virtual Manufacturing Systems and Processes (International Research Training Groups)
As Project Head
- Current projects
  - Modelling of local failure mechanisms and macroscopic strength properties of HyPo-materials (CRC/Transregios)
- Completed projects
  - Mikroskopische Untersuchungen zur Defektagglomeration und deren Auswirkung auf die Beweglichkeit von Domänenwänden (Collaborative Research Centres)
  - Multiscale Modeling and Simulation of Microcutting of Titanium Materials (Collaborative Research Centres)
  - Systematic Temperature Control when Turning Metastable Austenitic Steels (Collaborative Research Centres)
  - Modeling and Simulation of Wetting of Component Surfaces (Collaborative Research Centres)
  - Phase Field Modeling of Transformation and Failure Mechanisms in the Vicinity of Surface (Collaborative Research Centres)
  - Investigation of the surface morphology of cryogenically milled TiAl6V4 impeller (Collaborative Research Centres)
As Co-Investigator
- Current projects
  - Towards Rational Simulation-Based Engineering Optimization (Research Grants)
- Completed projects
  - Major-Instrumentation Initiative: CT of structural elements under changing load (Major Instrumentation Initiatives)