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The Capriccio group focuses on multiscale simulations of polymers and develops the Capriccio method, which implements a partitioned-domain coupling between a continuum and particle-based regions. Employing this novel technique and considering scale-bridging approaches of other groups, our particular interest is integrating processes at the atomistic and molecular scale into typical engineering scales. To this end, we investigate how molecular processes and macroscopic properties are linked to each other and how this knowledge can improve the performance of materials and structures.
From 23rd of June to the August 1st, Mathis Demeillat visited the Capriccio group within the context of a six-week research intership. Mathis studies "physical engineering and embedded systems" in his master's degree at the École nationale supérieure d’ingénieurs de Caen. During his time with us, Ma...
We are pleased to announce the publication of our manuscript "Approaching and overcoming the limitations of the multiscale Capriccio method for simulating the mechanical behavior of amorphous materials" in the International Journal of Engineering Science.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijengsci.2025.1...
From July 7th to 11th, the 12th European Solid Mechanics Conference (ESMC) took place at Lyon, France. Sebastian Pfaller was invited to give a keynote presentation within Minisymposium 1.6 "Mechanics of Polymers" organised by Florian Arbeiter, Jean-Luc Bouvard, and Julie Diani. His talk on "Modellin...
From July 14th to July 17th, Fabrice Detrez visited the Capriccio group for scientific exchange within our collaborative project "BIO ART" and beyond. Fabrice is an assistant professor at the Université Gustave Eiffel with profound background in mechanics, materials science, geophysics, mechanical e...
On Friday, June 27, the Capriccio group participated in the 11th seminar of the research training group GRK2423 "Fracture across Scales" (FRASCAL, https://www.frascal.research.fau.eu/) with three presentations. In her talk entitled "Molecular dynamics simulations of thermoplastics: reaching up to th...
Within the Research Training Group GRK 2423 "FRASCAL", Sebastian Pfaller gave a one-day "minilecture" on data management strategies, aspects of copyright and licences for own work, and its specific implementation in FRASCAL. First, Sebastian presented the terminology used in FRASCAL for the differen...
