Research Interests
- Numerical modeling of nonstationary, nonlinear, coupled PDE systems
- Multiphysics (fluid-structure interaction, reactive flow, porous media)
- CVIS: coupled variational inequality systems such as variational phase-field fracture
- Adaptivity
- Adaptive finite elements
- Predictor-corrector adaptivity
- Goal-oriented a posteriori error estimation
- Multiple quantities of interest
- Balancing discretization and iteration errors
- Robust and efficient solvers
- Numerical optimization and parameter estimation
- Design of algorithms and research software development
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Prof. Dr. Thomas Wick
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M. Sc. Julian Roth
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Examples of numerical Simulations
Phase-field function of crack-propagation in EPDM rubber
Simulation of a Waveguide
![Plot of the intensity of the electromagnetic field in a simple waveguide. The intensity was computed with an adaptive finite element method.](https://www.ifam.uni-hannover.de/fileadmin/_processed_/7/6/csm_wave_2c0af2ec01.png)
![Plot of the intensity of the electromagnetic field in a simple waveguide. The intensity was computed with an adaptive finite element method.](https://www.ifam.uni-hannover.de/fileadmin/_processed_/7/6/csm_wave_d2fb1de18c.png)
![Plot of the intensity of the electromagnetic field in a simple waveguide. The intensity was computed with an adaptive finite element method.](https://www.ifam.uni-hannover.de/fileadmin/_processed_/7/6/csm_wave_394178956a.png)