Research interests

Fatigue and creep damage prediction of components subjected to cyclic loadings

Material models for cyclic behaviour of materials

Determination of material parameters from fatigue tests, creep tests and thermomechanical fatigue tests

Publications

2024

Consideration of surface roughness during the design of internal structures for fluid transport produced by additive manufacturing of PEEK

Design, Testing, and Sensitivity Analysis of a Torsional Cyclic Test Adapter

Durability Prediction of Cyclically Loaded CP-W800 Fillet Welds

Elasto-viscoplastic material modelling using the multiaxial Prandtl operator approach

2023

A coupled simulation of parametric porous microstructure and stress-strain behavior in mechanical components under variable cyclic loads

Vehicle Technical Inspection Results in Relation to EU Directives and Selected EU Countries

Applicability of memory rules during cyclic stress–strain response of polymers PA6 and PA66 GF30

2022

Influence of Operating Conditions on a Cast-Iron Manhole Cover

Experimental analysis of crack initiation and propagation in dynamically shear-loaded aluminium specimens using the digital image correlation method

Design of a shear test fixture system and optimization of a metal shear specimen for cyclic loading

Use of Prandtl operators in simulating the cyclic softening of Inconel 718 under isothermal low-cycle fatigue loading

Incorporation of a Simplified Mechanical Joint Model into Numerical Analysis

Elastoplastic response of a pipe bend using Prandtl operator approach in a finite element analysis

2021

Heat Treatment Consideration in Structural Simulations of Machine Elements: Analysis of a Starter Clutch Barrel

A closed-form solution for temperature-dependent elastoplastic problems using the Prandtl operator approach

Determination of stress-strain behaviour of magnesium alloy AZ31 under variable thermomechanical loading

Continuous modelling of cyclic ageing for lithium-ion batteries

2020

A fast and increment independent technique for continuous calculation of the strain energy dissipated during cyclic loading applied to magnesium alloy AZ31

Geometric modelling of elastic and elastic-plastic solids by separation of deformation energy and Prandtl operators

2019

A new approach to finite element modelling of cyclic thermomechanical stress-strain responses

Comprehensive Modelling of the Hysteresis Loops and Strain–Energy Density for Low-Cycle Fatigue-Life Predictions of the AZ31 Magnesium Alloy

A Durability Prediction for the Magnesium Alloy AZ31 based on Plastic and Total Energy

Mechanistic modelling of cyclic voltage-capacity response for lithium-ion batteries

Stress-Strain Response Determination during Incremental Step Tests and Variable Loadings on Flat Specimens

A direct approach to modelling the complex response of magnesium AZ31 alloy sheets to variable strain amplitude loading using Prandtl-Ishlinskii operators

Eliminating friction between flat specimens and an antibuckling support during cyclic tests using a simple sensor

Influence of geometry and safety factor on fatigue damage predictions of a cantilever beam

Determination of loading spectra for agricultural implements using a tractor three-point EHR hitch

2018

Comparative analysis of optimisation methods for linking material parameters of exponential and power models: An application to cyclic stress–strain curves of ferritic stainless steel

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2017

Influence of material parameter estimation on thermomechanical damage predictions

Fatigue life prediction of brass ball forging tool

2016

Fatigue life prediction using multiaxial energy calculations with the mean stress effect to predict failure of linear and nonlinear elastic solids

Thermomechanical fatigue life predictions of exhaust system components

Vorhersage der thermomechanischen Ermüdung von Abgassystemkomponenten

2015

A method for long-term creep-rupture strength prediction based on a small sample of experimental results, smoothed bootstrapping and time-temperature parameters

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2014

Durability prediction of EN 1.4512 exhaust mufflers under thermomechanical loading

Identification of material parameters from low cycle fatigue, thermomechanical fatigue and creep tests for damage prediction of thermomechanically loaded Ni-resist Type D-5S
 

2012

Damage operator-based lifetime calculation under thermomechanical fatigue and creep for application on uginox F12T EN 1.4512 exhaust downpipes

2011

Unification of the most commonly used time-temperature creep parameters

Creep damage calculation for thermo mechanical fatigue

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Education

Graduate: University of Ljubljana, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Durability prediction due to creep with a generalised time-temperature parameter

Undergraduate: University of Ljubljana, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Fatigue life prediction of an exhaust manifold

Awards

2011: Quality publications, University of Ljubljana, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering

2012: Outstanding scientific achievement, Slovenian Research Agency

2019: Best paper award, The 27th International Conference on Processing and Fabrication of Advanced Materials (PFAM-XXVII), 27-29 May 2019, Jönköping, Sweden

2021: Best paper award, Academy of Mechanical Engineering 2021, 28 October 2021, Ljubljana, Slovenia

2022: Excellent research paper award, Academy of Mechanical Engineering 2022, 23 November 2022, Ljubljana, Slovenia