Computational materials engineering

Computational Materials Engineering

The materials simulation group at MTU uses various computational approaches to achieve three main goals:

understand the role of local material chemistries on mechanical properties
reduce experimental testing by identifying suitable parameters
analyze the thermo-kinetic potential of alloy specifications to optimize performance and productibility

Contact

Björn Stender

bjoern.stender@mtu.de

Application examples

Software solutions

We work within astrong research network and have optimised and enhanced a number of commerciallyavailable software solutions. For instance, we have created new databases, linked different softwares and added tailored applications to better model and simulate the micromechanical evolution of the most commonturbine materials used today.
We use the key software solutions:

MatCalc
ThermoCalc
Micress
SAMPLE2D
Calculix
Abaqus

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