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Dr.-Ing. Andreas Freund

  • 20 years of professional experience as a development and calculation engineer
  • Calculation engineer in aerospace (MT Aerospace, MTU)
  • Research assistant (ILK TUD)
  • Solution architect at Leichtbau-Zentrum Sachsen (LZS)
  • Doctorate: Numerical investigation of the visual impression of textile-thermoplastic composites produced by press technology
  • Expert in the field of numerical methods and material modeling, especially fiber composites
  • Extensive experience in the field of experimental design
  • Many years of involvement in various aviation projects
  • Leading courses at the ILK and customer workshops on the subject of FEM
  • Head of the AG Engineering in CCeV Germany
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Dr.-Ing. Andreas Freund

Publications & Patents

Publications

CUNTZE, R. G.;FREUND, A.:
The predictive capability of failure mode concept-based strength criteria for multidirectional laminates.
Composites Science and Technology 64 (2004) 3-4, pp. 343-377

HUFENBACH, W.;GUDE, M.;FREUND, A.,ULBRICHT, A.:
Realistic simulation of damage mechanisms in fiber-plastic composites with the aid of physically based, established failure criteria.
NAFEMS Magazine 1/2007 Issue 6 , p. 31-39

HUFENBACH, W.;GUDE, M.;FREUND, A.;KLÄGER, O.:
Simulation of the failure behavior of blind riveted joints in hybrid CFRP/Al body structures.
Design 60 (2008) 1-2, pp. 62-65

HUFENBACH, W.,MODLER, N.,WINKLER, A., HEBER, T., DANNEMANN, M.,FREUND, A.:
Robust manufacture of fiber-reinforced composites with embedded piezoceramic modules for automotive applications.
VDI (Ed.): Proceedings EUROSENSORS XXII. Düsseldorf: VDI/VDE-Ges. for Measurement and Automation Technology, 2008, pp. 815-818. – ISBN 978-3-00-025217-4

HUFENBACH, W.;GUDE, M.;FREUND, A.;CZULAK, A.:
Simulation of failure behavior of blind rivet connection in hybrid CFRP/Al car body structures.
Kompozyty (Composites) 8 (2008) 4, pp. 423-428

HUFENBACH, W.,GUDE, M.,FREUND, A.:
Simulation of the damage behavior of thermomechanically stressed blind riveted joints in CFRP/Al structures.
NAFEMS Magazine (2008) 2, p. 30-40

HUFENBACH, W.,GUDE, M.,CZULAK, A.,FREUND, A., MIRTIC, E.:
FEM analysis of 3D Al-metal matrix composites.
European Materials Research Society (Organizer): E-MRS 2012 Fall Meeting (Warsaw, September 17-21, 2012)

GUDE, M., HUFENBACH, W., VOGEL, C.,FREUND, A., KUPFER, R.:
Thermoclinching – a novel joining process for lightweight structures in multi-material design.
18th Symposium “COMPOSITES 2014 – Theory and practice” (Poraj, Poland, April 23-25, 2014)

RENNER, O.,BEYER, J.,FREUND, A.:
Compact CFRP high-performance structures for aviation.
18th International Dresden Lightweight Symposium (Dresden, June 26/27, 2014)

GUDE, M.; HUFENBACH, W.;FREUND, A.; KUPFER, R.; VOGEL, C.:
Simulation of a novel joining process for fiber reinforced thermoplastic composites and metallic components.
Accepted for: Mechanics of Composite Materials (2014)

GUDE, M.; HUFENBACH, W.; KUPFER, R.; VOGEL, C.;FREUND, A.:
Development of novel form-locked joints for textile reinforced thermoplastics and metallic components.
Submitted for Journal of Materials Processing Technology

Patents

US9217463B2:
Shaft of a gas-turbine engine, in particular a radial shaft or a shaft arranged at an angle to the machine axis; 22.12.2015

A radial shaft of a gas-turbine engine which is made up of +/-45° layers, zero layers and +/-30° layers of carbon fiber composite and connected to load-input end pieces via sinusoidal connecting areas.