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Fadi Aldakheel

Prof. Dr.-Ing. habil. Fadi Aldakheel

Prof. Dr.-Ing. habil. Fadi Aldakheel
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Appelstraße 9a
30167 Hannover
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119
Prof. Dr.-Ing. habil. Fadi Aldakheel
Address
Appelstraße 9a
30167 Hannover
Building
Room
119
  • Research Interests

    Research Interests

    - Scientific machine learning - Energietransition                          
    - Variational principles - Numerical analysis
    - Phase field approach - Multiphysics
    - Multi-scale modeling - Fatigue/Fracture/Damage
    - Gradient-extended theory - Finite element technology (FEM)
    - Coupled problems - Virtual element method (VEM)
    - Material modeling - Contact mechanics
    - Theory of Porous Media - Experimental validation
  • Education

    Education

    Aug. 2017 - Jun. 2020 Habilitation, Institute of continuum mechanics
    Leibniz University Hanover LUH, Germany
    Thesis: Simulation of Fracture Processes using Global-Local Approach and Virtual Elements
    Submission Day: 15.06.2020
    Supervisor: Prof. Peter Wriggers
    Co-supervisor: Prof. Laura De Lorenzis
    Sep. 2011 – May 2016 Ph.D., Institute of Applied Mechanics
    University of Stuttgart, Germany
    Thesis: Mechanics of Nonlocal Dissipative Solids: Gradient Plasticityand Phase Field Modeling of Ductile Fracture
    http://elib.uni-stuttgart.de/handle/11682/8820
    Supervisor: Prof. Christian Miehe
    Co-supervisor: Prof. Jörn Mosler
    Oct. 2009 – Aug. 2011 M.Sc. Degree in Computational Mechanics of Materials and Structures (COMMAS), University of Stuttgart, Germany
    Thesis: Computational Homogenization in Micro-Electro-Elasticity
    https://www.researchgate.net/publication/324132798
    Supervisor: Prof. Christian Miehe
    Sep. 2001 – Jun. 2006 B.Sc. in Mechanical Engineering,
    Power Department, University of Aleppo, Syria
  • Curriculum Vitae

    Curriculum Vitae

    Since 2023 Full Professor (W3)
    Institute of Mechanics and Computational Mechanics (IBNM) - Faculty of Civil Engineering and Geodetic Science
    Leibniz University Hanover
    2023 Call for full-professorial chair for "Digitisation and  data-modelling in science and technology" at the University of Leoben (declined)
    2022 - 2023 Associate Professor (Honorary)
    Zienkiewicz Centre for Computational Engineering (ZCCE), Swansea University, United Kingdom
    2017-2022 Group Leader and Chief Engineer
    Institute of continuum mechanics - Faculty of Mechanical Engineering
    Leibniz University Hanover
    Jun. 2016 – Jul. 2017 Postdoctoral Research Associate at the Institute of Applied Mechanics (CE), University of Stuttgart, Germany
    - Teaching masters courses, setting up and correcting exams
    - Supervising Master theses from university and industry
    - Working with Ph.D. students on different research topics
    Jul. 2014 – Jul. 2017 Course Director of the international Master Program “Computational Mechanics of Materials and Structures” (COMMAS) at University of Stuttgart
    Jul. 2014 – Jul. 2017 Local Director of the EU Excellence Program: “Erasmus Mundus Master of Science in Computational Mechanics”
    Jan. 2012 – Jun. 2014 Examination Officer of the international Master Program “Computational Mechanics of Materials and Structures” (COMMAS) University of Stuttgart, Germany
    Jul. 2007 – Aug. 2009 Teaching assistant at the Faculty of Petrochemical Engineering Alfurat University, Syria
    - Teaching undergraduate courses
    - Setting up and correcting exams
    Jun. 2006 – Jun. 2007 HVAC engineer at CIAT Middle east north, Aleppo - Syria
    - Sales and technical support engineer
    - Designing of heating and cooling systems for building
    - Preparation of financial offers
    Aug. 2005 – Sep. 2005 IAESTE YUGOSLAVIA - Internships
    - Thermal Power Plant Nikola Tesla plc in Obrenovac, Serbia and Montenegro
    - Minel Elvo company in Novi Beograd, Serbia and Montenegro

     

