TY - JOUR A1 - Pongratz, Christian A1 - Tix, Janek A1 - Wolfrum, Johannes A1 - Gerke, Steffen A1 - Ehrlich, Ingo A1 - Brünig, Michael T1 - Test Setup for Investigating the Impact Behavior of Biaxially Prestressed Composite Laminates JF - Experimental Techniques N2 - Instrumented impact testing and compression-after-impact testing are important to adequately qualify material behavior and safely design composite structures. However, the stresses to which fiber-reinforced plastic components are typically subjected in practice are not considered in the impact test methods recommended in guidelines or standards. In this paper, a test setup for investigating the impact behavior of composite specimens under plane uniaxial and biaxial preloading is presented. For this purpose, a special test setup consisting of a biaxial testing machine and a specially designed drop-weight tower was developed. The design decisions were derived from existing guidelines and standards with the aim of inducing barely visible impact damage in laminated carbon fiber-reinforced plastic specimens. Several measurement systems have been integrated into the setup to allow comprehensive observation of the impact event and specimen behavior. A feasibility test was performed with biaxially prestressed carbon fiber-reinforced plastic specimens in comparison with unstressed reference tests. The compressive-tensile prestressing resulted in lower maximum contact forces, higher maximum deflections, higher residual deflections and a different damage pattern, which was investigated by light microscopic analysis. Finally, the functionality of the experimental setup is discussed, and the results seem to indicate that the test setup and parameters were properly chosen to investigate the effect of prestresses on the impacts behavior of composite structures, in particular for barely visible subsequent damages. KW - Mechanical Engineering KW - Mechanics of Materials KW - Faserverbundwerkstoff KW - Schlagprüfung Y1 - 2024 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:bvb:898-opus4-70355 SN - 0732-8818 N1 - Corresponding authors: Christian Pongratz und Ingo Ehrlich PB - Springer Nature ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Paredes, Marcelo A1 - Keim, Vincent A1 - Nonn, Aida A1 - Wierzbicki, Tomasz T1 - Effect of plasticity parameter on the crack propagation in steel pipelines T2 - Proceedings of the conference on Technology for future and ageing piplines, Ghent, Belgium Y1 - 2018 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Putzer, Michael A1 - Ehrlich, Ingo A1 - Rasmussen, John A1 - Gebbeken, Norbert A1 - Dendorfer, Sebastian T1 - Sensitivity of lumbar spine loading to anatomical parameters JF - Journal of Biomechanics N2 - Musculoskeletal simulations of lumbar spine loading rely on a geometrical representation of the anatomy. However, this data has an inherent inaccuracy. This study evaluates the influence of defined geometrical parameters on lumbar spine loading utilising five parametrised musculoskeletal lumbar spine models for four different postures. The influence of the dimensions of vertebral body, disc, posterior parts of the vertebrae as well as the curvature of the lumbar spine was studied. Additionally, simulations with combinations of selected parameters were conducted. Changes in L4/L5 resultant joint force were used as outcome variable. Variations of the vertebral body height, disc height, transverse process width and the curvature of the lumbar spine were the most influential. These parameters can be easily acquired from X-rays and should be used to morph a musculoskeletal lumbar spine model for subject-specific approaches with respect to bone geometry. Furthermore, the model was very sensitive to uncommon configurations and therefore, it is advised that stiffness properties of discs and ligaments should be individualised. KW - Musculoskeletal simulation KW - Lumbar spine KW - Parameter study KW - Vertebra KW - Wirbelsäule KW - Belastung KW - Simulation Y1 - 2015 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbiomech.2015.11.003 VL - 49 IS - 6 SP - 953 EP - 958 PB - Elsevier Science ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Wiesent, Lisa A1 - Schultheiß, Ulrich A1 - Lulla, Philipp A1 - Noster, Ulf A1 - Schratzenstaller, Thomas A1 - Schmid, Christof A1 - Nonn, Aida A1 - Spear, Ashley T1 - Computational analysis of the effects of geometric irregularities and post-processing steps on the mechanical behavior of additively manufactured 316L stainless steel stents JF - PLoS ONE N2 - Advances in additive manufacturing enable the production of tailored lattice structures and thus, in