The Work Areas at the Competence Center of Lightweight Design
Our Laboratories
![[Translate to Englisch:] Leichtbaukonstruktion und Leichtbaumechanik](fileadmin/_processed_/c/0/csm_leichbaukonstruktion_fc23ee087b.jpg)
Lightweight Construction and Lightweight Mechanics
Head: Prof. Dr.-Ing. Otto Huber
Experimental and numerical simulation of lightweight structures; material-, component- and system investigations as well as fatigue strength and damage analyses
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Lightweight materials
Head: Prof. Dr.-Ing. Hubert Klaus
Experimental fatigue strength of lightweight materials
![[Translate to Englisch:] Werkstoffanalytik](fileadmin/_processed_/f/5/csm_physikalische-analytik_0fd7bbdb6a.jpg)
Materials analytics
Head: Prof. Dr.-Ing. Holger Saage
Experimental investigations of lightweight materials, including at high temperatures
Lightweight structures
Head: Prof. Dr.-Ing. Marcus Jautze, Prof. Dr.-Ing. Otto Huber, Prof. Dr.-Ing. Holger Saage, Prof. Dr.-Ing. Walter Fischer
Lightweight construction-relevant manufacturing technologies (laser welding, T-RTM, hot forming)

Additive Manufacturing
Head: Prof. Dr.-Ing. Babel
The laboratory's facilities make it possible to carry out the entire process of reverse engineering, from scanning and data processing to 3D printing.