Current research projects

Creation of a design tool for the structural-mechanical design of (hybrid) electrical systems
ProgramDIREKT - A Digital life cycle of hybrid-electric drive systems (BMWK, LuFo Klima)
DurationNov. 2022 until Oct. 2025
PartnerRolls-Royce Germany Ltd.
Management of the Rolls-Royce UTC Cottbus "Multidisciplinary Process Integration", coordination and support of RRD research assignments at the Chair of Structural Mechanics and Vehicle Vibrations, investigation of blisk rotors
ProgramIndustrial research
DurationMar. 2023 until Feb. 2029
PartnerRolls-Royce Germany Ltd.
DARWIN Enhancement - HAP1/AP1.2: Method for the transient simulation of very large structural models
ProgramDARWIN: Digital thread-based engine design with embedded artificial intelligence (BMWi, LuFo 6)
DurationSept. 2022 until Aug. 2024
PartnerRolls-Royce Germany Ltd.
VerTuGen: Aeroelastic Research on Centrifugal Compressors
ProgramVerTuGen - Development and Testing of Compressor Technologies for Turbo-Generators for Hybrid-Electric Aero Propulsion Systems (BMWK)
Duration2022 - 2024
PartnerRolls-Royce Germany Ltd. & Co. KG
KOmpakt - HAP1: Vibration and damping
ProgramKOmpakt - Core engine compressor technology for improved operating range and mechanical design process with targeted compact design and high compressor discharge temperatures (BMWi, LuFo 6.1)
Duration2021 - 2023
PartnerRolls-Royce Germany Ltd. & Co. KG
DARWIN - HAP1/AP1.2: Method for the transient simulation of very large structural models
ProgramDARWIN: Digital thread-based engine design with embedded artificial intelligence (BMWi, LuFo 6)
DurationSept. 2020 until Aug. 2022
PartnerRolls-Royce Germany Ltd.
Intentional Mistuning
ProgramJoint Industrial Research (FKM Forschungskuratorium Maschinenbau eV)
Duration2020 - 2022
PartnerRWTH Aachen, University of Stuttgart, FVV
Blade forces and system damping
ProgramJoint industrial research (FKM Forschungskuratorium Maschinenbau eV)
Duration2020 - 2022
PartnerUniversity of Stuttgart, RWTH Aachen, FVV
TigHT - Enhanced Blisk Vibration
ProgramTigHT: Technology development for future engine compressors and validation in a representative multi-stage high-pressure compressor test (BMWi, LuFo 6.3)
Duration2019 - 2022
PartnerRolls-Royce Germany Ltd. & Co. KG
Metrological investigations of blisk vibrations
ProgramIndustry research
DurationMarch 2005 until Feb. 2023
PartnerRolls-Royce Germany Ltd. & Co. KG