Year: 2024

The latest publication of the KTmfk with the project partners from Hamburg (LaFT) and Karlsruhe (IPEK) was selected as the cover story for the March issue of the journal Applied Sciences. The publication addresses a co-simulation model consisting of a musculoskeletal human model, an exoskeleton mode...

For sampling-based tolerance-cost optimization, a high number of function evaluations is unavoidable, which can lead to long calculation times. To overcome this shortcoming, the latest KTmfk publication presents an innovative strategy that combines metaheuristic optimization and adaptive surrogate m...

Mechatronic systems have become increasingly important in recent years and have become an integral part of our lives today. They are characterised in particular by the combination of the fields of mechanics, electrical engineering and information technology. To date, the development of mechatronic s...

Marc Behringer joined the Digital Engineering department as a research assistant at the beginning of February. Prior to that, he studied in the master's program in mechatronics with a focus on design and embedded systems at the Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg. He also wrote his mas...

On March 12, Shannon O'Donnel, Global Strategy Leader Siemens and Martin Koczmann, Academic Project Manager Siemens visited the KTmfk. The aim of the meeting was to exchange knowledge and experience with best practices on the use of digital tools in mechanical engineering education at FAU and the us...

During this year's design project course (KoPra), the challenge for the students was to develop an autonomous biathlon vehicle that is driven with the help of a microcontroller. The students' vehicles had to complete the biathlon race autonomously, which was complicated by additional obstacles. On ...

What to do in the event of a fire? Reporting a fire and protecting everyone is, of course, an absolute priority. If everyone is safe and there is no major risk to themselves, it is possible to fight the fire independently in the initial phase. In this way, any damage caused can be limited and your o...

The use of system models in the context of model-based system engineering (MBSE) is essential for improved communication and system documentation. However, publications in recent years show that efforts are also being made to reuse these system models e.g., by converting them directly into disciplin...

The 24th International Colloquium Tribology took place from January 23 to 25 in Ostfildern. In 130 presentations and numerous plenary lectures, national and international research results on a wide range of tribology topics were presented. The KTmfk was represented by Klara Feile and Benedict Rotham...

KTmfk researchers Christian Witzgall and Sandro Wartzack, in collaboration with visiting professor Moh'd Sami Ashhab, present a novel strategy for fatigue testing of short fibre reinforced thermoplastics in the journal Materials. Using adaptive sampling and artificial neural networks (ANNs), the stu...