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Contact Lightweight Design
The realisation of new ideas, such as neutral lightweight construction, re-
quires a strategy of holistic product development. Thus, modern lightweight
construction solutions represent more than a material substitution on the
individual part. The scientists in the Lightweight Construction Methods Group
are therefore pursuing a methodical development approach that focuses on
overall systems and functional spaces in order to demonstrate the entire
lightweight construction potential.
On the basis of material-appropriate design and construction approaches
Dr.-Ing. Frank Adam
and with the help of methodical concept analyses, lightweight components
+49 351 463 38149 and systems are developed up to the prototype component for cross-sectoral
✉ frank.adam@tu-dresden.de applications in close international industrial cooperation, which go far beyond
the state of the art. The development strategy is characterised above all by
the material-oriented approach, which allows all construction materials and
material combinations to be considered and thus forms the basis for highly
efficient hybrid lightweight construction. To achieve demanding development
tasks, a systematic development process is applied that actively considers the
models, methods and data to be used and makes use of possibilities for dig-
italisation in order to increase the effectiveness and efficiency of individual
process steps and the entire development process. In particular, numerical
methods that accompany the engineering design process are used.
Dr.-Ing. Sebastian Spitzer
+49 351 463 42487
✉ sebastian.spitzer@tu-dresden.de
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