professor harm askes (university of sheffiled, uk), professor paul steinmann (tu kaiserslautern, germany), professor dani schmid (university of oslo, norway), dr ing swantje bargmann (tu kaiserslautern, germany), professor bert sluys (tu delft, the netherlands), m sc alberto bordallo (tu delft, the netherlands), professor julia mergheim (tu kaiserslautern, germany), dr ing rouven mohr (tu kaiserslautern, germany), dr ing holger meier (tu kaiserslautern, germany), dr ir angelo simone (tu delft, the netherlands), dr terry bennett (university of sheffield, uk), dr ir martijn stroeven (tu delft, the netherlands), dr ing grieta himpel (tu kaiserslautern, germany), professor andreas menzel (tu dortmund, germany), dr ing sigrid leyendecker (caltech, usa), professor akke suiker (tu delft, the netherlands), dr ing philippe jaeger (tu kaiserslautern, germany)

Göktepe S, Acharya SNS, Wong J, Kuhl E. Computational modeling of passive myocardium. submitted for publication. (download)

Bol M, Abilez OJ, Assar AN, Zarins C, Kuhl E. Active stresses in healthy and infarcted hearts. submitted for publication. (download)

Gitman I, Askes H, Kuhl E, Aifantis EC. Stress concentrations in fractured compact bone simulated with anisotropic gradient elasticity. submitted for publication (download)

Ambrosi D, Ateshian GA, Arruda EM, BenAmar M, Cowin SC, Dumais J, Goriely A, Holzapfel GA,Humphrey JD, Kemkemer R, Kuhl E, Ma J, Olberding JE, Taber LA, Vandiver R, Garikipati K. Perspectives on biological growth and remodeling. submitted for publication. (download)

Göktepe S, Kuhl E. Electromechanics of the heart - A unified approach to the strongly coupled excitation-contraction problem. Comp Mech, DOI: 10.1007/s00466-009-0434-z. (download)

Göktepe S, Bothe W, Kvitting JP, Swanson J, Ingels NB, Miller DC, Kuhl E. Anterior mitral leaflet curvature in the beating ovine heart. A case study using videofluoroscopic markers and subdivision surfaces. Biomech Mod Mechanobio, DOI: 10.1007/s10237-009-0176-z. (download)

Krishnamurthy G, Itoh A, Swanson J, Bothe W, Karlsson M, Kuhl E, Miller DC, Ingels NB. Regional stiffening of the mitral valve anterior leaflet in the beating heart. J Biomechanics, DOI: 10.1016/j.biomech.2009.08.028. (download)

Göktepe S, Wong J, Kuhl E. Atrial and ventricular fibrillation - Computational simulation of spiral waves in cardiac tissue. Arch Appl Mech, DOI: 10.1007/s00419-009-0384-0. (download)

Zhang J, Michalenko MM, Kuhl E, Ovaert TC. Characterization of indentation response and stiffness reduction of bone using a continuum damage model. J Mech Behavior Biomed Mat. DOI:10.1016/j.jmbbm.2009.08.001. (download)

Kotikanyadanam M, Göktepe S, Kuhl E. Computational modeling of electrocardiograms - A finite element approach towards cardiac excitation. Comm Num Meth Eng. DOI: 10.1002/cnm.1273. (download)

Jager P, Steinmann S, Kuhl E. Towards the treatment of boundary conditions for global crack path tracking in three-dimensional brittle fracture. Comp Mech. 2009;45:91-107. (download)

Krishnamurthy G, Itoh A, Bothe W, Swanson J, Kuhl E, Karlsson M, Miller DC, Ingels NB. Stress-strain behavior of mitral valve leaflets in the beating ovine heart. J Biomechanics. 2009;42:1909-1916. (download)

Itoh A, Krishnamurthy G, Swanson J, Ennis D, Bothe W, Kuhl E, Karlsson M, Davis L, Miller DC, Ingels NB. Active stiffening of mitral valve leaflets in the beating heart. Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol. 2009;296:1766-1773. (download)

Göktepe S, Kuhl E. Computational modeling of electrophysiology: A novel finite element approach. Int J Num Meth Eng. 2009; 79:156-178. (download)

Bol M, Reese S, Parker KK, Kuhl E. Computational modeling of muscular thin films for cardiac repair. Comp Mech. 2009;43:535-544. (download)

Taylor RE, Zheng C, Jackson PR, Doll JC, Chen JC, Holzbaur KRS, Besier T, Kuhl E. The phenomenon of twisted growth: Humeral torsion in dominant arms of high performance tennis players. Comp Meth Biomech Biomed Eng. 2009;12:83-93. (download)

