Lightweight in Motion / Bionic Optimization in Design
Project information
submitted by
Niklas Hamann
Co-Authors
Owen Hinrichs,
Peiyi Huang,
Rebecca May,
Kilian Nowak,
Jan Pleser,
Justus Rath-Prazak,
Sarah Reichelt,
Leonard Schultz,
Julian Solmsdorff,
Malte Wanitschke,
Marius Kintzel,
Mentors
Prof. Andreas Mühlenberend,
Moritz Neuner M.A.,
Niklas Hamann M.A.,
Faculty:
Art and Design
Degree programme:
Product Design (Bachelor of Arts (B.A.)),
Productdesign (Master of Arts (M.A.))
Type of project presentation
Exhibition
Semester
Summer semester 2024
- Geschwister-Scholl-Straße 7 - Van-de-Velde-Bau
(Raum 006)
Available during summaery opening hours
Project description
On exhibition are design drafts and prototypes that were created using bionic methods of topology optimization and lightweight construction. The aim of the methods used is to reduce the weight and material of products and to increase fatigue strength (durability). Selected examples of the movement of loads were used to develop exemplary design studies and implemented in models / prototypes in order to check the plausibility of the results. The basic types of simulation of lightweight structures in nature were calculated using Rhinoceros 3D and Grasshopper, as well as Fusion360, and were learned in a "Fachmodul" accompanying the project. The skills developed there is also on display.
Email: niklas.hamann[at]uni-weimar.de