Modelling of stress-state-dependent ductile damage with gradient-enhancement exemplified for clinch joining
J. Friedlein, J. Mergheim, P. Steinmann, Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids 196 (2025).

One-way coupled staggered implementation of gradient-enhanced damage models coupled to thermoplasticity
J. Friedlein, P. Steinmann, J. Mergheim, Finite Elements in Analysis and Design 253 (2025).

Application of stress-state-dependent ductile damage and failure model to clinch joining for a wide range of tool and material combinations
J. Friedlein, S. Lüder, J. Kalich, H.C. Schmale, M. Böhnke, M.C. Schlichter, M. Bobbert, G. Meschut, P. Steinmann, J. Mergheim, Journal of Advanced Joining Processes 11 (2025).

Influence of thermal effects on clinch joining of sheet metal
J. Friedlein, P. Steinmann, J. Mergheim, in: Materials Research Proceedings, Materials Research Forum LLC, 2025.

Material Parameter Identification for a Stress-State-Dependent Ductile Damage and Failure Model Applied to Clinch Joining
J. Friedlein, M. Böhnke, M. Schlichter, M. Bobbert, G. Meschut, J. Mergheim, P. Steinmann, Journal of Manufacturing and Materials Processing 8 (2024).

Charakterisierung des Verformungszustandes gleichartiger Stahl-Stahl-Clinchverbindungen durch Anwendung quantitativer Bildanalyse 
K. Hollmer, M. Kuczyk, J. Friedlein, J. Mergheim, P. Steinmann, M. Zimmermann, in: 2024.

A calibration method for failure modeling in clinching process simulations
M. Böhnke, C.R. Bielak, J. Friedlein, M. Bobbert, J. Mergheim, P. Steinmann, G. Meschut, in: Materials Research Proceedings, Materials Research Forum LLC, 2023.

Influence of plastic orthotropy on clinching of sheet metal
J. Friedlein, C.R. Bielak, M. Böhnke, M. Bobbert, J. Mergheim, P. Steinmann, G. Meschut, in: Materials Research Proceedings, Materials Research Forum LLC, 2023.

Efficient gradient enhancements for plasticity with ductile damage in the logarithmic strain space
J. Friedlein, J. Mergheim, P. Steinmann, European Journal of Mechanics - A/Solids 99 (2023).

Numerical analysis of failure modeling in clinching process chain simulation
C.R. Bielak, M. Böhnke, J. Friedlein, M. Bobbert, J. Mergheim, P. Steinmann, G. Meschut, in: Materials Research Proceedings, Materials Research Forum LLC, 2023.

Influence of Kinematic Hardening on Clinch Joining of Dual-Phase Steel HX Sheet Metal
J. Friedlein, J. Mergheim, P. Steinmann, in: The Minerals, Metals &;amp; Materials Series, Springer International Publishing, Cham, 2022.

Observations on additive plasticity in the logarithmic strain space at excessive strains
J. Friedlein, J. Mergheim, P. Steinmann, International Journal of Solids and Structures 239–240 (2022) 111416.

A Review on the Modeling of the Clinching Process Chain - Part I: Design Phase
B. Schramm, S. Martin, C. Steinfelder, C.R. Bielak, A. Brosius, G. Meschut, T. Tröster, T. Wallmersperger, J. Mergheim, Journal of Advanced Joining Processes 6 (2022).

A Review on the Modeling of the Clinching Process Chain - Part II: Joining Process
B. Schramm, J. Friedlein, B. Gröger, C.R. Bielak, M. Bobbert, M. Gude, G. Meschut, T. Wallmersperger, J. Mergheim, Journal of Advanced Joining Processes (2022).

A Review on the Modeling of the Clinching Process Chain - Part III: Operational Phase
B. Schramm, S. Harzheim, D. Weiß, T.D. Joy, M. Hofmann, J. Mergheim, T. Wallmersperger, Journal of Advanced Joining Processes (2022).

Inverse parameter identification of an anisotropic plasticity model for sheet metal
J. Friedlein, S. Wituschek, M. Lechner, J. Mergheim, P. Steinmann, IOP Conference Series: Materials Science and Engineering 1157 (2021) 012004.

Stochastic local FEM for computational homogenization of heterogeneous materials exhibiting large plastic deformations
D. Pivovarov, J. Mergheim, K. Willner, P. Steinmann, Computational Mechanics (2021).

Anisotropic plasticitydamage material model for sheet metal — Regularised single surface formulation
J. Friedlein, J. Mergheim, P. Steinmann, PAMM 21 (2021).

A finite plasticity gradient-damage model for sheet metals during forming and clinching
J. Friedlein, J. Mergheim, P. Steinmann, Key Engineering Materials 883 KEM (2021) 57.

Parametric FEM for computational homogenization of heterogeneous materials with random voids
D. Pivovarov, J. Mergheim, K. Willner, P. Steinmann, in: PAMM, Wiley, 2021.