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D-Index
41
Citations
7451
World Ranking
1910
National Ranking
68

Overview

Erwin Stein was affiliated with the University of Hannover in Germany and contributed to the field of Engineering with multiple publications focused on numerical methods and computational mechanics.

Their research primarily covered advanced topics including:

  • Advanced Numerical Methods in Computational Mathematics
  • Electromagnetic Simulation and Numerical Methods
  • Numerical methods in engineering
  • Computational Fluid Dynamics and Aerodynamics
  • Electromagnetic Scattering and Analysis
  • Differential Equations and Numerical Methods
  • Advanced Numerical Analysis Techniques

Stein's subfields of study included:

  • Computational Mechanics
  • Electrical and Electronic Engineering
  • Mechanics of Materials
  • Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics
  • Numerical Analysis

They published extensively in several scientific venues, which featured a significant number of their works:

  • Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering
  • Engineering With Computers
  • Archive of Applied Mechanics
  • Computational Mechanics
  • Advances in Engineering Software

Some of their recent papers included:

  • New 25-point stencils with optimal accuracy for 2-D heat transfer problems. Comparison with the quadratic isogeometric elements, 2020, Journal of Computational Physics
  • The treatment of the Neumann boundary conditions for a new numerical approach to the solution of PDEs with optimal accuracy on irregular domains and Cartesian meshes, 2020, Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering
  • A new numerical approach to the solution of PDEs with optimal accuracy on irregular domains and Cartesian meshes-Part 1: the derivations for the wave, heat and Poisson equations in the 1-D and 2-D cases, 2020, Archive of Applied Mechanics
  • A new numerical approach to the solution of the 2-D Helmholtz equation with optimal accuracy on irregular domains and Cartesian meshes, 2020, Computational Mechanics
  • A new numerical approach to the solution of PDEs with optimal accuracy on irregular domains and Cartesian meshes-part 2: numerical simulations and comparison with FEM, 2020, Archive of Applied Mechanics

Frequent coauthors who collaborated with Stein included:

  • B. Dey
  • M. Mobin
  • Joseph E. Bishop
  • W. Ajwad
  • Amit M. E. Arefin

Best Publications

  • Encyclopedia of computational mechanics

    Erwin Stein;de R. Borst;Thomas J.R. Hughes

  • FINITE ELEMENT FORMULATION OF LARGE DEFORMATION IMPACT-CONTACT PROBLEMS WITH FRICTION

    P. Wriggers;T. Vu Van;E. Stein

  • A 4-node finite shell element for the implementation of general hyperelastic 3D-elasticity at finite strains

    P. Betsch;Friedrich Gruttmann;E. Stein

  • A unified approach for parameter identification of inelastic material models in the frame of the finite element method

    Rolf Mahnken;Erwin Stein

  • An assumed strain approach avoiding artificial thickness straining for a non‐linear 4‐node shell element

    P. Betsch;E. Stein

  • Parameter identification for viscoplastic models based on analytical derivatives of a least-squares functional and stability investigations

    Rolf Mahnken;Erwin Stein

  • Error-controlled Adaptive Finite Elements in Solid Mechanics

    E. Stein;E. Ramm

  • On the parametrization of finite rotations in computational mechanics: A classification of concepts with application to smooth shells

    P. Betsch;A. Menzel;E. Stein

  • Shakedown with nonlinear strain-hardening including structural computation using finite element method

    Erwin Stein;Genbao Zhang;Jan A. König

  • Real contact mechanisms and finite element formulation - A coupled thermomechanical approach

    Giorgio Zavarise;P. Wriggers;E. Stein;B. A. Schrefler

  • On the numerical treatment and analysis of finite deformation ductile single crystal plasticity

    Paul Steinmann;Erwin Stein

  • On some mixed finite element methods for incompressible and nearly incompressible finite elasticity

    U. Brink;E. Stein

  • Parameter identification for finite deformation elasto-plasticity in principal directions

    Rolf Mahnken;Erwin Stein

  • The identification of parameters for visco-plastic models via finite-element methods and gradient methods

    R Mahnken;E Stein

  • Theory and numerics of thin elastic shells with finite rotations

    F. Gruttmann;E. Stein;P. Wriggers

  • Comparison of different finite deformation inelastic damage models within multiplicative elastoplasticity for ductile materials

    P. Steinmann;C. Miehe;E. Stein

  • Numerical modelling of martensitic growth in an elastoplastic material

    Valery I. Levitas;Alexander V. Idesman;Gregory B. Olson;Erwin Stein

  • Coupled model- and solution-adaptivity in the finite-element method

    E. Stein;S. Ohnimus

  • Local error estimates of FEM for displacements and stresses in linear elasticity by solving local Neumann problems

    S. Ohnimus;E. Stein;E. Walhorn

  • Modeling and computation of shakedown problems for nonlinear hardening materials

    E. Stein;G. Zhang;Y. Huang

Frequent Co-Authors

Valery I. Levitas
Valery I. Levitas Iowa State University
Paul Steinmann
Paul Steinmann University of Erlangen-Nuremberg
Peter Wriggers
Peter Wriggers University of Hannover
Christian Miehe
Christian Miehe University of Stuttgart
Werner Wagner
Werner Wagner Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
Carsten Carstensen
Carsten Carstensen Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
Peter Betsch
Peter Betsch Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
Giorgio Zavarise
Giorgio Zavarise Polytechnic University of Turin
Kenneth Runesson
Kenneth Runesson Chalmers University of Technology
Bernhard A. Schrefler
Bernhard A. Schrefler University of Padua

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