Prof. Dr.-Ing. Kai-Uwe Bletzinger


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  • Phone: +49 (89) 289 - 22420
  • Fax: fax +49 (89) 289 - 22421
  • Office hours: nach Vereinbarung
  • Room: 0101.Z1.024

Curriculum Vitae

1999 Chair of Structural Analysis at TUM (Lehrstuhl für Statik)
1996 - 1999 Professor of Computational Structural Analysis, University of Karlsruhe
1990 - 1996 Senior assistant at the Institute of Structural Analysis, University of Stuttgart
1990 Promotion as Dr.-Ing., "Shape optimization of shells and membranes"
1984 - 1990 Scientific co-worker at the Institute of Structural Analysis (Prof. E. Ramm), University of Stuttgart
1981 - 1982 Exchange student at the University of Calgary, Canada
1978 - 1984 Civil Engineering studies (Dipl.-Ing.), University of Stuttgart

Research

  • Computational Mechanics
    • Finite-Elemente-Technology
    • Isogeometric Analysis
    • Shells and Membranes
    • Inverse Mechanics
    • Numerical Methods
  • Coupled Simulation Methods
    • Multi Field Coupling
    • Fluid-Structure-Simulation
    • Computational Wind Engineering
  • Structural and CFD Optimization
    • Parameter free Methods, adjoint Methods
    • Shape Optimization
    • Form Finding
  • Textile Structures
    • Form finding methods
    • Cutting Pattern Simulation Methods
    • Inverse Draping Methods
    • Constitutive Modelling, anisotropic materials, large strains, response surfaces

Teaching

  • Statik 1
  • Statik 2
  • Finite Element Method
  • Nonlinear Finite Element Methods
  • Theory of plates
  • Theory of shells
  • Structural Optimization and Form Finding

Publication

Refer to Publications