Advanced Study Group Processing and Characterization (IEHK)
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Prof. Dr.-Ing. Sebastian Münstermann
Advanced Study Group LeaderProcessing and CharacterizationInstitut für Eisenhüttenkunde
RWTH Aachen
Intzestraße 1
52072 Aachen
Tel. +49 241 80 95800
Fax: +49 241 80 92253
Email: Sebastian Münstermann
- K. Gillner, S. Becker, K. Lang, S. Münstermann.
A method to numerically predict the loading ratio dependency of long crack propagation rates under cyclic loading, International Journal of Fatigue, 116, 234-244, (2018)
- J. Lian, F. Shen, X. Jia, D. Anh et al.
An evolving non-associated Hill48 plasticity model accounting for anisotropic hardening and r-value evolution and its application to forming limit prediction, International Journal of Solids and Structures, Elsevier, 151, 20-44, (2018)
- C. Gu, Y. Bao, P. Gan, J. Lian et al.
An experimental study on the impact of deoxidation methods on the fatigue properties of bearing steels, Steel Research International, 89, 1800129, (2018)
- K. Gillner, M. Henrich, S. Münstermann.
Numerical study of inclusion parameters and their influence on fatigue lifetime, International Journal of Fatigue, Elsevier, 111, 70-80, (2018)
- S. Gupta, P. Kucharczyk, S. Münstermann, R. Jayaganthan.
Prestraining induced enhancement in the fatigue limit obtained by load increasing thermal method for metastable austenitic stainless steel, Steel Research International, WILEY-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim, 89, 1700434, (2018)
- K. Gillner, S. Münstermann.
Numerically predicted high cycle fatigue properties through representative volume elements of the microstructure, International Journal of Fatigue, 105, 219-234, (2017)
- S. Münstermann, J. Lian, B. Wu.
Modelling of ductile fracture under non-proportional strain paths, Proceedings of the 14th International Conference on Fracture, Rhodes, 1, (2017)
- B. Wu, N. Vajragupta, J. Lian, U. Hangen et al.
Prediction of plasticity and damage initiation behaviour of C45E + N steel by micromechanical modelling, Materials & Design, 121, 154-166, (2017)
- Y. Di, J. Lian, B. Wu, N. Vajragupta et al.
The second blind Sandia Fracture Challenge: Improved MBW model predictions for different strain rates, International Journal of Fracture, 198, 149-165, (2016)
- B. L. Boyce, S. L. B. Kramer, T. R. Bosiljevac, E. Corona et al.
The second Sandia Fracture Challenge: Predictions of ductile failure under quasi-static and moderate-rate dynamic loading, International Journal of Fracture, 198, 5-100, (2016)
- D. Novokshanov, B. Döbereiner, M. Sharaf, S. Münstermann et al.
A new model for upper shelf impact toughness assessment with a computationally efficient parameter identification algorithm, Engineering Fracture Mechanics, 148, 281-303, (2015)
- B. Wu, Y. Yan, S. Münstermann.
Modelling of chip breakage in machining process with damage mechanics model, Applied Mechanics and Materials, 784, 411-418, (2015)
- J. Lian, N. Vajragupta, S. Münstermann, W. Bleck et al.
A method to quantitatively upscale the damage initiation of dual-phase steels under various stress states from microscale to macroscale, Computational Materials Science, 94, 245–257, (2014)
- N. Vajragupta, P. Wechsuwanmanee, J. Lian, M. Sharaf et al.
The modeling scheme to evaluate the influence of microstructure features on microcrack formation of DP-steel: the artificial microstructure model and its application to predict the strain hardening behavior, Computational Materials Science, 95, 198-213, (2014)
- M. Sharaf, P. Kucharczyk, N. Vajragupta, S. Münstermann et al.
Modeling the microstructure influence on fatigue life variability in structural steels, Computational Materials Science, 94, 258-272, (2014)
- S. Gupta, R. Twardowski, P. Kucharczyk, S. Münstermann.
Experimental and numerical investigations of the TRIP effect in 1.4301 austenitic stainless steel under static loading, Steel Research International, 85, 793-802, (2014)
- S. Münstermann, N. Vajragupta, J. Lian.
