Dr.-Ing. Beate Pfister (geb. Muth) (2001 - 2006)

	Address	Beate Pfister TRW Automotive GmbH Industriestr. 20 D-73553 Alfdorf, Germany
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Field of Research

Hybrid Simulation of Multibody Systems Consisting of Poured Small Particles


Joint project within the SFB 404 "Multifield problems in continuum mechanics"
together with the Particle Technology Group, Stefan Luding, Technical University of Delft
and the Institute for Computational Physics, University of Stuttgart.

Publications

• Muth, B.: Simulation von Kontaktvorgängen einfacher Körper mit Methoden der Molekulardynamik, Diplomarbeit DIPL-87 (in German). Stuttgart: Universität, Institut B für Mechanik, 2001.
• Muth, B.; Eberhard, P.: Collision Detection for Many Colliding Bodies. In: 'Virtual Nonlinear Multibody Systems, NATO ASI Study Institute', Schiehlen, W., Valasek, M. (Ed.), Vol I., Prague, pp. 138-143, 2002.
• Muth, B.; Eberhard, P.; Luding, S.: Contact Simulation for Many Particles Considering Adhesion. Mechanics Based Design of Structures and Machines, Vol. 31, Nr. 3, Velinsky, S.A.; Bestle, D.; Zahariev, E. (Ed.), pp. 433-457, 2003.
• Muth, B.; Müller, M.-K.; Eberhard, P.; Luding, S.: Contacts between Many Bodies. Machine Dynamics Problems, Vol. 28, Nr. 1, W. Kurnik (Ed.), pp. 101-114, 2004, Short Abstract.
• Muth, B.; Eberhard, P.; Luding, S.: Simulation of Contacting Spatial Polyhedral Particles. In: 'Proceedings of the XXI. ICTAM 2004', Warsaw, Poland, August 15-21, 2004, ISBN 83-89687-01-1, pp. 1-2, [pdf].
• Muth, B.; Eberhard, P.; Luding, S.: Collisions between Particles of Complex Shape. In: 'Powders and Grains 2005', R.García-Rojo, H.J. Herrmann & S. McNamara, (Ed.), A.A.Balkema, Rotterdam, ISBN: 041538348X, pp. 1379-1383, 2005.
• Muth, B.; Eberhard, P.: Investigation of Large Systems Consisting of Many Spatial Polyhedral Bodies. In: 'Proceedings of the ENOC-2005 Fifth EUROMECH Nonlinear Dynamics Conference, Eindhoven, The Netherlands, August 7-12, 2005', D.H. van Campen, M.D. Lazurko and W.P.J.M. van der Oever (Ed.), ISBN 90-386-2667-3, pp. 1644-1650, [pdf].
• Eberhard, P.; Muth, B.: Dynamics of Poured Polyhedra of Different Shape. In: Multifield Problems in Solid and Fluid Mechanics, R. Helmig, A. Mielke und B.I. Wohlmuth (Ed.), Series: Lecture Notes in Applied and Computational Mechanics, Vol. 28, ISBN 3-540-34959-6, pp. 245-269, 2006.
• Muth, B.; Of, G.; Eberhard, P.; Steinbach, O..: Collision Detection for Complicated Polyhedra Using the Fast Multipole Method or Ray Crossing. Archive of Applied Mechanics, Vol. 77, Nr. 7, pp. 503-521, 2007.
• Muth, B.; Müller, M.-K.; Eberhard, P.; Luding, S.: Collision Detection and Administration for Many Colliding Bodies. In: 'Proceedings Discrete Element Methods (DEM) 07', Brisbane, Australia, August 27-29, 2007.

