David Kammer: Catalogue data in Autumn Semester 2021

Name Prof. Dr. David Kammer
Name variantsDavid S. Kammer
FieldComputational Mechanics of Building Materials
Address
Institut für Baustoffe (IfB)
ETH Zürich, HIF E 89.1
Laura-Hezner-Weg 7
8093 Zürich
SWITZERLAND
Telephone+41 44 633 07 36
E-maildkammer@ethz.ch
URLhttp://www.ifb.ethz.ch/compmech/
DepartmentCivil, Environmental and Geomatic Engineering
RelationshipAssistant Professor (Tenure Track)

NumberTitleECTSHoursLecturers
101-0522-11LDoctoral Seminar: Computational Science in Civil, Env. and Geomatic Engineering1 credit0.5GD. Kammer, D. F. Vetsch
AbstractThe objective is to provide insight into current research efforts in computational sciences applied to the large variety of fields related to civil, environmental and geomatic engineering. This course consists of research talks from invited experts. It will provide a platform for discussion.
Objective- broadening knowledge of numerical methods and simulation techniques across fields
- learn about potential of numerical modeling
- develop scientific writing skills
ContentVarious topics related to modeling in the field of civil, environmental, and geomatic engineering.
101-0615-01LMaterials Lab Exercises Restricted registration - show details 4 credits4PR. J. Flatt, U. Angst, I. Burgert, D. Kammer, H. Richner, F. Wittel
AbstractIntroduction into the basic and practical knowledge of important building materials and testing methods.
ObjectiveIntroduction into the basic and practical knowledge of important building materials and testing methods.
Contento Introduction of material testing equipment, with various examples of experiments on metals (tensile behaviour, hardness, bending and impact loading).
o Theoretical background and practical aspects of concrete technology: mixture design, casting and setting; determination of mechanical properties.
o Properties of bricks and mortar: individual materials and the composite brickwork. Parameters like strength, Young’s modulus, water absorption and thermal conductivity are determined.
o Understanding the characteristic properties of wood: anisotropy, hygroscopic behaviour, shrinkage and swelling, and effect of size on strength. Introduction to test-methods for wood and wood-products.
o Introduction into the basics of scanning electron microscopy: practical exercises with the Environmental Scanning Electron Microscope (ESEM).
o Introduction to fundamentals of Finite Element Methods and their application in examples.
o Introduction to durability of building materials and building structures: assessment of potentials for detecting and locating corrosion of steel reinforcement in concrete.
Lecture notesFor each topic a script will be provided, that can be downloaded under www.ifb.ethz.ch/education
101-0617-02LComputational Science Investigation for Material Mechanics4 credits2SD. Kammer, F. Wittel
AbstractIntroduction to computational sciences with focus on numerical modeling of the mechanics of materials. Simulation of material damage and failure with advanced finite element methods.
ObjectiveLearning from mistakes and failures is as old as the engineering discipline. Understanding why things went wrong is essential for improvement, but often impossible without the help of numerical modelling. Real world problems are often highly nonlinear, dependent on multiple physical fields, involve fundamental material behavior far from equilibrium and reversibility, and can often only be understood by addressing different relevant scales.

In this course, we will use real-life cases to learn how to deal with such problems. Starting from the problem description with governing equations, you will learn how to tackle non-linear and multi-field problems using numerical simulations. A particular focus will be on fracture. Starting from the failed state, we will investigate potential causes and find the conditions that resulted in failure. For doing so, you will learn how to predict it with the Finite Element Method (FEM). To correctly assess failure, plastic behavior and size effects, originating from the underlying material microstructure, need to be considered. You will learn how to deal with plasticity in FEM and how you can get information from the heterogeneous material scale into your FEM framework.
Content1 Introduction to (numeric) forensic engineering
2 The nature of engineering problems (governing equations)
3 Numerical recipes for dealing with non-linear problems
4 Multi-field problems (HTM; Comsol)
5 On the nature of failure - Physics of damage and fracture
6 Cracks and growth in structures (LEFM and beyond)
7 A practical approach to LEFM with FEM (Abaqus)
8 Introduction to metal plasticity
9 Damage and fracture in heterogeneous materials
10 Mechanics of fatigue
11 Visco-elastic failure
12 Student μ-Project presentation
Lecture notesWill be provided during the lecture via moodle.
LiteratureWill be provided during the lecture.