Dr.-Ing. Oliver Döbrich

Dr.-Ing. Oliver Döbrich

ZHAW School of Engineering
Fiber-Reinforced Plastics section
Technikumstrasse 9
8400 Winterthur

+41 58 934 40 53
oliver.doebrich@zhaw.ch

Work at ZHAW

Focus

Design and simulation of fibre-reinforced composite materials and structures
Numerical modelling and simulation; Textile drape simulation
Multiscale simulation of fiber based materials
Composite testing and mechanical material analysis

Teaching

Experience

Senior Scientist
FHNW University of Applied Sciences and Arts Northwestern Switzerland
12 / 2019 - 11 / 2022
Freelance Research and Development Engineer
Freelancer
01 / 2014 - 11 / 2019
Research Associate
Technische Universität Dresden
01 / 2012 - 07 / 2019
EU Junior Research Group SAXOMAX
TU Dresden
01 / 2013 - 12 / 2016

Education and Continuing education

Education

CAS Certificate of Advanced Studies / University Didactics
PHZH Zurich University of Teacher Education
01 / 2024 - 04 / 2025
Dr.-Ing. / Textile Engineering
Technische Universität Dresden
01 / 2013 - 05 / 2018
Dipl.-Ing. / Mechanical Engineering / Lightweight Engineering
Technische Universität Dresden
10 / 2004 - 05 / 2011
Research Management for Junior Scientists
European Project Center, Technische Universität Dresden
2011 - 2011

Continuing Education

Research Management for Junior Scientists
European Project Center, Technische Universität Dresden
2014

Network

Membership of networks

ORCID digital identifier

ORCID ID: 0000-0002-2897-5390

Awards

Delegate Award
SAMPE Europe
02 / 2022
Sponsorship Award of the Friends and Sponsors of the ITM of the TU Dresden e.V.
Friends and Sponsors of the ITM of the TU Dresden e.V.
02 / 2012

Social media

Projects

Publications

Articles in scientific journal, peer-reviewed

Döbrich, O. et al. (2024) 'Planar fibre winding for topological optimized composite structures', Composites Part C: Open Access, 16(100545). doi: 10.1016/j.jcomc.2024.100545.
Döbrich, O. and Brauner, C. (2023) 'Machine vision system for digital twin modeling of composite structures', Frontiers in Materials, 10. doi: 10.3389/fmats.2023.1154655.

Written conference contributions, peer-reviewed

De Cock, R. et al. (2026) 'VenSpec-H : a cold-box-in-warm-box proof of concept'. SPIE, p. 217. doi: 10.1117/12.3102922.
Sherif, F. S. Z., Nada, Y. and Döbrich, O. (2026) 'An environmental route for textile surface treatment to enhance Its dyeability', in Kyosev, Y. et al. (eds) Advances in the Textile and Clothing Research, Volume 2: Sustainability, Chemistry and Finishing. Cham: Springer, pp. 104–114. doi: 10.1007/978-3-032-20865-1_8.
Böhler, P. et al. (2023) 'Modeling composite materials with respect to reinforcement textile construction', in 14th European LS-DYNA Conference, Baden-Baden, Germany, 18-19 October 2023.

Other publications

Döbrich, O. (2023) 'Virtuelle Methoden : Digitalisierung der Faserverbundwerkstofftechnik ermöglicht neue Einblicke', CU reports, 2023(02), p. 49. Available at: https://digitalmagazin.b4bschwaben.de/de/profiles/610b21560ff9/editions/27e004604699c3b1f0b1/pages/page/25.

Oral conference contributions and abstracts

Döbrich, O. (2025) 'Neuartig gewickelte Leichtbaustrukturen für die Luftfahrt von morgen', in Angewandte Forschung & Entwicklung in der additiven Fertigung, Winterthur, Schweiz, 15. Oktober 2025.
Sherif, F. S. Z., Nada, Y. and Döbrich, O. (2025) 'An environmental route for textile surface treatment to enhance its wettability', in AUTEX 2025 World Conference, Dresden, Germany, 11-13 June 2025.
Steiner, S., Döbrich, O. and Böhler, P. (2025) 'Carbon fibre winding for topology optimised composite structures', in Composite United Innovation Day 'Tailored Structures', Dresden, Germany, 15 April 2025.
Döbrich, O. (2024) 'Mikroskalenmodellierung von technischen Textilien zur Vorhersage von Faserverbundeigenschaften', in CADFEM Conference, Rapperswil, Switzerland, 20 June 2024.

