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M.Eng. Marcel Selent

Institute of Mechanics and Fluid Dynamics
Lampadiusstraße 4, Room WEI-101
09599 Freiberg

+49 3731 39-3356
Marcel [dot] Selent [at] imfd [dot] tu-freiberg [dot] de (Marcel[dot]Selent[at]imfd[dot]tu-freiberg[dot]de)

Scientific career

Time periodActivity
since 03/2021Test engineer
TU Bergakademie Freiberg, Institute of Mechanics and Fluid Dynamics
01/2019 - 03/2021Scientific assistant
TU Bergakademie Freiberg, Institute of Mechanics and Fluid Dynamics
GRS/BMWi project "Optimisation of the small punch test for the determination of viscoplastic and damage mechanical properties of modern reactor materials from modified small samples"
(funding code: 1501578)
10/2016 - 01/2019Scientific assistant
TU Bergakademie Freiberg, Institute of Mechanics and Fluid Dynamics
09/2013 - 10/2016Scientific assistant
TU Bergakademie Freiberg, Institute of Mechanics and Fluid Dynamics
GRS/BMWi project "Determination of creep and failure properties of modern reactor materials from small samples"
(funding code: 1501453)
10/2012 - 09/2013Technical employee
TU Bergakademie Freiberg, Institute of Mechanics and Fluid Dynamics
ADDE project "Thermomechanical fatigue and process analysis of HVOF coatings on heat exchangers and TiAl alloys"
(SAB project no: 100111101)
09/2012 - 10/2012Scientific assistant
TU Bergakademie Freiberg, Institute of Mechanics and Fluid Dynamics
DFG project "Experimental and theoretical investigations of damage mechanisms during crack propagation in ferritic cast iron materials under constant and variable load amplitudes"
(reference number: DFG KU 929/13-1)
09/2012Degree: Master of Engineering (M. Eng.)
Topic of the master thesis: "Numerical investigation of fatigue crack growth in cast iron with spheroidal graphite"
Place of execution of the master thesis: TU Bergakademie Freiberg, Institute of Mechanics and Fluid Dynamics
09/2009 - 09/2012Master programme Mechanical Engineering
Hochschule Mittweida
09/2009Degree: Bachelor of Engineering (B. Eng.)
Topic of the bachelor thesis: "3D-MKS-Simulation of a manual transmission for mapping transmission howling"
Place of execution of the bachelor thesis: IAV GmbH
09/2006 - 09/2009Bachelor programme Mechanical Engineering
Hochschule Mittweida

Main areas of work

  • Fracture mechanics (fatigue crack growth: experiment and simulation)
  • Material mechanics (creep: Experiment and Simulation)
  • Development of miniaturised material testing methods (C-specimen concept)
  • Small Punch Test (CD-SPT, CDR-SPT, CF-SPT)
  • Cast iron with nodular graphite (EN-GJS-400-18-LT)
  • Thermally sprayed nickel-based superalloy corrosion protection layer (IN-625)
  • High temperature chromium steel (X10CrMoVNb9-1)

Awards and honours

  • "Gerhard Neumann Prize 2012" for master's thesis on the topic: "Numerical investigation of fatigue crack growth in spheroidal graphite cast iron"

Teaching

  • Practical course "Measurement Methods in Mechanics"
  • Exercise "Engineering Mechanics A - Statics"
  • Exercise "Engineering Mechanics B - Strength of Materials 1 and 2"
  • Exercise "Mechanics of Materials"

Research projects

  • GRS/BMWi project "Determination of creep and failure properties of modern reactor materials from very small samples" (funding reference: 1501453)
  • GRS/BMWi project "Optimisation of the small punch test to determine viscoplastic and damage-mechanical properties of modern reactor materials from modified very small samples" (funding reference: 1501578)

Publications in specialised journals

  • R. W. Schirmer, M. Selent, M. Abendroth, B. Kiefer: Identification of creep parameters from multi-step relaxation tests on miniaturised specimen. In: Proceedings in Applied Mathematics and Mechanics. - Wiley-VCH Ltd. - 23 (2023) 4
    DOI: 10.1002/pamm.202300195
  • M. Selent, M. Abendroth, M. Kuna: Experimental and Numerical Investigations on the Creep Behaviour of Heat-Resisting Chromium Steel X10CrMoVNb9-1 by Means of Small Punch Test. In: Transactions of the Indian Institute of Metals. - India: Springer Private Ltd - 69 (2016) 2, pp. 629-633
    DOI: 10.1007/s12666-015-0797-0
  • S. Soltysiak, M. Selent, S. Roth, M. Abendroth, M. Hoffmann, H. Biermann, M. Kuna: High-temperature small punch test for mechanical characterisation of a nickel-base super alloy. In: Materials Science and Engineering: A. - Amsterdam (Netherlands): Elsevier B.V. - 613 (2014), pp. 259-263
    DOI: 10.1016/j.msea.2014.06.105
  • L. Zybell, M. Selent, P. Hübner, M. Kuna: Overload effects during fatigue crack growth in nodular cast iron - simulation with an extended strip-yield model. In: Procedia Materials Science. - United Kingdom: Elsevier Ltd - 3 (2014), pp. 221-226
    DOI: 10.1016/j.mspro.2014.06.039

