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Fakultät Maschinenbau
Senior Researcher

Dr. Patrick Kurzeja

Curriculum Vitae

since 04/2017 Senior Researcher, Institute of Mechanics, Technical University Dortmund, Germany
04/2022 - 09/2022 Substitute Professor, Technical Mechanics - Structural Mechanics, University of Bremen, Germany
03/2016 - 03/2017 Postdoctoral Researcher, Computational and Statistical Physics, University of Duisburg-Essen, Germany
03/2015 - 02/2016 Postdoctoral Researcher, John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Harvard University, USA
01/2014 - 02/2015 Postdoctoral Researcher, Continuum Mechanics, Ruhr-University, Germany
06/2011 - 07/2011 Research Exchange, Civil & Environmental Engineering, Princeton University, USA
03/2010 - 12/2013 Research Assistant, Continuum Mechanics, Ruhr-University, GermanyDr.-Ing. Mechanical Engineering, Ruhr-University, Germany
10/2008 - 08/2014 B. Sc. Mathematics, Ruhr-University Bochum, Germany
10/2005 - 02/2010 Dipl.-Ing. Mechanical Engineering, Ruhr-University Bochum, Germany

Research

Research Interests

  • Interface mechanics
    • curvature effects and gradient-extensions
    • atomistic to continuum modeling
  • Statistical methods for physics-based information transfer
    • across multiple length scales
    • for improvement of ANNs
  • Cyclic damage evolution in steel
    • load-path dependence
    • regularization of ill-posed formulations
  • Structural instabilities by design
    • fluid-(buckling) structure interaction
    • nature-inspired low-frequency damping
  • Wave propagation in partially saturated porous media
    • oscillatory flow in rocks, bones and foams
    • bubble and droplet dynamics

Publications

P. Kurzeja
Waves in partially saturated porous media: An investigation on multiple scales
PhD thesis, Ruhr-University Bochum, 2013
ISBN 978-3-935892-37-7

H. Wilbuer, P. Kurzeja and J. Mosler
Phase field modeling of hyperelastic material interfaces – Theory, implementation and application to phase transformations
Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering, 426: 116972 (DOI: 10.1016/j.cma.2024.116972), 2024

G.-L. Geuken, J. Mosler and P. Kurzeja
Incorporating sufficient physical information into artificial neural networks: a guaranteed improvement via physics-based Rao-Blackwellization
Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering, 423: 116848 (DOI: 10.1016/j.cma.2024.116848), 2024
Preprint on arXiv:2311.06147 [cs.CE] (DOI: 10.48550/ARXIV.2311.06147), 2023

P. Kurzeja and B. Quintal
Harnessing local flow in buckling pores for low-frequency attenuation
International Journal of Solids and Structures, 285: 112508 (DOI: 10.1016/j.ijsolstr.2023.112508), 2023
link: to supplementary material

K. Langenfeld, P. Kurzeja and J. Mosler
On the curvature dependence of gradient damage models: Control and opportunities
Comp. Method. Appl. M., 410: 115987 (DOI: 10.1016/j.cma.2023.115987), 2023

K. Langenfeld, P. Kurzeja and J. Mosler:
How regularization concepts interfere with (quasi-) brittle damage: a comparison based on a unified variational framework
Continuum Mech. Therm., 34: 1517-1544 (DOI: 10.1007/s00161-022-01143-2), 2022

P. Kurzeja and H. Steeb
Acoustic waves in saturated porous media with gas bubbles,
Phil. Trans. R. Soc. A, 380: 20210370 (DOI: 10.1098/rsta.2021.0370), 2022

A. Bartels, P. Kurzeja and J. Mosler
Cahn-Hilliard phase field theory coupled to mechanics: Fundamentals, numerical implementation and application to topology optimization,
Comput. Method. Appl. M., 383: 113918 (DOI: 10.1016/j.cma.2021.113918), 2021

T. Heitbreder, P. Kurzeja and J. Mosler
On general imperfect interfaces with spatially non-constant displacement jumps,
Int. J. Solids Struct., 232: 111068 (DOI: 10.1016/j.ijsolstr.2021.111068), 2021

C. Sievers, J. Mosler and P. Kurzeja
Projection vs. relaxation of adjacent bulk deformation for surface modeling: Theoretical and numerical aspects,
Int. J. Solids Struct., 226: 111084 (DOI: 10.1016/j.ijsolstr.2021.111084), 2021

C. Sievers, J. Mosler, L. Brendel and P. Kurzeja
Computational homogenization of material surfaces: From atomistic simulations to continuum models,
Comp. Mater. Sci., 175: 109431 (DOI: 10.1016/j.commatsci.2019.109431), 2020

T. Cohen, P. Kurzeja and K. Bertoldi
Architected squirt-flow materials for energy dissipation,
J. Mech. Phys. Solids, 109: 22-33 (DOI: 10.1016/j.jmps.2017.08.003), 2016

P. Kurzeja, H. Steeb, M. A. Strutz and J. Renner
Oscillatory fluid flow in deformable tubes: Implications for pore-scale hydromechanics from comparing experimental observations with theoretical predictions,
J. Acoust. Soc. A., 140 (6): 4378-4395 (DOI: 10.1121/1.4971365), 2016

P. Kurzeja
The criterion of subscale sufficiency and its application to the relationship between capillary pressure, saturation and interfacial areas,
Proc. R. Soc. A, 472 (DOI: 10.1098/rspa.2015.0869), 2016