Publications before appointment at the ZHAW

Döbrich, O.; Gereke, T.; Diestel, O.; Krzywinski, S.; Cherif, C.: Decoupling the bending behavior and the membrane properties of finite shell elements for a correct description of the mechanical behavior of textiles with a laminate formulation. Journal of Industrial Textiles, first published on February 14, 2013, doi:10.1177/1528083713477442
Döbrich, O.; Cherif, C.; Krzywinski, S.: Analysis and Finite Element Simulation of the Draping Process of Multi-layer Knit Structures and the Effects of a Localized Fixation. Advanced Composite Materials, Vol 22 (2013) 3, pp. 175-189, doi:10.1080/09243046.2013.791239
Gereke T., Döbrich O., Hübner M., Cherif C.: Experimental and computational composite textile reinforcement forming: A review, Composites Part A: Applied Science and Manufacturing, Vol.46 (2013), pp. 1-10, ISSN 1359-835X
[Döbrich O., Gereke T., Cherif Ch.: Modelling of Textile Composite Reinforcements on the Micro-Scale. AUTEX Research Journal, Vol.14 (2014) 1, doi:10.2478/v10304-012-0047-z
Döbrich O., Gereke T., Cherif Ch.: Modeling the mechanical properties of textile-reinforced composites with a near micro-scale approach. Composite Structures, Volume 135, January 2016, Pages 1-7, ISSN 0263-8223
Gereke T, Döbrich O, Aibibu D, Nowotny J, Cherif C: Approaches for process and structural finite element simulations of braided ligament replacements Journal of Industrial Textiles 1528083716648765, first published on May 10, 2016 doi:10.1177/1528083716648765
Döbrich, Oliver, et al. "Microscale finite element model of brittle multifilament yarn failure behavior." Journal of Industrial Textiles 47.5 (2018): 870-882
Winger, H., Döbrich, O., Saeed, H., Gereke, T., Nocke, A., & Cherif, C. (2019). Monitoring the Joint Area of Composite Membrane Materials. Applied Sciences, 9(10), 2068
Pham, Minh Quang, et al. "Numerical Modelling of the Mechanical Behaviour of Biaxial Weft-Knitted Fabrics on Different Length Scales." Materials 12.22 (2019): 3693.
Döbrich, Oliver, Anderegg Ayoh, Gort Nicolas, Brauner, Christian: Machine Vision for As-Built Modeling of Complex Draped Composite Structures. 2021 , Materials , Vol. 14, No. 3
Gort N., Döbrich O., Grieder S., Küng M., Brauner C.: Experimental analysis of orthotropic strength properties of non-crimp fabric based composites for automotive leaf spring applications, Composite Structures, Volume 271, 2021, 114154, ISSN 0263-8223
Patents: Verfahren zur Herstellung von maschenfreien multiaxialen Gelegen, DE102013221176B4, 02.02.2017
PhD Thesis: Döbrich, O.: Mehrskalensimulation von Textilverstärkungsstrukturen für Faserverbundanwendungen zum Einsatz in der Industrie 4.0, ePubli, 2018, ISBN 9783746732022
Hübner, M.; Döbrich, O.; Diestel, O.; Krzywinski, S.; Gereke, Th.; Cherif, Ch.: Drape simulation of technical textiles for composites. Technical Textiles 56(2013)3, E94-E95
Hübner, M.; Döbrich, O.; Diestel, O.; Krzywinski, S.; Gereke, T.; Cherif, C.: Wrinkle free draping. Kunststoffe International (2013)9, pp. 99-101
Döbrich, O.; Gereke, Th.; Cherif, Ch.: A finite element based approach for the accurate determination of the shear behaviour of textiles with the picture-frame shear test. Key Engineering Materials Vols. 554-557 (2013), pp. 1105-1115, doi:10.4028/www.scientific.net/KEM.554-557.1105
Matthäi, P; Döbrich, O; Cherif, Ch.: Development of a Novel Technology for new Generation of non crimp Fabrics – Manufacturing and Simulation. Advanced Materials Research, Vol. 936 (2014), pp. 1821-1824, doi: 10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMR.936.1821
Nezami, F.; Gereke, T.; Döbrich, O.; Cherif, Ch.: Isothermal multisection tooling for the automated preforming of carbon fiber composite structures. Key Engineering Materials Vols. 611-612 (2014), pp. 349-355,doi:10.4028/www.scientific.net/KEM.611-612.349
Döbrich, O.; Gereke, T.; Cherif, Ch.: Modelling and simulation of the coupling of normal pressure and shear force in plain woven fabrics. Key Engineering Materials Vols. 611-612 (2014), pp. 363-367, doi: 10.4028/www.scientific.net/KEM.611.612.363
Döbrich, O.; Weise, D.; Hoffmann, G.; Gereke, T.; Cherif, C.: Simulation-aided development of non-crimped leno fabrics from high-performance coarse yarn. Technical Textiles 57(2014)5, pp. 162-164
