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Christian Hellmich

Christian Hellmich

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Materials Science

D-Index
52
Citations
8363
World Ranking
9666
National Ranking
43

Overview

Christian Hellmich is affiliated with TU Wien in Austria and has a substantial body of research primarily in the field of engineering. Their work spans various subfields including civil and structural engineering, mechanics of materials, biomedical engineering, materials chemistry, and mechanical engineering.

The researcher's publications emphasize topics such as concrete properties and behavior, concrete and cement materials research, composite material mechanics, geotechnical engineering and underground structures, bone tissue engineering materials, elasticity and material modeling, and composite structure analysis and optimization.

Frequent coauthors collaborating with Christian Hellmich include Bernhard Pichler, Stefan Scheiner, Luis Zelaya-Lainez, Olaf Lahayne, and Niketa Ukaj.

Their recent papers cover diverse scientific themes and have appeared in several specialized venues. Some notable publications are:

  • "Effect of boron incorporation on the bioactivity, structure, and mechanical properties of ordered mesoporous bioactive glasses," 2020, Journal of Materials Chemistry B
  • "Nanoindentation-probed Oliver-Pharr half-spaces in alkali-activated slag-fly ash pastes: Multimethod identification of microelasticity and hardness," 2021, Mechanics of Advanced Materials and Structures
  • "Free vibration analysis of cylindrical honeycomb sandwich panels using state-space Levy method," 2022, Thin-Walled Structures
  • "Mathematical modeling of COVID-19 fatality trends: Death kinetics law versus infection-to-death delay rule," 2020, Chaos Solitons & Fractals
  • "Hierarchical Biomechanics: Concepts, Bone as Prominent Example, and Perspectives Beyond," 2022, Applied Mechanics Reviews

The venues where Christian Hellmich frequently publishes include:

  • Mechanics of Advanced Materials and Structures
  • Cement and Concrete Research
  • Acta Mechanica
  • Tunnelling and Underground Space Technology
  • Medical Devices & Sensors

Best Publications

  • 'Universal' microstructural patterns in cortical and trabecular, extracellular and extravascular bone materials: micromechanics-based prediction of anisotropic elasticity.

    Andreas Fritsch;Christian Hellmich

  • Upscaling quasi-brittle strength of cement paste and mortar: A multi-scale engineering mechanics model

    Bernhard Pichler;Christian Hellmich

  • Development and experimental validation of a continuum micromechanics model for the elasticity of wood

    Karin Hofstetter;Christian Hellmich;Josef Eberhardsteiner

  • Mineral–collagen interactions in elasticity of bone ultrastructure – a continuum micromechanics approach

    Christian Hellmich;Jean-Francois Barthélémy;Luc Dormieux

  • Ductile sliding between mineral crystals followed by rupture of collagen crosslinks: experimentally supported micromechanical explanation of bone strength.

    Andreas Fritsch;Christian Hellmich;Luc Dormieux

  • Can the diverse elastic properties of trabecular and cortical bone be attributed to only a few tissue-independent phase properties and their interactions? Arguments from a multiscale approach.

    Christian Hellmich;Franz-Josef Ulm;Luc Dormieux

  • Stable pitting corrosion of stainless steel as diffusion-controlled dissolution process with a sharp moving electrode boundary

    Stefan Scheiner;C Hellmich

  • MICROSCOPIC EFFECTS ON CHLORIDE DIFFUSIVITY OF CEMENT PASTES - A SCALE-TRANSITION ANALYSIS

    Peter Pivonka;Christian Hellmich;David Smith

  • Spherical and acicular representation of hydrates in a micromechanical model for cement paste: prediction of early-age elasticity and strength

    Bernhard Pichler;Christian Hellmich;Josef Eberhardsteiner

  • Are mineralized tissues open crystal foams reinforced by crosslinked collagen? Some energy arguments.

    Ch. Hellmich;F.-J. Ulm

  • Micromechanics-based conversion of CT data into anisotropic elasticity tensors, applied to FE simulations of a mandible.

    Christian Hellmich;Cornelia Kober;Bodo Erdmann

  • Effect of gel–space ratio and microstructure on strength of hydrating cementitious materials: An engineering micromechanics approach

    Bernhard Pichler;Christian Hellmich;Josef Eberhardsteiner;Jaromír Wasserbauer

  • Mechanical behavior of hydroxyapatite biomaterials: an experimentally validated micromechanical model for elasticity and strength.

    Andreas Fritsch;Luc Dormieux;Christian Hellmich;Julien Sanahuja

  • Micromechanical Model for Ultrastructural Stiffness of Mineralized Tissues

    Christian Hellmich;Franz-Josef Ulm

  • Continuum Microviscoelasticity Model for Aging Basic Creep of Early-Age Concrete

    S Scheiner;Christian Hellmich

  • Elastic and creep properties of young cement paste, as determined from hourly repeated minute-long quasi-static tests

    M. Irfan-Ul-Hassan;M. Irfan-Ul-Hassan;B. Pichler;R. Reihsner;C.-H. Hellmich

  • Finite Volume model for diffusion- and activation-controlled pitting corrosion of stainless steel

    Stefan Scheiner;Christian Hellmich

  • Hydrate failure in ITZ governs concrete strength: A micro-to-macro validated engineering mechanics model

    Markus Konigsberger;Markus Konigsberger;Michal Hlobil;Michal Hlobil;Brice Delsaute;Stéphanie Staquet

  • The influence of bone surface availability in bone remodelling—A mathematical model including coupled geometrical and biomechanical regulations of bone cells

    Peter Pivonka;Pascal R. Buenzli;Stefan Scheiner;Christian Hellmich

  • Micromechanical modeling of solid-type and plate-type deformation patterns within softwood materials. A review and an improved approach

    Karin Hofstetter;Christian Hellmich;Josef Eberhardsteiner

  • Modeling of Early-Age Creep of Shotcrete. I: Model and Model Parameters

    Jérôme Sercombe;Christian Hellmich;Franz-Josef Ulm;Herbert Mang

Frequent Co-Authors

Roman Lackner
Roman Lackner University of Innsbruck
Stéphane Avril
Stéphane Avril École des Mines de Saint-Étienne
Aldo R. Boccaccini
Aldo R. Boccaccini University of Erlangen-Nuremberg
Yong Yuan
Yong Yuan Tongji University
Colin R. Dunstan
Colin R. Dunstan University of Sydney
Chiara Vitale-Brovarone
Chiara Vitale-Brovarone Polytechnic University of Turin
Hala Zreiqat
Hala Zreiqat University of Sydney

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