Fundamental kinematics of rigid body systems

Newton-Euler equations for manipulators

Trajectory generation

Linear and nonlinear control of robots

Craig, John J.: Introduction to Robotics Mechanics and Control, Third Edition, Prentice Hall. ISBN 0201-54361-3

In this course students will be taught to understand the research process and to interpret scientific papers as a preparation to starting their own scientific initiatives (e.g. Master-Thesis work). Students will work in groups and individually. Each group is expected to work out a presentation summarizing aspects of the research process (including practical examples) and to present and discuss it in class. Further, students will work out a written seminar paper.

Sekaran and Bougie (2010); Research methods for business: a skill-building approach; Wiley, Chichester

Booth, Wayne C. et al. (2008); The craft of research; The University Press of Chicago, Chicago & London                        

Punch, Keith F. (2005); Introduction to social research – quantitative and qualitative approaches; Sage Publications, London       

Bryman and Bell (2011); Business research methods; Oxford Univ. Press, Oxford

Bell, Judith (2010); Doing your research project: a guide for first-time researchers in education, health and social science; Open University Press, Maidenhead

• basics and selected legal aspects of international Engineers work  -  i.e. on contracts, construction, labor, patents, insurance

As per Stud.IP

• basics and selected legal aspects of international Engineers work and international laws, such as civil/common law, questions of jurisdiction and courts as well as arbitration and enforcement of titles, etc.
• also laws on contracts, construction, labor, patents, companies

As per Stud.IP.

Entwicklung eines Faserverbund-Sandwichbauteils

• Einarbeiten in die Themengebiete Faserkunststoffverbunde (FKV) und Leichtbau
• Konstruktion und Auslegung eines FKV-Sandwich-Bauteils unter Anwendung der Finite-Elemente-Methode (FEM)
• Ermitteln von Werkstoffdaten an Materialproben
• Eigenhändiger Bau der FKV-Struktur im Labor
• Test der entwickelten Bauteile
• Präsentation des Konzepts
• Selbstorganisiertes Arbeiten in Teams

• Schürmann, H., „Konstruieren mit Faser-Kunststoff-Verbunden“, Springer, Berlin, 2005.
• Puck, A., „Festigkeitsanalsyse von Faser-Matrix-Laminaten“, Hanser, München, Wien, 1996.
• R&G, „Handbuch Faserverbundwerkstoffe“, Waldenbuch, 2009.
• VDI 2014 „Entwicklung von Bauteilen aus Faser-Kunststoff-Verbund“
• Ehrenstein, G. W., „Faserverbundkunststoffe“, Hanser, München, 2006.
• Klein, B., „Leichtbau-Konstruktion", Vieweg & Sohn, Braunschweig, 1989.
• Wiedemann, J., „Leichtbau Band 1: Elemente“, Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg, 1986.
• Wiedemann, J., „Leichtbau Band 2: Konstruktion“, Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg, 1986.
• Backmann, B.F., „Composite Structures, Design, Safety and Innovation”, Oxford (UK), Elsevier, 2005.
• Krause, D., „Leichtbau”,  In: Handbuch Konstruktion, Hrsg.: Rieg, F., Steinhilper, R., München, Carl Hanser Verlag, 2012.
• Schulte, K., Fiedler, B., „Structure and Properties of Composite Materials”, Hamburg, TUHH - TuTech Innovation GmbH, 2005.

Course objective:
To provide a theoretical and a practical insight into the area of financial and management accounting.

Approach:
Illustration of theoretical concepts combined with case studies and business examples.

The exercise is based on the development of a financial business plan for your own business idea. This financial business plan is developed in a team of 3-5 students and presented as well as discussed in the class.

I.             Introduction to Cost Terms and Concepts

II.            Standard Costing and Variance Analysis

III.          Financial Accounting and Reporting (Financial Statement, Income Statement, Cash Flow)

IV.          Information for Decision Making

V.           Performance Management: Planning, Budgeting & Forecasting

Literature: Business Accounting and Finance 3e

ISBN-13: 9781408018378 / ISBN-10: 1408018373; Catherine Gowthorpe, Oxford Brookes University,  576pp,  Published by Cengage Learning, ©2011

• Introduction to corporate finance and financial management of the multinational firm
• Valuation and capital budgeting (e.g., time value of money, valuing stocks and corporate bonds, discounted cash flow, net present value and other criteria, making capital investment decisions)
• Risk and return (e.g., measuring risk, risk and diversification, the cost of capital, dividend decisions, valuation principles such as WACC, APV, multiples and real options)
• Capital structure (e.g., equity financing and stocks, debt financing and corporate bonds, leasing and off-balance-sheet financing)
• Options and futures (e.g., call and put options, warrants and convertibles, financial risk management with derivates)
• Financing and financial planning of the multinational firm (e.g., financial statement analysis, short and long-term financial planning, cash and credit management)
• International corporate finance (e.g., foreign exchange exposure and management, international portfolio investments, international mergers and acquisitions)

Brealey, R.A./Myers, S.C./Marcus, A.J (2009): Fundamentals of Corporate Finance, 6e, Boston: McGraw-Hill.

Brealey, R.A./Myers, S.C./Allen, F. (2011): Principles of Corporate Finance, 10e, New York: McGraw-Hill.

Berk, J./DeMarzo, P. (2011): Corporate Finance, 2e, Boston: Pearson.

Eun, C.S./Resnick, B.G. (2012): International Financial Management, 6e, New York: McGraw-Hill.

Robin, J.A. (2010): International Corporate Finance, New York: McGraw-Hill.

Ross, S.A./Westerfield, R.W./Jaffe, J. (2009): Corporate Finance, 9e, New York: McGraw-Hill.

Ross, S.A./Westerfield, R.W./Jaffe, J. (2010): Corporate Finance: Core Principles and Applications, 3e, New York: McGraw-Hill.

The course gives the participants an overview about project management as a crossover discipline. It focuses on tasks, techniques and tools which enable effective and efficient planning, implementation and controlling of projects.

Project Management Institute (2008): A guide to the project management body of knowledge (PMBOK® Guide). 4. Aufl. Newtown Square, Pa: Project Management Institute.

Haberfellner, R. et al. (2002): Systems Engineering - Methodik und Praxis.  11. Aufl. Verlag Industrielle Organisation.

Advanced topics of

• The Study of Organizations and Organizational Theories
• The processes of developing organizational structures for multinational firms
• Analysis and Design of Work
• Strategic Management of the Human Resource Function in international business
• Human Resource Planning and Recruitment in the global environment
• Managing performance measurement, compensation and benefits of international corporations
• Employee Development
• Employee Separation and Retention

Dessler, G.: Human Resource Management, 12/e, Boston: Pearson, 2010.

Gibson, J.L./ Ivancevich, J.M./ Donnelly, J.H./ Konopaske, R.: Organizations: Behavior, Structure, Processes, 13/e, Boston: McGraw-Hill, 2009.

Jones, G. R.: Organizational Theory, Design, and Change, 7/e, Boston: Pearson, 2013.

Mondy, R. W.: Human Resource Management, 12/e, Boston: Pearson, 2012.

Noe, R.A./ Hollenbeck, J.R./ Gerhart, B./ Wright, P.M.: Human Resource Management: Gaining a Competitive Advantage, 7/e, New York: McGraw-Hill, 2010.

