Our Fields of Research

System Reliability

• stochastic sensitivity analysis and design of experiment
• reliability of smart systems
• Reliability analysis using artificial intelligence (AI)

Mechanical Reliability

• inspection-free – Increasing the corrosion resistance of steel wheelsets by inductive surface hardening
• welded joints with martensitic chromium steels
• long-term behaviour of structure components
  • degradation and damage
  • life-cycle assessment

Control of Uncertainty

• use of smart structure approaches
• state control of load-bearing structures
• investigation of the effect of variable processes on a system’s behaviour

Development, modelling, evaluation, and use of smart structure components and systems

• smart structure components
  • sensors , actuators, vibration-based energy harvesters
• smart structure systems
  • active vibration control and adaptation of a system’s structure and properties
  • model reduction methods
  • stochastic sensitivity analysis and design of experiments
  • interactions of smart structure components
  • overall system simulation

Link to Machine Acoustics