Dominik Brands

Dominik Brands is a researcher at the Institute of Mechanics, University of Duisburg-Essen, specializing in computational mechanics and multiscale modeling of heterogeneous materials. He holds a doctoral degree (Dr.-Ing.) from the same university (2012), with a dissertation titled "Geometrical Modeling and Numerical Simulation of Heterogeneous Materials".

• Department of Civil Sciences, Faculty of Engineering
• Board member of the Center for Computational Sciences and Simulation since 2013
• Research assistant in the Scientific Computing Support Team since 2015

Research Interests: Dominik's work focuses on

• Multiscale simulation of dual-phase steels
• Residual stress analysis in hot bulk forming
• Numerical modeling of high-performance concrete
• Phase-field approaches for fracture and fatigue
• Computational biomechanics of arterial walls
• Statistically similar representative volume elements (SSRVEs)

Publications highlight trends in finite element methods for materials with complex microstructures, particularly steel and concrete systems, with recent work extending to electromechanical coupling in nanocomposites. His scientific contributions span 2012–2025, emphasizing multiscale approaches and advanced numerical techniques.

Teaching includes lectures on computational mechanics, coupled problems, and engineering mechanics. He has supervised 8 thesis students (2008–2018) in topics ranging from arterial simulations to phase transformations and concrete mechanics.