Business-to-business (B2B) markets play an important role in most economies. At the same time, B2B markets differ strongly from consumer goods markets. For example, companies’ buying decisions follow different rules than those of consuming individuals. Consequently, marketing mix decisions in B2B markets need to follow the specific circumstances in such markets.

The aim of this lecture is to enable students to understand the specifics of marketing in B2B markets. At the beginning, students learn which strategic marketing decisions may be most appropriate in industrial markets. Following that, the lecture will focus more on different options to design marketing mix elements - Pricing, Communication and Distribution - in B2B markets. We extend the student’s basic knowhow in marketing and focus on the specific requirements in B2B markets.

• The importance, specific characteristics and developments of B2B markets today
• Organizational buying behavior and the corporate buying process
• B2B marketing strategies regarding modes and time of market entry with focus on innovative industrial products
• Types of project-related cooperation in the B2B project business
• Specific operational marketing methods in communication (success factors of fares and exhibitions, importance of public relations for B2B markets); pricing (measuring willingness-to-pay via auctions; value-based pricing in industrial markets, bidding models and auctioning); distribution and channel strategies for B2B markets
• Marketing in complex value chains: Solving the problem of direct customers’ unwillingness to adopt innovative products by directly addressing indirect customers
  
  

Knowledge

The students will develop a thorough understanding of:

• How organizations and firms buy
• How marketing can be performed in complex value chains
• Promising market and competitive strategies in B2B markets
• Modes of cooperation in B2B markets
• Marketing-Mix decisions in B2B marketing (communication, pricing, distribution)

Skills

• analyzing the advantages and disadvantages of different target market, market entry, timing and allocation strategies;
• identifying and systematically address relevant partners when selling to business organizations;
• developing context-specific market-entry and timing strategies;
• making appropriate decisions for the pricing and communication of industrial products;
• applying the theoretical knowledge to business cases or real examples

Social Competence

The students will be able to

• having fruitful professional discussions;
• presenting and defending the results of their work in groupwork;

Self-reliance

• acquiring knowledge in the specific context independently and to map this knowledge onto other new complex problem fields.

Assessment

Written examination & Class participation in interactive elements (presentations, homework)

Blythe, J., Zimmerman, A. (2005) Business-to-Business Marketing: A global perspective, London, Thomson 

Monroe, K. B. (2002). Pricing: Making Profitable Decisions, 3^rd Edition

Morris, M., Pitt, L., Honeycutt, E. (2001), Business-to-Business Marketing, New York, Sage Publishing, 3rd Edition

Nagle, T., Hogan, J., Zale, J. (2009), Strategy and Tactics of Pricing, New York, Prentice Hall, 5th Edition

Die Materialien werden jedes Semester neu zusammengestellt, um die ausgewählten Fälle aktuell zu halten.

Will be newly compiled each semester to keep the cases up-to-date and fresh.

Globalization of business processes and the revolution in information and communication technologies (ICT) have resulted in distributed workflows across geographic boundaries. These developments as well as increased immigration emanating, for example, as a consequence of a shortage of skilled labour in many industrialized nations, have led to the creation of (virtual) multi-cultural, multi-ethnic teams with diverse cultural backgrounds. Such diversity generally has a positive impact on creativity and innovativeness, as many empirical studies confirm. Nevertheless, varying cultural practices, communication styles, and contextual sensibilities have the potential to disturb or even disrupt collaborative work processes, if left unmanaged.

This course focuses on inter-cultural management
from both, theoretical as well as practical, points of view to provide a solid fundament to students enabling them to operate successfully in cross-cultural settings. Case studies and guest lecture(s) will be used to provide added practical relevance to the course. In addition, where practicable, student assignments will be used to foster autonomous learning.

Some of the main topics covered in this course include:

• Understanding “culture” and its impact on human interaction
• Verbal and non-verbal communication
• High and low context communication
• Role of formality and non-formality in communication
• Varying interpretations of symbols, rituals & gestures
• Managing diversity in domestic settings

• Bartlett, C.A. / Ghoshal, S. (2002): Managing Across Borders: The Transnational Solution, 2^nd edition, Boston
• Deresky, H. (2006): International Management: Managing Across Borders and Cultures, 3^rd edition, Upper Saddle  River
• French, R. (2010): Cross-cultural Management in Work Organisations, 2^nd edition, London
• Hofstede, G. (2003): Culture's Consequences : Comparing Values, Behaviors, Institutions and Organizations across Nations, 2^nd edition, Thousand Oaks
• Hofstede, G. / Hofstede, G.J. (2006): Cultures and Organizations: Software of the mind, 2^nd edition, New York

Part 1: Computer aided design (Prof. Dr.-Ing. D. Krause)

• Introduction to integrated product development
• 3D-CAD-systems and CAD-interfaces
• Introduction to PDM-systems
• Additional computer aided engineering/simulation tools (FEA, DMU, VR)

Part 2: Introduction to the Finite Element Method (Dr.-Ing. S. Lippert)

• General overview on the finite element method
• Displacement method
• Isoparametric elements
• Numerical integration
• Applications
• Programming of elements (Matlab, hands-on sessions)

Part 3: Structural Optimization Methods (Prof. Dr.-Ing. C. Emmelmann)

• Introduction to structural optimization theory
• Fields of application for structural optimization and commercial software tools
  

This module relies heavily on the interconnection of theory and the application of commercial software systems via live demonstrations as well as hands-on sessions in a PC-pool.

Lee, K.: Principles of CAD / CAM / CAE Systems, Addison Wesley

Bathe, K.-J.: Finite element procedures, Prentice Hall

Christensen, P.W.; Klarbring, A.: An introduction to structural optimization; Springer

- Microstructure and properties of the matrix and reinforcing materials and their interaction
- Development of composite materials
- Mechanical and physical properties
- Mechanics of Composite Materials
- Laminate theory
- Test methods
- Non destructive testing
- Failure mechanisms
- Theoretical models for the prediction of properties
- Application

The role of technology for the competitive advantage of the firm and industries; Basic concepts, models and tools for the management of technology; managerial decision making regarding the identification, selection and protection of technology (make or buy, keep or sell, current and future technologies). Theories, practical examples (cases), lectures, interactive sessions and group study.

This lecture is part of the Module Technology Management and can not separately choosen.

I. Introduction

• Innovation and service marketing (importance of innovative products and services, model, objectives and examples of innovation marketing, characteristics of services, challenges of service marketing)

• patterns of industrial development, patent and technology portfolios

• objectives and challenges of strategic foresight, scenario analysis, Delphi method

• Role of users in the innovation process, user communities, user innovation toolkits, lead users analysis

• Conjoint Analysis, Kano, QFD, Morphological Analysis, Blueprinting

• Basics of Pricing, Value-based pricing, Pricing models
  

• Basics of Sales Management, Assessing Customer Value, Planning Customer Visits

• Diffusion of Innovations, Communication Objectives, Communication Instruments

Mohr, J., Sengupta, S., Slater, S. (2014). Marketing of high-technology products and innovations, third edition, Pearson education. ISBN-10: 1292040335 . Chapter 6 (188-210), Chapter 7 (227-256), Chapter 10 (352-365), Chapter 12 (419-426).

Crawford, M., Di Benedetto, A. (2008). New  products management, 9th edition, McGrw Hill, Boston et al., 2008

Christensen, C. M. (1997). Innovator's Dilemma: When New Technologies Cause Great Firms to Fail, Harvard Business Press, Chapter 1: How can great firms fail?,pp. 3-24.

