Person

Dr.-Ing.

Norbert Hosters

Chair for Computational Analysis of Technical Systems

Research Associate

Address

Building: Rogowski-Gebäude

Room: 222

Schinkelstraße 2

52062 Aachen

Contact

WorkPhone
Phone: +49 241 80 99915
Fax Fax: +49 241 80 99910
 

About me

I have been working as a research assistant here at CATS since 2010. I previously studied Computational Engineering Science at the RWTH Aachen University.

 

Research

  • Numerical Methods for Fluid-Structure-Interactions
  • Computational Fluid Dynamics
  • Computational Structural Dynamics
  • Computational Mesh Dynamics
  • Isogeometric Analysis
  • Aerodynamics, Aeroelasticity, Aerothermoelasticity
 

Teaching

  • Simulation Methods in Mechanical Engineering, SS14
  • Simulation Methods in Mechanical Engineering, SS13
  • Simulation Methods in Mechanical Engineering, SS12
  • Simulation Methods in Mechanical Engineering, SS11

Completed Student Projects

  • E. Mäteling, "Fluid-Structure Interaction in Hypersonic Flows", Bachelor Thesis, Chair for Computational Analysis of Technical Systems, RWTH Aachen, 2014.
  • N. Vanfloorop, "Numerische Berechnung der Strömungsverhältnisse im Dichtspalt des Voith Schneider Propellers, Diploma Thesis", Voith Turbo Schneider Propulsion GmbH & Co. KG, RWTH Aachen, 2014.
  • L. Engbroks, "Actuator Disc Modelling of a Tidal Current Turbine Rotor with Computational Fluid Dynamics", Bachelor Thesis, Voith Hydro Ocean Current Technologies GmbH & Co. KG, RWTH Aachen, 2013.
  • P. Feja, "Dynamische Modellierung von Verankerungsleinen für schwimmende Offshore-Windenergieanlagen mit Modelica", Bachelor Thesis, Fraunhofer-Institut für Windenergie und Energiesystemtechnik IWES, RWTH Aachen, 2013.
  • T. Jerosch, "Automatisierte Verifikation des Strukturlösers FEAFA mittels eines Continuous Integration Frameworks", Bachelor Thesis, Fachbereich Medizintechnik und Technomathematik, FH Aachen, 2013.
  • M. Blomberg, "A Contribution to the Validation of the Software Package "Solid Fluid Interaction" (SOFIA) using the CFD Solver XNS", Bachelor Thesis, Chair for Computational Analysis of Technical Systems, RWTH Aachen, 2013.
  • A. Köplin, "Extension of the Solid Fluid Interaction Software Package with an Abaqus Interface and Validation against an Aero-Thermoelastic Test Case", Master Thesis, Chair for Computational Analysis of Technical Systems, RWTH Aachen, 2013.
  • S. Jack, "Simulation und Sensitivitätsanalyse einer Dual-Bell Düse bei aufgeprägten Aussendruckschwankungen", Diploma Thesis, Chair for Computational Analysis of Technical Systems, RWTH Aachen, 2012.
  • M. Brüderlin, "Numerical Simulation of the Aero-Structural Dynamics of Airplane Wings with a CFD-CSM Coupling in the FlowSimulator Environment and Validation with Experimental Data from the Transfer Project ASDMAD", Diploma Thesis, Chair for Computational Analysis of Technical Systems and Airbus Operations GmbH, RWTH Aachen, 2012.
  • D. Becker and Z. Pan, "Erstellung von numerischen Modellen zur Beschreibung der aerodynamischen Oberfläche und der Struktur", Project Thesis, Chair for Computational Analysis of Technical Systems, RWTH Aachen, 2012.
  • I. Martin, "Implementierung und Validierung einer instationären Kopplung innerhalb der FlowSimulator-Umgebung", Diploma Thesis, Chair for Computational Analysis of Technical Systems, RWTH Aachen, 2012.
  • S. Jack, "Numerische Simulation der Strömung in einer schuboptimierten Parabeldüse unter Verwendung des Strömungslösers QUADFLOW", Minor Thesis, Chair for Computational Analysis of Technical Systems, RWTH Aachen, 2012.

