Lecture: Materials Simulation - Details

Lecture: Materials Simulation - Details

General information

Course name Lecture: Materials Simulation
Semester WS 2026/27
Current number of participants 48
Home institute Lehrstuhl für Theoretische Physik I
Courses type Lecture in category Teaching
Next date Friday, 16.10.26, 12:15 - 13:45 o'clock 1020 W
Performance record Written exam at the end of the lecture time.
Veranstaltung findet in Präsenz statt / hat Präsenz-Bestandteile Yes
Hauptunterrichtssprache englisch
Literaturhinweise The part on finite element methods follows the first five chapters from:
Jacob Fish and Ted Belytschko. A First Course in Finite Elements. John Wiley &
Sons, 2007.

The part on molecular dynamics simulations is based on the "Introduction" and "Part 1: Basics" from:
Daan Frenkel and Berend Smit. Understaning Molecular Simulation - From Algorithms to Applications. Academic Press, 2023.

Rooms and times

1003 T

  • Monday, 08:15 - 09:45, Weekly (from 12.10.26)

1020 W

  • Friday, 12:15 - 13:45, Weekly (from 16.10.26)

Module assignments

Comment/Description

- Dates

Lecture: (C. Wiebeler)
Monday, 08:15-09:45, T-1003

Exercise: (C. Wiebeler)
Friday, 12:15-13:45, W-1020

- Digicampus Registration: It is sufficient to be registered for the lecture. A separate registration for the project part is not required.

- Literature: See the recommendations further above.

Contents: This lecture can be divided into two parts. One part covers an introduction to the finite element method, which will be restricted to one dimemsional scalar problems. The contents of the lecture are applied in small exercises including both calculations by hand and computer exercises.

The other part covers the basics of molecular dynamics (MD) simulations. In this case, introductory simulations will be the focus of the exercise.