lightweight construction - principles, material selection, and production variants in aviation industry

15.01.2009 - 14.01.2010
Research funding project
The formation in materials science provides primarily knowledge in the field of materials, but without the details of design and construction of components. In mechanical engineering, however, the students are taught construction and design of components, but little time remains in their syllabus for the treatment of the vast area of materials. This allows only very limited representations of the increasing menu of materials. In this sense, the currently offered education does not allow to present specific issues and developments in the field of light engineering constructions. In addition, the light weight materials gained industrial importance in the last decades, which previous education plans did not consider sufficiently . From relevant industrial circles, the need for training of their staff in the field of light metals, plastics and composites has been articulated. Especially in transportation (road, rail, air) mass reduction is required to increase fuel efficiency taking into account the economical and environmental constraints. Therefore experts in lightweight construction are needed, which are familiar with the state of the art in material development, secondary processing and in application of this materials. This project will help to establish a course program focussing on specific design possibilities of recently developed materials such as light alloys, steel and fiber reinforced materials with particular reference to its application in the field of aviation. Furthermore, innovations that are already introduced in serial production shall be taught as well as other recent results from the field of research and development of lightweight materials, taking into account the environmental and financial framework. The current concept consists of 2 parts: 1.) A series of lectures in relevant companies with presentations and the opportunity of guided tours. 2.) A 2-days seminar for professionals (technicians, engineers, designers, opinion leaders, etc. ) that gives an overview from the design concept to the materials and their processing.

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Grant funds

  • BM f. Klimaschutz, Umwelt, Energie, Mobilität, Innovation u.Technologie (National) Federal Ministry of Transport, Innovation and Technology (bm:vit)

Research focus

  • Non-metallic Materials: 5%
  • Special and Engineering Materials: 15%
  • Structure-Property Relationsship: 25%
  • Computational Materials Science: 5%
  • Computational System Design: 20%
  • Sustainable Production and Technologies: 10%
  • Modeling and Simulation: 20%

Keywords

GermanEnglish
WeiterbildungContinuing education
Leichtbaux
LuftfahrtCivil aviation

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