Dr.-Ing. Erik Arne Hansen

  • Institut für Strömungsmechanik
    Karlsruher Institut für Technologie
    Kaiserstraße 10, Geb. 10.23
    76131 Karlsruhe
    Tel.: +49 721 608 42368
    Fax: +49 721 608 45147

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Research interests

  • Numerical Simulation of Mixed Elasto-Hydrodynamic Lubrication
  • Deterministic and Averaged Roughness Modelling of Lubrication flows
  • Friction Reduction through Surface Texturing of Tribological Contacts

Journal Publications


2023
Numerical Analysis of Friction Reduction due to Surface Textures in the Mixed Lubrication Regime. PhD dissertation
Hansen, E. A.
2023, October 26. Karlsruher Institut für Technologie (KIT). doi:10.5445/IR/1000163221
Establishment and Calibration of a Digital Twin to Replicate the Friction Behaviour of a Pin-on-Disk Tribometer
Hansen, E.; Vaitkunaite, G.; Schneider, J.; Gumbsch, P.; Frohnapfel, B.
2023. Lubricants, 11 (2), Art.-Nr.: 75. doi:10.3390/lubricants11020075
2022
An EHL Extension of the Unsteady FBNS Algorithm
Hansen, E.; Kacan, A.; Frohnapfel, B.; Codrignani, A.
2022. Tribology Letters, 70 (3), Art.-Nr.: 80. doi:10.1007/s11249-022-01615-1
2020
Sensitivity of the Stribeck curve to the pin geometry of a pin-on-disc tribometer
Hansen, E.; Frohnapfel, B.; Codrignani, A.
2020. Tribology international, 151, 106488. doi:10.1016/j.triboint.2020.106488

Conference Contributions


2023
Scaling of Friction Behaviour in the Mixed Lubrication Regime through a Modified Hersey Number
Hansen, E.; Vaitkunaite, G.; Schneider, J.; Gumbsch, P.; Fohnapfel, B.
2023, May 23. 77th STLE Annual Meeting & Exhibition (2023), Long Beach, CA, USA, May 21–25, 2023
2022
An EHL extension of the FBNS algorithm
Hansen, E.; Frohnapfel, B.; Codrignani, A.
2022, July 12. 7th World Tribology Congress (WTC 2022), Lyon, France, July 10–15, 2022
2019
Sensitivity of the Stribeck curve to the macroscopic geometry of the pin-on-disc tribometer
Hansen, E.; Frohnapfel, B.; Codrignani, A.
2019, September 2. 46th Leeds-Lyon Symposium on Tribology (2019), Lyon, France, September 2–4, 2019

Supervised student theses

  • Master's thesis by Jan Krause (2022): "Flux Limiter Implementation in a MEHL Solver"
  • Bachelor's thesis by Mikel Samuel (2022): "Numerical and Experimental Investigation of Waviness in a Pin-on-Disc Tribometer"
  • Bachelor's thesis by Noah Ellenbogen (2022): "Numerical Investigation of Geometry Influences in a Pin-on-Disc Tribometer"
  • Bachelor's thesis by Shuhang Wang (2021): "Numerical Investigation of Surface Textures in a Pin-on-Disc Tribometer"
  • Bachelor's thesis by Altay Kaçan (2021): "Unsteady Numerical Simulation of the Pressure Distribution in a Ball-on-Disc Tribometer"
  • Bachelor's thesis by Timo Ysermann (2021): "Numerical Investigation of the Pitch Angle in a Pin-on-Disc Tribometer"