Hair, J. F., Bush, R. P., Ortinau, D. J. (2009). Marketing research. 4^th edition, Boston et al., McGraw Hill

Tidd; J. & Hull, Frank M. (Editors) (2007) Service Innovation, London

Von Hippel, E.(2005). Democratizing Innovation, Cambridge: MIT Press

The intention of this lecture is to provide a general system analysis-based overview of how transportation chains emerge and how they are developed. The respective advantages and disadvantages of different international transportation chains of goods are to be pointed out from a micro- and a macroeconomic point of view. The effects on the traffic system as well as the ecological and social consequences of a spatial devision of economical activities are to be discussed.
The overview of current international transportation chains is carried out on the basis of concrete material- and appendant information flows. Established transportation chains and some of their individual elements are to become transparent to the students by a number of practical examples.

1. A conceptual systems model
2. Elements of integrated and multi-modal transportation chains
3. interaction of transport and traffic, demand and supply on different layers of the transport system
4. Global Issues in Supply Chain Management
5. Global Players and networks
6. Logistics and corporate social responsibility (CSR)
7. Methods and data for assessment of international transport chains
8. Influence of cultural aspects on international transport chains
9. New solutions using different focuses of the transport and logstics system

David, Pierre A.; Stewart, Richard D.: International Logistics: The Management of International Trade Operations, 3rd Edition, Mason, 2010

Schieck, Arno: Internationale Logistik: Objekte, Prozesse und Infrastrukturen grenzüberschreitender Güterströme, München, 2009

BLOECH, J., IHDE, G. B. (1997) Vahlens Großes Logistiklexikon, München, Verlag C.H. Beck

IHDE, G. B. (1991) Transport, Verkehr, Logistik, München, Verlag Franz Vahlen, 2. völlig überarbeitete und erweiterte Auflage

NUHN, H., HESSE, M. (2006) Verkehrsgeographie, Paderborn, München, Wien, Zürich, Verlage Ferdinand Schöningh

David, Pierre A.; Stewart, Richard D.: International Logistics: The Management of International Trade Operations, 3rd Edition, Mason, 2010

The course consists of three parts:

During the first part of the course, participants are provided with insights into the market for ERP-Software and are provided with knowledge on how ERP-implementation projects proceed and how these projects should ideally be managed from a theoretical and practical perspective.Participants are introduced into the basic functioning of ERP-Software referring to the most common system (SAP). Participants gain a basic understanding of implementing organizational data, master data and processes into the system. 

The second part of the course involves working on a seminar thesis which takes place parallel to the first rather lecture-type sessions. Participants are in teams invited to design a theoretical concept for the functioning of certain business units within the firm (e.g. procurement, production, sales and distribution). Their concept should then be incorporated into both, a seminar thesis to be handed in and a first short presentation to be held in the seminar in the middle of the semester.

During the third part of the course, participants implement their theoretical concept into the ERP-System, i.e. they customize the SAP system according to the theoretical requirements defined. In the context of this process, the participants are encouraged to critically evaluate the software options in light of a theoretically ideal design of business functions and processes. This third part of the course is designed in the form of mini-presentations by each team of participants giving an overview of the progress and critical evaluations made in implementing the theoretical concept into the system.

Students will gain…
… insights into the ERP-Market
… insights into the process (& project management) of ERP-Software implementation
... insights into the functioning and use of ERP-Software
… an understanding of business processes and their implementation in SAP (production)
… an understanding of the integrative role of ERP-Systems …the ability to operatively run SAP & critically evaluate the functioning of the system!

• Agrawal, A. (2009): Customizing Materials Management Processes in SAP ERP Operatons, Galileo Press: Boston.
• Arif, N./Tauseef, S. (2011): Integrating SAP ERP Financials, Galileo Press: Boston.
• Chudy, M./Castedo, L. (2010): Sales and Distribution in SAP ERP - Practical Guide, Galileo Press: Boston.
• Dickersback, J. T./Keller, G. (2011): Production Planning and Control with SAP ERP, Galileo Press: Boston.
• Franz, M. (2010): Project Management with SAP Project System, Galileo Press: Boston.
• Hoppe, M./Gulyassy, F. (2009): Materials Planning with SAP, Galileo Press: Boston.
• Veeriah, N. (2011): Customizing Financial Accounting in SAP, Galileo Press: Boston.
• Veeriah, N. (2012): Financial Accounting in SAP, Galileo Press: Boston.

Participants will understand the use, requirements, advantages and disadvantages of quantitative methods. Examples illustrate the application of quantitative methods and their use to address business related problems.

The course involves three parts:

The first part of the course focuses on an introduction of quantitative research methods.  

The second part of the course involves working on a seminar thesis. Participants are in teams invited to describe selected quantitative research methods and to address simple research questions with the described method. Students are expected to write a short (empirical) paper that applies methods learned in this course to a research question of their choice.

The third part is the final presentations of the results from the group work. Participants will present their own small research projects and discuss the results in the plenum. Participants are invited to join the discussions as a part of the final grade.

Participants will be provided with a course handout in the form of ppt.-slides which can be downloaded in advance. In the course, the participants will obtain a specific list of relevant literature. Some generally recommended are:

• Dalgaard, P. (2008). Introductory statistics with R. Springer Science & Business Media.
• Hair, J. F., Black, W. C., Babin, B. J., Anderson, R. E., & Tatham, R. L. (2006). Multivariate data analysis (Vol. 6). Upper Saddle River, NJ: Pearson Prentice Hall.
• Hair Jr, J. F., Hult, G. T. M., Ringle, C., & Sarstedt, M. (2013). A primer on partial least squares structural equation modeling (PLS-SEM). Sage Publications.

Important note: This course is part of an 6 ECTS module consisting of two courses "Entrepreneurship” & “Creation of Business Opportunities”, which have to be taken together in one semester.

Startups are temporary, team-based organizations, which can form both within and outside of established companies, to pursue one central objective: taking a new venture idea to market by designing a business model that can be scaled to a full-grown company. In this course, students will form startup teams around self-selected ideas and run through the process just like real startups would do in the first three months of intensive work. Startup Engineering takes an incremental and iterative approach, in that it favors variety and alternatives over one detailed, linear five-year business plan to reach steady state operations. From a problem solving and systems thinking perspective, student teams create different possible versions of a new venture and alternative hypotheses about value creation for customers and value capture vis-à-vis competitors. To test critical hypotheses early on, student teams engage in an evidence-based, experimental trial-and-error learning process that measures real progress.
Upon completion of this course, students will be able to:
· Apply a modern innovation toolkit relevant in both the corporate & startup world
· Analyze given business opportunities in terms of its constituent elements
· Design new business models by gathering and combining relevant ideas, facts and information 
· Evaluate business opportunities and derive judgment about next steps & decisions
Course language is English, but participants can decide to give their graded presentations in German. Students are invited to apply to this course module already with a startup idea and/ or team, but this is not a requirement! We will form teams and ideas in the beginning of the course. Class meetings have alternate intervals of lecture inputs, teamwork, mentoring, and peer feedback. Attendance is mandatory for at least 80% of class time due to large proportion of teamwork sessions.
Student teams give three presentations and submit them with backup analyses. Grading scheme:
· Startup discovery presentation after 5 weeks: 30%
· Startup validation presentation after 10 weeks: 30%
· Final startup pitches after 13 weeks: 40%

• Blank, S. & Dorf, B. (2012). The startup owner's manual.
• Gans, J. & Stern, S. (2016). Entrepreneurial Strategy.
• Osterwalder, A. & Yves, P. (2010). Business model generation.
• Maurya, A. (2012). Running lean: Iterate from plan A to a plan that works.
• Maurya, A. (2016). Scaling lean: Mastering the Key Metrics for Startup Growth.
• Wilcox, J. (2016). FOCUS Framework: How to Find Product-Market Fit.

