Fraunhofer Institute for Structural Durability and System Reliability

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Fraunhofer LBF, institute center (campus) in Darmstadt-Kranichstein

Coordinates: 49 ° 54 ′ 12.7 "  N , 8 ° 40 ′ 55.5"  E

Fraunhofer Institute for
Structural Durability and System Reliability LBF
Fraunhofer Institute for Structural Durability and System Reliability LBF
Fraunhofer Institute for Structural Durability and System Reliability
Category: research Institute
Carrier: Fraunhofer Society
Legal form of the carrier: Registered association
Seat of the wearer: Munich
Facility location: Darmstadt
Type of research: Applied research
Subjects: Engineering
Areas of expertise: Mechanical engineering , plant engineering , automotive , transport systems, lightweight construction, plastics
Management: Tobias Melz
Employee: about 500
Homepage: www.lbf.fraunhofer.de/

The Fraunhofer Institute for Structural Durability and System Reliability LBF (Fraunhofer LBF) is a facility of the Fraunhofer Society for the Promotion of Applied Research eV The institute is based in Darmstadt , its activities are applied research in the field of engineering with a focus on mechanical engineering and plant construction , Automotive industry and transport systems.

The Fraunhofer LBF celebrates its 80th birthday in 2018.

history

The history of the institute goes back to 1938 and the establishment of Bautz-Bergmann Material- und Konstruktionsberatung GmbH. In 1950 this company merged with Ernst Gaßner's physics and technology laboratory to form the “Laboratory for operational stability” from which the abbreviation “LBF” is derived. This laboratory was incorporated into the Fraunhofer Society, which was founded in 1949, in 1962 and was named "Fraunhofer Institute for Structural Strength LBF" in 1979. The institute has had its current name since 2004.

In 2012 the German Plastics Institute DKI, also based in Darmstadt, was incorporated as the new “Plastics” division.

Research priorities

The institute serves the four business areas:

  • Automotive
  • transport
  • Mechanical and plant engineering
  • Energy, environment and health

The core competencies of the institute:

  • Fatigue strength
  • System reliability
  • Adaptronics
  • Plastics

The range of services includes:

  • Lightweight construction
  • Polymer technology
  • Vibration technology
  • reliability

Cooperations

Since 2001 there has been a cooperation with the Department of System Reliability, Adaptronics and Machine Acoustics SAM at the TU Darmstadt . As part of the cooperation, the SAM carries out “basic university research”. The department is integrated into the Fraunhofer Institute with a focus on system reliability, adaptronics and machine acoustics .

In addition, the Fraunhofer LBF is a member of the Fraunhofer MATERIALS group and various Fraunhofer alliances.

  • Fraunhofer Group MATERIALS
  • Fraunhofer Adaptronics Alliance
  • Fraunhofer Lightweight Construction Alliance
  • Fraunhofer Big Data Alliance
  • Fraunhofer Battery Alliance
  • Fraunhofer Transport Alliance
  • Fraunhofer Automobile Alliance
  • Fraunhofer Simulation Alliance
  • Fraunhofer Alliance Academy

Infrastructure

Around 500 employees work at Fraunhofer LBF. The institute center in Darmstadt-Kranichstein (LBF campus) comprises a total of four buildings. In November 2010 the "Transfer Center Adaptronics" designed by JSWD Architects was opened. In spring 2015, the "ZSZ-e Center for System Reliability with a Focus on Electromobility" was added. The plastics division is located in downtown Darmstadt.

The institute was headed by Holger Hanselka between 2001 and September 2013 , before he took over the presidency of the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology KIT on October 1, 2013 .

Tobias Melz has headed the Fraunhofer Institute for Structural Durability and System Reliability LBF since January 2016. At the same time, he was appointed head of the system reliability, adaptronics and machine acoustics department at the Technical University of Darmstadt, where he has been professor for adaptronic systems since 2011. Before that, from 2001 onwards he held various managerial positions at Fraunhofer LBF. During this time he built up and headed the research area for adaptronics.

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