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Technical University of Munich
Technical University of Munich

Dipl.-Ing. Andy Wirtz

Research interests

Research Project

  • "Komponenten von Raketentriebwerken für Anwendungen in Transportsystemen der Luft- und Raumfahrt (KonRAT)", in collaboration with Airbus Defense & Space

Teaching

International Conference Contributions

  • Ager, C., Wirtz, A., Farah, P., Vuong, A.T., Schott, B., Popp, A., Wall, W.A. (2015): Novel computational methods and modelling aspects for fluid-structure contact interaction problems, VI International Conference on Coupled Problems in Science and Engineering, Venice, Italy, May 18 - 20, 2015
  • Ager, C., Wirtz, A., Schott, B., Popp, A., Wall, W.A. (2015): Novel computational methods and modelling aspects for fluid-structure contact interaction in valves, Workshop on Safety and Control Valves LEDITH, Brussels, Belgium, April 8 - 9, 2015
  • Wirtz, A., Popp, A., Wall, W.A. (2015): A Combined Finite Element Framework for Contact and Fluid-Structure Interaction, EUROMECH Colloquium 575 - Contact Mechanics and Coupled Problems in Surface Phenomena, Lucca, Italy, March 30 - April 2, 2015
  • Schott, B., Sudhakar, Y., Shahmiri, S., Wirtz, A., Wall, W.A. (2013): An XFEM-based approach for moving interfaces in fixed-grid flow and fluid-structure interaction problems, School on Computational Mechanics for Moving Boundaries and Interfaces, Barcelona, Spain, October 14 - 17, 2013
  • Wirtz, A., Popp, A., Wall, W.A. (2013): Towards a combined computational framework for contact and fluid-structure interaction, 5th GACM Colloquium on Computational Mechanics, Hamburg, Germany, September 30 - October 2, 2013
  • Schott, B., Sudhakar, Y., Shahmiri, S., Wirtz, A., Wall, W.A. (2013): A robust method for handling embedded interfaces in complex fluid and fluid-structure (-contact) interaction problems, 12th U.S. National Congress on Computational Mechanics, Raleigh, North Carolina, July 22 - 25, 2013

Supervised student projects / theses

  • Finite Element Formulation and Solution Schemes for Elasto-Hydrodynamic Lubrication Problems, Suhaib Koji Baydoun, Master Thesis, 2016
  • Mesh Sliding at the Fluid-Structure Interface using the dual Mortar Method with consistent Linearization, Alexander Schein, Term Paper, 2016
  • Sliding Meshtying with the dual Mortar Method for Fluid-Structure Interaction of rotating Structures, Michael Häußler, Master Thesis, 2015
  • Mesh tying of ALE fluid fields with the dual mortar method and integration into a monolithic FSI framework, Stefan Barthelmes, Term Paper, 2013

About myself

  • since 2012 Research Associate at the Institute for Computational Mechanics (Lehrstuhl für Numerische Mechanik), TUM, Germany
  • 2012 Diplom-Ingenieur (diploma), Mechanical Engineering, TUM, Germany
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