Kern, M., Pham, M.Q., Döbrich, O., Rothe, S., Gereke, T., Hoffmann, G., Kyosev, Y., Krzywinski, S., Cherif, C., Trommer, K., Meyer, M., Eipper, T., Hildebrand, V., Siegmund, S., Trommer, G.: Development and testing of a protection system against heavy winds with load-adapted pore sizes. Technische TextilienVolume 63, Issue 4-5, November 2020, Pages 148-151
J. Hausding, R. Kleicke, O. Döbrich, C. Cherif: Improved Stitch-Bonded and Leno-Woven Multi-Plies for Composites, CD-Rom Vol. 54. SAMPE ´09, Baltimore (USA), May 18-21, 2009.
Hübner, M.; Döbrich, O.; Gereke, T.; Krzywinski, S.; Cherif, C.: Modelling and simulation of the drape behaviour of textile structures considering a local structure fixation. 12th World Textile Conference AUTEX, 13.-15. Juni, 2012, Zadar, Kroatien
Döbrich, O.; Gereke, T.; Cherif, C. Drape simulation: Textile material model for correct property reproduction to improve the preform development process of fiber-reinforced structures. 12th International LS-DYNA® Users Conference, 3.-5. Juni, Dearborn, MI, USA
O. Döbrich, M. Hübner, O. Diestel, T. Gereke, S. Krzywinski, C. Cherif: Numerical draping simulations of textile composite reinforcements, CD-ROM Proceedings of the 6th European Congress on Computational Methods in Applied Sciences and Engineering (ECCOMAS 2012), September 10-14, 2012, Vienna, Austria, Eds.: Eberhardsteiner, J.; Böhm, H.J.; Rammerstorfer, F.G., Publisher: Vienna University of Technology, Austria, ISBN: 978-3-9502481-9-7
O. Döbrich, T. Gereke, C. Cherif: Virtual Weaving – Construction of a woven representative unit cell, Proceedings of the 13th AUTEX World Textile Conference, May 22-24, 2013, Dresden, Germany
Döbrich O., Käppler I., Matthäi P., Gereke T., Schulz C., Cherif C.: Structural modeling of multiaxial fabrics on the meso-scale, Proceedings of the 13th AUTEX World Textile Conference, May 22-24, 2013, Dresden, Germany
Schulz, Chr.; Käppler, I.; Matthäi, P.; Döbrich, O.; Bardl, G.; Cherif, Ch.: New stitch free multiaxial fabrics for composites - Needs and development. Proceedings of the 13th AUTEX World Textile Conference, May 22-24, 2013, Dresden, Germany
Matthäi, P.; Döbrich, O.; Käppler, I.; Schulz, Chr.; Cherif, Ch.: Limitations in non-woven fabrics - Challenge for stitch free multiaxial machines. Proceedings of the 13th AUTEX World Textile Conference, May 22-24, 2013, Dresden, Germany
Käppler, I.; Döbrich, O.; Matthäi, P.; Schulz, Chr.; Hund, R.-D.; Cherif, Ch.: Characterisation, surface treatment, and adhesion problematic of carbon fibers. Proceedings of the 13th AUTEX World Textile Conference, May 22-24, 2013, Dresden, Germany
Döbrich O., Gereke T., Cherif Ch.: A finite element based approach for the accurate determination of the shear behaviour of textiles with the picture-frame shear test, Proceedings of ESAFORM 2013 Conference, April 22-24, 2013, Aveiro, Portugal
T. Gereke, E. Hufnagl, O. Döbrich, C. Cherif: Concepts for adaptive textile membrane constructions, Proceedings of the TensiNet SYMPOSIUM 2013, May 8-10, 2013, Istanbul, Turkey
T. Gereke, O. Döbrich, M. Hübner, C. Cherif: A simulation approach for textile composite reinforcements, Proceedings of the 19th International Conference on Composite Materials 2013, July 28 to August 2nd, Montreal, Canada
Hübner, M.; Döbrich, O.; Gereke, Th.; Krzywinski, S.; Cherif, Ch.: Drape simulation of textile reinforcement structures. In: tts6.4-1100-matthias-huebner.pdf. Techtextil Symposium, Frankfurt, 11.-13. Juni 2013
O. Döbrich, T. Gereke, C. Cherif: Modeling of textile composite reinforcements on the micro scale, Proceedings of 4th International Conference on Intelligent Textiles and Mass Customisation, October 9-11, 2013, Lille, France
D. Weise, O. Döbrich, G. Hoffmann, Ch. Cherif: Non-crimped Leno Woven Fabrics for High Performance fiber reinforced plastics, Proceedings of AUTEX Conference 2014, Turkey
O. Döbrich, A. Younes, G. Bardl, I. Käppler, P. Matthäi, Ch. Cherif: A novel technology for manufacturing non-crimp reinforcement fabrics for composites, Proceedings of SAMPE Tech 2014, June 2nd-5th , 2014, Seattle, WA, USA
T. Gereke, F.N. Nezami, O. Döbrich, M. Hübner, C. Cherif: Material models for draping simulation of carbon fibre fabric with process-induced variances of shear rigidity and contact parameters, Proceedings of 16th European Conference on Composite Materials, June 22-26th, 2014, Seville, Spain
