Research

The ability to perform coordinated movements is a central factor in people's everyday lives. However, various events, such as trauma, strokes, etc., can damage the nerve structures and thus cause motor disorders. The lower leg muscles are frequently affected, resulting in a pathophysiological moveme...

Researchers from the Institute of Engineering Design (KTmfk) have published a novel method for improving infill structures in additive manufacturing in the journal Materials. The article, entitled A New Slicer-Based Method to Generate Infill Inspired by Sandwich-Patterns for Reduced Material Consump...

The use of components made of carbon fiber reinforced plastic (CFRP) is steadily increasing. With these higher quantities, variation management during product development is becoming increasingly important. In this study, artificial fiber misalignment has been introduced into the outer plies of tens...

Lightweight design is particularly important in the aviation industry. Therefore, the exploration of new lightweight potential is being strongly promoted in this sector. Potentials arise, for example, from the use of lightweight materials and the optimal structural-mechanical design of parts. This ...

The exciting field of tolerance management research has been a focus of the Institute of Engineering Design for many years, therefore we have taken this opportunity to consolidate the current state of knowledge in a single book. Under the title "Research in Tolerancing", this book unites the results...

This year's DfX Symposium took place from 12.-13.09.24 in Bamberg. In addition to organizing the event, the KTmfk also contributed various presentations and posters. The topics covered included multi-material topology optimization, the optimization of adaptation designs, the simulation-based design ...

The triennial conference of the International Ergonomics Association (IEA) took place this year on the beautiful island of Jeju, South Korea. The conference, with a total of over 1,200 papers and 2,000 participants from research and industry, covered all topics relating to ergonomics. In two contrib...

Efficiency in product development is becoming increasingly important due to growing market requirements. The focus is often on developing products according to the "first-time-right" principle, thus reducing the number of iterations. This results in high costs, especially in late development stages....

System models are used in the context of model-based systems engineering (MBSE) in order to improve communication and are essential for system documentation. However, scientific approaches in recent years show that the further utilization of these system models is of interest, for example in the for...

At this year's NordDesign conference, the paper "Investigating Modeling in Early Robust Design - A Study With the Modeling Method of Embodiment Function Relation and Tolerance Model" was selected as one of the ten best papers of the conference and thus received the Reviewer's Favorite Award. The pap...