Research

Conventional tolerance management aims to limit variations of components to a degree that guarantees the function of the product. Frequently, aspects such as manufacturability, assemblability, and influences of operation are not taken into account. As a result, variations that lead to assembly prob...

The consideration of variations and their functional restriction during the design of a product is an important task of tolerance management. Endless-fiber reinforced plastics (FRP), which are increasingly used due to their high lightweight potential, increase the complexity of this task due to the...

The complexity of multi-criteria decision-making in product development arises from numerous interactions between requirements, product and process data, as well as relevant standards. Heterogeneous data complicate the consistent evaluation of alternatives and their integration into seamless, comput...

From July 26 to 31, the 35th International Symposium of the International Council on Systems Engineering (INCOSE) took place in Ottawa, Canada. The International Symposium (IS) is the largest international conference on systems engineering and combines research, industrial application, and teaching....

High-quality manufactured products are not only a key customer requirement but also a decisive factor for economic success in international competition. This is especially for delicate high-precision products. Since manufacturing operates at the limits of technological feasibility, tolerance allocat...

From June 25 to 27, the 27th International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction (HCII) took place in Gothenburg, Sweden. KTmfk contributed with a scientific paper at the affiliated 16th International Conference on Digital Human Modeling & Applications in Health, Safety, Ergonomics & Risk...

The development of complex products is characterized by ever-increasing requirement specifications. Use cases are often used to take these into account in a structured way during product development. Since their manual identification is very time-consuming, especially in large requirements specifica...

When generating an optimal design proposal, one of the main challenges is to maximize material efficiency and minimize stress concentrations while taking various boundary conditions and loads into account. In this context computer-aided algorithms are increasingly being used in terms of structural o...

On June 3 and 4, 2025, the 16th VDI Conference " Gleit- und Wälzlagerungen: Gestaltung – Berechnung – Einsatz" took place. The Chair of Engineering Design (KTmfk) actively participated in the conference with two contributions. In addition to Prof. Sandro Wartzack and Felix Pfister, students Max Poh...

The European Group of Research in Tolerancing (E-GRT) met for the 6th time - this time in Milan, Italy. The E-GRT is an association of chairs from France, Sweden, Italy, and Germany with the aim of promoting and strengthening international cooperation in the research field of tolerancing. The event ...