Nikolas Apel

Prof. Dr.-Ing. Nikolas Apel

Curriculum vitae

2003	Doctoral Degree, Dissertation Thesis: "Approaches to the Description of Anisotropic Material Behaviour at Finite Elastic and Plastic Deformations, Theory and Numerics."
1998–2003	Assistant Lecturer at the Institute of Applied Mechanics, University of Stuttgart
1998	Diploma Degree in Civil Engineering, University of Hannover
1993–1998	Studies in Civil Engineering at the University of Hannover

Publications

• N. Apel
  Approaches to the description of anisotropic material behaviour at finite elastic and plastic deformations, theory and numerics. Dissertation, Report-No. I-12 (2004), Institute of Applied Mechanics (CE), Chair I, University of Stuttgart.
• C. Miehe & N. Apel
  Anisotropic elastic-plastic analysis of shells at large strains. A comparison of multiplicative and additive approaches to enhanced finite element design and constitutive modelling. International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering 61 (2004), 2067–2113.
• N. Apel & C. Miehe
  Classes of anisotropic finite plasticity models and their implementation in a brick-type shell element. Proceedings in Applied Mathematics and Mechanics 2 (2003), 180–181.
• C. Miehe, N. Apel & M. Lambrecht
  Anisotropic additive plasticity in the logarithmic strain space. Modularkinematic formulation and implementation based on incremental minimization principles for standard materials. Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering 191 (2002), 5383–5425.
• N. Apel & C. Miehe
  A micromechanical approach to the description of anisotropic elasticity at finite strains based on orientation functions. Proceedings in Applied Mathematics and Mechanics 1 (2002), 125–126.
• N. Apel & C. Miehe
  Anisotropic finite plasticity in the logarithmic strain space. A modular formulation based on a 'small-strain box' of incremental variational updates. In H.A. Mang, F.G. Rammerstorfer &amp J. Eberhardsteiner (eds.): Proceedings of the Fifth World Congress on Computational Mechanics (WCCM V), Vienna. Vienna University of Technology, 2002.
• N. Apel, M. Lambrecht & C. Miehe
  Ein Mehrskalenmodell zur Beschreibung des Bruchversagens von Betonstrukturen. Zeitschrift für angewandte Mathematik und Mechanik 81 (2001), 367–368.