Talks

• July 27, 2001: Dynamik Workshop, Uni Stuttgart, Stuttgart, "Simulation of Contact Problems Using Molecular Dynamics Approaches".
• November 5, 2001: Friedrich-Alexander Uni Erlangen-Nuremberg, "Simulation von Kontaktvorgängen einfacher Körper mit Methoden der Molekulardynamik" (in German).
• December 14, 2001: SFB Statusseminar, Blaubeuren, "Simulation of Contacts with Methods from Molecular Dynamics" (in German).
• April 9, 2002: International Conference on Multifield Problems, Stuttgart, "Collision Detection - Efficiency Comparisons between Verlet-Neighborhood and the Linked Linear List".
• May 27, 2002: Heraeus Seminar, Bad Honnef, "Investigation of Dynamic Contacts with Different Methods", P. Eberhard und B. Muth.
• June 27, 2002: NATO ASI Workshop, Prague, "Collision Detection and Administration for Many Colliding Bodies", B. Muth und P. Eberhard.
• July 19, 2002: Dynamik Workshop, Söllerhaus, "Kollisionserkennungsalgorithmen für viele Teilchen" (in German), B. Muth and P. Eberhard.
• December 9, 2002: SFB Statusseminar, Bad Herrenalb, "Simulation von Kontaktvorgängen einfacher Körper unterschiedlicher Form" (in German), B. Muth, P. Eberhard, S. Luding, and W. Schiehlen.
• July 17, 2003: SFB Statusseminar, Stuttgart, "Hybride Mehrkörpersystemsimulation geschütteter Kleinteile" (in German), B. Muth, P. Eberhard, S. Luding.
• September 5, 2003: 8th German-Polish Workshop on "Dynamical Problems in Mechanical Systems", Schmochtitz, "Contacts of Many Convex and Non-Convex Polygonal Bodies", B. Muth, P. Eberhard, S. Luding.
• November 17, 2003: Oberseminar, Institut für Mechanik, Hannover, "Kontakte vieler konvexer und nichtkonvexer polygonaler Körper" (in German), B. Muth, P. Eberhard, S. Luding.
• February 20, 2004: SFB Statusseminar, Bad Herrenalb, "Bewegungsverhalten konvexer und nichtkonvexer freier Polyeder im Raum" (in German), B. Muth, P. Eberhard, S. Luding.
• April 7, 2004: Seminary of the Institute, Burg Teck, Owen, "Vorgehensweisen in der Molekulardynamik" (in German), B. Muth.
• August 19, 2004: ICTAM, Warsaw, "Simulation of Contacting Spatial Polyhedral Particles", B. Muth, P. Eberhard, S. Luding.
• October 8, 2004: Dynamik Workshop 2004, Stuttgart, "Simulation granularer Polyeder mit vielen Kontakten", (in German).
• February 21, 2005: SFB Statusseminar, Bad Herrenalb, "Beispiele zur Kontaktuntersuchung an Vielteilchensystemen" (in German), B. Muth, P. Eberhard.
• March 16, 2005: Discrete Numerical Simulations of Granular Materials, Workshop, Institut Henri Poincaré Paris, "Simulation of Arbitraryly Shaped Polyhedral Particles", B. Muth, P. Eberhard, S. Luding. [pdf].
• June 9, 2005: Seminary of the Institute, Roßberghaus, Reutlingen, "Simulation unterschiedlich geformter polyhedraler Teilchen - verschiedene Reibmodelle", (in German), B. Muth.
• July 5, 2006: Seminary of the Institute, Roßberghaus, Reutlingen, "Verschiedene Methoden zur Kollisionserkennung", (in German), B. Muth.
• July 17, 2006: ICP Seminar, Stuttgart, "Dynamics of Poured Polyhedra of Different Shape", B. Muth, P. Eberhard.
• October 4, 2006: International Conference on Multifield Problems, Stuttgart, "Dynamics of Poured Polyhedra of Different Shape", B. Muth, P. Eberhard.

Poster

• May 28, 2002: Heraeus Seminar, Bad Honnef, "Contact Investigations - More Efficiency by Means of Neighborhood List and Sorted List Method".
• July 24, 2003: SFB Assessment, Stuttgart, "Hybride Mehrkörpersystemsimulation geschütteter Kleinteile", (in German).
• July 19, 2005: Powders and Grains Conference, Stuttgart, "Collisions between particles of complex shape" (B. Muth & P. Eberhard, S. Luding).
• October 4-6, 2006: International Conference on Multifield Problems, Stuttgart, "Dynamics of Poured Polyhedra of Different Shape" (B. Muth & P. Eberhard).

Supervised Thesis

• Wessel, Wilfried: Kontakterkennung räumlicher polyhedraler Körper mit Hilfe von Methoden der Molekulardynamik, Student Thesis STUD-212. Stuttgart: University, Institute B of Mechanics, 2004.
• Wawra, Heiko: Effizienzuntersuchung verschiedener Integratoren für granulare Medien, Student Thesis STUD-219. Stuttgart: University, Institute B of Mechanics, 2005.
• Schmid, Ulrich: Implementierung der Common Plane Methode für polygonale Schüttgüter, Student Thesis STUD-257. Stuttgart: University, Institute of Engineering and Computational Mechanics, 2007.

Teaching

• Applied Dynamics 1, SS 03
• Mechatronics, WS 03/04
• Mechatronics, WS 04/05

Additional Services at the Institute

• Library (2002-2006)