M.Sc. L. Behlen

Institute of Mechanics
Group of Engineering Mechanics/Continuum Mechanics
Faculty of Mechanical Engineering
University of Kassel
Mönchebergstr. 7 / Room 2805
D-34109 Kassel

+49 561 804-3606

behlen(at)uni-kassel.de

Research Topics

• Analytical methods for solving problems in plane elastostatics and electrostatics
• Fracture mechanics of dielectric solids
• Electrostatic forces on the macroscopic scale
• Singularities in electromechanics

Publications

08/2026	article	Lennart Behlen Daniel Wallenta Andreas Ricoeur	Macroscopic Coulomb Force Versus Maxwell Stress Theory: Consistencies and Discrepancies
08/2026	conference proceeding	Lennart Behlen Daniel Wallenta Andreas Ricoeur	A New Take on Sharp Cracks in Brittle Dielectrics: Where Electric Dipole Layers Meet Concentrated Line Forces
07/2025	article	Lennart Behlen Daniel Wallenta Andreas Ricoeur	On the manifold effects of Maxwell stress in dielectrics and consequences of the Einstein-Laub tensor for crack problems
07/2025	poster	Lennart Behlen Daniel Wallenta Andreas Ricoeur	Macroscopic Coulomb force vs. Maxwell stress theory
07/2024	article	Lennart Behlen Daniel Wallenta Andreas Ricoeur	Does the capacitor analogy model in fracture mechanics of elastic dielectrics constitute an appropriate approximation?
05/2024	article	Alexander Schlosser Lennart Behlen Andreas Ricoeur	Electrostatic body forces in cracked dielectrics and their implication on Maxwell stress tensors
02/2023	article	Andreas Warkentin Lennart Behlen Andreas Ricoeur	Model-based investigations of ferroelectric energy harvesting with regard to an improvement of life span and operability
02/2021	article	Lennart Behlen Andreas Warkentin Andreas Ricoeur	Exploiting ferroelectric and ferroelastic effects in piezoelectric energy harvesting: theoretical studies and parameter optimization

Short CV

since 2021	Doctoral Candidate at the Group of Engineering Mechanics/Continuum Mechanics of the University of Kassel
2019 - 2021	M.Sc. Mechanical Engineering at the University of Kassel
2015 - 2019	B.Sc. Mechanical Engineering at the University of Kassel