Behind the methodology.
Skalnav is the engineering surface of more than a decade of research on shell stability. The methodology is peer-reviewed, the underlying data is traceable, and the scope is documented — built as a company, not only a research project.
The people behind Skalnav.
Dr.-Ing. Heinz Wagner
Structural engineer with 15+ years of shell-buckling research and regulated-industry validation. Doctorate awarded by TU Braunschweig (2018). Lead author of the MDC methodology paper published in Proceedings of the Royal Society A (2025). Based in Braunschweig, Germany.
Dr.-Ing. Regina Wagner
Shell-buckling expertise and composite-manufacturing know-how. Technical support for product development, and social-media marketing strategy and execution.
Sebastian Arnold
Business development, customer outreach, finance/control and operational setup.
“Structured chaos: redefining the design of buckling-critical cylindrical shells.”
Proceedings of the Royal Society A, 481(2321), 2025.
Skalnav · Braunschweig, Germany. The platform is hosted on servers in Germany, and every asset is served self-hosted — no third-party CDNs or trackers.
contact@skalnav.com — for a technical walkthrough, an engineering question or a quotation. Company details are in the Impressum.
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Read the publication — Proc. R. Soc. A, 2025