Westsächsische Hochschule Zwickau - Fakultät Kraftfahrzeugtechnik - Institut für Kraftfahrzeugtechnik

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Innovation Center for Vehicle Technology at the West Saxon University of Applied Sciences Zwickau

Research focus:
- Engineering of traffic systems
- Application advanced materials/ materials characterization
- Strength analysis/ experimental mechanics
- Drive train / combustion engines
- Electromagnetic compatibility in car industry
- Innovative manufacturing of vehicle elements
- Measurement engineering/ technical acoustics
- Logistics / Supply chain management
- Car body construction
- Competence center for two-wheelers and small engines
- New factory concepts
- Alternative propulsion systems
- Quality management / measurement technologies
- Automotive propulsion systems
- internal processes and combustion
- fluid dynamics
- injection systems
- engine mechanics
- numerical simulation
- fields of applications:
· application and optimization of the pressure surge injection method
in modern engines, developed in-house
· dynamic sensor systems for combustion engines
· basic research on engine knocking and combustion cycle
· exhaust emission properties of gas engines working as a gasoline engine or by means of an ignition beam, and dynamic reactions of exhaust gauges
· research on small engines and dynamic properties of handheld machines, indication measurements, and visualization of fluid dynamics inside cylinders
- basic research:
· heat transfer/consumption optimization, wear and tear of engine control
· strength tests of camshafts and temperature properties of air-conditioning systems
· research on combustion noise, sound analysis and noise reduction of vehicles
· use of biogas in large-sized agricultural enterprises with regard to energy balance and exhaust emission properties
· research and advice for local and national authorities in the field of transportation systems engineering
· thermodynamics of engines, cooling/energy balance, and engine mechanics

Electromagnetic compatibility, drive systems for cars, body construction, new plant concepts, motorcycles and small engines, metrology/technical acoustics, innovative manufacture of motor vehicle components, (forming, stressing, joining and impulse machining), new materials, drive engineering/ internal combustion engines, quality management, alternative drive systems, company logistics, supply chain management
Major customers, markets and industries: Car industry and suppliers for motor vehicle industry in Germany and Europe

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