I. Käppler, A. Younes, P. Matthäi, O. Döbrich, G. Bardl, Ch. Cherif: Non-crimp fabric of the next generation - A novel production technology, Proceedings of 10th European Adhesion Conference, April 22-25th, 2014, Alicante, Spain
O. Döbrich, T. Gereke, Ch. Cherif: Modelling and simulation of the coupling of normal pressure and shear force in plain woven fabrics, Proceedings of 17th ESAFORM Conference, May 7-9th, 2014, Espoo, Finland
Nezami, F.; Gereke, T.; Döbrich, O.; Cherif, Ch.: Isothermal multisection tooling for the automated preforming of carbon fiber composite structures. Proceedings of 17th ESAFORM Conference, May 7-9th, 2014, Espoo, Finland
Matthäi, P.; Döbrich, O.; Cherif, Ch.: Development of a novel technology for new generation of non-crimp fabrics – manufacturing and simulation, Proceedings of MSET 2014, June 28-29, Shanghai, China
Weise D., Döbrich O., Hoffmann G., Cherif Ch.: Non-Crimped Leno Woven Fabrics For High Performance Fiber Reinforced Composites, Proceedings of 14th AUTEX World Textile Conference, May 26th to 28th, Bursa, Turkey
Bardl, G. ; Matthäi, P.; Käppler, I.; Döbrich, O. ; Younes, A.; Al-Monsur, Md. A.; Cherif, Ch.: Adhesive bonded non-crimp fabrics. Proceedings of 14th AUTEX World Textile Conference, May 26th to 28th, Bursa, Turkey
Nezami F.N., Gereke T., Hübner M., Döbrich O., Cherif Ch.: Factors of process robustness in multilayer preforming of carbon fibre reinforcements. Proceedings of 16th European Conference on Composite Materials, 22.-26. June, 2014, Sevilla, Spain
Döbrich O., Bardl G., Cherif Ch.: Multi-scale modelling of reinforcement structures with adjustable drapability. Proceedings of 8th Aachen Dresden International Textile Conference, 27. 28. November, 2014, Dresden, Germany
Hübner, M.; Nezami, F.; Döbrich, O.; Gereke, T.; Cherif, Ch.: Drapiersimlation textiler Verstärkungsstrukturen auf Meso- und Makroebene am Beispiel komplexer Automobilgeometrien. In: Proceedings. compoForm 2015, München, 12. Mai 2015
Döbrich, O.; Gereke, T.; Cherif, C. Drape simulation: Textile and Composite Modelling on a near Micro scale: Possibilities and Benefits. 10th European LS-DYNA® Users Conference 2015, 15.-17. Juni, Würzburg, Germany
Gereke, T.; Hübner, M.; Döbrich, O.; Cherif, Ch.: Textile forming simulation on the meso- and macro-scale. 9th European Solid Mechanics Conference (ESMC 2015), Madrid (Spain), July 06-10, 2015
Gereke T., Nezami F., Hübner M., Döbrich O., Cherif Ch.: Active control of textile forming processes. 20th international Conference on Composite Materials (ICCM20), 19.-24.09.2015, Kopenhagen, Dänemark
Döbrich O. Staiger E., Andrews M.-L., Gereke T., Cherif Ch.: A simulation model for metal-textile hybrid material. 16th AUTEX World Textile Conference 2016, 08.-10. June, Ljubljana, Slovenia
Döbrich O., Gereke T., Cherif Ch.: Virtual design of textile composites starts on a filament level. 17th European Conference on Composite Material, 26.-30. June, Munich, Germany
M.Q. Pham, H. Wisselink, E. Lamers, O. Döbrich, W. Trümper, Modelling WEFT knitting for composite pre-forms. Fachkongress Composite Simulationen, 23.02.2017 Fellbach
Döbrich O., Gereke T., Cherif Ch.: Multiscale simulation of textile reinforcements for composite applications. 18th European Conference on Composite Material, 25.-28. June, Athen, Greece
M. Q. Pham, O. Döbrich, J. Mersch, T. Gereke, Ch. Cherif: Meso-scale model for the forming process of biaxial reinforced weft-knitted fabrics., 13th international Conference on Textile Composites TexComp, 17.-19.09.18, Milan, Italy
T. Gereke, M. Q. Pham, M. Hübner, O. Döbrich, Ch. Cherif.: Discrete finite element models of textile structures. Euromech Colloquium 602 – Composite manufacturing processes. Analyses, modelling and simulations, March 13-15,2019, Lyon, France
Pham, Minh Quang, et al. "ANALYSES OF THE DRAPABILITY OF BIAXIAL REINFORCED WEFT-KNITTED FABRICS BY MEANS OF FEM MESO-SCALE MODELS." Proceedings of the 19th World Textile Conference-Autex 2019. 2019
Döbrich Oliver, Brauner Christian: Machine vision for digital twin simulation of composite structures. ECCM 20. 26-30.06.2022. Lausanne Switzerland
P. Böhler, M. Gubser, J. Ravic, O. Döbrich: Modeling composite materials with respect to reinforcement textile construction. In: Proceedings, 14th European LS-DYNA Conference, October 18th-19th, Baden-Baden, Germany