Student project offers

 

Journal Article

Title
Time‐continuous and time‐discontinuous space‐time finite elements for advection‐diffusion problems
Published in: International journal for numerical methods in engineering (2023)
Numerical analysis and reduced-order modeling of plastic profile extrusion processes
Published in: Proceedings in applied mathematics and mechanics : PAMM (2023)
A Robin‐Neumann scheme with quasi‐Newton acceleration for partitioned fluid‐structure interaction
Published in: International journal for numerical methods in engineering (2022)
Spline-based space-time finite element approach for fluid-structure interaction problems with a focus on fully enclosed domains
Published in: Computers and mathematics with applications : CAMWA (2022)
Four-dimensional elastically deformed simplex space-time meshes for domains with time-variant topology
Published in: International journal for numerical methods in fluids (2021)
SplineLib: A modern multi-purpose C++ spline library
Published in: Advances in engineering software (2020)
A multi-vector interface quasi-Newton method with linear complexity for partitioned fluid-structure interaction
Published in: Computer methods in applied mechanics and engineering (2020)
Reduced-order model for robust aeroelastic control
Published in: CEAS Aeronautical Journal (2019)
Simplex space-time meshes in thermally coupled two-phase flow simulations of mold filling
Published in: Computers & fluids (2019)
Simplex space‐time meshes in compressible flow simulations
Published in: International journal for numerical methods in fluids (2019)
Fluid-structure interaction with NURBS-based coupling
Published in: Computer methods in applied mechanics and engineering (2018)
Robust Active Control of a Winglet with Elastic Suspension at Transonic Flow
Published in: Journal of guidance, control, and dynamics (2017)
Numerical simulation of vortex generators on a winglet control surface
Published in: Aerospace science and technology (2017)
Computational Study of the Influence of Outer Pressure Fluctuations on Dual Bell Nozzles
Published in: Annual report / SFB, TRR 40 (2013)
Testing a partitioned field approach for the solution of aerothermoelastic problems
Published in: Annual report / SFB, TRR 40 (2011)
 

Contribution to a Book

Title
Decision Support for the Optimization of Continuous Processes using Digital Shadows
Published in: Internet of production : fundamentals, applications and proceedings / editors: Christian Brecher, Günther Schuh, Wil van der Aalst, Matthias Jarke, Frank T. Piller, Melanie Padberg (2023)
 

