Dr.-Ing. Hendrik Geisler

In all physical measurements and production processes, random fluctuations play an unavoidable role. For example, it is not possible to exactly predict at which mechanical stress a material will fail or where a force acts on a component. To compensate for these uncertainties, engineers use safety factors in their calculations. This increases the safety of components and production processes, but at the cost of reduced resource efficiency.

To improve this situation, we at IKM develop the Time-separated Stochastic Mechanics, a new approach to efficiently incorporate the fluctuations of material parameters and loads efficiently in numerical simulations. The extremely low additional computational effort enables direct application to complex production processes in industry. Through the prediction of the stochastic behavior of components and processes even greater sustainability in mechanical engineering with reduced costs and increased reliability is achieved.