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Witzgall, Christian

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Witzgall, Christian

Christian Witzgall

Dr.-Ing. Christian Witzgall

Wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter
  • Phone number: +49 9131 85-23216
  • Fax number: +49 9131 85-23223
  • Email: witzgall@mfk.fau.de
Postal adress:
Martensstraße 9
91058 Erlangen
Location:
Paul-Gordan-Straße 5
91052 Erlangen
(Röthelheim-Campus)
PGS_00.030
Office 00.030

Main Research Topics

  • Crashworthiness of short-fibre reinforced plastics
  • Material degradation due to cyclic loading
  • Experimental determination of design relevant material parameters

Publications

2025

  • Witzgall C.:
    Berücksichtigung vorausgegangener Ermüdungsschädigung in der Crashsimulation kurzfaserverstärkter Thermoplaste (Dissertation, 2025)
    DOI: 10.25593/978-3-96147-803-3

2024

  • Steck P., Schuler D., Witzgall C., Wartzack S.:
    A New Slicer-Based Method to Generate Infill Inspired by Sandwich-Patterns for Reduced Material Consumption
    In: Materials 17 (2024), p. 5596
    ISSN: 1996-1944
    DOI: 10.3390/ma17225596
  • Witzgall C., Ashhab MS., Wartzack S.:
    Enhancing the Design of Experiments on the Fatigue Life Characterisation of Fibre-Reinforced Plastics by Incorporating Artificial Neural Networks
    In: Materials 17 (2024), Article No.: 729
    ISSN: 1996-1944
    DOI: 10.3390/ma17030729

2023

  • Gadinger M., Witzgall C., Hufnagel T., Wartzack S.:
    Using machine learning to increase efficiency in design of experiments for cyclic characterization of fibre-reinforced plastics
    34th Symposium Design for X (DFX2023) (Radebeul, 14. September 2023 - 15. September 2023)
    In: Dieter Krause, Kristin Paetzold-Byhain, Sandro Wartzack (ed.): Proceedings of the 34th Symposium Design for X (DFX2023) 2023
    DOI: 10.35199/dfx2023.12
    URL: https://www.designsociety.org/publication/46853/Using+machine+learning+to+increase+efficiency+in+design+of+experiments+for+cyclic+characterization+of+fibre-reinforced+plastics
  • Steck P., Scherb D., Witzgall C., Miehling J., Wartzack S.:
    Design and Additive Manufacturing of a Passive Ankle–Foot Orthosis Incorporating Material Characterization for Fiber-Reinforced PETG-CF15
    In: Materials 16 (2023), p. 3503
    ISSN: 1996-1944
    DOI: 10.3390/ma16093503
  • Witzgall C., Gadinger M., Wartzack S.:
    Fatigue Behaviour and Its Effect on the Residual Strength of Long-Fibre-Reinforced Thermoplastic PP LGF30
    In: Materials 16 (2023), p. 6174
    ISSN: 1996-1944
    DOI: 10.3390/ma16186174
  • Witzgall C., Steck P., Wartzack S.:
    On the Influence of Fatigue Damage in Short-Fibre Reinforced Thermoplastic PBT GF30 on Its Residual Strength under High Strain Rates: An Approach towards Simulative Prediction
    In: Journal of Composites Science 7 (2023), p. 23
    ISSN: 2504-477X
    DOI: 10.3390/jcs7010023
  • Witzgall C., Wartzack S.:
    Fatigue Damage of Short Fibre-Reinforced Thermoplastics in Crashworthiness Simulation
    In: Applied Mechanics 4 (2023), p. 1188-1205
    ISSN: 2673-3161
    DOI: 10.3390/applmech4040061