Modeling the cold formability of dualphase steels on different length scales, Procedia Materials Science, 3, 1050–1055, (2014)
- S. Münstermann, J. Lian, N. Vajragupta.
Evaluation of the cold formability of multiphase steels by damage mechancis approaches, Materials Testing, 55, 628-635, (2013)
- J. Lian, M. Sharaf, P. Kucharczyk, S. Münstermann.
A complete damage model associated with localized and diffuse necking for AHSS Sheet, Proceedings of the 6th Forming Technology Forum, TU München & ETH Zürich, (2013)
- N. Vajragupta, J. Lian, M. Sharaf, S. Münstermann et al.
The influence of grain size distribution on strain hardening behaviour for dual phase steels using statistically informed artificial microstructure model and crystal plasticity, Proceedings of the International Conference on Computational Plasticity, Fundamentals and Applications, COMPLAS XII, CIMNE, Barcelona, 1458-1470, (2013)
- J. Lian, N. Vajragupta, S. Münstermann.
Micromechanical modeling of damage and failure in dual phase steels, Key Engineering Materials, 554-557, 2369-2374, (2013)
- M. Sharaf, P. Kucharczyk, A. Ma, N. Vajragupta et al.
Assessment of fatigue microcrack initiation and growth capabilities in structural steels: an interdisciplinary experimental and numerical method, Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference of Engineering Against Failure, University of Patras & Hellenic Metallurgical Society, (2013)
- S. Münstermann, N. Vajragupta, B. Weisgerber, A. Kern.
A numerical study on the mechanical properties and the processing behaviour of composite high strength steels, Materials Testing, 55, 336-344, (2013)
- N. Vajragupta, J. Lian, S. Münstermann, W. Bleck.
The strategy to consider microstructure features on the formability of AHSS: characterization of grain boundary properties, MEFORM 2013: Simulation von Umformprozessen, TU Freiberg, (2013)
- J. Lian, M. Sharaf, F. Archie, S. Münstermann.
A hybrid approach for modelling of plasticity and failure behaviour of advanced high-strength steel sheets, International Journal of Damage Mechanics, 22, 188-218, (2013)
- M. Sharaf, J. Lian, N. Vajragupta, S. Münstermann et al.
Influence of microstructural features on the propagation of microstructurally short fatigue cracks in structural steels, Fatigue of Materials II, Springer Nature Switzerland AG, Cham (CH), 243-250, (2013)
- N. Vajragupta, V. Uthaisangsuk, B. Schmaling, S. Münstermann et al.
A micromechanical damage simulation of dual phase steels using XFEM, Computational Materials Science, 54, 271-279, (2012)
- J. Lian, N. Vajragupta, S. Münstermann, W. Bleck.
On application of a damage plasticity model to sheet metal forming of DP steel, Steel Research International Special Edition: 10th International Conference on Technology of Plasticity, Aachen, 901-906, (2011)
- J. Lian, N. Vajragupta, S. Münstermann.
Multiscale modeling of cold formability of DP steel using XFEM and the modified Mohr-Coulomb criterion, Proceeding, 26. Aachener Stahlkolloquium, Aachen, Germany, (2011)
- P. Kucharczyk, M. Sharaf, S. Münstermann.
