文档介绍：Stefan Josef Hiermaier
Structures Under Crash
and Impact
Continuum Mechanics, Discretization
and Experimental Characterization
Stefan Josef Hiermaier
Fraunhofer Institut fu¨r Kurzzeitdynamik
Ernst-Mach-Institut
Eckerstr. 4
79104 Freiburg
Germany
Library of Congress Control Number: 2007935208
ISBN 978-0-387-73862-8 e-ISBN 978-0-387-73863-5
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To the Memory of
Larry D. Libersky
A Fine Scientist, True Friend and Upright Voice of the Lord.
Preface
Over the past eleven years I had the privilege to form a group of scientists
and technicians at the Ernst-Mach-Institute (EMI) in Freiburg focused on
the description of structures under dynamic loading conditions. The scientific
background of the group covers both the field of experimental material char-
acterization as well as the development and application of numerical methods.
That diversity petences engaged in working with highly sophisticated
hardware and/or in the virtual world of mathematical modelling reflects the
intended mutual benefit of experimental and theoretical investigations of dy-
namic deformation processes. Encouraged by the continuous support from
the institute director Klaus Thom