Important note: This course is part of an 6 ECTS module consisting of two courses "Entrepreneurship” & “Creation of Business Opportunities”, which have to be taken together in one semester.

Startups are temporary, team-based organizations, which can form both within and outside of established companies, to pursue one central objective: taking a new venture idea to market by designing a business model that can be scaled to a full-grown company. In this course, students will form startup teams around self-selected ideas and run through the process just like real startups would do in the first three months of intensive work. Startup Engineering takes an incremental and iterative approach, in that it favors variety and alternatives over one detailed, linear five-year business plan to reach steady state operations. From a problem solving and systems thinking perspective, student teams create different possible versions of a new venture and alternative hypotheses about value creation for customers and value capture vis-à-vis competitors. To test critical hypotheses early on, student teams engage in an evidence-based, experimental trial-and-error learning process that measures real progress.
Upon completion of this course, students will be able to:
· Apply a modern innovation toolkit relevant in both the corporate & startup world
· Analyze given business opportunities in terms of its constituent elements
· Design new business models by gathering and combining relevant ideas, facts and information 
· Evaluate business opportunities and derive judgment about next steps & decisions
Course language is English, but participants can decide to give their graded presentations in German. Students are invited to apply to this course module already with a startup idea and/ or team, but this is not a requirement! We will form teams and ideas in the beginning of the course. Class meetings have alternate intervals of lecture inputs, teamwork, mentoring, and peer feedback. Attendance is mandatory for at least 80% of class time due to large proportion of teamwork sessions.
Student teams give three presentations and submit them with backup analyses. Grading scheme:
· Startup discovery presentation after 5 weeks: 30%
· Startup validation presentation after 10 weeks: 30%
· Final startup pitches after 13 weeks: 40%

• Blank, S. & Dorf, B. (2012). The startup owner's manual.
• Gans, J. & Stern, S. (2016). Entrepreneurial Strategy.
• Osterwalder, A. & Yves, P. (2010). Business model generation.
• Maurya, A. (2012). Running lean: Iterate from plan A to a plan that works.
• Maurya, A. (2016). Scaling lean: Mastering the Key Metrics for Startup Growth.
• Wilcox, J. (2016). FOCUS Framework: How to Find Product-Market Fit.

• International Trade Theory and Policy: 
  • Comparative Advantage, the Ricardian Model
  • The Heckscher-Ohlin Model
  • The Standard Trade Model
  • Intrasectoral Trade
  • International Trade Policy
• Open Economy Macroeconomics
  • The Foreign Exchange Market
  • Determinants of Prices, Interest Rates, Exchange Rates, Output in the Short Run
  • Determinants of Prices, Interest Rates, Exchange Rates, Output in the Long Run
  • Monetary and Fiscal and Exchange Rate Policies in Open Economies in the Long and the Short Run

Krugman/Obstfeld: International Economics, Longman, 9th ed. 2011

Mankiw/Taylor: Economics, South-Western 2008

Documents and notes handed out during the lecture.

• Introduction: Ten Principles of Economics

• Microeconomics:
  • Theory of the Household
  • Theory of the Firm
  • Competitive Markets in Equilibrium
  • Market Failure: Monopoly and External Effects
  • Government Policies
• Macroeconomics:
  • A Nation’s Real Income and Production
  • The Real Economy in the Long Run: Capital and Labour Market
  • Money and Prices in the Long Run
  • Aggregate Demand and Supply: Short-Run Economic Fluctuations
  • Monetary and Fiscal Policy in the Short and the Long Run

Mankiw/Taylor: Economics, South-Western 2008

Pindyck/Rubinfeld: Microeconomics, Prentice Hall International , 7^th ed.  2010

Documents and notes handed out during the lecture.

Product Planning Process

This integrated lecture is designed to understand major issues, activities and tools in the context of systematic product planning, a key activity for managing the front-end of innovation, i.e.:
•    Systematic scanning of markets for innovation opportunities
•    Understanding strengths/weakness and specific core competences of a firm as platforms for innovation
•    Exploring relevant sources for innovation (customers, suppliers, Lead Users, etc.)
•    Developing ideas for radical innovation, relying on the creativeness of employees, using techniques to stimulate creativity and creating a stimulating environment
•    Transferring ideas for innovation into feasible concepts which have a high market attractively

·    Agrawal, Ajay, Joshua Gans and Avi Goldfarb. “The Simple Economics of Machine Intelligence”. Harvard Business Review, November (2016).
·    Amit, Raphael, and Christoph Zott. "Creating Value Through Business Model Innovation" MIT Sloan Management Review 53.3 (2012): 41-49.
·    Birkinshaw, Julian, Alexander Zimmermann, and Sebastain Raisch. "How Do Firms Adapt to Discontinuous Change?" California Management Review, 58.4 (2016): 36-58.
·    Bower, Joseph L., and Clayton M. Christensen. "Disruptive technologies: Catching the wave." Harvard Business Review, 73.1 (1995): 43-53.
·    Campbell, A., Birkinshaw, J., Morrison, A., & van Basten Batenburg, R. "The future of corporate venturing: companies undertake venturing for a variety of reasons." MIT Sloan Management Review 45.1 (2003): 30-38.
·    Casadesus-Masanell, Ramon, and Joan E. Ricart. "How to Design A Winning Business Model" Harvard Business Review January-February (2011): 1-9.
·    Chakravorti, Bhaskar. "A Note on Corporate Entrepreneurship: Challenge or Opportunity?" HBS Case: 9-810-145 (2010).
·    Charitou, Constantinos D., and Constantinos C. Markides. "Responses to disruptive strategic innovation." MIT Sloan Management Review, 44.2 (2002): 55-64.
·    Chesbrough, Henry W. "Making Sense of Corporate Venture Capital" Harvard Business Review, March (2002): 4-11.
·    Christensen, Clayton M. and Stephen P. Kaufman."Assessing Your Organization’s Capabilities: Resources, Processes, and Priorities" Module Note: HBS 9-607-014 (2008).
·    Christensen, Clayton M., and Michael Overdorf. "Meeting the Challenge of Disruptive Change" Harvard Business Review, March-April (2009): 1-10.
·    D'Aveni, Richard. “The 3-D Printing revolution.” Harvard Business Review, May (2015): 40-48.
·    Gans, Joshua. "The other disruption." Harvard Business Review, March (2016): 80-84.
·    Iansiti, Marco, and Karim R. Lakhani. "Digital Ubiquity: How Connections, Sensors, and Data Are Revolutionizing Business." Harvard Business Review, November (2014): 1-11.
·    Johnson, Mark W., Clayton M. Christensen, and Henning Kagermann. "Reinventing Your Business Model" Harvard Business Review December (2008): 2-10.      
·    Kavadias, Stelios, Kostas Ladas, and Christoph Loch. "The Transformative Business Model: How to tell if you have one." Harvard Business Review, October (2016): 91-98.
·    King, Andrew A., and Baljir Baatartogtokh. "How Useful Is the Theory of Disruptive Innovation?." MIT Sloan Management Review, 57.1 (2015): 77-90.
·    Ransbotham, Sam. “Blockchain Data Storage May (Soon) Change Your Business Model”. Sloan Management Review, April (2016).    
·    Shih, Willy. "Competency-Destroying Technology Transitions: Why the Transition to Digital Is Particularly Challenging" Note: HBS 9-613-024 (2013).
·    Tapscott, Don, and Alex Tapscott. “The Impact of the Blockchain Goes Beyond Financial Services”. Harvard Business Review, May (2016).
·    Vermeulen, Freek. "How Acquisitions Can Revitalize Companies." MIT Sloan Management Review, 46.4 (2005): 45-51.    
·    Wolcott, Robert C., and Michael J. Lippitz. "The four models of corporate entrepreneurship." MIT Sloan Management Review, 49.1 (2007): 75-82.
·    Zilis, Shivon, and James Cham. “The Competitive Landscape for Machine Intelligence”. Harvard Business Review, November (2016).

