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We are at the VI-Grade ZERO PROTOTYPES SUMMIT. Our experts Dipl.-Ing. Christoph Burkhart and Alberto Tanzi of the division »Mathematics for Vehicle Engineering« will be on site with a booth and answer questions around the topics of their division as well as our software tool »CD Tire«, which is established in the industry for tire simulation.

The Society for Applied Mathematics and Mechanics (GAMM) is an association for the promotion of scientific work. The conference offers an optimal opportunity for international exchange for scientists. Our colleagues from the division »Mathematics for Vehicle Engineering« and the department »Transport Processes« and »Flow and Material Simulation« will be present with several talks.

In 2023, the annual conference of the German Association for Materials Research and Testing (DVM) will focus on digitalization, which is creating new impetus in many respects with regard to fatigue strength design. A team from the division »Mathematics for Vehicle Engineering« will have an exhibition stand and, together with representatives from John Dere, will give a presentation at the conference.

Whether it's Germany's Next Topmodel or TV events like the World Cup – time and again we hear that people decide to boycott programmes »out of principle« so as not to increase their ratings. But does that make a difference? The new podcast episode is about ratings. What is behind them and how are they collected?

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In the project »MultiskalenBEV«, researchers are focusing on customized and intelligent solutions in the virtual product development of e-vehicles. The project is funded by the Ministry of Science and Health of Rhineland-Palatinate. Yesterday, Minister Clemens Hoch handed over the funding certificate.

The successful collaboration continues: The joint project »Open Digitalization Alliance Palatinate« of the Fraunhofer ITWM, Kaiserslautern University of Applied Sciences and the Rheinland-Pfälzische Technische Universität Kaiserslautern-Landau (RPTU) enters the second funding phase. 

How to simulate fatigue effects in muscles? We had a hand in this question for the competition: Together with our spin-off fleXstructures GmbH and the Fraunhofer-Chalmers Centre for Industrial Mathematics FCC, we are researching human models for the digital factory. Dr. Joachim Linn is also on the prize committee.

No more cable clutter: Our institute is working on the prediction of the elastic properties of cable systems in the »ProP4CableSim« project. It is part of a special transfer program of the Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft and the German Research Foundation (DFG).