7th MATFEM Conference

A forum for advanced material modelling

The 7th MATFEM Conference will take place on 12 and 13 October 2026 at Schloss Hohenkammer, a conference centre some 30 km off Munich airport. The conference is a forum for discussing material modelling as well as a get-together of MF GenYld + CrachFEM users.

Programme

Millions of cars: How material models help make every single one safe

R. Lingbeek

Autoliv

Current challenges in modelling battery components

N.N.

Finite element simulation of ductile crack initiation and propagation in pipeline steels: damage modelling, calibration and transferability

A. Nonn

OTH Regensburg

Optimization and physics-informed AI/ML

H. Gese* · C. Huỳnh · K. Komeilizadeh · D. Bekel

MATFEM

General strategy and new features in MF GenYld 4.5

G. Oberhofer* · A. Heath · M. Oehm

MATFEM

A validation of a post-consumer recycled PC-ABS material with triaxial failure criterion for a middle arm rest

F. Schüssler

LG Chem Europe GmbH

Process-aware multiscale modeling of mechanically recycled glass fiber-reinforced thermoplastics for crash-relevant simulations

H. Grimm-Strele¹* · A. Jackstadt²*

¹Fraunhofer ITWM · ²Fraunhofer IWM

Simulation of the ductile-brittle transition for polycarbonates

M. Reißner* · M. Oehm · C. Kartal

MATFEM

Testing procedure for crushable and elastomeric foams

E. Hontiyuelo* · J. Ferrer · A. Tobías

NewGenTechs

A novel approach for an integrated simulation process chain of foamed high voltage battery packs under crash and shock loading using MF GenYld + CrachFEM (to be confirmed)

M. Groß¹* · G. Oberhofer² · M. Reißner²

¹BMW AG · ²MATFEM

Crash behavior of additively manufactured metallic lattice structures: material characterization, modeling, and simulation-based validation

H. Lanzerath¹* · A. Bach¹ · A. Haufe² · V. Suske²

¹Ford-Werke GmbH · ²DYNAmore GmbH

A new material model for lattice structures, foams and honeycombs

K. Komeilizadeh* · G. Oberhofer · H. Dell

MATFEM

Challenges and opportunities for material characterization of HPDC alloys

M. Rakotomahefa* · S. Tschepe*

Nemak Europe GmbH

A study on HPDC-aluminium simulation with cast mapping in LS-Dyna using CrachFEM

S. Wu

ShareFEA

Integrative simulation of Al-LPDC and Al-HPDC: towards robust mapping

J. Zimmermann¹ · M. Heitzer¹ · G. Mokios² · P. Fotopoulos²* · M. Richter³* · M. Oehm³ · H. Gese³

¹MAGMA Giessereitechnologie GmbH · ²Beta cae systems · ³MATFEM

The ecosystem and test driven development of MFGenYld + CrachFEM

D. Bekel* · M. Oehm · A. Heath

MATFEM

On the characterization of the strain dependent change in the unloading evolution of modern metallic materials with the OSRC method

A. Häckel* · D. Naumann · M. Merklein

LFT FAU Erlangen-Nürnberg

Crashworthiness simulation of aluminium extrusion profiles with MF GenYld + CrachFEM

R. Schwarzer¹* · H. Gese²* · M. Rund³

¹Kirchhoff Automotive · ²MATFEM · ³COMTES FHT a.s.

Efficient crash assessment of steels by means of the L-angle compression tests

H. Rösen* · T. Böttcher · R. Röttger · S. Sikora

thyssenkrupp Steel Europe AG

Miniaturized specimens for local mechanical characterization of advanced materials and interfaces for the material modelling

M. Uhlík* · P. Konopík · M. Rund · J. Fousek · J. Džugan

COMTES FHT a.s.