Postdoctoral Fellowships 2024 at KTU Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences (financial mathematics, decision making, financial risk analysis, modeling of systems)

Professor dr. Audrius Kabašinskas proposes postdoctoral position at the department of Mathematical modelling, Kaunas University of Technology, Lithuania. Research topics proposed are following but not

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In Memoriam: Prof. Stefka Dimova (1940-2023)

Prof. Stefka Dimova was one of the pioneers of computational mathematics in Bulgaria. She was a visiting professor or researcher in leading scientific centers in

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The international scientific conference dedicated to the 160th anniversary of Prof. Dr. Hermann Minkowski

Dear Colleagues,20-22 June 2024, mathematicians from Kaunas University of Technology and Georg-August Göttingen University are organizing the international scientific conference, dedicated to the 160th anniversary of Prof.

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Carl Friedrich Gauss and the Gaussian Easter formula

Kaiserslautern. Happy Easter from Kaiserslautern!

Happy Easter from Kaiserslautern! Why is Easter NOW and why is it on a different date every year? There’s mathematics behind it: For a long time, it took a lot of effort to calculate. Astronomers had to calculate the phases of the moon in advance and scholars wrote entire books on how to calculate the date of Easter. The famous mathematician Carl Friedrich Gauss found this procedure far too complicated and created a formula consisting of just a few equations – the Gaussian Easter formula. Even today, we can still use this formula, which is over two hundred years old, to calculate the date of Easter every year.

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Production line for lithium battery cells for the automotive or e-bike industry.

Kaiserslautern. Simulation of the Production of Lithium-Ion Cells and Battery Packs

Large battery factories are being built in many places in Europe to meet the demand for cells. As this production is very space-, energy- and time-intensive, it is important to design the production processes as efficiently as possible without negatively affecting the product properties of the battery cells. This is where our researchers at the Fraunhofer ITWM provide support with physical simulation models for specific process steps. 

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»AD-Net District Heating« Simulates and Optimizes Operation of Heating Networks

Kaiserslautern. Software Solution »AD-Net District Heating« – Dynamic Simulation for the Networks of Tomorrow

The district heating of the future as a central component of a sustainable energy system requires new control concepts as well as communicative approaches. With our software tool »AD-Net District Heating«, we at the Fraunhofer ITWM dynamically simulate and optimize the operation of heating networks in real time.

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The digital human model IPS IMMA takes a short break in the vehicle. EMMA helps to answer the question of how to assess comfort under dynamic driving manoeuvres even in such relaxed postures.

Kaiserslautern. EMMA4Drive – Dynamic Human Model for More Safety and Comfort in Autonomous Vehicles

With the EMMA4Drive project, our researchers of the Fraunhofer Institute for Industrial Mathematics ITWM are further developing the dynamic human model EMMA for use in fully or partially autonomous driving vehicles.

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Shell displacement

Kaiserslautern. Scaled Boundary Isogeometric Analysis

When delving into numerical analysis, particularly in the realm of Finite Elements (FEs), one encounters several difficulties and hurdles associated with the central step of discretizing the underlying problem. In a two-phase interdisciplinary DFG research project, a robust numerical method was therefore developed that combines Isogeometric Analysis (IGA) and the Scaled Boundary Finite Element Method (SB-FEM) for modelling complex geometries in linear and non-linear solid mechanics.

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Improved Fiber Distribution Increases Thermal Insulation – Project »Oho«: Optimization of Wood-Fiber Based Insulation Materials

Kaiserslautern. Improved Fiber Distribution Increases Thermal Insulation

Together with four partners, our researchers at the Fraunhofer ITWM are investigating the effects of fibre distribution in wood-based insulation materials in the project »Oho: Optimization of Wood-Fibre Based Insulation Materials« with the aim of improving thermal insulation. The aim is to achieve a thermal conductivity of less than 35 W/K. The project is funded by the Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF).

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