Experiments with stable crack growth in structural and functional ceramics

• Stable Crack Growth

Contact person:

Dipl.-Ing.
Hüseyin Özcoban

Synthesis and Characterization of High-performance Cutting Ceramics

• Novel Al2O3/TiC ceramics for cutting applications

Contact person:

Dipl.-Ing. Katrin Zimmermann

Modelling and Reliability of Ceramics

• Multiscale Investigation of Design and Reliability of Ceramics
  
  
• Modeling of Ceramic Oxide Fiber Bundles Mechanical Properties

Contact person:

M. Sc. Serkan Nohut


Dr. Rolf Janßen

Characterization of ferroelectric ceramics - Scanning Probe Microscopy and 4-popint bending

• Cracks in ferroelectric ceramics Kelvin-Force-Microscopy and 4-point bending tests
  
  
• Tip-sample interaction in force modulation microscopy: mechanical properties at nanoscale level

Contact person:

Dipl.-Ing.
Andrea Engert

Mechanical Characterization of Biomineralized Materials

• Investigation of enamel’s mechanical behaviors at different length scales
  
  
• Investigation of enamel and hierarchical structures

Contact person:

M. Sc. Siang Fung Ang

Dipl.-Ing. Sabine Bechtle

Nanoindentation on ceramics

• Nanoindentation on ferroelectric and structural ceramics

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(project completed)