Publications in conference proceedings

  • R. W. Schirmer, M. Selent, M. Abendroth, B. Kiefer: On multi-step relaxation tests using miniaturised specimens and the determination of creep parameters. 6th International Conference SSTT (Small Sample Test Techniques) 2023, 12.09.-14.09.2023, Spain. Conference Proceedings, pp. 192-200
  • R. W. Schirmer, M. Selent, M. Abendroth, B. Kiefer: Determination of viscoplastic parameters from miniaturised relaxation tests. 55th Conference of the DVM Working Group Fracture Mechanics and Component Safety, 14.02.-15.02.2023, Darmstadt. DVM Report 255, pp. 91-100
    DOI: 10.48447/BR-2023-012
  • R. W. Schirmer, A. Seupel, M. Selent, M. Abendroth, B. Kiefer: Application of a gradient-enhanced creep damage model to describe the failure behaviour of P91 in the small punch test. 54th Conference of the DVM Working Group Fracture Mechanics and Component Safety, 22.02.-23.02.2022, Berlin. DVM Report 254, pp. 73-82
    DOI: 10.48447/Br-2022-BB
  • M. Selent, M. Abendroth, M. Kuna, B. Kiefer: Experimental and numerical investigations on the creep behaviour of the heat-resistant chromium steel X10CrMoVNb9-1 using the small punch test. 52nd Conference of the DVM Working Group Fracture Mechanics and Component Safety, 18.02.-19.02.2020, Hamburg. DVM report 252, pp. 167-176
    ISSN 2366-4797
  • M. Selent, M. Abendroth, M. Kuna, B. Kiefer: Experimental investigations on the failure of a coating-substrate compound by means of the C-specimen concept and the small punch test. 5th International Conference SSTT (Small Sample Test Techniques) 2018, 10.07.-12.07.2018, Wales. Conference Proceedings, pp. 312-320
  • M. Selent, M. Kuna: Experimental investigations on the failure of a corrosion protection layer-substrate composite using the C-sample concept and small punch test. 48th Conference of the DVM Working Group on Fracture Mechanics and Component Safety, 16-17 February 2016, Freiburg. DVM Report 248, pp. 171-180
    ISSN 2366-4797
  • M. Selent, M. Abendroth, M. Kuna: Experimental and Numerical Investigations on the Creep Behaviour of Heat-Resisting Chromium Steel X10CrMoVNb9-1 by Means of Small Punch Test. 7th International Conference on Creep, Fatigue and Creep-Fatigue Interaction (CF-7), 19.01.-22.01.2016, India. Conference Proceedings, pp. 1095-1100
  • M. Selent, S. Soltysiak, S. Roth, M. Abendroth, M. Hoffmann, M. Kuna: Mechanical Characterisation of a Thermally Sprayed Nickel-base Superalloy by Means of the High Temperature Small Punch Test. 3rd International Conference SSTT (Small Sample Test Techniques) 2014, 23.09.-25.09.2014, Austria. Conference Proceedings, pp. 98-111
    ISBN 978-80-260-6722-1
  • M. Selent, L. Zybell, P. Hübner, M. Kuna: Calculation of sequence effects in spheroidal graphite cast iron with an extended flow strip model. 45th Conference of the DVM Working Group on Fracture Processes, 19-20 February 2013, Berlin. DVM Report 245, pp. 177-186
    ISSN 1616-4687

Conference presentations

  • M. Selent, M. Abendroth, M. Kuna, B. Kiefer: Experimental and numerical investigations on the creep behaviour of the creep-resistant chromium steel X10CrMoVNb9-1 by means of the Small Punch Test, 52nd Conference of the DVM Working Group Fracture Mechanics and Component Safety (2020)
  • M. Selent, M. Abendroth, M. Kuna, B. Kiefer: Experimental investigations on the failure of a coating-substrate compound by means of the C-specimen concept and the small punch test, 5th International Conference Small Sample Test Techniques (2018)
  • M. Selent, M. Kuna: Experimental investigations on the failure of a corrosion protection layer-substrate composite using the C-specimen concept and the small punch test, 48th Conference of the DVM Working Group on Fracture Mechanics and Component Safety (2016)
  • M. Selent, M. Abendroth, M. Kuna: Experimental and Numerical Investigations on the Creep Behaviour of Heat-Resisting Chromium Steel X10CrMoVNb9-1 by Means of Small Punch Test, 7th International Conference on Creep, Fatigue and Creep-Fatigue Interaction (2016)
  • M. Selent, S. Soltysiak, S. Roth, M. Abendroth, M. Hoffmann, M. Kuna: Mechanical Characterisation of a Thermally Sprayed Nickel-base Superalloy by Means of the High Temperature Small Punch Test, 3rd International Conference Small Sample Test Techniques (2014)
  • M. Selent, L. Zybell, P. Hübner, M. Kuna: Calculation of Sequence Effects in Spheroidal Graphite Cast Iron with an Extended Flow Strip Model, 45th Conference of the DVM Working Group Fracture Processes (2013)

Supervised trainees

  • Mrs Michèle Arnold (trainee materials tester)

Supervised student work

  • Gentz, Julia: Experimental and numerical investigations into the failure of a corrosion protection layer-substrate composite using the C-sample concept and small punch test. - 2015. - 171 p.
    Freiberg, TU Bergakademie Freiberg, Faculty of Mechanical, Process and Energy Engineering, Institute of Mechanics and Fluid Dynamics, Chair of Engineering Mechanics - Solid Mechanics, Master's thesis, 2015
  • Zielke, Henry: Experimental and numerical investigations into the creep behaviour of the heat-resistant chromium steel X10CrMoVNb9-1 using a small punch test. - 2014. - 85 p.
    Freiberg, TU Bergakademie Freiberg, Faculty of Mechanical, Process and Energy Engineering, Institute of Mechanics and Fluid Dynamics, Chair of Engineering Mechanics - Solid Mechanics, Master's thesis, 2014