Influence of microstructure on fatigue crack growth in structural steel, 26. Aachener Stahlkolloquium 2011, (2011)
- 11.10.2017Design of damage tolerance in high-strength steelsSebastian Münstermann, Benedikt Döbereiner, Denis Novokshanov
MPA-Seminar, Stuttgart, Germany
- 14.06.2016An extension of the modified Bai Wierzbicki model to non-proportional loadingSebastian Münstermann, Bo Wu, Junhe Lian
IDDRG Conference 2016: Challenges in Forming High-Strength Sheets, Linz, Austria
- 21.10.2015A hybrid damage mechanics model to predict the impact toughness of structural steelSebastian Münstermann, Georg Golisch, Bo Wu
Bao Steel Conference 2015, Shanghai, China
- 21.04.2015FE simulation of nanoindentation tests with crystal plasticity finite element method and virtual experimentBo Wu, Napat Vajragupta, Junhe Lian, Yu Duan, Thanawat Lertsirarungsun, U Hangen, Sebastian Münstermann
Hysitron Nanobrücken Workshop and User Meeting 2015, Potsdam, Germany
- 04.10.2013The modelling scheme to evaluate the influence of microstructure features on microcrack formation of DP-steelNapat Vajragupta, Junhe Lian, Mohamed Sharaf, Sebastian Münstermann
23rd International Workshop on Computational Mechanics of Materials (IWCMM), Singapore
- 04.10.2013Numerical simulation of cyclic microcrack growth capability using a crystal plasticity based material model and its experimental validationMohamed Sharaf, Pawel Kucharczyk, Napat Vajragupta, Sebastian Münstermann, Alexander Hartmaier, Wolfgang Bleck
23rd International Workshop on Computational Mechanics of Materials (IWCMM), Singapore
- 19.09.2013A complete damage model associated with localized and diffuse necking for AHSS sheetJunhe Lian, Mohamed Sharaf, Pawel Kucharczyk, Sebastian Münstermann
6th Forming Technology Forum, Herrsching, Germany
- 05.09.2013The influence of grain size distribution on strain hardening behaviour for dual phase steels using statistically informed artificial microstructure model and crytsal plasticityNapat Vajragupta, Junhe Lian, Mohamed Sharaf, Sebastian Münstermann
COMPLAS XII, Barcelona, Spain
- 28.06.2013Assessment of fatigue microcrack initiation and growth capabilities in structural steels: an interdisciplinary experimental and numerical methodMohamed Sharaf, Pawel Kucharczyk, Anxin Ma, Napat Vajragupta, Sebastian Münstermann, Wolfgang Bleck
3rd International Conference of Engineering Against Failure (ICEAF III), Kos, Greece
- 20.03.2013The strategy to consider microstructure features on the formability of AHSS: characterization of grain boundary propertiesNapat Vajragupta, Junhe Lian, Sebastian Münstermann, Wolfgang Bleck
MEFORM 2013, Freiburg, Germany
- 27.06.2018Modelling the influence of inclusions on the fatigue lifetime of steelsSebastian Münstermann
10 Years ICAMS - International Symposium, Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Germany
- 27.06.2018Microstructure modelling guided design of high-strength and damage-tolerance steelsJunhe Lian, Wenqi Liu, Sebastian Münstermann
10 Years ICAMS - International Symposium, Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Germany
- 12.04.2018Numerical study of inclusion parameters and their influence on fatigue lifetimeJunhe Lian, K. Gilllner, C. Gu, Sebastian Münstermann
Frühjahrssitzung 2018 der AG Materialermüdung, Osnabrück, Germany
- 20.06.2016A numerical approach to quantify the microstructure effect on the endurance fatigue strength of structural steelSebastian Münstermann, Mohamed Sharaf
21st European Conference on Fracture, Catania, Italy
- 03.10.2014The optimum microstructure fatigue resistance: a micromechanical solution to an inferential statistics problemMohamed Sharaf, Sebastian Münstermann, Pawel Kucharczyk, Alexander Hartmaier, Wolfgang Bleck
XXIV International Workshop on Computational Micromechanics of Materials, Madrid, Spain
- 24.09.2014Structural steel endurance: towards the optimum microstructure fatigue resistanceMohamed Sharaf, Sebastian Münstermann, Napat Vajragupta, Pawel Kucharczyk, Alexander Hartmaier, Wolfgang Bleck
Materials Science and Engineering MSE 2014, Darmstadt, Germany
- 11.06.2014The fatigue limit of steel: a numerical solution to the short cracks problemMohamed Sharaf, Napat Vajragupta, Sebastian Münstermann, Pawel Kucharczyk, Alexander Hartmaier, Wolfgang Bleck