  • Teaching Activities

    Teaching Activities

    Leibniz Universität Hannover  
    WiSe 2023/24 Baumechanik A
    WiSe 2023/24 Kontinuumsmechanik von mehrphasigen porösen Materialien/Continuum Mechanics of multiphase porous Materials
    WiSe 2023/24 Machine Learning for Material and Structural Mechanics
    WiSe 2023/24 Reliable Simulation in the Mechanics of Materials and Structures
    SoSe 2023 Machine Learning for Material and Structural Mechanics I
    WiSe 2022/23 Machine Learning for Material and Structural Mechanics
    SoSe 2020 Technische Mechanik IV
    SoSe 2018 - SoSe 2020 Continuum Mechanics II
    SoSe 2018 - SoSe 2020 Numerical Implementation of Constitutive Models
    WiSe 2017/18 - WiSe 2019/20 Continuum Mechanics I
    Universität Stuttgart  
    SoSe 2016 - SoSe 2017 Micromechanics of Materials and Homogenization Methods
    WiSe 2016/17 Computational Mechanics of Materials

     

     

  • Awards

    Awards

    2020 Richard-von-Mises-Preis of the International Association of Applied Mathematics and Mechanics (GAMM)
    2019 "Best Paper Awards" International Federation for Structural Concrete
    2011 DAAD scholarship in Master of Science (COMMAS) at University of Stuttgart
    2002-2006 Honor roll certificates at Faculty of mechanical engineering, University of Aleppo, Syria

