Chair of Lightweight Vehicle Construction
The Chair of Lightweight Vehicle Design is concerned with the development of methods and principles for the more efficient design of lightweight construction in vehicle bodies and chassis. In doing so, lightweight construction development is considered taking into account the development chain from material application and production technologies through to construction. The aim is to further develop lightweight construction and to show the industry new, cost-effective and feasible solutions. Our motto is therefore:
"With new methods to lightweight solutions"
Based on this, new products and material applications are developed in conjunction with innovative manufacturing processes and development methods.
Research at the Chair of Lightweight Vehicle Design
Research focus
The Chair of Lightweight Vehicle Construction (FLB) is concerned with the development of methods and principles and their implementation for the efficient design of lightweight construction in body and chassis structures. Structural development is considered holistically, taking into account the entire development chain from material application and production technologies to structural design. The resulting solutions are developed on the basis of new technical and scientific findings in these areas and in close cooperation with industrial companies, making them both innovative and applicable in practice.
Research projects in the fields of vehicle concepts, component development, materials and manufacturing processes are financed by public funding and industrial partners. Among other things, the following important questions are to be answered:
Research questions
- How can lightweight and cost-effective body structures be designed for small, medium and large series vehicles?
- When is a vehicle "light"?
- How can different materials be joined together while avoiding or minimizing new investments in production facilities?
- Can components be designed with sufficient accuracy without an overall vehicle environment?
- How can new concepts be reliably developed in the shortest possible time on the basis of requirements and packages?
- How can the entire process chain be taken into account virtually in the design?
Latest publications of the FLB
Influence of high-pressure die casting parameters on bonding characteristics of aluminium-steel hybrid-castings for automotive lightweight structures
Influence of high-pressure die casting parameters on bonding characteristics of aluminium-steel hybrid-castings for automotive lightweight structures
Abnormal Strain Rate‐Dependent Work‐Hardening Behavior in Quenching and Partitioning Steel
Abnormal Strain Rate‐Dependent Work‐Hardening Behavior in Quenching and Partitioning Steel
A Rate-Dependent Damage Mechanics Model on Plasticity and Ductile Fracture Prediction of Automotive Steel Sheets
A Rate-Dependent Damage Mechanics Model on Plasticity and Ductile Fracture Prediction of Automotive Steel Sheets
Rate-Dependent Hardening Behavior and TRIP Effect in Quenching and Partitioning Steels for Application in Crash Energy-Absorbing Structures
Rate-Dependent Hardening Behavior and TRIP Effect in Quenching and Partitioning Steels for Application in Crash Energy-Absorbing Structures
Contact the working group
Postal address
University of Siegen
Department of Mechanical Engineering
Institute of Automotive Engineering
Chair of Lightweight Vehicle Design
Breite Straße 11
57076 Siegen
Visitor address
University of Siegen
Faculty of Arts and Humanities
AR-IF Level 0
Adolf-Reichwein-Str. 2
57076 Siegen
Secretariat
Please contact Mrs. Petra Kauschke