Engineering Design Applications V

Preparation of Thermoplastic Blends Filled with Polysaccharide and Study of their Properties Before and After Ageing.- Rheological and Mechanical Properties of Rubber Blends Filled with Modified Bentonite.- Utilization of Microwave Radiation for Chemical Modification of Kaolin and its Influence on the Curing, Mechanical and Surface Properties of Rubber Composites.- Simulations of Tests of Polymeric Composites Based on Experimental Data.- Study of Influence of Calcium Carbonate Sedimentation on Electric Heater Efficiency.- A 3D Fiber-Based Strategy for Optimization of Tissue Materials Using a Combination of Liquid Absorbency/Retention Methods.- Nanomaterials based on Peptide Nanotubes with Graphene and Ferroelectric Polymers Layers: Modelling and Numerical Studies of Photoelectronic Properties.- Mechanical Design of a Thermo-Mechanical-Cryogenic System to Evaluate Mechanical Properties of Samples of 3D Printing Systems.- Investigation of Local Discontinuous Galerkin Method on the Solution of Convection-Diffusion problems.- Adjustment of analytical methods by numerical models for determining earth pressures behind retaining walls.- Enhanced Transverse Displacements Analysis of Transversely Cracked Beams with a Linear Variation of Width due to Axial Tensile Forces.- Design of a System to Produce Rapid Biomedical Prototypes with Synthetic Materials: State of the Art.- Biomodeling and Numerical Analysis of the Different Pathologies of the Upper Limb (Arm) that Limit Movement in Patients.- Study for Validation and Implementation of Polymethyl Methacrylate in Neurocranium and Viscerocranium Prostheses.- Numerical Biomechanical Analysis of the Fixation of Three Titanium Screws for Elbow Coronoid Fracture.- Energetic Numerical Analysis of the Effect of Impact Loads into a Human Skull (Frontal and Lateral).- Design of Dynamic Systems and Electro-Assisted Immersion Connected with Fourth Generation Technology for the Use in Aquatic Therapy in Mexico.- Dynamic and Experimental

Holm Altenbach is Member of the International Association of Applied Mathematics and Mechanics and the International Research Center on Mathematics and Mechanics of Complex Systems (M&MoCS), Italy. He has held positions at the Otto-von-Guericke-Universität Magdeburg and Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg, both in Germany. He graduated from Leningrad Polytechnic Institute in 1980 (diploma in Dynamics and Strength of Machines) and was awarded his Ph.D. degree in 1983 and his Doctor of Technical Sciences degree in 1987 at the same Institute. He is since October 1st, 2022 retired Professor of Engineering Mechanics at the Otto-von-Guericke-Universität Magdeburg, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Institute of Mechanics. His areas of scientific interest include: general theory of elastic and inelastic plates and shells, creep and damage mechanics, strength theories, and nano- and micromechanics.
He is Author/Co-author/Editor of 80 books, 580 scientific papers (310 of which were peer-reviewed) and 550 scientific lectures. He was Managing Editor (2004 to 2014) and has been Editor-in-Chief (since 2006) of the Journal of Applied Mathematics and Mechanics (ZAMM)-the oldest journal in mechanics in Germany (founded by Richard von Mises in 1921). He is Advisory Editor of the journal Continuum Mechanics and Thermodynamics (Springer), Associate Editor of the journal Mechanics of Composites (Riga) and Editor of the Springer Series "Advanced Structured Materials." His numerous awards include: the 1992 Krupp-Award (Alexander von Humboldt-Foundation); 2000 Best Paper of the Year (Journal of Strain Analysis for Engineering Design); 2003 Gold Medal of the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Politechnika Lubelska, Poland; 2004 Semko-Medal of the National Technical University Kharkov, Ukraine; 2007 Doctor Honoris Causa, National Technical University Kharkov, Ukraine; 2011Fellow of