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Dipl.-Ing. Paul Löps
Institute of Mechanics and Fluid Dynamics
Lampadiusstr. 4, Room WEI-101
09599 Freiberg
+49 3731 39-3322
Paul [dot] Loeps [at] imfd [dot] tu-freiberg [dot] de (Paul[dot]Loeps[at]imfd[dot]tu-freiberg[dot]de)
Curriculum Vitae
| Time period | Activity |
|---|---|
| 01/2023 – today | Scientific Assistant, Technische Universität Bergakademie Freiberg, Germany |
| 07/2017 – 11/2022 | Study of Mechanical Engineering – Calculation and Simulation / Construction (Grade: 1.7), Technische Universität Bergakademie Freiberg, Germany |
Main areas of work
- Modeling of chemical reactions in combination with species transport in solids (current focus is on oxidation processes and the formation of oxide layers)
- Thermo-mechanical modeling of shape memory alloys at crystal level with explicit consideration of transformation systems for finite deformations
- Mechanical simulations using FEM for strength assessment and service life estimation
Teaching
- Exercise: Applied mechanics – Strength of materials I
Research projects
- PTJ/BMBF project "H2Giga - Technology development for water electrolysis on a gigawatt scale" (11/2021-06/2025)
Publications
Conference presentations
- P. Löps, S. Prüger, V. v. Oertzen and B. Kiefer, Implementation of a thermo-mechanically coupled constitutive model for single-crystalline SMA based on an augmented Lagrangian formulation, 94th GAMM Annual Meeting 2024, Magdeburg, 18.03 - 22.03.
- P. Löps, S. Prüger, V. v. Oertzen and B. Kiefer, A Novel Implicit Integration Scheme for the Thermomechanically Coupled Modeling of Single-Crystalline Shape Memory Alloys Based on an Augmented Lagrangian Formulation, SMASIS 2024, Atlanta, GA, 09.09. - 11.09.