Ever since my graduation I was involved in numerical modelling of the mechanical behaviour of structures and manufacturing processes. This field is a combination of (computational) mechanics, materials science, production technology and numerics.
Since 2011, I lead the group Nonlinear Solid Mechanics, and I became full professor in 2015. The main strength of this group is the simulation and optimization of forming processes.
Currently, I am
- Portfolioholder (vice-dean) Research in the Board of the Faculty Engineering Technology
- Associate Editor of the International Journal of Material Forming
- Member of the Steering Group of the Fraunhofer Innovation Platform for Advanced Manufacturing at UT
- Chairman of the Board of the Graduate School Engineering Mechanics and local director
- Past-President of ESAFORM
- Acting chairman of the Board of the Dutch Platform for Mechanical Engineering
Expertise
Material Science
- Material
- Strain
- Friction
- Spring Steel
- Temperature
- Bending
Engineering
- Models
- Metal Forming
Organisations
Main Research Interest
- Numerical simulation of forming processes e.g. deepdrawing, incremental sheet forming, extrusion, rolling, cutting.
- Stability of plastic deformation and stability of material models in FEM analysis (including mesh dependency, localization and convergence).
- Optimization and robustness in forming processes.
- Object Oriented Programming (finite element programs, mesh generation programs). The C++ framework FeaTure for Finite Element programming and a collection of C++ tensor classes are freely available.
Publications
2024
2023
2022
Research profiles
- Nonlinear Solid Mechanics.
- Nonlinear Material Mechanics (Post graduate course EM).
- Mechanics of Large Deformations (Post graduate course EM).
Affiliated study programs
Courses academic year 2024/2025
Courses in the current academic year are added at the moment they are finalised in the Osiris system. Therefore it is possible that the list is not yet complete for the whole academic year.
- 191199198 - Master Graduation Assignment
- 195799152 - Internship
- 201300260 - Design Proj. EngD Energy & Process Tech
- 201300295 - Professional Development - EngD
- 202000247 - Frontiers to High-Tech Systems&Materials
- 202000249 - Master Graduation Assignment
- 202000250 - Internship
- 202001537 - Applied Mechanics - Capita Selecta
- 202200326 - CS High Tech Systems & Materials
Courses academic year 2023/2024
- 191199152 - Internship
- 191199154 - Internship
- 191199198 - Master Graduation Assignment
- 195799152 - Internship
- 201300260 - Design Proj. EngD Energy & Process Tech
- 201300295 - Professional Development - EngD
- 201400042 - Nonlinear Solid Mechanics
- 202000247 - Frontiers to High-Tech Systems&Materials
- 202000249 - Master Graduation Assignment
- 202000250 - Internship
- 202001537 - Applied Mechanics - Capita Selecta
- 202200326 - CS High Tech Systems & Materials
- 202300353 - Internship (CSE/SET)
Address
University of Twente
Horst Complex (building no. 20), room N130
De Horst 2
7522 LW Enschede
Netherlands
University of Twente
Horst Complex N130
P.O. Box 217
7500 AE Enschede
Netherlands
Organisations
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