principle, coronary stents. This study investigates the effects of process-related irregularities, heat and surface treatment on the morphology, mechanical response, and expansion behavior of 316L stainless steel stents produced by laser powder bed fusion and provides a methodological approach for their numerical evaluation. A combined experimental and computational framework is used, based on both actual and computationally reconstructed laser powder bed fused stents. Process-related morphological deviations between the as-designed and actual laser powder bed fused stents were observed, resulting in a diameter increase by a factor of 2-2.6 for the stents without surface treatment and 1.3-2 for the electropolished stent compared to the as-designed stent. Thus, due to the increased geometrically induced stiffness, the laser powder bed fused stents in the as-built (7.11 ± 0.63 N) or the heat treated condition (5.87 ± 0.49 N) showed increased radial forces when compressed between two plates. After electropolishing, the heat treated stents exhibited radial forces (2.38 ± 0.23 N) comparable to conventional metallic stents. The laser powder bed fused stents were further affected by the size effect, resulting in a reduced yield strength by 41% in the as-built and by 59% in the heat treated condition compared to the bulk material obtained from tensile tests. The presented numerical approach was successful in predicting the macroscopic mechanical response of the stents under compression. During deformation, increased stiffness and local stress concentration were observed within the laser powder bed fused stents. Subsequent numerical expansion analysis of the derived stent models within a previously verified numerical model of stent expansion showed that electropolished and heat treated laser powder bed fused stents can exhibit comparable expansion behavior to conventional stents. The findings from this work motivate future experimental/numerical studies to quantify threshold values of critical geometric irregularities, which could be used to establish design guidelines for laser powder bed fused stents/lattice structures. KW - Heat treatment KW - Lasers KW - Surface treatments KW - Specimen preparation and treatment KW - Material properties KW - Stiffness KW - Deformation KW - Powders KW - Koronarendoprothese KW - Rapid prototyping KW - Numerische Methode Y1 - 2020 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0244463 N1 - Corresponding author: Lisa Wiesent VL - 15 IS - 12 SP - 1 EP - 30 PB - PLOS ER - TY - THES A1 - Putzer, Michael T1 - Development of subject-specific musculoskeletal models for studies of lumbar loading N2 - Anatomical differences between individuals are often neglected in musculoskeletal models, but they are necessary in case of subject-specific questions regarding the lumbar spine. A modification of models to each subject is complex and the effects on lumbar loading are difficult to assess. The objective of this thesis is to create a validated musculoskeletal model of the human body, which facilitates a subject-specific modification of the geometry of the lumbar spine. Furthermore, important parameters are identified in sensitivity studies and a case study regarding multifidus muscle atrophy after a disc herniation is conducted. Therefore, a generic model is heavily modified and a semi-automatic process is implemented. This procedure remodels the geometry of the lumbar spine to a subject-specific one on basis of segmented medical images. The resulting five models are validated with regard to the lumbar loading at the L4/L5 level. The influence of lumbar ligament stiffness is determined by changing the stiffness values of all lumbar ligaments in eleven steps during a flexion motion. Sensitivities of lumbar loading to an altered geometry of the lumbar spine are identified by varying ten lumbar parameters in simulations with each model in four postures. The case study includes an analysis of the loading of the multifidus muscle and of the lumbar discs throughout various stages of disc herniation. This time each model performs four motions with two different motion rhythms. The results indicate that lumbar motion and loading is dependent on lumbar ligament stiffness. Furthermore, subject-specific modelling of the lumbar spine should include at least the vertebral height, disc height and lumbar lordosis. The results of the case study suggest that an overloading of the multifidus muscle could follow disc herniation. Additionally, a subsequent atrophy of the muscles could expose adjacent levels to an increased loading, but these findings are highly dependent on the individual. KW - Lendenwirbelsäule KW - Geometrie KW - Lendenwirbelsäulenkrankheit KW - Computertomografie KW - Modell KW - Hochschulschrift Y1 - 2018 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:bvb:706-5924 N1 - Kooperative Promotion an der Fakultät Maschinenbau der Ostbayerischen Technischen Hochschule Regensburg (OTH.R) im Labor für Biomechanik (LBM) bei Prof. Dr.