Benedikt Sterr Benedikt Sterr

M.Sc. Benedikt Sterr

  • Karlsruher Institut für Technologie (KIT)
    Kaiserstraße 10
    76131 Karlsruhe

Curriculum Vitae

Since 04/2021 PhD Student / Research Assistant, Institute of Engineering Mechanics, Chair for Continuum Mechanics (ITM-KM), Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT)
10/2020-03/2021 Master Thesis: Fiber suspension flow and homogenization of elastic properties under uncertainty",
Institute of Fluid Mechanics (ISTM) in cooperation with the Institute of Engineering Mechancis, Chair for Continuum Mechanics (ITM-KM) and the Steinbuch Centre for Computing (SCC), KIT
Graduated with honors
08/2019-08/2020 Dual Degree Student, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST), Daejeon, South Korea
10/2018-03/2021 M.Sc.-Studies, Mechanical Engineering, Major field: Theoretical Mechanical Engineering - Applied Mechanics and Fluid Mechanics
Dual Degree by Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Karlsruhe, Germany and Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST), Daejeon, South Korea
05/2018-08/2018 Bachelor's Thesis: "Numerical stiffness optimization of long-fibre reinforced polymer components through beading using natural-analog optimzation algorithms"
Institute of Product Engineering (IPEK), Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT)
10/2017-02/2018 Internship at Satisloh GmbH, Wetzlar, Dimensioning (FEA) and design (CAD) of machine components
09/2014-09/2018 B.Sc.-Studies, Mechanical Engineering, Major field: Powertrain systems, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT)

 

Field of Research

Scale bridging and computational mechanics of long fiber reinforced thermoplastics
 

Publications


Machine learning assisted discovery of effective viscous material laws for shear-thinning fiber suspensions
Sterr, B.; Hrymak, A.; Schneider, M.; Böhlke, T.
2025. Computational Mechanics, 75 (1), 51–69. doi:10.1007/s00466-024-02490-4
Homogenizing the viscosity of shear-thinning fiber suspensions with an FFT-based computational method
Sterr, B.; Wicht, D.; Hrymak, A.; Schneider, M.; Böhlke, T.
2023. Journal of Non-Newtonian Fluid Mechanics, 321, Art.-Nr. 105101. doi:10.1016/j.jnnfm.2023.105101
Uncertainty quantification of heat transfer in a microchannel heat sink with random surface roughness
Sterr, B.; Mahravan, E.; Kim, D.
2021. International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, 174, Art.-Nr.: 121307. doi:10.1016/j.ijheatmasstransfer.2021.121307

Conferences

2024

Sterr, B., Hrymak, A., Schneider, M., Böhlke, T.
Scale bridging and computational mechanics of long fiber reinforced thermoplastics
SAMPE Symposium 2024, Karlsruhe, Germany, 08.-10.04.2024

2023

Sterr, B., Hrymak, A., Schneider, M., Böhlke, T.
FFT-based homogenization and modeling of the viscosity of fiber suspensions
MATHSEE Symposium 2023, Karlsruhe, Germany, 27.-29.09 2023

Sterr, B., Hrymak, A., Schneider, M., Böhlke, T.
Two-scale modeling of the viscosity of fiber suspensions
ACEX 2023, Heraklion, Crete, 03.–07.07.2023

Böhlke, T., Karl, T., Sterr, B., Krause, M., Gajek, S.:
Skalenübergreifende kontinuumsmechanische Modellierung von Kompositen und Polykristallen
Abschiedskolloquium H. Altenbach, Otto-von-Guericke-Universität Magdeburg, Germany, 12.05.2023

Sterr, B., Wicht, D., Schneider, M., Böhlke, T.:
A Computational Approach To The Effective Viscosity Of Non-Newtonian Fiber Suspensions

Kolloquium der Materialwissenschaft und Werkstofftechnik, Universität des Saarlandes, Germany, 31.01.2023

2022

Sterr, B., Wicht, D., Schneider, M., Böhlke, T.:
Homogenizing the viscosity of shear-thinning fiber suspensions with an FFT-based computational method

GAMM 2022, Aachen, Germany, 15.-19.08.2022

Sterr, B., Wicht, D., Schneider, M., Böhlke, T.:
A Computational Approach To The Effective Viscosity Of Non-Newtonian Fiber Suspensions

WCCM 2022, Yokohama, Japan, 31.7-05.08.2022, Web conference

Academic Teaching

Winter Semester 2023/24

  • Übungen zu Mathematische Methoden der Kontinuumsmechanik (MMKM)

Summer Semester 2023

  • Übungen zu Technische Mechanik II (TM II)

Winter Semester 2022/23

  • Übungen zu Technische Mechanik I (TM I)

Summer Semester 2022

  • Übungen zu Technische Mechanik II (TM II)

Winter Semester 2021/22

  • Übungen zu Mathematische Methoden der Kontinuumsmechanik (MMKM)

Summer Semester 2021

  • Rechnerübungen zu Einführung in die FEM