📚 Publications

Journal articles

  • Much, N., Koch, A., Meier, C., and Schreter-Fleischhacker, M., 2026. A hybrid sharp–diffuse interface approach to accurately model melt pool dynamics with rapid evaporation in laser-based processing of metals. Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering, 457(119023). Available at: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cma.2026.119023.

  • Schreter-Fleischhacker, M., Much, N., Munch, P., Kronbichler, M., Wall, W.A. and Meier, C., 2025. A consistent diffuse-interface finite element approach to rapid melt–vapor dynamics with application to metal additive manufacturing. Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering, 442, 117985. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cma.2025.117985.

  • Bangerth, W., Blais, B., Fehling, M., Gassmöller, R., et al., 2024. The deal.II library, Version 9.6. Journal of Numerical Mathematics, 32(4), pp.369-380. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1515/jnma-2024-0137.

  • Schreter-Fleischhacker, M., Munch, P., Much, N., Kronbichler, M., Wall, W.A. and Meier, C., 2024. A consistent diffuse-interface model for two-phase flow problems with rapid evaporation. Advanced Modeling and Simulation in Engineering Sciences, 11(1), p.19. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1186/s40323-024-00276-0.

  • Much, N., Schreter-Fleischhacker, M., Munch, P., Kronbichler, M., Wall, W.A. and Meier, C., 2024. Improved accuracy of continuum surface flux models for metal additive manufacturing melt pool simulations. Advanced Modeling and Simulation in Engineering Sciences, 11(1), p.16. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1186/s40323-024-00270-6.

  • Schreter-Fleischhacker, M. and Munch, P., 2023. The deal.II tutorial step-87: evaluation of finite element solutions at arbitrary points within a distributed mesh with application to two-phase flow. Available at: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.8411345.

  • Meier, C., Fuchs, S.L., Much, N., Nitzler, J., Penny, R.W., Praegla, P.M., Proell, S.D., Sun, Y., Weissbach, R., Schreter, M., Hodge, N.E., Hart, A.J. and Wall, W.A., 2021. Physics‐based modeling and predictive simulation of powder bed fusion additive manufacturing across length scales. GAMM-Mitteilungen, 44(3), e202100014. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1002/gamm.202100014.

Student theses

  • Sirach, L., 2026. Runge-Kutta Chebychev Time Integration for Compressible Navier-Stokes. Bachelor’s Thesis.

  • Seibold, S., 2026. Coupled High-Fidelity Simulation of Melt Pool, Vapor and Particle Dynamics in Laser Powder Bed Fusion. Semester’s Thesis.

  • Frolova, A., 2026. A Comparative Study of Diffuse-Interface and Hybrid Diffuse–Sharp Interface Approaches for Melt Pool Simulation in Metal Additive Manufacturing. Bachelor’s Thesis.

  • Petrovskaia, A., 2026. A Matrix-Free Finite-Element Method for Elliptic Level-Set Reinitialization. Master’s Thesis.

  • Sonnewald, N., 2026. Keyhole Mitigation through Elevated Atmospheric Pressure in PBF-LB/M. Master’s Thesis.

  • Westermann, J., 2026. Stabilization of Convection-Dominated Incompressible Two-Phase Flow Using Taylor–Hood Finite Elements for Melt Pool Dynamics in Metal Additive Manufacturing. Master’s Thesis.

  • Resch, J., 2024. Towards DG-Based Thermo-Hydrodynamic Melt Pool Simulations. Master’s Thesis.

  • Brotz, J., 2024. An efficient DEM-FEM immersed coupling approach for resolved large-scale modeling of fluid-powder particle interaction in metal additive manufacturing. Master’s Thesis.

  • Ritthaler, A., 2024. A matrix-free cutDG formulation for complex flows. Master’s Thesis.

  • Vo, T., 2023. Advanced laser modeling for finite-element-based melt pool simulations in metal additive manufacturing. Master’s Thesis.

  • Ritthaler, A., 2023. High-Performance Matrix-Free High-Order Discontinuous Galerkin Level-Set Advection and Reinitialization. Semester’s Thesis.

  • Völkl, S., 2023. Matrix-free implementation of the Immersed Finite Element method for fluid-structure interaction based on deal.II. Semester’s Thesis.

  • Visualization Techniques in Computational Mechanics, 2021. Visualisation of melt pool dynamics in Selective Laser Melting.

  • Pauen, J., 2021. Analysis of Surface Tension in Two-Phase Flows. Master’s Thesis.