Contribution to a conference proceedings

Title
Numerical analysis and reduced-order modeling of plastic profile extrusion processes
Published in: Proceedings in applied mathematics and mechanics : PAMM (2023)
Physics-Informed Reduced Order Modeling in Context of Digitial Shadows for Plastics Profile Extrusion
Published in: 93rd Annual Meeting of the International Association of Applied Mathematics and Mechanics - Book of Abstracts (2023)
A Data-Driven Reduced Order Modeling Approach Applied inContext of Numerical Analysis and Optimization of PlasticProfile Extrusion
Published in: ECCOMAS Congress 2022 - 8th European Congress on Computational Methods in Applied Sciences and Engineering : Collection of papers presented at the 8th European Congress on Computational Methods in Applied Sciences and Engineering (ECCOMAS Congress 2022) (2022)
Performance Impact of the Newton Iterations per Solver Call in Partitioned Fluid-Structure Interaction
Published in: 9th edition of the International Conference on Computational Methods for Coupled Problems in Science and Engineering (2021)
Spline-Based Techniques for Partitioned Fluid-Structure Interaction
Published in: YIC 2021, VI ECCOMAS Young Investigators Conference : Book of abstracts. - July 7-9, 2021 (2021)
Advantages of Space-Time Finite Elements for Domains with Time Varying Topology
Published in: The International Conference on High Performance Computing in Asia-Pacific Region Companion (2021)
Performance Impact of the Newton Iterations per Solver Call in Partitioned Fluid-Structure Interaction
Published in: Abstracts of the 9th edition of the International Conference on Computational Methods for Coupled Problems in Science and Engineering (2021)
Spline-Based Methods for Partitioned Fluid-Structure Interaction
Published in: 91st Annual Meeting of the International Association of Applied Mathematics and Mechanics : March 15-19, 2021 in Kassel, Germany : Book of Abstracts / GAMM, Gesellschaft für Angewandte Mathematik und Mechanik e.V., International Association of Applied Mathematics and Mechanics (2021)
Computational Fluid-Structure-Contact Interaction in Temper Rolling of Aluminum
Published in: 14th WCCM & ECCOMAS Congress 2020 : Virtual Congress 11-17 January, 2021 / Francisco Chinesta, Rémi Abgrall, Olivier Allix, David Néron, Michael Kaliske (Eds.) (2021)
Simplex-Space-Time FEM for Fluid-Structure-Interaction
Published in: YIC 2021, VI ECCOMAS Young Investigators Conference : Book of abstracts. - July 7-9, 2021 (2021)
PDEs on Domains with Time-Dependent Topology
Published in: Book of abstracts : 91st Annual Meeting of the International Association of Applied Mathematics and Mechanics (2021)
A Novel Approach to Fluid-Structure Interaction Simulations Involving Large Translation and Contact
Published in: Isogeometric analysis and applications 2018 / Harald van Brummelen, Cornelis Vuik, Matthias Möller, Clemens Verhoosel, Bernd Simeon, Bert Jüttler editors (2020)
Space-Time NURBS-Enhanced Finite Elements for Solving the Compressible Navier-Stokes Equations
Published in: Numerical Methods for Flows : FEF 2017 Selected Contributions / Harald van Brummelen, Alessandro Corsini, Simona Perotto, Gianluigi Rozza, Editors (2020)
Combining Interface Quasi-Newton Methods and the Robin-Neumann Scheme for Partitioned Fluid-Structure Interaction
Published in: Book of Abstracts : 5th ECCOMAS Young Investigators Conference, YIC 2019 : September 1-6, 2019, Kraków, Poland / Edited by: Konrad Perzyński, Krzysztof Bzowski (2019)
A Novel Multi-Vector Interface Quasi-Newton Method for Partitioned Fluid-Structure Interaction
Published in: Book of Abstracts of the 90th Annual Meeting of the International Association of Applied Mathematics and Mechanics (GAMM 2019) (2019)
Solving compressible Navier-Stokes equations on simplex space-time meshes
Published in: Book of Abstracts of the 90th Annual Meeting of the International Association of Applied Mathematics and Mechanics (2019)
Simplex Space-Time Finite Element Methods for Advection-Diffusion Problems
Published in: Book of abstracts of the 5th ECCOMAS Young Investigators Conference (2019)
Internal Compressible Flow Simulations on Simplex Space-Time Meshes
Published in: 89thAnnual Meeting of the International Association of Applied Mathematics and MechanicsMarch 19-23, 2018Munich, Germany, Book of Abstracts (2018)
Spline-Based Methods for Solving Thermal and Mechanical Fluid-Structure Interaction in Compressible Flows
