Partial areas of the master theses topics can also be worked on within the framework of a student research project as an elective course in the Master with 3 ECTS. If you are interested, please contact the respective supervisor.
Topic Supervisor Field Geometric Imperfection and Residual Stress Effects on the Axial Performance of WAAM Steel Stub Columns Yan , Blankenhagen AM Investigations on black and white welded joints between additively manufactured Printdur HSA and structural steel Blankenhagen AM, Fatigue Implementation, evaluation and assessment of tensile tests on cold-formed high-strength tubes Gubetini Steel Construction , Stability Verification of the temperature load cases according to DIN EN 1993-1-5 for steel and steel composite bridges with numerical calculations Ltaief Steel Construction, Bridges, Thermal actions, Temperatur model Python-based calibration of material parameters from tensile tests for FEM simulations Ltaief Steel Construction, Material Science Fatigue-based optimization of an undulated center beam for lamellar roadway crossings Maurer SE: Christiane Butz Fatigue Investigation of damage accumulation (Miner's rule) in riveted bridges Ndogmo , Siebert Fatigue, Bridge construction Various topics concerning historical steel bridges (e.g. concerning material properties , initial crack length , structural details , residual stresses , etc.) Siebert Bridge construction, Fracture mechanics Differences of XFEM and Contour integration method (CIM) and BEM when modelling crack propagation Siebert Bridge construction, Fracture mechanics Statistical assumptions of input parameters for fracture mechanics calculations Siebert Bridge construction, Fracture mechanics
Topic Supervisor Field Numerical investigation on the influence of bridge orientation to the inside air temperature of tightly welded hollow boxes. Ltaief Bridge construction, seal-welded hollow boxes Various topics concerning historical steel bridges (e.g. concerning material properties , initial crack length , structural details , etc.) Siebert Bridge construction, Fracture mechanics Statistical assumptions of input parameters for fracture mechanics calculations Siebert Bridge construction, Fracture mechanics