Prof. Dr. Robert Martin

Research interests

  • Nonlinear elasticity theory
  • Constitutive inequalities
  • Generalized convexity
  • Minimal Geodesics on Lie groups
  • Predictive analytics
  • Data-driven modelling
  • Machine learning

 

Curriculum Vitae

Education

1992 - 1994 Albert Schweitzer Primary School, Bottrop
1994 - 1996 Richard Wagner Primary School, Bottrop
1996 - 2004 Joseph-Albers-Gymnasium, Bottrop
2004 Abitur (Higher Education Entrance Qualification)
2004 - 2007 Studies in Mathematics at the University of Duisburg-Essen, minor in Philosophy
2007 - 2014 Studies in Mathematics at the University of Duisburg-Essen, minor in Computer Science
2014 Diploma in Mathematics, final grade sehr gut (1.0/A)
2016 Ph.D. (Dr.rer.nat.) at the faculty of Mathematics, University of Duisburg-Essen, summa cum laude
Title of the dissertation: “Logarithmic strain and its role in nonlinear elasticity”
2020 Habilitation at the at the faculty of Mathematics, University of Duisburg-Essen

 

Career

2009 - 2013 Freelance programmer and web developer
2011 - 2014 Student assistant at the Faculty of Mathematics, University of Duisburg-Essen
2014 - 2016 Research assistant at the Faculty of Mathematics, University of Duisburg-Essen
2016 - 2021 Research assistant at the Institute for Technologies of Metals, University of Duisburg-Essen
since 2021 apl. Professor at the Faculty of Engineering, University of Duisburg-Essen

 

Awards

2015 Graduation Award, University of Duisburg-Essen
2017

Graduation Award for best dissertation, University of Duisburg-Essen

 

Conference participation and talks

2014 Talk at the Tullio Levi-Civita lectures at Sapienza Università di Roma
2016 Talk at the GAMM Annual Meeting in Braunschweig
2017 Talk at the GAMM Annual Meeting in Weimar
2017 Talk at the GAMM Junior Fall meeting in Vienna
2017 Talk at INSA Lyon
2018 Talk at the Emerging Trends in Applied Mathematics and Mechanics (ETAMM) in Krakow
2018 Talks at the European Solid Mechanics Conference (ESMC) in Bologna
2018 Talk at the GAMM Annual Meeting in Munich
2018 Organisation of the GAMM Junior Fall meeting in Essen
2019 Talk at the 18 th GAMM Seminar on Microstructures at the Weierstrass Institute, Berlin
2019 Talk at the GAMM Annual Meeting in Vienna
2019 Talk at the GAMM Junior Fall meeting in Hannover

 

Further activities

2014 Programming work for the OMB+ online course
2017 - 2019 GAMM Junior
2018 GAMM Junior second deputy speaker

Publications

Publications in peer-reviewed journals

Robert J. Martin, Jendrik Voss, Ionel-Dumitrel Ghiba, Oliver Sander, Patrizio Neff
The quasiconvex envelope of conformally invariant planar energy functions in isotropic hyperelasticity
Journal of Nonlinear Science; 2020, 30(6), pp. 2885-2923
arXiv: 1901.00058 pdf

Patrizio Neff, Kai Graban, Eva Schweickert, Robert J. Martin
The axiomatic introduction of arbitrary strain tensors by Hans Richter - a commented translation of “Strain tensor, strain deviator and stress tensor for finite deformations”
Mathematics and Mechanics of Solids; 2020, Vol.  25 (5), pp. 1060-1080
arXiv: 1909.05998 pdf

Eva Schweickert, L. Angela Mihai, Robert J. Martin,  Patrizio Neff
A note on non-homogeneous deformation with homogeneous Cauchy stress for a strictly rank-one convex energy in isotropic hyperelasticity
International Journal of Non-Linear Mechanics; 2020, Vol. 119, 103282
abstract arXiv: 1904.11358

Jendrik Voss, Herbert Baaser, Robert J. Martin, Patrizio Neff
More on anti-plane shear
Journal of Optimization Theory and Applications, 2020, Vol. 184 (1), pp. 226-249
abstract
arXiv: 1802.00265 pdf

Mircea Birsan, Ionel-Dumitrel Ghiba, Robert J. Martin, Patrizio Neff
Refined dimensional reduction for isotropic elastic Cosserat shells with initial curvature
Mathematics and Mechanics of solids; 2019, Vol. 24(12), pp. 4000-4019
abstract  arXiv: 1909.12585