2022

  • Witzgall C., Giolda J., Wartzack S.:
    A novel approach to incorporating previous fatigue damage into a failure model for short-fibre reinforced plastics
    In: International Journal of Impact Engineering 162 (2022), Article No.: 104155
    ISSN: 0734-743X
    DOI: 10.1016/j.ijimpeng.2022.104155
    URL: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0734743X2200001X
  • Witzgall C., Völkl H., Wartzack S.:
    Derivation and Validation of Linear Elastic Orthotropic Material Properties for Short Fibre Reinforced FLM Parts
    In: Journal of Composites Science 6 (2022), Article No.: 101
    ISSN: 2504-477X
    DOI: 10.3390/jcs6040101
    URL: https://www.mdpi.com/2504-477X/6/4/101
  • Witzgall C., Wartzack S.:
    Crash simulation of mechanically fatigued short-fibre reinforced thermoplastics: anisotropic failure considering previous damage
    In: VDI-Berichte 2407 (2022), p. 249-262
    ISSN: 0083-5560
    DOI: 10.51202/9783181024072-249

2020

  • Witzgall C., Huber M., Wartzack S.:
    Berücksichtigung zyklischer Materialdegradation in der crashsimulation kurzfaserverstärkter Thermoplaste
    In: Konstruktion 2020 (2020), p. 78-82
    ISSN: 0720-5953
    URL: https://www.archiv.mfk.tf.fau.de?file=pubmfk_5e4bda06392d9

2019

  • Hartwich TS., Völkl H., Franz M., Witzgall C., Krause D., Wartzack S.:
    Zur Notwendigkeit eines konstruktionsmethodischen Ansatzes für die zeitfeste Auslegung endlosfaserverstärkter Kunststoffbauteile
    30. DfX-Symposium (Jesteburg, 18. September 2019 - 19. September 2019)
    In: Dieter Krause, Kristin Paetzold, Sandro Wartzack (ed.): Design for X - Beiträge zum 30. DfX-Symposium 2019
    DOI: 10.35199/dfx2019.10
  • Walbrun S., Witzgall C., Wartzack S.:
    A rapid CAE-based design method for modular hybrid truss structures
    In: Design Science 5 (2019)
    ISSN: 2053-4701
    DOI: 10.1017/dsj.2019.26

2018

  • Rathert T., Witzgall C., Wartzack S.:
    Modular rapid design of multi-material lightweight truss structures – A novel approach
    1st Symposium for Lightweight Design and Product Development (Zürich, 13. June 2018 - 15. June 2018)
    In: Ermanni, Paolo; Meboldt, Mirko; Wartzack, Sandro; Krause, Dieter; Zogg, Markus (ed.): Book of Abstracts. Symposium Lightweight Design in Product Development, Zurich 2018
    DOI: 10.3929/ethz-b-000283432

2017

  • Witzgall C., Wartzack S.:
    Experimental and simulative assessment of crashworthiness of mechanically aged short-fibre reinforced thermoplastics
    International Conference on Engineering Design, ICED (Vancouver, 21. August 2017 - 25. August 2017)
    In: Anja Maier, Stanko Škec, Harrison Kim, Michael Kokkolaras, Josef Oehmen, Georges Fadel, Filippo Salustri, Mike Van der Loos (ed.): Proceedings of the International Conference on Engineering Design, ICEDVolume 1, Issue DS87-1 2017
    URL: https://www.archiv.mfk.tf.fau.de?file=pubmfk_59d758fea74aa

