Vision

The design and production of the next generation of highly complex functionally optimized products can only be accomplished by an innovative combination of multiple physical phenomena. In this context, thermo-mechanically coupled metal forming processes bear a still unrevealed potential. In this type of integrative processes the control of the complex interaction between material flow and micro structural evolution becomes a key issue. This will eventually lead to the development of a new generation of adaptive knowledge-based processes.

To approach this vision, CHS² focuses on an intelligent fusion of different research fields as schematically depicted in the following figure.