The focus of the priority program is on five key questions: How can the material behavior of a magnetically controllable hybrid material be influenced via the particle-matrix interaction? The creation of a cross-scale consistent description of the materials. Conducting experimental studies of the material behavior in the magnetic field. What are the opportunities in novel actuator and sensing applications? How can the effectiveness of the biomedical use of magnetic nanoparticles be improved?

The aim is to improve cooling air management in gas turbines, especially the part from the air transition into the turbine disks to the rotor blade outlet. This part in industrial gas turbines differs significantly from aero engines in terms of design and flow. The special features in industrial gas turbines result from the stationary design, the demands on service life and operating regime. There is as yet no data basis for the flow control to be optimized.

In the development of increasingly powerful compressors, the optimization of the pulley design in terms of weight savings, efficiency improvement, service life increase and enlargement of the pumping limit distance. However, this optimization can only be achieved with accurate knowledge of the heat transfer and thus the component temperature distribution. The flow in rotating disk chambers is dominated by forced or natural convection, depending on throughput and temperature differences, and often exhibits unstable flow.