Manfred Klüppel
DIK
Eupener Str. 33
Hannover
Germany
30519
Email:
Manfred.Klueppel@DIKautschuk.de
Biographical Sketch: Manfred Klüppel is Head of the Department "Material Concepts and Modeling" at the German Institute of Rubber Technology (DIK) in Hannover and is also Associate Professor (Priv.-Doz.) in Polymer Materials at the Leibniz-University Hannover. He received his Diploma in Physics in 1982 and his Ph.D. in theoretical Physics in 1987 from the Phillips University Marburg. His research interests include polymers based functional materials, reinforcement mechanisms of elastomers by active fillers, polymer fluid dynamics and rheology, interface phenomena in polymer composites, soft matter contact mechanics and rubber friction. So far, he published more than 150 scientific papers, 2 books and 6 book chapters.
Papers:
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Microstructure-Based Modelling and FE Implementation of Filler-Induced Stress Softening and Hysteresis of Reinforced Rubbers