Krishnamurthy G, Ennis DB, Itoh A, Bothe W, Swanson-Birchill JC, Karlsson M, Kuhl E, Miller DC, Ingels NB. Material properties of the ovine mitral valve anterior leaflet in vivo from inverse finite element analysis. Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol. 2008;295:H1141-H1149. (download)

Jha CM, Salvia J, Chandorkar SA, Melamud R, Kuhl E, Kenny TW. Acceleration insensitive encapsulated silicon microresonator. Appl Phys Let. 2008;93:234103.1-234103.3. (download)

Jager P, Schmalholz SM, Schmid DW, Kuhl E. Brittle fracture during folding rocks - A finite element study. Phil Mag. 2008;88:3245-3263. (download)

Meier HA, Schlemmer M, Wagner C, Kerren A, Hagen H, Kuhl E, Steinmann P. Visualization of particle interactions in granular media. IEEE Trans Vis Comp Graphics. 2008;14:1-16. (download)

Jager P, Steinmann P, Kuhl E. Modeling three-dimensional crack propagation - A comparison of crack path tracking strategies. Int J Num Meth Eng, 2008;76:1328-1352. (download)

Himpel G, Menzel A, Kuhl E, Steinmann P. Time-dependent fiber reorientation of transversely isotropic continua - Finite element formulation and consistent linearization. Int J Num Meth Eng. 2008;73:1413-1433. (download)

Jager P, Steinmann P, Kuhl E. On local tracking algorithms for the simulation of three-dimensional discontinuities. Comp Mech, 2008;42:395-406. (download)

Meier HA, Steinmann P, Kuhl E. Towards mulitscale computation of confined granular media - Contact forces, stresses and tangent operators. Techn Mech. 2008;28:32-42. (download)

Utzinger J, Bos M, Floeck M, Menzel A, Kuhl E, Renz R, Friedrich K, Schlarb AK, Steinmann P. Computational modelling of thermal impact welded PEEK/steel single lap tensile specimens. Comp Mat Sci. 2008;41:287-296. (download)

Meier HA, Kuhl E, Steinmann P. A note on the generation of periodic granular microstructures based on grain size distributions. Int J Num Anal Meth Geomech. 2008;32:509-522. (download)

Kuhl E, Holzapfel GA. A continuum model for remodeling in living structures. J Mat Sci. 2007;42:8811-8823. (download)

Hauret P, Kuhl E, Ortiz M. Diamond elements: A finite-element / discrete-mechanics approximation scheme with guaranteed optimal convergence in incompressible elasticity. Int J Num Meth Eng. 2007;72:253-294. (download)

Kuhl E, Maas R, Himpel G, Menzel A. Computational modeling of arterial wall growth: Attempts towards patient specific simulations based on computer tomography. Biomech Mod Mechanobio. 2007;6:321-331. (download)

Hirschberger CB, Kuhl E, Steinmann P. On deformational and configurational mechanics of micromorphic hyperelasticity - Theory and computation. Comp Meth Appl Mech Eng. 2007;196:4027-4044. (download)

Kuhl E, Schmid DW. Computational modeling of mineral unmixing and growth - An application of the Cahn-Hilliard equation. Comp Mech. 2007;39:439-451. (download)

Mergheim J, Kuhl E, Steinmann P. Towards the algorithmic treatment of 3D strong discontinuities. Comm Num Meth Eng. 2007;23:97-108. (download)

Wells G, Kuhl E, Garikipati K. A discontinuous Galerkin formulation for the Cahn-Hilliard equation. J Comp Phys. 2006;218:860-877. (download)

Kuhl E, Menzel A, Garikipati K. On the convexity of transversely isotropic chain network models. Phil Mag. 2006;86:3241-3258. (download)

Kuhl E, Askes H, Steinmann P. An illustration of the equivalence of the loss of ellipticity conditions in spatial and material settings of hyperelasticity. Eur J Mech/A: Solids. 2006;25:199-214. (download)

Kuhl E, Garikipati K, Arruda EM, Grosh K. Remodeling of biological tissue - Mechanically induced reorientation of a transversely isotropic chain network. J Mech Phys Solids. 2005;53:1552-1573. (download)

Kuhl E, Balle F. Computational modeling of hip replacement surgery - Total hip replacement vs. hip resurfacing. Techn Mech. 2005;25:107-114. (download)

Himpel G, Kuhl E, Menzel A, Steinmann P. Computational modelling of isotropic multiplicative growth. Comp Meth Eng Sci. 2005;8:119-134. (download)

