Philipp Lothar Kinon, M. Sc.

Philipp Lothar Kinon, M. Sc.

preferred email address: Dear Philipp Kinon

Curriculum Vitae

Apr. 2025 - Oct. 2025 Visiting researcher, Eindhoven University of Technology (TU/e),
Dynamics & Control (Supervisor: Dr. sc. ETH S. R. Eugster), The Netherlands
since Aug. 2024 Board member of the GAMM student chapter at KIT (URL)
since Jan. 2024 Member of the GAMM Juniors (URL)
since Nov. 2021 Research associate, Institute of Mechanics (IFM), KIT, Karlsruhe
Dec. 2020 - May 2021 Master thesis "A Mixed Variational Framework for the Structure‐Preserving Integration of Dynamical Systems with Primary and Secondary Constraints” (Poster)
Apr. 2018 - Sep. 2021

Master program “Engineering Structures”, Profile: Simulation and Modeling, KIT, Karlsruhe

Sep. 2019 - Feb. 2020

Exchange semester, Politecnico di Torino, Turin

Oct. 2017 - Dec. 2017

Bachelor thesis "Theory and Numerical Methods for Transversely Isotropic Materials in Large Strain Electromechanics”

Oct. 2014 - Mar. 2018

Bachelor program “Civil Engineering”, KIT, Karlsruhe

Research Interests

Flexible multibody dynamics and nonlinear beam models
Structure-preserving numerical methods
Port-Hamiltonian modelling and simulation

Teaching (Exercises)

Dynamics of structures - Experimental lab & student project (winter term 2025/26)
Dynamics (winter term 2024/25)
Strength of Materials (summer term 2024)
Statics of Rigid Bodies (winter term 2023/24)
Finite Elements in Solid Mechanics (summer term 2023)
Basics of Finite Elements (winter term 2022/23)
Computational Structural Dynamics (summer term 2022)
Laboratory Course (winter term 2021/22)
Dynamics of Structures (winter term 2021/22)

Betreute Arbeiten (BA, MA)

Latussek, Lisa: Nonlinear port-Hamiltonian modeling and simulation of rigid body and multibody system dynamics (MA, 2025)

Schneider, Daniel: Diskrete-Gradienten-Verfahren für dynamische Systeme mit zyklischen Koordinaten (BA, 2024), Poster

Prandl, Jonas: Schwingungsverhalten eines abgespannten Masts: numerische Untersuchung geometrischer Nichtlinearitäten und energieerhaltende Zeitintegration (BA, 2023), Poster

Veröffentlichungen

Kinon, P. L., Morandin, R., Schulze, P.: Discrete gradient methods for port-Hamiltonian differential-algebraic equations. In: arXiv [math.NA], 2505.18810, 2025, DOI

Kinon, P.L., Betsch, P., Eugster, S.R.: Energy-momentum-consistent simulation of planar geometrically exact beams in a port-Hamiltonian framework. Multibody System Dynamics, 2025, DOI

Kinon, P.L., Thoma, T., Betsch, P., Kotyczka, P.: Generalized Maxwell viscoelasticity for geometrically exact strings: Nonlinear port-Hamiltonian formulation and structure-preserving discretization. IFAC-PapersOnLine 58 (6), 101-106, 2024, DOI

Bauer, J.K., Krauß, C., Blarr, J., Kinon, P.L., Kärger, L., Böhlke, T.: Evaluation of a decomposition-based interpolation method for fourth-order fiber-orientation tensors: An eigensystem approach. Mathematics and Mechanics of Solids, 2024, DOI

Kinon, P.L., Betsch, P.: Conserving integration of multibody systems with singular and non-constant mass matrix including quaternion-based rigid body dynamics. Multibody System Dynamics, 2024, DOI

Kinon, P. L., Betsch, P.: Energy-consistent integration of mechanical systems based on Livens principle. In: Proceedings of the 11th ECCOMAS Thematic Conference on Multibody Dynamics. Lisbon, Portugal, Jul. 24 - 28, 2023, URL, DOI (arXiv)

Kinon, P.L., Thoma, T., Betsch, P., Kotyczka, P.: Discrete nonlinear elastodynamics in a port-Hamiltonian framework. Proceedings in Applied Mathematics and Mechanics, 23, e202300144, 2023, DOI

Kinon, P.L., Thoma, T., Betsch, P., Kotyczka, P.: Port-Hamiltonian formulation and structure-preserving discretization of hyperelastic strings. arXiv:2304.10957 [math.DS], 2023, DOI

Kinon, P.L., Betsch, P., Schneider, S.: Structure-preserving integrators based on a new variational principle for constrained mechanical systems. Nonlinear Dynamics 111, 14231-14261, 2023, DOI

Kinon, P. L., Betsch, P.: Structure-preserving integrators for constrained mechanical systems in the framework of the GGL principle. Proc. Appl. Math. Mech., 22(1), e202200006, 2023, DOI

