Month: January 2023

The design of modern mobility concepts has to account for developments such as the finite nature of fossil fuels, global warming, and the increasing population density in urban centers. In urban environments in particular, so-called micromobility solutions offer a way of covering short distances (e....

Topology Optimization is an established method for the development of highly performant and innovative structural components. However, the computationally obtained optimization results have to be tediously redesigned in practical product development. Within the research project „TopoRestruct“, funde...

Last year, filming was in progress at KTmfk for the exciting video series "2 Minuten Wissen (2 Minutes of Knowledge)". The series presents interesting projects and research areas from the field of engineering in which students and researchers work hand in hand. In the recently released episode, B. R...

Tetrahedral amorphous carbon (ta-C) coatings have the potential to protect biomedical implants from wear and increase their service life. In the contribution - led by KTmfk - the biotribological effectiveness of ta-C coatings on cobalt-chromium-molybdenum and titanium alloys as well as on ultrahigh ...

With the Emerging Talents Initiative (ETI), FAU Erlangen-Nürnberg pursues the goal of recognizing and promoting excellent young scientists at an early stage. The funding serves to support the independent advancement of an innovative project and the development of scientific independence. In the last...

Wearable assistive devices, such as exoskeletons or orthoses, are products that support or protect people by force transmission. For their design, digital human models are increasingly used, as they allow evaluation of the biomechanical effects on the human body. The main factor for efficient human ...

In the simulation of short-fiber-reinforced thermoplastics, material parameters are usually used that originate from material testing on new specimens. In order to get closer to the condition on the road, where not only new vehicles are on the road, the influence of service loads on crash safety has...

Usability and emotionality are fundamental aspects of user experience. However, creating a product design that is both usable and emotional is a challenge for product developers, particularly due to the competing goals of both aspects. In order to make a user-oriented decision between a more usable ...

After two digital years, the OI-meeting of the cross-sectional group on Teaching of the Scientific Society for Product Development (WiGeP) could finally take place in presence again. The participants accepted an invitation from Ms. Wieghardt and Prof. Paetzold (Chair of Virtual Product Development) ...