Research
I am a member of the group of Prof. Jäger and I am working
in a project in cooperation with the Toyota Central Research and
Development Labs in Japan. Further participants
of the project are Jan Rübel and
Jens Starke.
In my part I am dealing with design optimization of rotating
engine parts. Based upon a suitable finite element model,
appropriate design variables are chosen to change the shape
of the rotor and optimization problems are formulated.
The main interest lies in the reduction of the vibration level
caused by unbalance and oil film forces. The problems
are solved by algortihms belonging to the class of sequential
convex programming.
Organization of Workshop
'Optimal Design – Theory and Industrial Applications'
in Heidelberg on May 27/28 2004.
(together with Elfriede Friedmann)
Given talks
| Mai 2005: | SIAM Conference on Optimization in Stockholm Design optimization of rotating bodies |
| September 2004: | Conference of the German Mathematical Society in Heidelberg Design optimization of rotating bodies |
| April 2004: | Toyota Central Research and Development Labs, Nagakute (Japan) Rotordynamics Analysis Method of Turbocharger – Design Optimization |
| August 2003: | International Symposium on Mathematical Programming in Copenhagen Design optimization with eigenvalue and eigenvector constraints |
| May 2003: | 5th World Congress Structural and Multidisciplinary Optimization in Lido di Jesolo
(Italy) Design optimization with eigenvalue constraints |
| March 2003: | Technical University of Denmark, Kgs. Lyngby Design optimization in rotordynamics |
| November 2001: | Toyota Central Research and Development Labs, Nagakute (Japan) A bundle method for an eigenvalue optimization problem |