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Overview

Britta Nestler is affiliated with the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology in Germany. Their research spans multiple areas within engineering and materials science, with a significant focus on computational and mechanical aspects of material behavior and processing.

Their work frequently appears in the following publication venues:

  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • arXiv (Cornell University)
  • Computational Materials Science
  • Acta Materialia
  • SSRN Electronic Journal

The main fields of study for Britta Nestler are:

  • Engineering
  • Materials Science

Their research also delves into the following subfields:

  • Materials Chemistry
  • Mechanical Engineering
  • Aerospace Engineering
  • Mechanics of Materials
  • Computational Mechanics

Key topics covered in Britta Nestler's work include:

  • Solidification and crystal growth phenomena
  • Aluminum Alloy Microstructure Properties
  • Metallurgy and Material Forming
  • Fluid Dynamics and Thin Films
  • Nanoparticles nucleation surface interactions
  • Metallurgical Processes and Thermodynamics
  • Surface Modification and Superhydrophobicity

Recent papers by Britta Nestler exemplify the scope of their research interests:

  • 3D printing of inherently nanoporous polymers via polymerization-induced phase separation, 2021, Nature Communications
  • A phase-field study on polymerization-induced phase separation occasioned by diffusion and capillary flow-a mechanism for the formation of porous microstructures in membranes, 2020, Journal of Sol-Gel Science and Technology
  • Explainable Artificial Intelligence for Mechanics: Physics-Explaining Neural Networks for Constitutive Models, 2022, Frontiers in Materials
  • Phase-field modeling of crack propagation in heterogeneous materials with multiple crack order parameters, 2022, Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering
  • Quartz Cementation in Polycrystalline Sandstone: Insights From Phase-Field Simulations, 2020, Journal of Geophysical Research Solid Earth

Frequent co-authors who have collaborated extensively with Britta Nestler include:

  • Daniel Schneider
  • Michael Selzer
  • Fei Wang
  • Michael Späth
  • Arnd Koeppe

Best Publications

  • A phase field concept for multiphase systems

    I. Steinbach;F. Pezzolla;B. Nestler;M. Seeßelberg

  • The multiphase-field model with an integrated concept for modelling solute diffusion

    J. Tiaden;B. Nestler;H. J. Diepers;I. Steinbach

  • Multicomponent alloy solidification: phase-field modeling and simulations.

    Britta Nestler;Harald Garcke;Björn Stinner

  • A multiphase field concept: numerical simulations of moving phase boundaries and multiple junctions

    Harald Garcke;Britta Nestler;Barbara Stoth

  • A multi-phase-field model of eutectic and peritectic alloys: numerical simulation of growth structures

    B. Nestler;A. A. Wheeler

  • Grand-potential formulation for multicomponent phase transformations combined with thin-interface asymptotics of the double-obstacle potential.

    Abhik N. Choudhury;Britta Nestler

  • Computational Materials Engineering – An Introduction to Microstructure Evolution

    Koenraad G. F. Janssens;Dierk Raabe;Ernst Kozeschnik;Mark A. Miodownik

  • 3D printing of inherently nanoporous polymers via polymerization-induced phase separation.

    Zheqin Dong;Haijun Cui;Haodong Zhang;Fei Wang

  • On anisotropic order parameter models for multi-phase system and their sharp interface limits

    Harald Garcke;Britta Nestler;Barbara Stoth

  • A Diffuse Interface Model for Alloys with Multiple Components and Phases

    Bjorn Stinner;Britta Nestler;Harald Garcke

  • Phase-field model for solidification of a monotectic alloy with convection

    B. Nestler;A. A. Wheeler;L. Ratke;C. Stöcker

  • Progress Report on Phase Separation in Polymer Solutions.

    Fei Wang;Patrick Altschuh;Patrick Altschuh;Lorenz Ratke;Haodong Zhang

  • Phase-field modeling of multi-component systems

    Britta Nestler;Abhik Choudhury

  • Comparative study of two phase-field models for grain growth

    Nele Moelans;Nele Moelans;Frank Wendler;Britta Nestler

  • Large scale phase-field simulations of directional ternary eutectic solidification

    Johannes Hötzer;Johannes Hötzer;Marcus Jainta;Philipp Steinmetz;Britta Nestler;Britta Nestler

  • The parallel multi-physics phase-field framework Pace3D

    Johannes Hötzer;Johannes Hötzer;Andreas Reiter;Henrik Hierl;Philipp Steinmetz;Philipp Steinmetz

  • Extraction of reduced-order process-structure linkages from phase-field simulations

    Yuksel C. Yabansu;Philipp Steinmetz;Johannes Hötzer;Johannes Hötzer;Surya R. Kalidindi

  • Phase-field simulation of solid state sintering

    Johannes Hötzer;Johannes Hötzer;Marco Seiz;Michael Kellner;Michael Kellner;Wolfgang Rheinheimer

  • Phase-field elasticity model based on mechanical jump conditions

    Daniel Schneider;Oleg Tschukin;Abhik Choudhury;Michael Selzer

  • Comparison of phase-field and cellular automaton models for dendritic solidification in Al–Cu alloy

    Abhik Choudhury;Klemens Reuther;Eugenia Wesner;Anastasia August

  • Crystal growth of pure substances: Phase-field simulations in comparison with analytical and experimental results

    B. Nestler;D. Danilov;P. Galenko

  • Phase field modeling of fracture and stress-induced phase transitions.

    R. Spatschek;C. Müller-Gugenberger;E. Brener;Britta Nestler

Frequent Co-Authors

Harald Garcke
Harald Garcke University of Regensburg
Ulrich Rüde
Ulrich Rüde University of Erlangen-Nuremberg
Amauri Garcia
Amauri Garcia State University of Campinas
János Urai
János Urai RWTH Aachen University
Jean Schmittbuhl
Jean Schmittbuhl University of Strasbourg
Peter Galenko
Peter Galenko Friedrich Schiller University Jena
Ingo Steinbach
Ingo Steinbach Ruhr University Bochum
Surya R. Kalidindi
Surya R. Kalidindi Georgia Institute of Technology
Michael J. Hoffmann
Michael J. Hoffmann Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
Pavel A. Levkin
Pavel A. Levkin Karlsruhe Institute of Technology

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