Robert J. Martin, Jendrik Voss, Ionel-Dumitrel Ghiba, Patrizio Neff
Quasiconvex relaxation of isotropic functions in incompressible planar hyperelasticity
Proceedings of the Royal Society of Edinburgh Section A Mathematics; (2020) Vol. 150(5), pp. 2620-2631
abstract arXiv: 1903.00508 pdf

Kai Graban, Eva Schweickert, Robert J. Martin, Patrizio Neff
A commented translation of Hans Richter's early work "The isotropic law of elasticity"
Mathematics and Mechanics of solids; 2019, Vol. 24(8), pp. 2649-2660
abstract arXiv: 1904.05164 pdf

Christian Thiel, Jendrik Voss, Robert J. Martin, Patrizio Neff
Shear, pure and simple
International Journal of Non-Linear Mechanics; 2019, Vol. 112, pp. 57-72
abstract arXiv: 1806.07749pdf

Christian Thiel, Jendrik Voss, Robert J. Martin, Patrizio Neff
Do we need Truedell's empirical inequalities? On the coaxiality of stress and stretch
International Journal of Non-Linear Mechanics; 2019, Vol.112, pp. 106-116
abstract  arXiv: 1812.03053 pdf

Robert J. Martin, Ionel-Dumitrel Ghiba, Patrizio Neff
A polyconvex extension of the logarithmic Hencky strain energy
Analysis and Application; 2019, Vol. 17 (3), pp. 349-361
arXiv: 1712.08864 abstract pdf

Boumediene Nedjar, Herber Baaser, Robert J. Martin, Patrizio Neff
A finite element implementation of the isotropic exponentiated Hencky-logarithmic model and simulation of the eversion of elastic tubes
Computational Mechanics; 2018, Vol. 62 (4), pp. 635-654
arXiv:1705.08381abstract pdf

Ionel-Dumitrel Ghiba, Robert J. Martin, Patrizio Neff
Rank-one convexity implies polyconvexity in isotropic planar incompressible elasticity
Journal de Mathématiques Pures et Appliquées; 2018, Vol. 116, pp. 88-104
arXiv:1609.01339v1 pdf

Robert J. Martin, Ionel-Dumitrel Ghiba, Patrizio Neff
A non-ellipticity result, or the impossible taming of the logarithmic strain measure
International Journal of Non-Linear Mechanics; 2018, Vol. 102, pp. 147-158
arXiv: 1712.04846pdf

Robert J. Martin, Ionel-Dumitrel Ghiba, Patrizio Neff
Rank-one convexity implies polyconvexity for isotropic, objective and isochoric elastic energies in the two-dimensional case
Proceedings of the Royal Society of Edinburgh Section A; 2017, Vol. 147 (3), pp. 571-597
arXiv:1507.00266pdf

Robert J. Martin, Patrizio Neff
Minimal geodesics on GL(n) for left-invariant, right-O(n)-invariant Riemannian metrics
The Journal of Geometric Mechanics; 2016, Vol. 3, pp. 323-357
arXiv:1409.7849 pdf

Patrizio Neff, Bernhard Eidel, Robert J. Martin
Geometry of logarithmic strain measures in solid mechanics
Archive for Rational Mechanics and Analysis; 2016, Vol. 222, pp. 507-572
arXiv:1505.02203 pdf

Patrizio Neff, Ingo Münch, Robert J. Martin
Rediscovering G.F. Becker's early axiomatic deduction of a multiaxial nonlinear stress-strain relation based on logarithmic strain
Mathematics and Mechanics of Solids; 2016, Vol. 21 (7), pp. 856-911
arXiv:1403.4675   abstract  pdf

Ionel-Dumitrel Ghiba, Patrizio Neff, Robert J. Martin
An ellipticity domain for the distortional Hencky logarithmic strain energy
Proceedings A of the Royal Society; 2015, Vol. 471(2184)
arXiv:1507.07388 abstract pdf

Patrizio Neff, Johannes Lankeit, Ionel-Dumitrel Ghiba, Robert J. Martin, David Steigmann
The exponentiated Hencky-logarithmic strain energy. Part II: Coercivity, planar polyconvexity and existence of minimizers
Zeitschrift für angewandte Mathematik und Physik; 2015, Vol. 66(4), pp. 1671-1693
arXiv:1408.4430 abstract pdf

Robert J. Martin, Patrizio Neff
Some remarks on the monotonicity of primary matrix functions on the set of symmetric matrices
Archive of Applied Mechanics; 2015, Vol. 85 (12), pp. 1761-1778
arXiv:1409.7847 abstract  pdf

