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The Chair introduces itself

Aircraft of the future will have to meet significantly higher requirements in terms of both ecological and economic efficiency. The work at the Chair of Aircraft Engineering addresses these challenges. It ranges from the investigation of unconventional aircraft configurations, the development of quick calculation methods, and damage tolerance investigations to the design and optimization of new structural concepts, and manufacturing methods.

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Studying

The Chair of Aircraft Engineering offers a wide range of courses. It ranges from aircraft design to manufacturing and repair.
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Research

The research focus of the Chair of Aircraft Engineering is divided into several areas. These include, among others, the simulation and optimization of aircraft structures, the numerical and experimental investigation of the damage tolerance behavior of aircraft structures, as well as aircraft design.

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Employees at the Chair

In addition to the holder of the Chair, Prof. Dr. Johannes Markmiller, various experts work in the fields of design and optimization of aerostructures, damage tolerance of aerostructures and the design of unconventional aircraft concepts.
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Tomorrow's aviation

Main focuses in teaching

  • Aircraft design
  • Design of metallic and composite aerostructures
  • Aircraft manufacturing
  • Aircraft maintenance
  • Fundamentals of aeroelasticity

Main research topics

  • Aircraft preliminary design methods
  • Design of new structural concepts and designs for aircaft
  • Damage tolerance of composite aerostructures
  • Methods for the multi-objective optimization of aerostructures
  • Crash simulation
  • Adaptive und active aircraft structures