Semester Projects and Final Theses

An overview of currently offered topics for student projects and theses is provided here. Topics will be defined on an individual basis with the primary supervisor. You may also suggest a topic within our scope of teaching and research. Also browse the staff pages to learn more about their individual research interests and projects.

Each thesis consists of a written report (80%) and a presentation within a colloquium (20%).

5CP (Workload 150h)

As part of the module Wissenschaftliches Arbeiten im Ingenieurwesen, the study paper is the first scientific work during the Bachelor's programme. The aim is to learn scientific standards by means of an experimental, analytical or numerical project.

At the IBNM, the following topics are currently offered for which knowledge of engineering mechanics or computational mechanics is a prerequisite:

Prerequisite Engineering Mechanics A and B

• Experimental studies (optional video documentation):
  • on failure hypotheses
  • on oscillation behaviour
  • on beams subjected to bending loads
  • on stress distribution by using photoelasticity
• Analytical studies (optional Matlab implementation):
  • on the Timoshenko beam theory
  • on inclined bending
  • on oscillators with several degrees of freedom (MDOF oscillators)
  • on composite beams
  • on continuous oscillations

Prerequisite Computaional Mechanics

• General topics:
  • 3D FE stress analysis
  • Vibration analysis
  • Investigation of random variables

Students who did not attend the course Computational Mechanics may study these fundamentals themselves (e.g. with the help of our ILIAS module).

12CP (Workload 360h) // Duration 6 months  

The bachelor thesis is the final thesis of the Bachelor programme. At IBNM the topic usually has a major numerical aspect. While it is not required that the student has passed Computational Mechanics, fundamental knowledge of numerical methods such as FEM is expected. Otherwise the knowledge must be independently gained outside the thesis through personal study.

The following topics are currently offered at IBNM: 

• Numerical investigations of concrete behavior under cyclic loading using ABAQUS (Abedulgader Baktheer)
• Numerical investigations of hydrogen-embrittlement in metallic materials using ABAQUS (Alexandros Tragoudas)
• Modeling of stress cracking corrosion in metallic components using ABAQUS (Ghandi Kenjo)
• Predicting non-linear behavior of engineering materials using machine learning (Elsayed Saber Elsayed)
• Compatibility conditions for the combination of different meta-material architectures into a large structure (Til Gärtner)

24CP (PO19), 25CP (PO15) (Workload 720h / 750h) // Duration 6 months  

The master thesis is the final thesis of the Master programme. The student is to work on a research project within the current state of the art.

The following topics are currently offered at IBNM: 

• Numerical modeling of corrosion-induced cracking in reinforced concrete using Python (Manikandan Gopakumar)
• Numerical simulation of corrosion-fatigue interaction in reinforced concrete using Python (Manikandan Gopakumar)
• Numerical modeling of the anisotropic behavior of 3D printed concrete using Python (Abedulgader Baktheer)
• Phase-field modeling stress cracking corrosion in metallic components using ABAQUS (Ghandi Kenjo)
• Modeling fatigue cracking in concrete using phase-field method in ABAQUS (Ghandi Kenjo)
• Numerical simulation of combined fatigue and hydrogen-embrittlement in metallic materials using ABAQUS (Alexandros Tragoudas)
• Prediction of fatigue lifetime of concrete using physics-based Machine learning (Elsayed Saber Elsayed)
• Prediction of concrete fatigue under variable amplitues using machine learning (Abedulgader Baktheer)
• Numerical investigations of residual stress on fatigue behavior of steel stents using ABAQUS (Alexandros Tragoudas)
• Modeling of Corrosion in steel stents considering finite deformations using ABAQUS (Alexandros Tragoudas)
• Multiphysics Modeling of Water Electrolysis Systems (Alberto Antonini)
• Computational Crystal Plasticity for Microstructure–Property Relations in Advanced Metal Materials (Alberto Antonini)
• Size-variable embedding of geometry information into neural networks to predict the behavior of meta-materials (Til Gärtner)
• Incorporation of strain-rate effects with cross-sectional warping into the modeling of geometrically nonlinear Timoshenko beams (Til Gärtner)