This course examines the elements of entrepreneurial finance, focusing on technology-based start-up ventures and the early stages of company development. The course addresses key questions relevant to both startup and corporate entrepreneurs: How much money can and should be raised? When should it be raised and from whom? What is a reasonable valuation of the company? How should funding, employment contracts and exit decisions be structured? This course will focus on the finance principles related to the risk & return of venture capital, the valuation of high growth companies, the capital structure specific to venture capital-backed companies, and investment decisions under uncertainty. Three main topics will be covered:

(1) New business opportunity valuation: Most time will be devoted to the understanding and application of tools to valuate early stage business opportunities and high-growth companies versus mature companies. Standard tools for financial and liquidity planning as well as discounted cash flow valuation will be applied to startup situations. Furthermore, the venture capital method, analysis of comparables and the real options approach to valuation are introduced.

(2) Financing and employment contracts: We will discuss the main sources of financing that entrepreneurs can choose from. Particular emphasis will be put on venture capital funds and their fund raising process. The design of financial contracts will be analyzed in terms of addressing information and incentive problems in uncertain environments. Employment contracts will be motivated as a compensation device to attract and retain key employees.

(3) Growth and exit strategies: We will discuss entrepreneurs’ option to grow or exit. Liquidity events are considered such as initial public offering, sale or merger as compared to independent growth as a private company. We also examine later stage options such as mezzanine financing and buy-outs and the specifics of international growth.

Guest lecturers will present the latest trends in these areas. The ideal audience for the course will be students who are interested in technology entrepreneurship, either at startups or within larger organizations. It is also useful for those pursuing careers in corporate finance or valuation consulting.

Metrick, Andrew, and Ayako Yasuda. Venture Capital and the Finance of Innovation. Wiley, 2010.
Leach, J., and Ronald Melicher. Entrepreneurial finance. Cengage Learning, 2011.
Selected cases will be made available during class.

Inhalt (deutsch)

Lösung statistischer Fragestellungen unter Anwendung eines gebräuchlichen Statistikprogrammes. Die vermittelten statistischen Tests und Vorgehensweisen beinhalten:

•          Wahl des statistischen Verfahrens

•          Einfluss der Gruppengröße auf die Ergebnisse

•          Chi quadrat test

•          Regression und Korrelation mit einer unabhängigen Variablen

•          Regression und Korrelation mit mehreren unabhängigen Variablen

•          Varianzanalyse mit eine unabhängigen Variablen

•          Varianzanalyse mit mehreren unabhängigen Variablen

•          Diskriminantenanalyse

•          Analyse kategorischer Daten

•          Nichtparametrische Statistik

•          Überlebensanalysen

Applied Regression Analysis and Multivariable Methods, 3rd Edition, David G. Kleinbaum Emory University, Lawrence L. Kupper University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Keith E. Muller University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Azhar Nizam Emory University, Published by Duxbury Press, CB © 1998, ISBN/ISSN: 0-534-20910-6

Die Studenten bekommen in Kleingruppen (n=5) eine Fragestellung, zu deren Beantwortung sie sowohl die Datenerhebung als auch die Analyse durchführen und die Ergebnisse in Form eines executive summaries in der letzten Vorlesung vorstellen müssen.

Selbst zu finden

Anhand von praktischen Fragestellungen werden die wichtigsten statistischen Verfahren angewendet und gleichzeitig in die Benutzung der kommerziell am häufigsten eingesetzten Software eingeführt und deren Benutzung geübt.

Student Solutions Manual for Kleinbaum/Kupper/Muller/Nizam's Applied Regression Analysis and Multivariable Methods, 3rd Edition, David G. Kleinbaum Emory University Lawrence L. Kupper University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Keith E. Muller University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Azhar Nizam Emory University, Published by Duxbury Press, Paperbound © 1998, ISBN/ISSN: 0-534-20913-0

This course focuses on multinational firms and advanced issues of management, organizations, and human resource management. Selected topics focus, for example, on:

• Organizational strategy and design in a global environment
• International competition and organizational change
• Organizational behavior
• Competing in a global environment by cooperation (e.g., virtual organizations, strategic alliances)
• Business process design and business process reengineering
• International personnel recruitment and placement (e.g., personnel planning, employee testing)
• Strategic employee compensation (e.g., strategic pay plans) of multinational firms and employee relations (e.g., employee satisfaction models)
• Personnel planning methods
• Workplace analysis using specific time measurement methods and approaches

Bernardin, H.J.: Human Resource Management: An Experiential Approach, 4e, New York: McGraw-Hill, 2006.

Cascio, W.: Managing Human Resources: Productivity, Quality of Work Life, Profits, 6e, New York: McGraw-Hill, 2002.

French, W./Bell, C.H./Zawacki, R.A.: Organization Development and Transformation: Managing Effective Change, 5e, Chicago: McGraw-Hill, 1999.

Hitt, M.A./Ireland, R.D./Hoskisson, R.E.: Strategic Management: Competitiveness and Globalization, Ohio: Cengage Learning, 2007.

Lynch, R.: Strategic Management, 5e, Harlow: Prentice Hall, 2008.

Robbins, S.P./Judge, T.A.:  Organizational Behavior, 14e, Harlow: Prentice Hall, 2008.

Spector, B.: Implementing Organizational Change: Theory and Practice, 3e, Harlow: Prentice Hall, 2006.

Selected journal articles.

• Analyze organizational strategies and structures of global firms
• Model and analyze business processes of international firms using standard software tools
• Personnel planning using operations research methodologies (e.g., forecasting procedures, linear programming, neural networks)
• Develop and measure causal models for analyzing the satisfaction of employees with different cultural backgrounds
• Workplace analysis using specific time measurement methods and approaches

Cascio, W.: Managing Human Resources: Productivity, Quality of Work Life, Profits, 6e, New York: McGraw-Hill, 2002.

French, W./Bell, C.H./Zawacki, R.A.: Organization Development and Transformation: Managing Effective Change, 5e, New York: McGraw-Hill, 1999.