Kinon, P.L., Betsch, P. , Schneider, S.: The GGL variational principle for constrained mechanical systems. Multibody Syst Dyn 57, 211-236, 2023, DOI

Bauer, J. K., Kinon, P. L., Hund, J., Latussek, L., Meyer, N., Böhlke, T.: Mechkit: A continuum mechanics toolkit in Python. Journal of Open Source Software, 7(78), 4389, 2022, DOI

Kinon, P. L., Betsch, P.: The GGL Variational Principle for Constrained Mechanical Systems. In: Proceedings of the 10th ECCOMAS Thematic Conference on Multibody Dynamics. Budapest, Hungary, Dec. 12 - 15, 2021, pp. 197-211, DOI

Vorträge

Kinon, P. L. , Betsch, P., Eugster, S.R.: Port-Hamiltonian formulation and structure-preserving discretization of geometrically exact beams. 12th ECCOMAS Thematic Conference on Multibody Dynamics, Innsbruck, Austria, July 13-18, 2025

Kinon, P.L., Betsch, P., Eugster, S.R.: Geometrically exact planar beam dynamics: Port-Hamiltonian modeling and structure-preserving discretization. 95th Annual Meeting of the International Association of Applied Mathematics and Mechanics, Poznań, Poland, April 07-11, 2025

Kinon, P. L. : Strukturerhaltende Zeitdiskretisierung von port-Hamiltonschen DAE-Systemen. Seminar des Institut für Mechanik, Karlsruhe, Deutschland, 22. Oktober 2024

Kinon, P. L., Morandin, R., Schulze, P.: Discrete gradient methods for semi-explicit port-Hamiltonian DAEs. Sixth workshop of the doctoral college “Port-Hamiltonian systems: Modelling, numerics and control”, Twente, Niederlande, 16.-18. Oktober 2024

Kinon, P. L., Thoma, T., Betsch, P., Kotyczka, P.: Generalized Maxwell viscoelasticity for geometrically exact strings: Nonlinear port-Hamiltonian formulation and structure-preserving discretization. 8th IFAC Workshop on Lagrangian and Hamiltonian Methods for Nonlinear Control - LHMNC 2024, Besançon, Frankreich, 10.-12. Juni 2024 

Kinon, P. L., Betsch, P.: Structure-preserving time discretization of multibody systems with singular inertia matrix. 94. Jahrestagung der Gesellschaft für angewandte Mathematik und Mechanik, Magdeburg, Deutschland, 18.-22. März 2024

Kinon, P. L., Betsch, P. : Geometric integration of mechanical systems with singular mass matrix based on a mixed variational principle. GAMM Student Chapter KIT, Karlsruhe, Deutschland, 24. Januar 2024

Kinon, P. L. , Betsch, P.: Energy-consistent integration of mechanical systems based on Livens principle. 11th ECCOMAS Thematic Conference on Multibody Dynamics, Lissabon, Portugal, 24.-28. Juli 2023

Kinon, P. L., Thoma, T., Betsch, P., Kotyczka, P.: Nonlinear elastodynamics in the context of port-Hamiltonian modeling: Formulation and structure-preserving discretization. 93. Jahrestagung der Gesellschaft für angewandte Mathematik und Mechanik, Dresden, Deutschland, 30. Mai - 02. Juni 2023

Kinon, P. L., Thoma, T., Betsch, P., Kotyczka, P.: Modeling and simulation of geometrically exact strings in a nonlinear port-Hamiltonian framework. Third workshop of the doctoral college “Port-Hamiltonian systems: Modelling, numerics and control”, Wuppertal, Deutschland, 28.-30. März 2023

Kinon, P. L. : Eine Einführung in die Port-Hamiltonsche Modellierung mechanischer Systeme. Seminar des Institut für Mechanik, Karlsruhe, Deutschland, 14. Februar 2023

Kinon, P. L. , Betsch, P.: Structure-preserving Integrators for Constrained Mechanical Systems in the Framework of the GGL Principle. 92. Jahrestagung der Gesellschaft für angewandte Mathematik und Mechanik, Aachen, Deutschland, 15.-19. August 2022

Kinon, P. L. , Betsch, P.: The GGL Variational Principle for Constrained Mechanical Systems. 10th ECCOMAS Thematic Conference on Multibody Dynamics, Budapest (online), Ungarn, 12.-15. Dezember 2021

Konferenzen und Kurse

Spring School on Theory and Applications of Port-Hamiltonian Systems, Fraueninsel (Chiemsee), Germany, March 23-28, 2025

IUTAM Symposium on Optimal Design and Control of Multibody Systems: Adjoint Methods, Alternatives and Beyond, TUHH Technische Universität Hamburg, Hamburg, Deutschland, 18.-21. Juli 2022

Energy-Based Modeling, Simulation and Control of Complex Constrained Multiphysical Systems, CIRM Luminy, Marseille, Frankreich, 18.-22. April 2022