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D-Index
40
Citations
7007
World Ranking
2011
National Ranking
70

Overview

Meinhard Kuna is affiliated with TU Bergakademie Freiberg in Germany and specializes in research within the fields of Engineering and Materials Science. Their work primarily focuses on Mechanics of Materials, Mechanical Engineering, Materials Chemistry, Civil and Structural Engineering, and Biomedical Engineering.

The scientist's research covers a range of topics including:

  • Fatigue and fracture mechanics
  • Metal Forming Simulation Techniques
  • Numerical methods in engineering
  • High Temperature Alloys and Creep
  • High-Velocity Impact and Material Behavior
  • Advanced Surface Polishing Techniques
  • Microstructure and Mechanical Properties of Steels

Meinhard Kuna has contributed articles to notable publication venues, frequently publishing in:

  • Engineering Fracture Mechanics
  • Wear
  • International Journal of Fracture
  • International Journal of Plasticity
  • Smart Materials and Structures

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Meinhard Kuna include:

  • Interaction integral method for computation of crack parameters K-T - A review, 2021, Engineering Fracture Mechanics
  • On the identification and uniqueness of constitutive parameters for a non-local GTN-model, 2020, Engineering Fracture Mechanics
  • Experimental and numerical analysis of scratching induced damage during diamond wire sawing of silicon, 2020, Wear
  • Modeling of the cyclic deformation behavior of austenitic TRIP-steels, 2020, International Journal of Plasticity
  • A material removal coefficient for diamond wire sawing of silicon, 2022, Wear

Meinhard Kuna frequently collaborates with a group of co-authors, including:

  • Andreas Seupel
  • Bjöern Kiefer
  • Michael Budnitzki
  • Geralf Hütter
  • Florian Wallburg

Best Publications

  • Fracture mechanics of piezoelectric materials – Where are we right now?

    Meinhard Kuna

  • Finite Elements in Fracture Mechanics

    Meinhard Kuna

  • Identification of ductile damage and fracture parameters from the small punch test using neural networks

    Martin Abendroth;Meinhard Kuna

  • Determination of deformation and failure properties of ductile materials by means of the small punch test and neural networks

    Martin Abendroth;Meinhard Kuna

  • Three-dimensional cell model analyses of void growth in ductile materials

    M. Kuna;D. Z. Sun

  • Finite Element Techniques for Dynamic Crack Analysis in Piezoelectrics

    M. Enderlein;A. Ricoeur;M. Kuna

  • Finite element analyses of cracks in piezoelectric structures: a survey

    M. Kuna

  • Polyhedral particles for the discrete element method

    Benjamin Nassauer;Thomas Liedke;Meinhard Kuna

  • Application of the X-FEM to the fracture of piezoelectric materials

    Eric Béchet;Matthias Scherzer;Meinhard Kuna

  • Finite element analyses of crack problems in piezoelectric structures

    Meinhard Kuna

  • Identification of material parameters of the Gurson–Tvergaard–Needleman model by combined experimental and numerical techniques

    M. Springmann;M. Kuna

  • Finite Elements in Fracture Mechanics : Theory - Numerics - Applications

    M. Kuna;Aaron Kuchle

  • Influence of electric fields on the fracture of ferroelectric ceramics

    Andreas Ricoeur;Meinhard Kuna

  • A macroscopic mechanical model of the wire sawing process

    T. Liedke;M. Kuna

  • Micromechanisms of fracture in nodular cast iron: From experimental findings towards modeling strategies – A review

    Geralf Hütter;Lutz Zybell;Meinhard Kuna

  • Characterization of stress–strain behavior of a cast TRIP steel under different biaxial planar load ratios

    D. Kulawinski;K. Nagel;S. Henkel;P. Hübner

  • Simulation of fatigue crack growth with a cyclic cohesive zone model

    Stephan Roth;Geralf Hütter;Meinhard Kuna

  • A hybrid approach to simulate the homogenized irreversible elastic–plastic deformations and damage of foams by neural networks

    Christoph Settgast;Geralf Hütter;Meinhard Kuna;Martin Abendroth

  • Finite element analyses of three-dimensional crack problems in piezoelectric structures

    Fulin Shang;Meinhard Kuna;Martin Abendroth

  • Biaxial Fracture Test of Silicon Wafers

    Claudia Funke;Eckehard Kullig;Meinhard Kuna;Hans Joachim Möller

  • Towards the computation of electrically permeable cracks in piezoelectrics

    K. Wippler;A. Ricoeur;M. Kuna

Frequent Co-Authors

Horst Biermann
Horst Biermann TU Bergakademie Freiberg
Takayuki Kitamura
Takayuki Kitamura Osaka University
Christos G. Aneziris
Christos G. Aneziris TU Bergakademie Freiberg
Chuanzeng Zhang
Chuanzeng Zhang University of Siegen
Anthony R. Ingraffea
Anthony R. Ingraffea Cornell University
Jürgen Rödel
Jürgen Rödel Technical University of Darmstadt
Vladimir Sladek
Vladimir Sladek Slovak Academy of Sciences
Huaping Wu
Huaping Wu Zhejiang University of Technology
Linzhi Wu
Linzhi Wu Harbin Institute of Technology
Zhiliang Zhang
Zhiliang Zhang Norwegian University of Science and Technology

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