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Fakultät Maschinenbau
Research assistant

M.Sc. Carina Witt

© Carina Witt, Institute of Mechanics

Curriculum Vitae

Research

Research interests

  • Gradient continua
  • (Chemo-)electro-mechanical coupling
  • Biomechanics
  • Fiber-reinforced materials

Publications

2024

C. Witt, T. Kaiser, and A. Menzel:
An IGA-FEA model for flexoelectricity-induced healing of microcracks in cortical bone
Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering, 425, 1169192024, 2024
DOI:  10.1016/j.cma.2024.116919, Open Access.

2023

C. Witt, T. Kaiser, and A. Menzel:
Modelling and numerical simulation of remodelling processes in cortical bone: an IGA approach to flexoelectricity-induced osteocyte apoptosis and subsequent bone cell diffusion
Journal of the mechanics and physics of solids, 173, 105194, 2023
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmps.2022.105194, Open Access.

2022

A. Menzel, C. Witt:
Extremal states and coupling properties in electroelasticity
Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society A, 380, 2234, 20210330, 2022
DOI: 10.1098/rsta.2021.0330, Open Access.

C. Hergl, C. Witt, B. Nsonga, A. Menzel, and G. Scheuermann:
Electromechanical coupling in electroactive polymers: a visual analysis of a third-order tensor field
IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics [ISSN: 1077-2626], 115, 2022
DOI:110.1109/tvcg.2022.3209328, Open Access.

2021

C. Witt, T. Kaiser, and A. Menzel:
A finite deformation isogeometric finite element approach to fiber-reinforced composites with fiber bending stiffness
Journal of engineering mathematics, 128, 15, 2021
DOI: 10.1007/s10665-021-10117-3, Open Access.

C. Witt, T. Kaiser, and A. Menzel:
An isogeometric finite element approach to fiber-reinforced composites with fiber bending stiffness
Archive of Applied Mechanics, 91, 2, 643-672, 2021
DOI: 10.1007/s00419-020-01754-8, Open Access.

2021

C. Witt, T. Kaiser, and A. Menzel: On the incorporation of curvature effects into the isogeometric analysis of fiber-reinforced solids Proceedings in applied mathematics and mechanics, 21, 1, e202100185, 2021 DOI: 10.1002/pamm.202100185, Open Access.

2024

C. Witt, T. Kaiser, A. Menzel:
A modelling approach for micro crack healing in bones by flexoelectricity-induced surface growth
9th European Congress on Computational Methods in Applied Sciences and Engineering, Lissabon, Portugal, 03.06.2024 - 07.06.2024

C. Witt, T. Kaiser, A. Menzel:
Modelling of micro crack healing in flexoelectric bones
94th GAMM Annual Meeting, Magdeburg, Germany, 18.03.2024 - 22.03.2024

2023

C. Witt, T. Kaiser, A. Menzel:
Flexoelectric and piezoelectric effects in cortical bone remodeling processes
93rd GAMM Annual Meeting, Dresden, Germany, 30.05.2023 - 02.06.2023

2022

C. Witt, T. Kaiser, A. Menzel:
A C1-continuous IGA formulation for bone remodelling initiated by flexoelectricity: Impact on osteocyte apoptosis and bone cell diffusion
9th GACM Colloquium on Computational Mechanics, Essen, Germany, 21.09.2022 - 23.09.2022

C. Witt, T. Kaiser, A. Menzel:
On the importance of chemo-electro-mechanical coupling in flexoelectricity-induced bone remodeling processes
92nd GAMM Annual Meeting, Aachen, Germany, 15.08.2022 - 19.08.2022

C. Witt, T. Kaiser, A. Menzel:
An IGA-framework for the modelling of fibre-reinforced solids with fibre bending stiffness in a finite deformation setting
11th European Solid Mechanics Conference, Galway, Ireland, 04.07.2022 - 08.07.2022

2021

C. Witt, T. Kaiser, A. Menzel:
Isogeometric analysis of higher-gradient continua: Application to fiber-reinforced composites and flexoelectricity
Invited Talk at Institute of Continuum Mechanics, Hannover, Germany, 15.11.2021 (invited by Prof. Wriggers)

C. Witt, T. Kaiser, A. Menzel:
On the application of a globally C1 -continuous isogeometric finite element approach to gradient elasticity problems
Virtual IGA 2021 ECCOMAS conference, Lyon, France, 27.09.2021 - 29.09.2021

C. Witt, T. Kaiser, A. Menzel:
On the incorporation of curvature effects into the isogeometric analysis of fiber-reinforced solids
91st GAMM Annual Meeting, Kassel, Germany, 15.03.2021 - 19.03.2021