Predictive Modeling of Dynamic Processes A Tribute to Professor Klau
Predictive Modeling of Dynamic Processes provides an overview of numerical simulation technology, applicable to a variety of industries and areas of engineering design. Covering automotive crash, blast, impact, and hypervelocity impact phenomena, this vol
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Stefan Hiermaier Editor
Predictive Modeling of Dynamic Processes A Tribute to Professor Klaus Thoma
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Editor Stefan Hiermaier Fraunhofer Institut f¨ur Kurzzeitdynamik Ernst-Mach-Institut Eckerstr. 4 79104 Freiburg Germany [email protected]
ISBN 978-1-4419-0726-4 e-ISBN 978-1-4419-0727-1 DOI 10.1007/978-1-4419-0727-1 Springer Dordrecht Heidelberg London New York Library of Congress Control Number: 2009930384 c Springer Science+Business Media, LLC 2009 All rights reserved. This work may not be translated or copied in whole or in part without the written permission of the publisher (Springer Science+Business Media, LLC, 233 Spring Street, New York, NY 10013, USA), except for brief excerpts in connection with reviews or scholarly analysis. Use in connection with any form of information storage and retrieval, electronic adaptation, computer software, or by similar or dissimilar methodology now known or hereafter developed is forbidden. The use in this publication of trade names, trademarks, service marks, and similar terms, even if they are not identified as such, is not to be taken as an expression of opinion as to whether or not they are subject to proprietary rights. Printed on acid-free paper Springer is part of Springer Science+Business Media (www.springer.com)
Preface
Scientist, innovator and entrepreneur – these qualities are attributed to Joseph von Fraunhofer and are nowadays demanded of executive managers in Fraunhofer Gesellschaft. And all three attributes apply fully to Professor Dr. Klaus Thoma, director of the Fraunhofer-Institut f¨ur Kurzzeitdynamik, Ernst-Mach-Institut, and professor at the University of the German Armed Forces in Munich. This festschrift is dedicated to Klaus Thoma on the occasion of his 60th birthday in August 2009. His manifold activities in the scientific and industrial community encompass the entire spectrum of dynamic applications. With Klaus Thoma’s worldwide recognition there were many authors, familiar with him personally and professionally, who had the desire to contribute to this work. Klaus Thoma graduated from the Technical University Munich in Physics and earned his PhD at the same university in 1978. The following nine years he made his career in the research and development division of Messerschmitt-B¨olkow-Blohm (MBB), now EADS. His deep understanding of physics combined with his early understanding of the potential of numerical solution methodologies provided the direction for his becoming a leader in his field. Computer based investigations of automotive crash or military impact scenarios were anything but common in the early 1980’s. However, Klaus Thoma, with his innovative foresight, was already expert in this area. His advanced knowledge and expertise led him to make close contacts to the most prestigious research laboratories and software houses in the United States. The detailed insight in the theoretical basics and the potential he recognized in the combination of experiments and numerical simulation fascinated him so much that it has been a guidi