Publications

  • Peter Wriggers, Fadi Aldakheel, Blaž Hudobivnik (2023): Continuum Mechanics BackgroundSpringer International Publishing, Virtual Element Methods in Engineering Sciences, p. 21-40 More info
  • Peter Wriggers, Fadi Aldakheel, Blaž Hudobivnik (2023): Virtual Elements for Fracture ProcessesSpringer International Publishing, Virtual Element Methods in Engineering Sciences, p. 243-315 More info
  • Peter Wriggers, Fadi Aldakheel, Blaž Hudobivnik (2023): Virtual Elements for Problems in DynamicsSpringer International Publishing, Virtual Element Methods in Engineering Sciences, p. 185-207 More info
  • Peter Wriggers, Fadi Aldakheel, Blaž Hudobivnik (2023): Virtual Elements for Computational Homogenization of Polycrystalline MaterialsSpringer International Publishing, Virtual Element Methods in Engineering Sciences, p. 369-393 More info
  • Peter Wriggers, Fadi Aldakheel, Blaž Hudobivnik (2023): Virtual Element Formulation for Finite PlasticitySpringer International Publishing, Virtual Element Methods in Engineering Sciences, p. 209-224 More info
  • Peter Wriggers, Fadi Aldakheel, Blaž Hudobivnik (2023): VEM Ansatz Functions and Projection for SolidsSpringer International Publishing, Virtual Element Methods in Engineering Sciences, p. 41-85 More info
  • Peter Wriggers, Fadi Aldakheel, Blaž Hudobivnik (2023): Virtual Elements for Thermo-mechanical ProblemsSpringer International Publishing, Virtual Element Methods in Engineering Sciences, p. 225-242 More info
  • Peter Wriggers, Fadi Aldakheel, Blaž Hudobivnik (2023): Virtual Elements for Beams and PlatesSpringer International Publishing, Virtual Element Methods in Engineering Sciences, p. 395-441 More info
  • Peter Wriggers, Fadi Aldakheel, Blaž Hudobivnik (2023): Virtual Elements for Elasticity ProblemsSpringer International Publishing, Virtual Element Methods in Engineering Sciences, p. 117-183 More info
  • Peter Wriggers, Fadi Aldakheel, Blaž Hudobivnik (2023): Construction of the Virtual ElementSpringer International Publishing, Virtual Element Methods in Engineering Sciences, p. 97-115 More info
  • Peter Wriggers, Fadi Aldakheel, Blaž Hudobivnik (2023): VEM Ansatz Functions and Projection for the Poisson EquationSpringer International Publishing, Virtual Element Methods in Engineering Sciences, p. 87-95 More info
  • Peter Wriggers, Fadi Aldakheel, Blaž Hudobivnik (2023): Virtual Element Formulation for ContactSpringer International Publishing, Virtual Element Methods in Engineering Sciences, p. 317-367 More info
  • Julien Philipp Stöcker, Elsayed Saber Elsayed, Fadi Aldakheel, Michael Kaliske (2023): FE‐NN: Efficient‐scale transition for heterogeneous microstructures using neural networksPAMM, e202300011 More info
  • Che Wang, Fadi Aldakheel, Chuanwei Zhang, Le Gu, Peter Wriggers (2023): Failure of high-speed bearing at cyclic impact-sliding contacts: Numerical and experimental analysisElsevier, International Journal of Mechanical Sciences, Vol. 253, 108410 More info
  • Fadi Aldakheel, Richard Hanke‐Rauschenbach (2023): Energy transition with green hydrogen: Toward computational design of comprehensive proton exchange membrane water electrolysis stacksPAMM, e202300287 More info
  • Fadi Aldakheel, Holger Steeb (2023): PP 2020: Cyclic deterioration of high-performance concrete in an experimental-virtual labMinisymposia 16, 64 More info
  • Tong-Rui Liu, Fadi Aldakheel, MH Aliabadi (2023): Virtual Element Method for Phase Field Modeling of Dynamic FractureElsevier, Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering, Vol. 411, 116050 More info
  • Fadi Aldakheel (2023): 3D Simulations of Fracture Processes Using Global-Local ApproachSciencedirect, Comprehensive Structural Integrity, Vol. 3, 333-347 More info
  • Fadi Aldakheel, Elsayed S Elsayed, Tarek I Zohdi, Peter Wriggers (2023): Efficient multiscale modeling of heterogeneous materials using deep neural networksSpringer Berlin Heidelberg, Computational Mechanics, Vol. 72, 155-171 More info
  • Christoph Böhm, Lukas Munk, Blaž Hudobivnik, Fadi Aldakheel, Jože Korelc, Peter Wriggers (2023): Virtual Elements for computational anisotropic crystal plasticityNorth-Holland, Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering, Vol. 405, 115835 More info
  • Fadi Aldakheel, Celal Soyarslan, Hari Subramani Palanisamy, Elsayed Saber Elsayed (2023): Machine learning aided multiscale magnetostaticsSciencedirect, Mechanics of Materials, Vol. 184, 104726 More info
  • Che Wang, Fadi Aldakheel, Chuanwei Zhang, Le Gu, Peter Wriggers (2022): Shear instability of high-speed bearing at cyclic impact-sliding contactsAvailable at SSRN 4281375 More info
  • Fadi Aldakheel, Chaitanya Kandekar, Boris Bensmann, Hüsnü Dal, Richard Hanke-Rauschenbach (2022): Electro-Chemo-Mechanical Induced Fracture Modeling in Proton Exchange Membrane Water Electrolysis for Sustainable Hydrogen ProductionElsevier, Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering, Vol. 400, 115580 More info
  • Nima Noii, Amirreza Khodadadian, Fadi Aldakheel (2022): Probabilistic failure mechanisms via Monte Carlo simulations of complex microstructuresElsevier, Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering, Vol. 399, 115358 More info
  • Jacinto Ulloa, N Noii, R Alessi, Fadi Aldakheel, G Degrande, S François (2022): Variational modeling of hydromechanical fracture in saturated porous media: a micromechanics-based phase-field approachElsevier, Computer Methods In Applied Mechanics And Engineering, Vol. 396, 115084 More info
  • Peter Wriggers, Fadi Aldakheel, Blaž Hudobivnik (2023): Virtual Element Methods for Engineering ApplicationsSpringer, Cham., SEMA SIMAI Springer Series book series, Vol. 31, 557-605 More info
