Department of Applied Mechanics Contact person: Dr. Ádám Kovács (

Department of Applied Mechanics2 31.Robust tire models/Optimization software package for tire model parameter identification. 66.Coulomb damping – Modelling to gain fundamental understanding of process (contact) and how to optimize it. 67.Simulation of thermal deformation of forming tools. 69.Composite material models for crash simulation. 73.High temp. MR fluids. 75.Integrated microplasticity models which incorporate microstructure to predict formability. Available software packages: 1.ANSYS Multiphysics (general purpose finite element package) 2.ADAMS (motion simulation) 3.CATIA v6 (design) 4.COSMOS/M (general purpose finite element package) 5.SolidWorks (design) Human resources: 2 full professors 5 associate professors 6 assistant professors/lecturers 5 engineers 10 PhD students Possible items for cooperation with GM:

Department of Applied Mechanics3 Tire dynamics - „Memory effect” of tire Investigation of shimmy phenomenon with the a special time delayed tire model. Results of the theoretical calculations, (predicted stability boundary and quasi-periodic vibrations) are validated by experiments.

Department of Applied Mechanics4 Thermal and thermo-mechanical stress analyses Intelligent video diagnosticsCapacitive acceleration microsensor Test Blanket Module Hot Plate (gas microsensor)

Department of Applied Mechanics5 Fracture mechanical experiments on composite materials SolidWorks model of the equipmentExperimental setup of a mode-III system FE-model in ANSYS