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

When electricity meets mechanics: FEA challenges in high voltage batteries

A. Camberg

BMW AG

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 for the derivation of material cards

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 unreinforced polymers with MF~GenYld + CrachFEM including the ductile-brittle transition

M. Reißner* · C. Kartal · G. Oberhofer

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 foams, lattice structures 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 MF~GenYld + 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.