  • Nima Noii, Amirreza Khodadadian, Jacinto Ulloa, Fadi Aldakheel, Thomas Wick, Stijn François, Peter Wriggers (2022): Bayesian inversion with open-source codes for various one-dimensional model problems in computational mechanicsSpringer Nature, Archives of Computational Methods in Engineering, Vol. 29, 4285-4318 More info
  • Mohammed Asmael, Babak Safaei, Omer Kalaf, Qasim Zeeshan, Fadi Aldakheel, Tauqir Nasir, Zhicheng Yang (2022): Recent developments in tensile properties of friction welding of carbon fiber-reinforced composite: A reviewDe Gruyter, Nanotechnology Reviews, Vol. 11, Issue 1, 1408-1436 More info
  • Bilen Emek Abali, Fadi Aldakheel, Tarek I Zohdi (2022): Multiphysics Computation of Thermomechanical Fatigue in Electronics Under Electrical LoadingSpringer Nature, Current Trends and Open Problems in Computational Mechanics, 1 More info
  • Qinghua Zhang, Bohayra Mortazavi, Xiaoying Zhuang, Fadi Aldakheel (2022): Exploring the mechanical properties of two-dimensional carbon-nitride polymer nanocomposites by molecular dynamics simulationsElsevier, Composite Structures, Vol. 281, 115004 More info
  • Mohamed Abubakar Ali, Christoph Tomann, Fadi Aldakheel, Markus Mahlbacher, Nima Noii, Nadja Oneschkow, Karl-Heinz Drake, Ludger Lohaus, Peter Wriggers, Michael Haist (2022): Influence of moisture content and wet environment on the fatigue behaviour of high-strength concreteMDPI, Materials, Vol. 15, Issue 3, 1025 More info
  • D. Kienle, F. Aldakheel, M.-A. Keip (2018): A Phase-field Model for Ductile Fracture in Frictional Materials6th European Conference on Computational Mechanics (ECCM 6), 7th European Conference on Computational Fluid Dynamics (ECFD 7) More info
  • Blaž Hudobivnik, Fadi Aldakheel, Peter Wriggers (2018): A Virtual Element Method For Phase Field Modeling of Brittle Fracture6th European Conference on Computational Mechanics (ECCM 6), 7th European Conference on Computational Fluid Dynamics (ECFD 7) More info
  • Stephan Teichtmeister, Daniel Kienle, Fadi Aldakheel, Marc-André Keip (2017): A Phase Field Approach to Fracture in Anisotropic Brittle SolidsProceedings of the 7th GACM Colloquium on Computational Mechanics for Young Scientists from Academia and Industry More info
  • Fadi Aldakheel (2016): Mechanics of nonlocal dissipative solids: gradient plasticity and phase field modeling of ductile fractureStuttgart: Institut für Mechanik (Bauwesen), Lehrstuhl I, Universität Stuttgart More info
    DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.18419/opus-8803
    ISBN: 978-3-937859-22-4
  • Fadi Aldakheel, Arun Raina, Christian Miehe (2015): Ductile failure with gradient plasticity coupled to the phase‐field fracture at finite strainsWILEY‐VCH Verlag, PAMM, Volume 15, Issue 1, pp. 271-272 More info
    DOI: 10.1002/pamm.201510126
  • Christian Miehe, Martina Hofacker, L-M Schänzel, Fadi Aldakheel (2015): Phase field modeling of fracture in multi-physics problems. Part II. Coupled brittle-to-ductile failure criteria and crack propagation in thermo-elastic–plastic solidsComputer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering, Volume 294, Pages 486-522 More info
    DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cma.2014.11.017
  • Fadi Aldakheel, Arun Raina, Christian Miehe (2015): Phase Field Modeling of Ductile Fracture86th Annual Meeting of the International Association of Applied Mathematics and Mechanics More info
  • Fadi Aldakheel, Steffen Mauthe, Christian Miehe (2014): Towards Phase Field Modeling of Ductile Fracture in Gradient‐Extended Elastic‐Plastic SolidsPAMM Proc. Appl. Math. Mech.14, 411 – 412 More info
    DOI: 10.1002/pamm.201410193
  • Christian Miehe, Fabian Welschinger, Fadi Aldakheel (2014): Variational gradient plasticity at finite strains. Part II: Local–global updates and mixed finite elements for additive plasticity in the logarithmic strain spaceComput. Methods Appl. Mech. Engrg. 268 (2014) 704–734 More info
    DOI: 10.1016/j.cma.2013.07.015
  • Fadi Aldakheel, Steffen Mauthe, Christian Miehe (2013): Mixed variational principles and robust finite element design of gradient plasticity at finite strainsPAMM·Proc. Appl. Math. Mech.13, 173 – 174 (2013) More info
    DOI: 10.1002/pamm.201310082
  • Christian Miehe, Fadi Aldakheel, Steffen Mauthe (2013): Mixed variational principles and robust finite element implementations of gradient plasticity at small strainsInt. J. Numer. Meth. Engng2013;94:1037–1074 More info
    DOI: 10.1002/nme.4486
  • Fadi Aldakheel (2011): Computational Homogenization in Micro-Electro-ElasticityStuttgart: Institut für Mechanik (Bauwesen), Lehrstuhl I, Universität Stuttgart More info
    DOI: 10.13140/RG.2.2.34176.66562
  • J. Schulte, M. Dittmann, F. Aldakheel, C. Hesch (2019): Phase-field modeling of thermomechanical porous-ductile fracture More info
  • F. Aldakheel, N. Noii, T. Wick, P. Wriggers (2019): An adaptive global-local approach for phase-field ductile fracture More info
  • B Hudobivnik, F Aldakheel, P Wriggers (2019): Efficient 3D virtual elements for finite strain thermo-plasticityLeibniz Universität Hannover, 30167 Hannover, Germany More info
  • Karlo Seleš, Fadi Aldakheel, Nenad Gubeljak, Zdenko Tonković, Jurica Sorić (2019): Phase-field model for high cycle fatigue life prediction of brittle materials More info
  • Fadi Aldakheel, Peter Wriggers (2019): Water-induced failure mechanics for concrete: Micro-mechanical model, experimental observation and phase-field couplingInstitute for Continuum Mechanics (IKM) Leibniz Universitaet Hannover More info
  • Ali Hussein, Blaz Hudobivnik, Fadi Aldakheel, Peter Wriggers (2019): A discontinuous approach to fracture based on the phase-field and the virtual element method More info