The 2nd International Symposium on Fatigue Design & Material Defects, Paris, France
- 27.03.2014Steel endurance: from microstructure to fatigue propertiesMohamed Sharaf, Pawel Kucharczyk, Napat Vajragupta, Sebastian Münstermann, Alexander Hartmaier, Wolfgang Bleck
29th Aachen Stahlkolloquium, Aachen, Germany
- 07.05.2013Understanding complex microstructure for various applicationsSebastian Münstermann, Ulrich Prahl, Wolfgang Bleck
ICAMS² 2013, International Colloquium on Advanced Materials Simulation, Bochum, Germany
- 06.12.2012Schädigungsmechanische Bewertung der Kaltumformbarkeit von mehrphasigen StählenSebastian Münstermann, Junhe Lian, Napat Vajragupta
DGM-Tagung Werkstoffprüfung 2012, Bad Neuenahr, Germany
- 07.10.2012Crystal plasticity modelling on single crystal and polycrystal of a ferritic steel sheetJunhe Lian, Siwen Gao, Mohamed Sharaf, Napat Vajragupta, Benjamin Schmaling, Anxin Ma, Sebastian Münstermann, Alexander Hartmaier, Wolfgang Bleck
Materials Science & Technology 2012 Pittsburgh, USA
- 24.09.2012Generation of statistically-based RVE for dual-phase microstructure using multiplicative weighted Voronoi tessellation and the application to crystal plasticityNapat Vajragupta, Junhe Lian, Mohamed Sharaf, Benjamin Schmaling, Anxin Ma, Sebastian Münstermann, Alexander Hartmaier, Wolfgang Bleck
International workshop on computational mechanics of materials IWCMM XXII
- 15.02.2012Microstructural influence on growth of short cyclic cracks in structural steelsMohamed Sharaf, Sebastian Münstermann, Steffen Brinckmann, Alexander Hartmaier
44. Tagung des DVM-Arbeitskreises Bruchvorgänge, Darmstadt, Germany
- 27.10.2011Microstructural influence on growth of short cyclic cracks in structural steelsMohamed Sharaf, Sebastian Münstermann, Steffen Brinckmann
ICAMS Advanced Discussion, Bochum, Germany
- 28.09.2011On application of a damage plasticity model to sheet metal forming of DP SteelJunhe Lian, Napat Vajragupta, Sebastian Münstermann, Wolfgang Bleck
10th International Conference on Technology of Plasticity (ICTP 2011), Aachen, Germany
- 23.05.2011On the influence of steel microstructure on short crack growth under cyclic loadingPawel Kucharczyk, Mohamed Sharaf, Sebastian Münstermann
International Symposium in Fatigue Design & Material Defects, Trondheim, Norway
- 20.05.2011Multiscale modelling of cold formability of DP steel using XFEM and the modified Mohr-Coulomb criterionJunhe Lian, Napat Vajragupta, Sebastian Münstermann
ASK 2011 - 26. Aachener Stahl Kolloquium Werkstofftechnik EUROGRESS Aachen, Germany
- 19.05.2011Einfluss der Mikrostruktur auf das zyklische Risswachstum in BaustählenPawel Kucharczyk, Mohamed Sharaf, Sebastian Münstermann
ASK 2011 - 26. Aachener Stahlkolloquium, EUROGRESS Aachen, Aachen, Germany
- 23.03.2011Micromechanical damage modeling of multiphase steelsNapat Vajragupta, V. Uthaisangsuk, Sebastian Münstermann, Wolfgang Bleck
Sitzung des Arbeitskreises Mikrostrukturmechanik im Fachausschuss Computersimulation der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Materialkunde, Aachen, Germany
- 04.11.2010Microstructural influences on growth of short cracs in steel under cyclic loadingMohamed Sharaf, Sebastian Münstermann, Steffen Brinckmann, Wolfgang Bleck
ICAMS Advanced Discussion on Current Developments, Bochum, Germany
- 08.09.2010A micromechanical damage simulation of dual phase steels using XFEM and cohesive elementsNapat Vajragupta, V. Uthaisangsuk, Benjamin Schmaling, Sebastian Münstermann, Alexander Hartmaier, Wolfgang Bleck
The 20th International Workshop on Computational Mechanics of Materials 2010, Loughborough, United Kingdom, September 8-10, 2010
- 01.09.2009An investigation on segregation induced microcracks in multiphase steelV. Uthaisangsuk, Ulrich Prahl, Sebastian Münstermann, Wolfgang Bleck
19th International Workshop on Computational Mechanics of Materials – IWCMM19, Constanta, Romania
- 09.03.2009Numerical modelling of toughness propertiesSebastian Münstermann, Wolfgang Bleck
Werkzeuge in Industrie und Wissenschaft - Modellierung/Simulation/Berechnung, ICAMS Advanced Discussion, Bochum, Germany