Bubble Inflation of Elastomer Sheet: Bulge Test for Biaxial Loading
Modelling based on the tensile test alone is easy but not sufficient for real elastomers. - The aim is therefore to provide industry usable... [mehr]
Fraunhofer-Institut für Betriebsfestigkeit und Systemzuverlässigkeit LBF
Improved methods for failure prediction of hard foam components
Nowadays, a universally accepted procedure for multiaxial tests of hard foam components is missing. Some loading cases can hardly be realized... [mehr]
Why cars don’t fly – a lightweight solution for battery electric vehicles
Battery packs for electric vehicles (EVs) are very heavy due to the high quantity of battery cells needed if the targeted high driving ranges... [mehr]
Fatigue strength of hybrid joined multi-material structures: Fraunhofer LBF identifies potential for lightweight design
The use of component-like bowl specimens provides practical insights into fatigue properties of structural components, which cannot be determined... [mehr]
Optimized Specimen for In-Plane Shear Test
In context of realistic loading scenarios, the in-plane-shear test offers one of the easiest possibilities of the materials survey. But the known... [mehr]
Component Design: Competitive Advantage through Stress Analysis
Using proposed stress analysis, the available stress states in the components under loadings can be sorted and the volumes of the components under... [mehr]
Caterpillars of the wax moth love eating plastic: Fraunhofer LBF investigates degradation process
Within the Framework of a research project on the chemical imaging analysis of plastic digestion in caterpillars (RauPE), a team from Fraunhofer... [mehr]
Without thermal chamber: Fraunhofer LBF develops dynamic plastics testing even at low temperatures
With the new device, the Fraunhofer LBF scientific team will be able to investigate plastic properties even at temperatures below room... [mehr]
Fraunhofer LBF Awards Ernst Gaßner Award for Outstanding Achievements in Automotive Lightweight Design
An international jury, whose members were appointed by the Fraunhofer LBF, selected the winners of the 2020 Ernst Gaßner Award from a large... [mehr]