2016

  • Wartzack S., Witzgall C., Kellermeyer M., Most T.:
    Simplified simulation of aluminum-CFRP adhesive joints
    In: RDO-Journal (2016)
    URL: https://www.archiv.mfk.tf.fau.de?file=pubmfk_5c385270130db
  • Witzgall C., Kellermeyer M., Wartzack S.:
    Analysis of hybrid structures: easy and efficient
    In: Adhesion Adhesives & Sealants 13 (2016), p. 21--24
    ISSN: 2192-2624
    URL: https://www.archiv.mfk.tf.fau.de?file=pubmfk_5c0fd58e42e15
  • Witzgall C., Kellermeyer M., Wartzack S.:
    Complexity-reduced Simulation of Hybrid Adhesive Joints
    Grazer Symposium Virtuelles Fahrzeug (Graz, 23. May 2016 - 25. May 2016)
    In: Grazer Symposium Virtuelles Fahrzeug 2016
    URL: https://www.archiv.mfk.tf.fau.de?file=pubmfk_5c0fd5efd4537
  • Witzgall C., Merklein A., Resch T., Starost S., Kellermeyer M., Vogt J., Most T., Will J., Wartzack S.:
    Vereinfachte Simulation von Klebeverbindungen an Hybridstrukturen durch Einsatz von Metamodellen
    Simulation und Erprobung in der Fahrzeugentwicklung 2016 (Baden-Baden)
    URL: https://www.archiv.mfk.tf.fau.de?file=pubmfk_5c0fd7fb994f5
  • Witzgall C., Wartzack S.:
    A simplified simulation method for adhesively bonded hybrid structures
    International Conference on Impact Loading of Structures and Materials (Turin, 22. May 2016 - 26. May 2016)
    In: International Conference on Impact Loading of Structures and Materials 2016
  • Witzgall C., Wartzack S.:
    Eine Untersuchung mechanisch gealterter kurzfaserverstärkter Thermoplaste unter hochdynamischen Lasten
    Design for X - Beiträge zum 27. DfX-Symposium (Hamburg, 5. October 2016 - 6. October 2016)
    In: Krause, D.; Paetzold, K.; Wartzack, S. (ed.): Design for X - Beiträge zum 27. DfX-Symposium 2016
    URL: https://www.archiv.mfk.tf.fau.de?file=pubmfk_5c10d3545f465

2015

  • Witzgall C., Kellermeyer M., Wartzack S.:
    Hybride Strukturen einfach und effizient berechnen
    In: Adhaesion Kleben und Dichten 59 (2015), p. 36-41
    ISSN: 1619-1919
    DOI: 10.1007/s35145-015-0566-6
    URL: https://www.archiv.mfk.tf.fau.de?file=pubmfk_5c3851171b904
  • Witzgall C., Wartzack S.:
    Hybrider Zusammenhalt
    In: CADFEM Journal 2015 (2015), p. 42-44
    URL: https://www.archiv.mfk.tf.fau.de?file=pubmfk_5c38532f38861
  • Witzgall C., Wartzack S.:
    Simplified integrative simulation of short fibre reinforced polymers under varying thermal conditions
    10th European LS-DYNA Conference 2015 (Würzburg, 15. June 2015 - 17. June 2015)
    In: Oswald, Roger (ed.): 10th European LS-DYNA Conference - Book of Abstracts, Stuttgart: 2015
    URL: https://www.mfk.uni-erlangen.de?file=pubmfk_5624f339f0a1b
  • Witzgall C., Wartzack S.:
    Validierung eines Ansatzes zur Simulation kurzfaserverstärkter Thermoplaste in frühen Entwurfsphasen
    Symposium Design for X (Herrsching)
    In: Krause D, Paetzold K, Wartzack S (ed.): Design for X. Beiträge zum 26. DfX-Symposium 2015
    URL: https://www.mfk.uni-erlangen.de?file=pubmfk_5624fd25e35b3

2014

  • Klein D., Witzgall C., Wartzack S.:
    A novel approach for the evaluation of composite suitability of lightweight structures at early design stages
    DESIGN Conference 2014 (Dubrovnik)
    In: International Design Conference - DESIGN 2014
    URL: https://www.archiv.mfk.tf.fau.de?file=pubmfk_5c38541cca778
  • Klein D., Witzgall C., Wartzack S.:
    Bewertung und Optimierung der Faserverbundeignung von Leichtbaustrukturen in den frühen Phasen der Produktentwicklung
    In: NAFEMS Online-Magazin 32 (2014), p. 55-66
    ISSN: 2311-522X
    Open Access: http://www.nafems.org/downloads/magazin/32-nafems-online-magazin.pdf
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