Published in: 6th European Conference on Computational Mechanics (ECCM 6), 7th European Conference on Computational Fluid Dynamics (ECFD 7) : 11-15 June 2018, Glasgow, UK (2018)
Isogeometric Analysis in Fluid-Structure Interaction Problems Considering Structural Contact
Published in: [ECCM - ECFD 2018 : 6th European Conference on Computational Mechanics (Solids, Structures and Coupled Problems), ECCM 6 : 7th European Conference on Computational Fluid Dynamics, ECFD 7 : 11 - 15 June 2018, Glasgow, UK] (2018)
A Partitioned Approach for Fluid-Structure Interaction Using NURBS-Enhanced Finite Elements and Isogeometric Analysis
Published in: 7th GACM Colloquium on Computational Mechanics for Young Scientists from Academia and Industry : proceedings ; a conference under the auspice of the German Association for Computational Mechanics (GACM) ; 11 - 13 October 2017, Stuttgart, Germany / Editors: Malte von Scheven, Marc-André Keip, Nils Karajan (2017)
Spline-Based Methods for Solving Fluid-Structure Interaction in Compressible Flows
Published in: YIC 2017 : 4th ECCOMAS Young Investigators Conference and PhD Olympiad, 13 - 15 September 2017, Milano, Italy / Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering Politecnico di Milano (2017)
Compressible Flows inside Piston Ring Pack Simulated with Space-Time Finite Elements
Published in: 7th GACM Colloquium on Computational Mechanics for Young Scientists from Academia and Industry : Proceedings : 11 - 13 October 2017, Stuttgart, Germany / Editors: Malte von Scheven, Marc-André Keip, Nils Karajan (2017)
Space-Time Finite Element Simulation of Internal Compressible Flows
Published in: 88th Annual Meeting of the International Association of Applied Mathematics and Mechanics : March 6-10, 2017, Weimar, Germany : Book of Abstracts / GAMM, Gesellschaft für Angewandte Mathematik und Mechanik e.V., International Association of Applied Mathematics and Mechanics (2017)
Spline-based Finite Element Methods in Fluid-Structure-Interaction
Published in: [12th World Congress on Computational Mechanics and 6th Asia-Pacific Congress on Computational Mechanics, WCCM XII and APCOM VI, 24.07.2016-29.07.2016, Seoul, South Korea] (2016)
Spline-based Fluid-Structure-Interaction for Sloshing Tanks
Published in: [VII European Congress on Computational Methods in Applied Sciences and Engineering, ECCOMAS, 05.06.2016-10.06.2016, Crete Island, Greece] (2016)
Spline-Based Finite Element Methods for Fluid Flow on Deforming Domains
Published in: [High-Order Finite Element and Isogeometric Methods 2016, HOFEIM2016, 30.05.2016-02.06.2016, Jerusalem, Israel] (2016)
Spline-based methods for Interaction between Free-Surface Flows and Elastic Structures
Published in: [VII European Congress on Computational Methods in Applied Sciences and Engineering, ECCOMAS, 05.06.2016-10.06.2016, Crete Island, Greece] (2016)
Numerical Study on Shock-Induced Fluid-Structure Interaction in Supersonic Flows
Published in: [Joint DMV and GAMM Annual Meeting, GAMM DMV 2016, 07.03.2016-11.03.2016, Braunschweig, Germany] (2016)
Spline-Enhanced Finite Element Methods for Coupled Fluid Flow Problems
Published in: [GAMM DMV Jahrestagung, GAMM DMV 2016, 07.03.2016-11.03.2016, Braunschweig, Germany] (2016)
Towards the Simulation of Deformable Sloshing Tanks with Spline-Based Methods
Published in: [3rd ECCOMAS Young Investigators Conference and 6th GACM Colloquium on Computational Mechanics, YIC GACM 2015, 20.07.2015-23.07.2015, Aachen, Germany] (2015)
Spline-Based Finite Element Methods in the Simulation of Deformable Sloshing Tanks
Published in: [Engineering Mechanics Institute Conference 2015, EMI2015, 16.06.2015-19.06.2015, Stanford, USA] (2015)
NURBS-based Approaches in Fluid Flow Simulations
Published in: 86th Annual Meeting of the International Association of Applied Mathematics and Mechanics : March 23-27, 2015 : Lecce, Italy : book of abstracts - extract 2015 (2015)
Fluid-Structure Interaction in the Context of a Scramjet Intake
Published in: 44th AIAA Fluid Dynamics Conference (2014)
Numerical Prediction and Post-Test Numerical Analysis of the ASDMAD Wind Tunnel Tests in ETW
Published in: International Forum on Aeroelasticity & Structural Dynamics 2013 : Bristol, GB, June 24-26, 2013 (2013)
Towards aerothermoelastic simulations of supersonic flow through nozzles
Published in: Progress in Propulsion Physics. - Vol. 4 (2013)
SFB Transregio 40: Schubdüse
Published in: 60. Deutscher Luft- und Raumfahrtkongress 2011 : Tagungsband - Manuskripte ; 27.-29. September 2011, Congress Centrum Bremen (2011)