-Ing. Sebastian Dendorfer und Labor für Faserverbundtechnik (LFT) bei Prof. Dr.-Ing. Ingo Ehrlich ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Keim, Vincent A1 - Nonn, Aida A1 - Lenz, D. A1 - Brinnel, Viktoria A1 - Münstermann, Sebastian T1 - Simulation of the ductile fracture behaviour of high toughness pipeline steels using combined damage models T2 - Proceedings of the conference on Technology for future and ageing piplines, Ghent, Belgium Y1 - 2018 ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Nonn, Aida A1 - Kalwa, Christoph T1 - Simulation of ductile crack propagation in high-strength pipeline steel using damage models T2 - 9th International Pipeline Conference 2012 (IPC 2012), Calgary, Canada N2 - The performance of engineering design of high-strength steel pipelines has revealed the necessity to revise current design procedures. Therefore, an improved and detailed comprehension of fracture mechanisms and development of failure prediction tools are required in order to derive new design criteria. In last decades the most successful failure prediction tools for steel structures subjected to various type of loading can be encountered in the field of damage mechanics. This paper aims to describe ductile fracture behavior of high-strength steel pipelines by applying three different damage models, Gurson-Tvergaard-Needelman (GTN), Fracture Locus Curve (FLC) and Cohesive Zone (CZ). These models are evaluated regarding their capability to estimate ductile crack propagation in laboratory specimens and linepipe components without adjusting the calibrated parameters. It can be shown that appropriate parameter sets can be identified to reproduce load-deformation and fracture resistance curves accurately. The strain rate effect on the fracture behavior is examined by dynamic tests on the BDWT specimens. Finally, the shortcomings of the applied models are pointed out with the reference to possible extensions and modifications. Y1 - 2012 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1115/IPC2012-90653 ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Ladewig, Sven A1 - Siegl, Marco A1 - Ehrlich, Ingo ED - Mottok, Jürgen ED - Reichenberger, Marcus ED - Bogner, Werner T1 - Discussion about Viscosity Theories for Fibre-Reinforced Thermoplastics T2 - Applied Research Conference 2018 - ARC 2018, 10 July, Deggendorf N2 - The effect of process variables such as shear rate and temperature on the viscosity of polypropylene during the processing of thermoplastic based composites was investigated in this study. The melt impregnation is used in the process of continuous glass fibre reinforced thermoplastic composites. To develop a mathematical model for roving impregnation, it's essential to know about the viscous behaviour of the matrix system. Therefore, this paper will discuss rheological models to describe these phenomena, based on the gathered viscosity data from the partner laboratory at the University of West Bohemia in Pilsen. Y1 - 2018 SP - 144 EP - 149 PB - Pro Business Verlag CY - Berlin ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Steinmann, Sven A1 - Ehrlich, Ingo ED - Mottok, Jürgen ED - Reichenberger, Marcus ED - Stolle, Reinhard T1 - Investigation of transverse impact stress in fiber reinforced plastics under high-velocity impact and determination of the experimental procedure T2 - Applied Research Conference 2016 - ARC 2016, Augsburg, 24 June 2016 Y1 - 2016 PB - Pro Business Verlag CY - Berlin ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Schmid, Vinzent A1 - Jungbauer, Bastian A1 - Romano, Marco A1 - Ehrlich, Ingo A1 - Gebbeken, Norbert ED - Mottok, Jürgen ED - Ziemann, Olaf T1 - Diminution of mass of different types of fibre reinforcements due to thermal load T2 - Applied Research Conference 2012 - ARC 2012, 25./26. June 2012 Y1 - 2012 SP - 231 EP - 235 PB - Shaker ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Bohmann, T. A1 - Schlamp, Matthias A1 - Ehrlich, Ingo ED - Klippel, Clemens ED - Mottok, Jürgen ED - Reichenberger, Marcus T1 - Analysis of the Acoustic Emission Failure Frequencies of Glass Fiber Reinforced Composite Components T2 - Applied Research Conference 2017 - ARC, 7 July 2017, München Y1 - 2017 SP - 369 EP - 373 PB - Book-on-demand Verlag CY - Norderstedt ER -