Mergheim J, Kuhl E, Steinmann P. A finite element method for the computational modelling of cohesive cracks. Int J Num Meth Eng. 2005;63:276-289. (download)

Kuhl E, Steinmann P. A hyperelastodynamic ALE formulation based on referential, spatial and material forces. Acta Mech. 2005;174:201-222. (download)

Askes H, Bargmann S, Kuhl E, Steinmann P. Structural optimisation by simultaneous equilibration of spatial and material forces. Comm Num Meth Eng. 2005:21;433-442. (download)

Kuhl E, Steinmann P. Computational modeling of healing - An application of the material force method. Biomech Mod Mechanobio. 2004;2:187-203. (download)

Kuhl E, Askes H, Steinmann P. An ALE formulation based on spatial and material settings of continuum mechanics, Part 1: Generic hyperelastic formulation. Comp Meth Appl Mech Eng. 2004;193:4207-4222. (download)

Askes H, Kuhl E, Steinmann P. An ALE formulation based on spatial and material settings of continuum mechanics, Part 2: Classification and applications. Comp Meth Appl Mech Eng. 2004;193:4223-4245. (download)

Kuhl E, Denzer R, Barth FJ, Steinmann P. Application of the material force method to thermo-hyperelasticity. Comp Meth Appl Mech Eng. 2004;193:3303-3326. (download)

Mergheim J, Kuhl E, Steinmann P. A hybrid discontinuous Galerkin/interface method for the computational modelling of failure. Comm Num Meth Eng. 2004;20:511-519. (download)

Kuhl E, Steinmann P. Material forces in open system mechanics. Comp Meth Appl Mech Eng. 2004;193:2357-2381. (download)

Kuhl E, Menzel A, Steinmann P. Computational modeling of growth - A critical review, a classification of concepts and two new consistent approaches. Comp Mech. 2003;32:71-88. (download)

Kuhl E, P Steinmann P. Theory and numerics of geometrically nonlinear open systems Int J Num Meth Eng. 2003;58:1593-1615. (download)

Kuhl E, Steinmann P. On spatial and material settings of thermo-hyperelastodynamics for open systems. Acta Mech. 2003;160:179-217. (download)

Kuhl E, Steinmann P. Mass- and volume specific views on thermodynamics for open systems. Proc Roy Soc. 2003;459:2547-2568. (download)

Kuhl E, Hulshoff S, de Borst R. An arbitrary Lagrangian Eulerian finite-element approach for fluid-structure interaction phenomena. Int J Num Meth Eng. 2003;57:117-142. (download)

Kuhl E, Carol I, Steinmann P. New thermodynamic approach to microplane model. Part II: Dissipation and inelastic constitutive modelling. Int J Solids Structures. 2001;38:2933-2952. (download)

Kuhl E, Ramm E, Willam KJ. Failure analysis for elasto-plastic material models on different levels of observation. Int J Solids Structures. 2000;37:7259-7280. (download)

Kuhl E, Ramm E, de Borst R. An anisotropic gradient damage model for quasi-brittle materials. Comp Meth Appl Mech Eng. 2000;183:87-103. (download)

Kuhl E, Ramm E. Microplane modelling of cohesive frictional materials. Eur J Mech/A:Solids; 2000;19:S121-S143. (download)

Kuhl E, D'Addetta GA, Herrmann HJ, Ramm E. A comparison of discrete granular material models with continuous microplane formulations. Granular Matter. 2000;2:123-135. (download)

Kuhl E, Ramm E. Simulation of strain localization with gradient enhanced damage models. Comp Mat Sci. 1999;16:176-185. (download)

Mahnken R, Kuhl E. Parameter identification of gradient enhanced damage models with the finite element method Eur J Mech/A: Solids. 1999;18:819-835. (download)

Kuhl E, Ramm E. On the linearization of the microplane model. Mech Coh Fric Mat. 1998;2:343-364. (download)

Steinmann P, Kuhl E, Stein E. Aspects of non-associated single crystal plasticity: Influence of Non-Schmid effects and localization analysis. Int J Solids Structurs. 1998;35:4437-4456. (download)

Sawischlewski E, Steinmann P, Stein E. Modelling and computations of instability phenomena in multisurface plasticity. Comp Mech. 1996;18:245-258. (download)

Kuhl E. Theory and numerics of open system thermodynamics - Spatial and material settings. TU Kaiserslautern. 2004. (download)

cvte meeting 10/30/07, simbios seminar 05/23/07, ias07 delft 07/02/07, iciam07 zurich 07/16/07, ictam08 adelaide 08/27/08, lab presentation 10/20/08