Institute of Lightweight Design and Structural Biomechanics

Helmut J. BÖHM email: hjb@ilsb.tuwien.ac.at Address: Institute of Lightweight Design and Structural Biomechanics, TU Wien, Gumpendorfer Strasse 7 / Objekt 8, A-1060 Vienna, Austria

Associate Professor (retired)

• Dipl.Ing., Physics, Johannes Kepler Universität, Linz, Austria, 1979
• MSc, Physics, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ, 1981
• Dr.techn., Mechanical Engineering, TU Wien, 1991
• Research Semester, Tōkyō Metropolitan Institute of Technology (since 2005 part of Tōkyō Metropolitan University), Hino, Japan, 1991
• Habilitation, Micromechanics of Materials, TU Wien, 1995

• Industrial Research and Development, VOEST-Alpine, Linz, 1981-1983
• Assistant Professor, ILFB, TU Wien, 1983-1995
• Associate Professor, ILSB/ILFB, TU Wien, since 1995
• Head of the CD Laboratory "Functionally Oriented Materials Design", 1998-2004
• Head of the ILSB/ILFB, 2003-2009 and 2015-2016
• Retired, 10/2018

Research Interests

• Micromechanics of Materials: Linear and nonlinear thermomechanical behavior of inhomogeneous materials: Unit cell approaches, windowing models and mean field methods for modeling composite materials, metal matrix composites (MMCs), gradient materials, high speed steels (HSSs) as well as porous and cellular materials.
  Special research interest: Effects of phase arrangements in inhomogeneous materials.

• Numerical Engineering Methods: Linear and nonlinear finite element methods in solid mechanics: Stress and stability analyses, pre- and postprocessing; soft computing in modeling of material behavior.

• Biomechanics: Numerical methods in tissue biomechanics; arthropod sense organs; remodeling of bone.

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