Philipp Weißgraeber

Prof. Dr.-Ing.

Head of Department

 

Contact
Phone:   (+49) 381 / 498 9190
Fax:        (+49) 381 / 498 9172
Office:    Seminargeb., Raum 118
philipp.weissgraeber@uni-rostock.de

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Office hours
By prior arrangement (email, phone)

Address
University of Rostock
Lehrstuhl für Leichtbau
Albert-Einstein-Straße 2
18059 Rostock
Germany
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Postal Address
University of Rostock
Lehrstuhl für Leichtbau
18051 Rostock
Germany

Research interests

  • Development and modeling of adaptive material systems and novel functional structures
  • Analysis and modeling of the stability behavior and failure of composite structures
  • New concepts for composite, adaptive and active material systems
  • Mechanics of triggering snow slab avalanches; modeling of the mechanical behavior of layered snowpacks

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Publications (selection)

Publications (selection)

  • Damm, A. M., Spitzmüller, C., Raichle, A. T., Bühler, A., Weißgraeber, P., & Middendorf, P. (2020). Deep learning for impact detection in composite plates with sparsely integrated sensors. Smart Materials and Structures, 29(12), 125014. Link
  • Rosendahl, P. L., & Weißgraeber, P. (2020). Modeling snow slab avalanches caused by weak-layer failure–Part 2: Coupled mixed-mode criterion for skier-triggered anticracks. The Cryosphere, 14(1), 131-145. Link

  • Stein, N., Dölling, S., Chalkiadaki, K., Becker, W., & Weißgraeber, P. (2017). Enhanced XFEM for crack deflection in multi-material joints. International Journal of Fracture, 207(2), 193-210.Link

  • Weißgraeber, P., & Becker, W. (2013). Finite fracture mechanics model for mixed mode fracture in adhesive joints. International Journal of Solids and Structures, 50(14-15), 2383-2394. Link

  • Weißgraeber, P., Mittelstedt, C., & Becker, W. (2012). Buckling of composite panels: A criterion for optimum stiffener design. Aerospace Science and Technology, 16(1), 10-18. Link

You can find a complete overview of the publications here:  Google Scholar.

Expert Review Activities

Expert Review Activities

Review, amoung others, for:

  • Journal of Theoretical, Computational and Applied Mechanics
  • Composite Structures
  • Engineering Fracture Mechanics
  • International Journal of Solids and Structures
  • Mechanics of Advanced Materials and Structures
  • Composites Science and Technology
  • International Journal of Adhesion and Adhesives
  • International Journal of Fracture
  • The Journal of Adhesion
  • Glass Structures & Engineering
  • Construction & Building Materials
Career

Career

Philipp Weißgraeber studied "General Mechanical Engineering" at the TU Darmstadt from 2004 to 2009 and received his diploma after writing a research thesis on the stability behavior of aerospace structures. As a research associate at the Department of Structural Mechanics (Prof. W. Becker), he conducted research on new computational methods for structural, stability and failure analysis of composite structures. In 2014, he was awarded a PhD for his research on the analysis of crack initiation in bonded joints (referees Prof. W. Becker and Prof. H. Schürmann).

From 2015, he was a research engineer in the Central Research and Advance Engineering Department of Robert Bosch GmbH, where he worked on design and investigation methods for highly loaded plastic components. From 2019, he worked as a research coordinator at the BMBF-funded research campus ARENA2036. There he was responsible for strategic research planning and initiation/responsible coordination of new collaborative projects. Since 2020, he was a lecturer at the University of Stuttgart at the Institute for Materials in Civil Engineering (Prof. Harald Garrecht) for the course "Fundamentals of Fracture Mechanics".

In 2021, Philipp Weißgraeber was appointed university professor at the University of Rostock. He is the head of the Chair of Lightweight Structures at the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering and Marine Technology. In research and teaching, his focus is on the analysis and modeling of functional and failure mechanisms of modern lightweight materials and structures.