Andreas Kastenmeier

Regensburg University of Applied Sciences | OTH Regensburg · Fakultät Maschinenbau

Ensuring blast protection for existing buildings, especially addressing the vulnerability of conventional windows, is a significant challenge. Such unprotected windows can shatter even with moderate blast loads, posing a substantial risk of injury to occupants. This article discusses experimental research on enhancing the blast protection of single...

Most shell or beam models of anisotropic tubes under bending have no validity for thick-walled structures. As a result, the need to develop three-dimensional formulations which allow a change in the stress, strain and displacement distributions across the radial component arises. Basic formulations on three-dimensional anisotropic elasticity were m...

Filament wound composite structures are widely used in the field of pressure vessels, tubes, pipelines or rocket cases. The mechanical behavior of these structures is typically different from those of flat laminated structures due to an alternating lay-up sequence, winding tension and manufacturing induced imperfections. However, design and analysi...

The Finite Element Analysis (FEA) is an effective tool to save time and costs in the development phase of engineering disciplines. Thus the dimensioning can easily be tested and adapted with a simulation instead of expensive experiments. Manufacturing and testing of fiber-reinforced plastic components is very extensive because of their specific mat...

Nowadays, there are hardly any structures without joints. On this occasion connections of composite materials with metallic components depict a particular challenge in the structural design. Bolted joints pose a significant weak point in the composite structure because of the strength step from composite to metal and the notch effect of the bolt ho...