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Theo Fett is a researcher affiliated with the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology in Germany. Their work primarily focuses on engineering and materials science. Within these broader disciplines, their research engages with specialized areas including mechanics of materials, civil and structural engineering, materials chemistry, ceramics and composites, and mechanical engineering.

Their recent scholarly output includes papers published in venues such as the Repository KITopen (Karlsruhe Institute of Technology) and Glass Physics and Chemistry. Notable publications by Theo Fett include:

  • "Averaged stress intensity factors for semi-elliptical surface cracks," 2021, Repository KITopen (Karlsruhe Institute of Technology)
  • "The Sign of the Reaction Volume for the Water/Silica Reaction," 2020, Glass Physics and Chemistry
  • "Crack-tip shielding in silica at room temperature," 2020, Repository KITopen (Karlsruhe Institute of Technology)
  • "Maximum shielding stress intensity factors in silica," 2020, Repository KITopen (Karlsruhe Institute of Technology)
  • "FE-Study on heart-shaped crack-tip zones," 2020, Repository KITopen (Karlsruhe Institute of Technology)

The main topics covered across their publications include fatigue and fracture mechanics, soil and unsaturated flow, glass properties and applications, numerical methods in engineering, building materials and conservation, metal forming simulation techniques, and material properties and failure mechanisms.

Theo Fett frequently collaborates with other researchers, among them:

  • K.G. Schell
  • C. Bucharsky
  • Gian Andrea Rizzi
  • Karl G. Schell
  • Ethel C. Bucharsky

Their work is predominantly published in the Repository KITopen (Karlsruhe Institute of Technology), where they have contributed to at least 15 papers, and they also have several publications in Glass Physics and Chemistry.

Best Publications

  • Ceramics: Mechanical Properties, Failure Behaviour, Materials Selection

    Dietrich Munz;Theo Fett

  • Stress intensity factors and weight functions

    D. Munz;Theo Fett

  • On the calculation of crack opening displacement from the stress intensity factor

    T. Fett;C. Mattheck;D. Munz

  • The fracture behaviour of dental enamel.

    Sabine Bechtle;Stefan Habelitz;Arndt Klocke;Theo Fett

  • Estimation of strain from piezoelectric effect and domain switching in morphotropic PZT by combined analysis of macroscopic strain measurements and synchrotron X-ray data

    Hans Kungl;Ralf Theissmann;Michael Knapp;Carsten Baehtz

  • Stress intensity factors and T-stress for internally cracked circular disks under various boundary conditions

    Theo Fett

  • T-stresses in rectangular plates and circular disks

    T. Fett

  • Cracks in functionally graded materials

    H.-A Bahr;H Balke;T Fett;I Hofinger

  • Mechanisches Verhalten keramischer Werkstoffe

    Dietrich Munz;Theo Fett

  • Nonsymmetry in the deformation behaviour of PZT

    T. Fett;S. Muller;D. Munz;G. Thun

  • Subcritical crack growth of macrocracks in alumina with R-curve behavior

    Theo Fett;Dietrich Munz

  • Crack arrest within teeth at the dentinoenamel junction caused by elastic modulus mismatch

    Sabine Bechtle;Theo Fett;Gabriele Rizzi;Stefan Habelitz

  • Nonlinearity of strain and strain hysteresis in morphotropic LaSr-doped lead zirconate titanate under unipolar cycling with high electric fields

    Hans Kungl;Theo Fett;Susanne Wagner;Michael J. Hoffmann

  • Development of Dense Filler-Free Polymer-Derived SiOC Ceramics by Field-Assisted Sintering

    Mohammad Esfehanian;Rainer Oberacker;Theo Fett;Michael J. Hoffmann

  • A Green's function for T-stresses in an edge-cracked rectangular plate

    T. Fett

  • Correlation between long and short crack R-curves in alumina using the crack opening displacement and fracture mechanical weight function approach

    Theo Fett;Dietrich Munz;Jurgen Seidel;Martin Stech

  • Stress Intensity Factors - T-Stresses - Weight Functions

    Theo Fett

  • Determination of da/dN-ΔK1 curves for small cracks in alumina in alternating bending tests

    T. Fett;G. Martin;D. Munz;G. Thun

  • Mechanisms of toughening in silicon nitrides: The roles of crack bridging and microstructure

    S. Fünfschilling;T. Fett;M. J. Hoffmann;R. Oberacker

  • Crack opening displacements of Vickers indentation cracks

    T. Fett;A.B. Kounga Njiwa;J. Rödel

  • The regular stress term in bonded dissimilar materials after a change in temperature

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Frequent Co-Authors

Michael J. Hoffmann
Michael J. Hoffmann Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
Sheldon M. Wiederhorn
Sheldon M. Wiederhorn National Institute of Standards and Technology
Jamie J. Kruzic
Jamie J. Kruzic University of New South Wales
Gerold A. Schneider
Gerold A. Schneider Hamburg University of Technology
Jürgen Rödel
Jürgen Rödel Technical University of Darmstadt
Joel W. Ager
Joel W. Ager Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Paul F. Becher
Paul F. Becher Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Doru C. Lupascu
Doru C. Lupascu University of Duisburg-Essen
Fritz Aldinger
Fritz Aldinger Max Planck Society
Thomas Böhlke
Thomas Böhlke Karlsruhe Institute of Technology

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