H. Steeb, P. S. Kurzeja, and S. M. Schmalholz
Wave propagation in unsaturated porous media,
Acta Mech., 225: 2435-2448 (DOI: 10.1007/s00707-014-1135-z), 2014

P. S. Kurzeja and H. Steeb
Variational formulation of oscillating fluid clusters and oscillator-like classification. II. Numerical study of pinned liquid clusters,
Phys. Fluids, 26(4) (DOI: 10.1063/1.4871489), 2014

P. S. Kurzeja and H. Steeb
Variational formulation of oscillating fluid clusters and oscillator-like classification. I. Theory,
Phys. Fluids, 26(4) (DOI: 10.1063/1.4871486), 2014

P. S. Kurzeja and H. Steeb
About the transition frequency in Biot's theory,
J. Acoust. Soc. Am. (EL), 131(6): EL454-EL460 (DOI: 10.1121/1.4710834), 2012

H. Steeb, P. S. Kurzeja, M. Frehner, and S. M. Schmalholz
Phase velocity dispersion and attenuation of seismic waves due to trapped fluids in residual saturated porous media,
Vadose Zone Journal, 11 (DOI: 10.2136/vzj2011.0121), 2012

G.-L. Geuken, J. Mosler, P. Kurzeja
Optimizing artificial neural networks for mechanical problems by physics‐based Rao‐Blackwellization: Example of a hyperelastic microsphere model,
Proc. Appl. Math. Mech., 22: e202200325 (DOI: 10.1002/pamm.202200325), 2023

P. Kurzeja
Oscillatory flow in elastic tubes: experiments and implications for pore-scale modeling,
Biot-Bažant Conference on Engineering Mechanics and Physics of Porous Materials (DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.14759025.v1), 2021

P. Kurzeja, C. Sievers, L. Brendel and J. Mosler
Ritz-type surface homogenization: from atomistic to continuum surface models of copper despite imperfect bulk models,
Proc. Appl. Math. Mech., 20: e202000193 (DOI: 10.1002/pamm.202000193), 2021

P. Kurzeja
Interfacial energies depending on curvature: the drastic loss of elastic coupling on small scales and its impact on multiphase mechanics,
Proc. Appl. Math. Mech., 19: e201900080 (DOI: 10.1002/pamm.201900080), 2019

P. Kurzeja, C. Sievers and J. Mosler
Improving constitutive equations in multiscale modelling by means of the sufficiency criterion using the example of nano wire contraction,
Proc. Appl. Math. Mech., 18: e201800292 (DOI: 10.1002/pamm.201800292), 2018

K. Schröer, P. Kurzeja, S. Schulz, P. Brockmann, J. Hussong, P. Janas, I. Wlokas, A. Kempf and D. Wolf
Dilute suspensions in annular shear flow under gravity: simulation and experiment,
EPJ Web of Conferences, 140: 09034 (DOI: 10.1051/epjconf/201714009034), 2017

P. Kurzeja
Improving Constitutive Relationships in Multiscale Modeling by the Concept of Sufficiency - Illustrated by Saturation, Interfacial Areas, and Capillary Rise.,
ASCE Poromechanics VI, 481-488 (DOI: 10.1061/9780784480779.059), 2017

P. Kurzeja and J. Tang
Wave dispersion in highly deformable, fluid-filled structures: Numerical and experimental study of the role of solid deformation and inertia,
Proc. Mtgs. Acoust., 25: 065001 (DOI: 10.1121/2.0000375), 2015

P. S. Kurzeja and H. Steeb
Frequency-dependent properties of multiphase materials: origins, needs, and effective use in geophysics and modern synthetic materials,
Proc. Appl. Math. Mech., 14: 703-704 (DOI: 10.1002/pamm.201410334), 2014

P. Kurzeja, H. Steeb, and J. Renner
The Critical Frequency in Biphasic Media: Beyond Biot's Approach,
ASCE Poromechanics V, chapter 276, 2361-2370 (DOI: 10.1061/9780784412992.276), 2013

P. Kurzeja and H. Steeb
Residual saturated porous media - from oscillating water blobs to waves in ground earth,
Proc. Appl. Math. Mech., 13: 561-564 (DOI: 10.1002/pamm.201310265), 2013

D. Uribe, H. Steeb, E. H. Saenger, P. Kurzeja, and O. Ruiz
Numerical analysis of wave propagation in fluid-filled deformable tubes,
Proc. Appl. Math. Mech., 13: 329-330 (DOI: 10.1002/pamm.201310160), 2013

I. Gueven, P. Kurzeja, S. Luding, and H. Steeb
Experimental evaluation of phase velocities and tortuosity in fluid saturated highly porous media,
Proc. Appl. Math. Mech., 12: 401-402 (DOI: 10.1002/pamm.201210189), 2012

P. S. Kurzeja and H. Steeb
Microscopical investigation of wave propagation phenomena in residual saturated porous media,
Proc. Appl. Math. Mech., 12: 445-446 (DOI: 10.1002/pamm.201210211), 2012

C. Becker, P. Kurzeja, and H. Steeb
Modelling internal erosion of cohesionless soils using a microstructural parameter,
Proc. Appl. Math. Mech., 10: 355-356 (DOI: 10.1002/pamm.201010170), 2010