Robbins, S.P./Judge, T.A.: Organizational Behavior, 14e, Harlow: Prentice Hall, 2008.

Spector, B.: Implementing Organizational Change: Theory and Practice, 3e, Harlow: Prentice Hall, 2006.

Information on the appropriate literature depends on the topics and will therefore be updated each semester.

SYSTEMS WITH FINITE NUMBER OF DEGREES OF FREEDOM

(MULTI- DEGREE-OF-FREEDOM SYSTEMS)

1. Revision of the theory of single-degree-of -freedom systems.
2. Equations of motion of a single rigid body and of multi-body systems:
   2.1. Newton- Euler equations  
   2.2. Lagrange’s equations. 

        3.Linearization of equations of motion.

       4.Linear equations of motion in a state-space form. Transformation of coordinates.

       5.Linear systems: eigenvalue problem (eigenvalues and eigenvectors).

       6. General solution for time-invariant linear  systems and stability of those systems.

       7. Linear systems: eigenvalue problem, free vibrations, natural frequencies, normal   

        modes (mode shapes).

       8.  Forced vibrations of linear systems.

LINEAR CONTINUOUS SYSTEMS:

    9. Longitudinal vibrations of a rod and torsional vibrations of a shaft: 

    9.1. Eigenvalue problem, free vibrations, natural frequencies, normal   

        modes (mode shapes).

     9.2. Forced vibrations.

    10. Transverse vibrations of a beam and of a taut string:

    10.1. Eigenvalue problem, free vibrations, natural frequencies, normal   

        modes (mode shapes).

     10.2. Forced vibrations.

1. S.S. Rao, Mechanical Vibrations, Addison-Wesley, 3rd edition, 1995. 

2. C.F. Beards, Engineering Vibration Analysis with Application  to  Control Systems, Edward Arnold, 1995.

3. M. Geradin, D.Rixen, Mechanical Vibrations. Theory and Application to Structural Dynamics, J. Wiley, 1994.

4. K. Klotter, Technische Schwingungslehre I, II, Springer Verlag, 1981.

State space methods (single-input single-output)

• State space models and transfer functions, state feedback 
• Coordinate basis, similarity transformations 
• Solutions of state equations, matrix exponentials, Caley-Hamilton Theorem
• Controllability and pole placement 
• State estimation, observability, Kalman decomposition 
• Observer-based state feedback control, reference tracking 
• Transmission zeros
• Optimal pole placement, symmetric root locus 
Multi-input multi-output systems
• Transfer function matrices, state space models of multivariable systems, Gilbert realization 
• Poles and zeros of multivariable systems, minimal realization 
• Closed-loop stability
• Pole placement for multivariable systems, LQR design, Kalman filter 

Digital Control
• Discrete-time systems: difference equations and z-transform 
• Discrete-time state space models, sampled data systems, poles and zeros 
• Frequency response of sampled data systems, choice of sampling rate 

System identification and model order reduction 
• Least squares estimation, ARX models, persistent excitation 
• Identification of state space models, subspace identification 
• Balanced realization and model order reduction 

Case study
• Modelling and multivariable control of a process evaporator using Matlab and Simulink 
Software tools
• Matlab/Simulink

• Werner, H., Lecture Notes „Control Systems Theory and Design“
• T. Kailath "Linear Systems", Prentice Hall, 1980
• K.J. Astrom, B. Wittenmark "Computer Controlled Systems" Prentice Hall, 1997
• L. Ljung "System Identification - Theory for the User", Prentice Hall, 1999

Object and goal of MEMS

Scaling Rules

Lithography

Film deposition

Structuring and etching

Energy conversion and force generation

Electromagnetic Actuators

Reluctance motors

Piezoelectric actuators, bi-metal-actuator

Transducer principles

Signal detection and signal processing

Mechanical and physical sensors

Acceleration sensor, pressure sensor

Sensor arrays

System integration

Yield, test and reliability

M. Kasper: Mikrosystementwurf, Springer (2000)

M. Madou: Fundamentals of Microfabrication, CRC Press (1997)

Examples of MEMS components

Layout consideration

Electric, thermal and mechanical behaviour

Design aspects

Wird in der Veranstaltung bekannt gegeben

• Ideal and non-ideal MOS devices
• Threshold voltage, Parasitic charges, Work function difference
• I-V behavior
• Scaling-down rules
• Details of very small MOS transistors
• Basic CMOS process flow
• Memory Technology, SRAM, DRAM, embedded DRAM
• Gain memory cells
• Non-volatile memories, Flash memory circuits
• Methods for Quality Control, C(V)-technique, Charge pumping, Uniform injection
• Systems with extremely small CMOS transistors

• S. Deleonibus, Electronic Device Architectures for the Nano-CMOS Era, Pan Stanford Publishing, 2009.
• Y. Taur and T.H. Ning, Fundamentals of Modern VLSI Devices, Cambridge University Press, 2nd edition.
• R.F. Pierret, Advanced Semiconductor Fundamentals, Prentice Hall, 2003.
• F. Schwierz, H. Wong, J. J. Liou, Nanometer CMOS, Pan Stanford Publishing, 2010.
• H.-G. Wagemann und T. Schönauer, Silizium-Planartechnologie, Grundprozesse, Physik und Bauelemente
  Teubner-Verlag, 2003, ISBN 3519004674

- foundations of problem solving and system modeling, discrete event systems
- properties of processes, modeling using automata and Petri-nets
- design considerations for processes (mutex, deadlock avoidance, liveness)
- optimal scheduling for processes
- optimal decisions when planning manufacturing systems, decisions under uncertainty
- software design and software architectures for automation, PLCs

J. Lunze: „Automatisierungstechnik“, Oldenbourg Verlag, 2012
Reisig: Petrinetze: Modellierungstechnik, Analysemethoden, Fallstudien; Vieweg+Teubner 2010
Hrúz, Zhou: Modeling and Control of Discrete-event Dynamic Systems; Springer 2007
Li, Zhou: Deadlock Resolution in Automated Manufacturing Systems, Springer 2009
Pinedo: Planning and Scheduling in Manufacturing and Services, Springer 2009

• Transforms of discrete-time signals:

  • Discrete-time Fourier Transform (DTFT)

  • Discrete Fourier-Transform (DFT), Fast Fourier Transform (FFT)

  • Z-Transform

• Correspondence of continuous-time and discrete-time signals, sampling, sampling theorem

• Fast convolution, Overlap-Add-Method, Overlap-Save-Method

• Fundamental structures and basic types of digital filters

• Characterization of digital filters using pole-zero plots, important properties of digital filters

• Quantization effects

• Design of linear-phase filters

• Fundamentals of stochastic signal processing and adaptive filters

  • MMSE criterion

  • Wiener Filter

  • LMS- and RLS-algorithm

• Traditional and parametric methods of spectrum estimation

K.-D. Kammeyer, K. Kroschel: Digitale Signalverarbeitung. Vieweg Teubner.

V. Oppenheim, R. W. Schafer, J. R. Buck: Zeitdiskrete Signalverarbeitung. Pearson StudiumA. V.

W. Hess: Digitale Filter. Teubner.

Oppenheim, R. W. Schafer: Digital signal processing. Prentice Hall.

S. Haykin:  Adaptive flter theory.

L. B. Jackson: Digital filters and signal processing. Kluwer.

T.W. Parks, C.S. Burrus: Digital filter design. Wiley.

