Year: 2024

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...

Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) face the challenge of optimising their development processes through the use of data-driven methods. These methods can lead to more efficient and higher quality product development. PADDME (Process Analysis for Digital Development in Mechanical Engineering) ...

The Chair of Design Engineering congratulates Mr Martin Roth on successfully passing his doctoral examination for the degree of Dr.-Ing. on 21.12.2023. Mr Roth presented the contents of his dissertation entitled "Sampling-based Tolerance-Cost-Optimization: The Key to Optimal Tolerance Allocation". I...

The Chair of Engineering Design congratulates Michael Jüttner on successfully passing the doctoral examination for the degree of Dr.-Ing. on 21.12.2023. Mr. Jüttner presented the contents of his dissertation entitled "Bewertung von Kantenpressungen auf Basis von Simulationen mehrfach überrollter ela...