The main objective of the interdisciplinary cross-sectional research area, IRD F, is
the simulation,
optimisation and design of the multifunctional lightweight structures under investigation within the MERGE
Cluster. The component properties of the various material combinations depend to a great extent on the
respective manufacturing processes, meaning that the manufacturing and design conditions cannot be examined
separately. Thus, a bivalent optimisation, including fully parameterised simulations of the manufacturing
process as well as calculations of operating load cases of the resulting hybrid structured components, will
be undertaken. This enormous computational task will be supported by efficient data management techniques
and the use of distributed computing environments. Moreover, the formation and the effect of
manufacture-related residual stresses will be investigated experimentally and implemented within FE
simulations in order to precisely model multi-material design components. The verification of the developed
methods and approaches will be based on the hybrid basic components and system demonstrators of the MERGE
Cluster.
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Figure: Modelling, Integrative Simulation and Optimisation; Resource efficiency by goal-directed
development and saving prototypes with the help of integrative simulation and simultaneous
optimisation of manufacturing and design conditions
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Investigators:
Herzog,
Kroll,
Meyer,
Rünger
Subprojects of the IRD F
| IRD F1 |
Adaptive high-precision Finite Element Method for the simulation of hybrid structures using
advanced constitutive laws and characterisation methods
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| IRD F2 |
Multi-criteria optimisation of coupled simulations of manufacturing processes and components
with efficient data management and parallel computing
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