Eralp Demir

Eralp Demir is a Postdoctoral Researcher in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Oxford. His research focuses on crystal plasticity, grain boundary fracture, and finite element methods for EBSD or XRD-based stress measurements. He is also involved in GND calculation and ORCiD-related work. Demir is the lead developer of the OXFORD-UMAT crystal plasticity framework, which is used for simulating microstructure-sensitive materials modeling. His work includes developing open-source tools for generating poly-crystalline grain structures and applying physics-based models to identify material parameters in various alloys.

Eralp Demir is a researcher at the University of Oxford with expertise in crystal plasticity, finite element modeling, and advanced material characterization and microscopy. His work focuses on understanding the mechanical behavior of materials at the microscale, particularly through the use of electron backscatter diffraction (EBSD) and finite element simulations. He investigates phenomena such as geometrically necessary dislocations, indentation size effects, and the Bauschinger effect in metals. Additionally, he explores the design of variable-stiffness composites and the application of crystal plasticity frameworks to additive manufacturing and directed-energy deposition processes. His research bridges experimental techniques with computational modeling to advance the understanding of material deformation and failure mechanisms.