Other publications

Poster / Handouts O. Döbrich, M. Hübner, T. Gereke, C. Cherif: Drape simulation of High-Performance Textiles, Poster, Aachen Dresdner International Textile Conference 2012 (ADITC), November 29-30, 2012, Dresden, Germany O. Döbrich, A. Younes, G. Bardl, I. Käppler, P. Matthäi, Ch. Cherif: SAXOMAX – Developing a novel production technology for non-crimp fabrics. Poster, 7. Aachen-Dresden International Textile Conference 2013 (ADITC), November 28.-29., 2013, Aachen, Germany Gereke, Th.; Malik, S. A.; Hübner, M.; Döbrich, O.; Cherif, Ch.: Structure and process simulation of technical textiles (Poster P112). In: CD-Rom und Kurzreferateband. 8. Aachen-Dresden International Textile Conference 2014, Dresden, 27.-28. November 2014, S. 280 Döbrich O., Brauner C.: Machine vision for the assessment of composite production quality. SAMPE Europe 21 Conference, Baden, Switzerland, Award winner: Poster price
Conferences / National O. Döbrich, T. Gereke: Drapiersimulation textiler Verstärkungsstrukturen zur Verbesserung der Preformentwicklung, 5. Innovationstag der GWT-TUD GmbH „Wie nähe ich mir ein Auto? – Textile Hochleistungswerkstoffe der Zukunft, 02.10.2012, Dresden, Germany Pham, M.Q.; Wisselink, H.; Lamers, E.; Döbrich, O.; Trümper, W.; Cherif, Ch. Modelling weft knitting for composite preforms. In: Proceedings. 6. Fachkongress Composite Simulation; Fellbach, 22.-23. Februar 2017 M.Q. Pham, O. Döbrich, M. Hübner, T. Gereke, Ch. Cherif: Struktur- und Prozesssimulation von Textilwerkstoffen, Tagungsband 1. Kolloquium der sächsischen Allianz für Material- und Ressourceneffiziente Technologien, 04.05.18, Chemnitz O. Döbrich, N. Gort, A. Anderegg, C. Brauner, F. Pavia, N. Zehnder: Qualitätsüberwachung der Faserverbundproduktion mittels Bildanalyse in einem virtuellen Produktionsumfeld. NAFEMS20 DACH Conference, 11.-13.05.2020, Bamberg, Deutschland

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