Rolf D. Mahnken

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Rolf Mahnken (born December 3, 1957 in Zeven ) is a German engineer , scientist and professor at the University of Paderborn .

biography

Mahnken attended St. Viti High School in Zeven until 1976 . After studying engineering at the University of Hanover, he obtained a master's degree in Numerical Analysis from Brunel University London , Uxbridge, England in 1986. In 1992 he received his doctorate at the University of Hanover with a dissertation on the subject of dual methods for nonlinear optimization problems in structural mechanics . In 1996 he completed his habilitation at the University of Hanover with a thesis on theoretical and numerical aspects for parameter identification and modeling in metallic materials .

From 1986 to 1997 he worked as a research assistant at the University of Hanover and at the Division of Solid Mechanics, Chalmers University of Technology , Gothenburg, Sweden. In the years 1997–1999 he took on a substitute professorship for materials science at the University of Hanover and then worked in the department for calculation and development at a company in Switzerland in the gas turbine industry.

In November 2002 he was appointed professor of mechanics at the University of Paderborn . As a university lecturer and scientist, he treated there, the issues of mechanics of materials , continuum mechanics , inverse problems and associated numerical methods .

Fonts (selection)

  • R. Mahnken: Textbook of Technical Mechanics - Volume 1: Rigid Body Statics - Basics and Applications . 2nd edition Springer, Berlin 2016, ISBN 978-3-662-52784-9
  • R. Mahnken: Textbook of Technical Mechanics - Volume 2: Elastostatics - With an introduction to hybrid structures , 2nd edition Springer, Berlin 2019, ISBN 978-3-662-58165-0
  • R. Mahnken: Textbook of Technical Mechanics - Dynamics . 2nd edition Springer, Berlin 2012, ISBN 978-3-642-19837-3

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personal data
SURNAME Mahnken, Rolf D.
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Mahnken, Rolf
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German engineer, scientist and university professor
DATE OF BIRTH 3rd December 1957
PLACE OF BIRTH Zeven