Luise Kärger

TL;DR: In this paper, an improved buckling knock-down factor (the ratio of buckling loads of imperfect and perfect structures) for unstiffened CFRP cylindrical shells is presented.

TL;DR: The use of continuous fiber reinforced plastics (CoFRP) specifically for weight reduction of the automotive car body is the major focus of this feature article as mentioned in this paper, which evaluates the current state of the art in the continuous virtual representation of CoFRP process chains, including the process steps forming, injection and curing.

TL;DR: The surrogate-based optimisation approach is shown to reduce the number of resource-intensive FE simulations required to find optimised parameter configurations and improves on the best-known overall solution.

TL;DR: An approach for modeling rate-dependent bending behavior in FE forming simulation for either a unidirectional or a woven/bidirectional reinforcement is presented in this article, where the applicability of the bending model to both fiber architectures is guaranteed by introducing either an orthogonal or a non-orthogonal fiber parallel material frame.

TL;DR: In this paper, folded core structures were tested under combined transverse compression and shear in order to get the stiffness values and the failure criterion under a multi-axial stress state.