Arne Schirmer
B.Sc.
Research Assistant
Contact
Phone: (+49) 381 / 498 9196
Office: Seminar Building
Room 114 - CompLab
arne.schirmeruni-rostockde
Topics
- Failure mechanisms of multistable stiffened structures
Collapse failure of porous materials (anticracks)
Tasks
- Finite element analyses
- Design and implementation of experiments
- Analytical modeling using Python
- Support in teaching and administration
Activities
October 2025 - February 2026
Research stay - via Erasmus+ internship in Seville, Spain at the Escuela Técnica Superior de Ingeniería as part of the study thesis on the modeling of anticrack supervised by Prof. Vladislav Mantič
Juni 2025
Summer School - "Crack Initiation and Failure in Complex Structures: Finite Fracture Mechanics and Related Fracture Models“ at International Centre for Mechanical Sciences (CISM) in Udine, Italy
2024/25
BoneTech – Project for the development of additively manufactured, mechanically equivalent artificial bones
Orthopedic Research Society – Annual conference in Phoenix, Arizona, USA
Publications
Schirmer, A., Hedvard, M., & Weissgraeber, P. (2026). Bistable laminates with stiffeners: Loss of bistability and stiffener debonding. Composite Structures, 387, 120299. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.compstruct.2026.120299
Presentations
Schirmer, A., Hach, M., Mantič, V., & Weissgraeber, P. (Sep 2026). Integral Equation Formulation for Anticracks Considering Contact and Material Compaction Through an Elastic Interdomain. European Conference on Fracture (ECF), Athens.
Schirmer, A., Hedvard, M., & Weissgraeber, P. (Jul 2026). Influence of Stiffeners on Bistability and Interfacial Fracture in Composite Laminates. World Congress on Computational Mechanics (WCCM), Munich.