• Projective Geometry and Transformations in 2D und 3D in homogeneous coordinates
  
• Projection matrix, calibration
• Epipolar Geometry, fundamental and essential matrices, weak calibration, 5 point algorithm
• Homographies 2D and 3D
• Trifocal Tensor
• Correspondence search

• Skriptum Grigat/Wenzel
• Hartley, Zisserman: Multiple View Geometry in Computer Vision. Cambridge 2003.

1. Introduction
2. Motivation
3. Hierarchic shape functions
4. Mapping functions
5. Computation of element matrices, assembly, constraint enforcement and solution
6. Convergence characteristics
7. Mechanical models and finite elements for thin-walled structures
8. Computation of thin-walled structures
9. Error estimation and hp-adaptivity
10. High-order fictitious domain methods

[1] Alexander Düster, High-Order FEM, Lecture Notes, Technische Universität Hamburg-Harburg, 164 pages, 2014
[2] Barna Szabo, Ivo Babuska, Introduction to Finite Element Analysis – Formulation, Verification and Validation, John Wiley & Sons, 2011

Learn the Basics of Additive Manufacturing, with focus on the Selective Laser Melting and Selective Laser Sintering. Understand the advantages the technologies offer for product development and what current challenges Additive Manufacturing faces. Get to know the design restrictions as well as basic knowledge about material characteristics, post processing and quality assurance.

This lecture is part of the Module Rapid Production and cannot be chosen separately

Intensify learning from the lecture, especially regarding design principles and product development by design of own Selective Laser Sintering parts.

This seminar is part of the Module Rapid Production and cannot be chosen separately.

- Boundary value problems
- Integral equations
- Fundamental Solutions
- Element formulations
- Numerical integration
- Solving systems of equations (statics, dynamics)
- Special BEM formulations
- Coupling of FEM and BEM

- Hands-on Sessions (programming of BE routines)
- Applications

Gaul, L.; Fiedler, Ch. (1997): Methode der Randelemente in Statik und Dynamik. Vieweg, Braunschweig, Wiesbaden
Bathe, K.-J. (2000): Finite-Elemente-Methoden. Springer Verlag, Berlin

• Fundamentals of laser technology
• Laser beam sources: CO2-, Nd:YAG-, Fiber- and Diodelasers
• Laser system technology: beam forming, beam guidance systems, beam motion and beam control
• Laser-based manufacturing technologies: generation, marking, cutting, joining, surface treatment
• Quality assurance and economical aspects of laser material processing
• Markets and Applications of laser technology
• Student group exercises

• Hügel, H. , T. Graf: Laser in der Fertigung : Strahlquellen, Systeme, Fertigungsverfahren, 3. Aufl., Vieweg + Teubner Wiesbaden 2014.
• Eichler, J., Eichler. H. J.: Laser: Bauformen, Strahlführung, Anwendungen, 7. Aufl., Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2010.
• Steen W. M.; Mazumder J.: Laser material processing, 4th Edition,  Springer-Verlag London 2010.
• J.C. Ion: Laser processing of engineering materials: principles, procedure and industrial applications, Elsevier Butterworth-Heinemann 2005.
• Gebhardt, A.: Understanding additive manufacturing, München [u.a.] Hanser 2011

Steels:

• Fundamentals of steels
• Carbon steels: phase diagram, transformation behaviour, technical heat treatments
• Low and high alloyed steels: influence of alloying elements on transformation and carbides
• Micro alloyed steels
• Corrosion and scaling resistant steels : Classification, composition and microstructure, properties and applications

Aluminium alloys:

• Alloy systems and groups
• Non-age-hardenable Al-alloys: Processing and microstructure, Mechanical properties and applications
• Age-hardenable Al-alloys: Processing and microstructure, Mechanical properties and applications

Titanium alloys

• Introduction into titanium materials, alloy systems and groups
• Processing, microstructure and properties
• Applications

Magnesium alloys

• Introduction into magnesium materials, Alloy systems and groups
• Cast alloys, processing, microstructure and properties

Wrought alloys, processing, microstructure and properties

• George Krauss, Steels: Processing, Structure, and Performance, 978-0-87170-817-5, 2006,
• Hans Berns, Werner Theisen, Ferrous Materials: Steel and Cast Iron, 2008. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-71848-2
• C. W. Wegst, Stahlschlüssel = Key to steel = La Clé des aciers = Chiave dell'acciaio = Liave del acero ISBN/ISSN: 3922599095
• Bruno C., De Cooman / John G. Speer: Fundamentals of Steel Product Physical Metallurgy, 2011, 642 S.
• Harry Chandler, Steel Metallurgy for the Non-Metallurgist 0-87170-652-0, 2006, 84 S.
• Catrin Kammer, Aluminium Taschenbuch 1, Grundlagen und Werkstoffe, Beuth,16. Auflage 2009. 784 S., ISBN 978-3-410-22028-2
• Günter Drossel, Susanne Friedrich, Catrin Kammer und Wolfgang Lehnert, Aluminium Taschenbuch 2, Umformung von Aluminium-Werkstoffen, Gießen von Aluminiumteilen, Oberflächenbehandlung von Aluminium, Recycling und Ökologie, Beuth, 16. Auflage 2009. 768 S., ISBN 978-3-410-22029-9
• Catrin Kammer, Aluminium Taschenbuch 3, Weiterverarbeitung und Anwendung, Beuith,17. Auflage 2014. 892 S., ISBN 978-3-410-22311-5
• G. Lütjering, J.C. Williams: Titanium, 2nd ed., Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg, 2007, ISBN 978-3-540-71397
• Magnesium - Alloys and Technologies, K. U. Kainer (Hrsg.), Wiley-VCH, Weinheim 2003, ISBN 3-527-30570-x
• Mihriban O. Pekguleryuz, Karl U. Kainer and Ali Kaya “Fundamentals of Magnesium Alloy Metallurgy”, Woodhead Publishing Ltd, 2013,ISBN 10: 0857090887

The 3D Printing lab consists of:

·         Preparation of CAD models for 3D printing,

·         Design of Experiments for 3D-printing

·         Hands-on operation of 3D printer

·         Printing parameter variation and detection of influences on the process

• Kinematik deformierbarer Körper
• Bilanzgleichungen (Massenbilanz, Energiegleichung, …)
• Spannungszustand
• Materialmodellierung

R. Greve: Kontinuumsmechanik: Ein Grundkurs für Ingenieure und Physiker

I-S. Liu: Continuum Mechanics, Springer

• Kinematik deformierbarer Körper
• Bilanzgleichungen (Massenbilanz, Energiegleichung, …)
• Spannungszustand
• Materialmodellierung

R. Greve: Kontinuumsmechanik: Ein Grundkurs für Ingenieure und Physiker

I-S. Liu: Continuum Mechanics, Springer

Theoretische Festigkeit
eines perfekten Materials, theoretische kritische Schubspannung

Tatsächliche Festigkeit von spröden Materialien
Energiefreisetzungsrate, Spannungsintensitätsfaktor, Bruchkriterium

Streuung der Festigkeit
Fehlerverteilung, Festigkeitsverteilung, Weibullverteilung

Heterogene Materialien I
Innere Spannungen, Mikrorisse, Stoffgesetze (E-Modul parallel, senkrecht)

