Facilities / Equipment
As for the field of teaching, the institute has several computer workstations with a total of more than 50 PCs. Thanks to professional CAD graphics cards and 3D input devices, the computers have the capability required for computer-aided design. For the visualization of models, FullHD projectors or public displays are available.
With a room for consultation-hours, the so called Drehscheibe, the IK provides all students with a central office. Outside of the highly frequented lectures and exercises, this room offers you the opportunity to ask questions to the specialist supervisor without time pressure issues, to take a detailed look at the exhibits and to inform yourself about current tasks for student work.
The institute for engineering design offers students of TU Braunschweig the oppertunity to experience pententials and boundaries of additive manufacturing technoligies. In the weekly consultation-hours (Wednesday 3-5 pm, Langer Kamp 8, Room 309) of the Additive Manufacturing (AM) Laboratory students are given a platform to realize their own projects using additive manufacturing (3D printing). Students should bring tzheir own projects or parts to the consultation-hours. Focus of the AM-Lab is sensitizing students for potentials and boundaries of AM on the basis of practical experience. The process from conception over design to manufacturing is supervised by student assistants.
The IK has an institute-owned library. In addition to a collection of specialist literature, student papers and dissertations written at the IK are also archived here. Borrowing is only possible via the institution members. You can also reach the library at ik-bibliothek(at)tu-braunschweig.de.
The workshop area has the machine tools and working equipment required for the production of test devices and functional patterns, such as, for example,
The software package includes all current CAD systems: Solid Edge and NX from Siemens PLM Software, Creo from PTC and CATIA from Dassault Systemes. For the design of components, calculations, optimization and simulation, the IK is equipped with the eAssistant plug-in from the Braunschweig company GWJ Technologie, ANSYS and Nastran for FEM calculations as well as various programs like Artisan, Maple, Mathematica, Matlab and Mathcad Special solutions can be used.
With the research code , powerful calculation software for acoustic and structural mechanics analyzes is available at the IK. ElPaso is based on FEM (finite element method), BEM (edge element method) and SBFEM (scaled-bounded FEM) and supports various material models as well as element types.
Almost all lectures offered at the IK are provided for students in a digital form. The equipment consists of tablet PCs, a wireless microphone and a video camera. Thanks to specific software, in addition to picture and sound of the speaker, slides and notes can also be recorded and subsequently be made available on the internet.