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Dr.-Ing. Ulrich Hoppe

Chief Engineer
Room: IC 03-553
Phone: +49 234 32 - 26027
ORCID-iD: 0000-0002-8362-2635
E-Mail: ulrich.hoppe@rub.de

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Courses

  • Computermethoden in der Mechanik: Lecture
  • Finite Deformationen und nichtlineare FEM: Lecture
  • Höhere Festigkeitslehre: Lecture
  • Variational Calculus and Tensor Analysis: Lecture
  • Supervision of project, bachelor's und master's theses
Research Topics

  • Development of FEM programs for calculating materials with microstructures
  • Nonconvexes elasto-plastic material behaviour
  • Application of automatic differentiation
  • Generation of high-quality quad networks
  • Direct computational implementation of the algebra of 4-level tensors using Kronecker products
  • Software development using the Julia programming language
Career

since 1996
Research assistant: Chair of General Mechanics, later Chair of Mechanics - Materials Theory
1991 - 1996
Doctorate: Chair of Mechanics II, Prof. Stumpf, Graduation 1996
1986 - 1991
Dipl.-Ing. Mechanical Engineering: Ruhr University Bochum
1985 - 1986
Military service: Repair Battalion 7, Unna-Königsborn
1982 - 1985
Apprenticeship as a Machinist: Turbo-Maschinen-AG Nüsse & Gräfer, Sprockhövel
1982
Abitur (German qualification for university entrance)
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