Year: 2023

Marc Gadinger joined the Lightweight Design Group as a research assistant in October. He previously studied mechanical engineering at Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg. In his scientific work and as a student research assistant at the KTmfk, he already studied the fatigue behaviour o...

Understanding the operating conditions of rolling bearings is the basis for safe operation and predictive maintenance to save resources and costs. However, in many cases it is difficult to implement the necessary sensors in rolling bearings, e.g. due to the requirement of space neutrality. In collab...

The fact that the lecture does not have to be purely theoretical is shown by the diverse demonstrators that are integrated into the courses at KTmfk. Technology to touch - this is how machine elements become accessible. The KTmfk is therefore particularly pleased about the generous donation of vario...

This year's strategy meeting of the KTmfk took place from September 19 to 22 in Riederau at the Ammersee. The first days were devoted to the organization of the department, the handover of tasks and the review of goals, as well as the identification and development of new research projects. In small...

The Gesellschaft für Tribologie e.V. (Society for Tribology) again organized this year's Tribology Conference, already in its 64th year, which took place from September 25th to 27th in Göttingen. This time the KTmfk was represented by Mr. Neusser and Dr. Bartz. Mr. Neusser gave a presentation on the...

This year's DfX Symposium took place on 14. and 15.09.23 in Radebeul. The KTmfk contributed to the successful event with several presentations and posters. Thematically, the contributions included our research in the fields of continuous simulation of continuous fiber-reinforced composites, user-cen...

In this systematic literature research we identified different approaches to simulate postural control. The different approaches are discussed regarding their applied biomechanical models, sensory representation, sensory integration, and control methods in standing and gait simulations. For postural...

The student working group EVOLONIC at FAU has developed a drone that will detect forest fires at a very early stage in the future, saving valuable time for firefighting. Participants from EVOLONIC attended the KTmfk elective course (Prof. Wartzack) Concept Development of Innovative Products (KIP) an...

Patients suffering from foot drop show a disturbed gait pattern and have a higher risk of stumbling and falling. A passive ankle-foot orthosis is usually used for treatment. In order for the orthosis to treat the patient in an optimal way, the applied support of the orthosis must be in accordance wi...

It is undeniable that mechanical properties, such as stiffness or residual strength of composites, are adversely affected by fatigue damage. In order to quantify and predict this damage influence, Witzgall and Wartzack developed a calculation approach for the subgroup of short-fibre-reinforced therm...