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After preparing the monograph for printing, Sebastian Pfaller's habilitation thesis is available both in online format and as a hard copy. The digital version can be downloaded at https://doi.org/10.25593/opus4-fau-18036. The thesis summarizes the recent research activities of our group and reflects...

On November 26th, 2021, the “1st (virtual) FRASCAL Symposium” took place in an online format. There, principal advisors (PAs) of the research training group 2423 “FRASCAL” and guest speakers gave insights into their research. Sebastian Pfaller as the PA of FRASCAL’s project P6 represented the Capric...

We are very pleased to announce that our project „Interphase properties in nanocomposites“ has been granted funding by the German Science Foundation (DFG) for another 24 months (grant number 396414850). In this second funding period, we will validate our findings obtained in the first funding period...

We are delighted to announce the publication of "A particle‐continuum coupling method for multiscale simulations of viscoelastic‐viscoplastic amorphous glassy polymers " in the International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering. In this contribution, we extend our Capriccio method, which ...

After the lecture period, we held another Capriccio mini retreat to address various scientific, organisational, and strategic issues. Due to the ongoing Covid-19 restrictions, we decided to stay at the university and to reserve a large seminar room to ensure appropriate distances. Each day started w...

We are delighted to announce the publication of “A coupled MD-FE methodology to characterize mechanical interphases in polymeric nanocomposites” in the International Journal of Mechanical Sciences.  We introduce an unconventional procedure to characterize spatial profiles of elastic and inelastic...

We are delighted to announce the publication of “A viscoelastic-viscoplastic constitutive model for glassy polymers informed by molecular dynamics simulations” in the International Journal of Solids and Structures. Lead by Wuyang Zhao, we have developed a complex inelastic material model that can re...

The Capriccio group had the chance to discuss issues related to multiscale coupling and the Capriccio method with Michael Ortiz. As an expert in fracture mechanics and multiscale analysis, he is Mercator fellow of the Research Training Group GRK 2423 “FRASCAL” and regularly visits Erlangen. Beginnin...

  On September 14th and 15th, the combined 1st RTG Retreat & 4th RTG Seminar was held by the Research Training Group (RTG) GRK 2423 FRASCAL at the Fraunhofer Research Campus in Waischenfeld. The Capriccio group participated as part of FRASCAL. On the first day, Christof Bauer, FRASCAL doc...

From August 27th to 29th, the Capriccio group held a mini retreat with particular focus on current scientific issues, current publication preparations, upcoming conferences, and many more issues that are difficult to focus on within everyone’s daily routine. The first day was dedicated to the prepa...