Patrizio Neff, Bernhard Eidel, Frank Osterbrink, Robert J. Martin
A Riemannian approach to strain measures in nonlinear elasticity
Comptes Rendus Mécanique; 2014, Volume 342(4), pp. 254–257
arXiv:1305.2393 abstract  pdf

 

Other publications

 

Robert J. Martin, Ingo Münch, Bernhard Eidel, Patrizio Neff
A brief history of logarithmic strain measures in nonlinear elasticity
PAMM: Proceedings in Applied Mathematics and Mechanics; 2018, Vol.18 (1) Special issue: 89th Annual Meeting of the International Association of Applied Mathematics and Mechanics  
abstract pdf

Robert J. Martin, Ionel-Dumitrel Ghiba, Patrizio Neff
Rank-one convexity implies polyconvexity for isotropic, objective and isochoric elastic energies in the two-dimensional case
PAMM: Proceedings in Applied Mathematics and Mechanics; October 2016, Vol. 16 (1), pp. 659–660
arXiv:1507.00266pdf

Robert J. Martin, Ionel-Dumitrel Ghiba, Patrizio Neff
Rank-one convexity implies polyconvexity for isotropic, objective and isochoric elastic energies in the two-dimensional case
PAMM: Proceedings in Applied Mathematics am Mechanics; 2016 Vol. 16, pp. 659-660
arXiv:1507.00266 pdf

Patrizio Neff, Robert J. Martin, Bernhard Eidel
New thoughts in Nonlinear Elasticity Theory via Hencky’s logarithmic strain tensor
Chapter in book: Mathematical Modelling in Solid Mechanics, pp.165-180
pdf

Ionel-Dumitrel Ghiba, Patrizo Neff, Robert J. Martin
Loss of ellipticity in additive logarithmic finite strain plasticity and related results on Hencky-type energies
PAMM: Proceedings in Applied Mathematics and Mechanics; 2016 Vol. 16 (1), pp. 341-342
pdf

Patrizo Neff, Ionel-Dumitrel Ghiba, Johannes Lankeit, Robert J. Martin
Rank-one convexity and polyconvexity of Hencky-type energies
PAMM: Proceedings in Applied Mathematics and Mechanics; 2014 Vol. 14 (1), pp. 735-736
pdf

Patrizio Neff, Frank Osterbrink, Robert J. Martin
The Hencky strain energy |log U|² measures the geodesic distance of the deformation gradient to SO(n) in the canonical left-invariant Riemannian metric on GL(n)
PAMM, Proceedings in Applied Mathematics and Mechanics; 2013 Vol. 13(1), pp. 369–370
abstract pdf

Patrizio Neff, Bernhard Eidel, Robert J. Martin
The axiomatic deduction of the quadratic Hencky strain energy by Heinrich Hencky
arXiv:1402.4027 pdf

 

Posters

Jendrik Voss, Christian Thiel, Robert J. Martin, Patrizio Neff
Shear in nonlinear elasticity
July 2018 Poster

Jendrik Voss, Robert J. Martin, Herbert Baaser, Patrizio Neff
Anti-plane shear in nonlinear elasticity
February 2018 Poster

Robert J. Martin, Ionel-Dumitrel Ghiba, Patrizio Neff
A Polyconvex extension of the logarithmic Hencky strain energy
January 2018 Poster

Ionel-Dumitrel Ghiba, Robert J. Martin, Patrizio Neff
Rank-one convexitiy implies polyconvexity for isotropic energies on SL(2)
September 2016 Poster

Patrizio Neff, Robert J. Martin, Ingo Münch, Bernhard Eidel
A brief history of logarithmic strain measures in nonlinear elasticity
May 2016 Poster

Patrizio Neff, Bernhard Eidel, Robert J. Martin
Geometry of logarithmic strain measures
May 2016 Poster

Patrizio Neff, Bernhard Eidel, Robert J. Martin
Strain tensors and strain measures in nonlinear elasticity
May 2016 Poster

Robert J. Martin, Ionel-Dumitrel Ghiba, Patrizio Neff
Rank-one convexity vs. polyconvexity for isochoric engergies on GL+(2)
January 2016 Poster

 

apl. Prof. Dr. rer. nat. habil. Robert Martin

Tel. +49(0)203/379-3461

robert.martin@uni-due.de

Room ST110

Office hours:

by appointment (only on Thursdays and Fridays)