Heterogene Materialien II
Verstärkungsmechanismen: Rissbrücken, Faser

Heterogene Materialien III
Verstärkungsmechanismen: Prozesszone

Messmethoden der zur Bestimmung der Bruchzähigkeit spröder Materialien

R-Kurve, stabiles/ instabile Risswachstum, Fraktographie

Thermoschock

Unterkritisches Risswachstum
v-K-Kurve, Lebensdauerberechnung

Kriechen

Mechanische Eigenschaften von biologischen Materialien

Anwendungsbeispiele zur mechanischen zuverlässigen Auslegung keramischer Bauteile

D R H Jones, Michael F. Ashby, Engineering Materials 1, An Introduction to Properties, Applications and Design, Elesevier

D.J. Green, An introduction to the mechanical properties of ceramics”, Cambridge University Press, 1998

B.R. Lawn, Fracture of Brittle Solids“, Cambridge University Press, 1993

D. Munz, T. Fett, Ceramics, Springer, 2001

D.W. Richerson, Modern Ceramic Engineering, Marcel Decker, New York, 1992

Dieser Kurs deckt die Grundsätze der Versetzungstheorie aus einer metallkundlichen Perspektive ab und bietet ein grundlegendes Verständnis der Beziehungen zwischen mechanischen Eigenschaften und Defektverteilungen.

Wir werden das Konzept von Versetzungen betrachten und einen Überblick über wichtige Konzepte (z.B. lineare Elastizität, Spannungs-Dehnungs-Beziehungen, und Stressverformung) für Theorieentwicklung erhalten. Wir werden die Theorie der Versetzungsplastizität durch abgeleitete Spannungs- und Dehnungs-Felder, dazugehörende Energien, und der induzierten Kräfte auf Versetzungen aufgrund interner und externer Spannungen entwickeln. Versetzungsstrukturen werden diskutiert, inkl. Kernstrukturmodelle, Stapelfehlern und Versetzungs-Arrays (inkl. einer Beschreibung der Grenzfläche). Mechanismen von Versetzungsmultiplikation und -Verfestigung werden abgedeckt, genau so wie generelle Prinzipien von Kriechverhalten und Dehngeschwindigkeitsempfindlichkeit. Weitere Themen beinhalten nicht-FCC Versetzungen mit einem Fokus auf dem Unterschied in Struktur und korrespondierenden Implikationen auf Versetzungsmobilität und makroskopischem mechanischen Verhalten; und Versetzungen in finiten Volumen.

Vorlesungsskript

Aktuelle Publikationen

Bücher:

Introduction to Dislocations, by D. Hull and D.J. Bacon

Theory of Dislocations, by J.P.  Hirth and J. Lothe

Physical Metallurgy, by Peter Hassen

Verarbeitung der Verbundwerkstoffe: Handlaminieren; Pre-Preg; GMT; BMC; SMC; RIM; Pultrusion; Wickelverfahren

Die Studierenden bekommen die Aufgabenstellung in Form einer Kundenanfrage für die Entwicklung und Fertigung eines MTB-Lenkers aus Faserverbundwerkstoffen. In der Aufgabenstellung sind technische und normative Anforderungen angeführt, alle weiteren benötigten Informationen kommen aus den Vorlesungen und Übungen bzw. den jeweiligen Unterlagen (elektronisch und im Gespräch).

Der Ablauf ist in einem Meilensteinplan angeben und ermöglicht den Studierenden Teilaufgaben zu planen und so kontinuierlich zu arbeiten. Bei Projektende besitzt jede Gruppe einen selbst gefertigten Lenker mit geprüfter Qualität.

In den einzelnen Projekttreffen werden die Konzeption (Diskussion der Anforderungen und Risiken) hinterfragt. Die Berechnungen analysiert, die Fertigungsmethoden evaluiert und festgelegt. Materialien werden ausgewählt und der Lenker wird gefertigt. Die Qualität und die mechanischen Eigenschaften werden geprüft und eingeordnet. Am Ende  Abschlussbericht erstellt (Zusammenstellung der Ergebnisse für den „Kunden“).

Nach der Prüfung während des „Kunden/Lieferanten Gesprächs“ gibt es ein gegenseitiges Feedback-gespräch („lessons learned“), um die kontinuierliche Verbesserung  sicher zu stellen .

Customer Request ("Handout")

• Grundlagen der Finite-Element Methode
• Grundlagen der Materialmodellierung
• Einführung in die numerische Umsetzung von Materialgesetzen
• Übersicht über die Modellierung verschiedener Werkstoffklassen
• Verknüpfung von makroskopischen Größen zu mikromechanischen Vorgängen

D. Raabe: Computational Materials Science, The Simulation of Materials, Microstructures and Properties, Wiley-Vch

J. Bonet, R.D. Wood, Nonlinear Continuum Mechanics for Finite Element Analysis, Cambridge

G. Gottstein., Physical Foundations of Materials Science, Springer

• Grundlagen der Finite-Element Methode
• Grundlagen der Materialmodellierung
• Einführung in die numerische Umsetzung von Materialgesetzen
• Übersicht über die Modellierung verschiedener Werkstoffklassen
• Verknüpfung von makroskopischen Größen zu mikromechanischen Vorgängen

D. Raabe: Computational Materials Science, The Simulation of Materials, Microstructures and Properties, Wiley-Vch

J. Bonet, R.D. Wood, Nonlinear Continuum Mechanics for Finite Element Analysis, Cambridge

G. Gottstein., Physical Foundations of Materials Science, Springer

Biological materials are omnipresent in the world around us. They are the main constituents in plant and animal bodies and have a diversity of functions. A fundamental function is obviously mechanical providing protection and support for the body. But biological materials may also serve as ion reservoirs (bone is a typical example), as chemical barriers (like cell membranes), have catalytic function (such as enzymes), transfer chemical into kinetic energy (such as the muscle), etc.This lecture will focus on materials with a primarily (passive) mechanical function: cellulose tissues (such as wood), collagen tissues (such as tendon or cornea), mineralized tissues (such as bone, dentin and glass sponges). The main goal is to give an introduction to the current knowledge of the structure in these materials and how these structures relate to their (mostly mechanical) functions.

Peter Fratzl, Richard Weinkamer, Nature’s hierarchical materialsProgress,  in Materials Science 52 (2007) 1263-1334

Journal publications

• Mikroskopische Struktur und Thermodynamik von Phasengrenzflächen (gas/fest, gas/flüssig, flüssig/flüssig, flüssig/fest)
• Experimentelle Methoden zur Untersuchung von Grenzflächen
  
• Grenzflächenkräfte
• Benetzung
• Surfactants, Schäume, Biomembranen
• Chemische Funktionalisierung von Grenzflächen
  

"Physics and Chemistry of Interfaces", K.H. Butt, K. Graf, M. Kappl, Wiley-VCH Weinheim (2006)

"Interfacial Science", G.T. Barnes, I.R. Gentle, Oxford University Press (2005)

1. Poröse Festkörper – Präparation, Charakterisierung und Funktionalitäten
2. Fluidik mit nanoporösen Membranen
3. Thermoplastische Elastomere
4. Eigenschaftsoptimierung von Kunststoffen durch Nanopartikel
5. Faserverbundwerkstoffe
6. Werkstoffmodellierung auf quantenmechanischer Basis
7. Biomaterialien

Wird in der Veranstaltung bekannt gegeben