Dr.-Ing. Florian Dignath (1998- 2002)

Field of Research

• DFG Priority Program 1099 "Optimization of Robots with Parallel Kinematics under Thermal Load"
• Global Optimization of Structures and Control Systems, Optimization of Actively Controlled Multibody Systems Using Point- and Piecewise Defined Functions
• Research Program 409 "Adaptive Structures in Aero- and Lightweight Engineering", Project B1 (concluded)

Publications

• Florian Dignath: Empfindlichkeitsanalyse punktweise definierter Optimierungskriterien, diploma thesis DIPL-71. University of Stuttgart, Institute B of Mechanics, 1998.
• Florian Dignath and Werner Schiehlen: Nonlinear Structural Vibrations Control, Proceedings of the 3rd ENOC, 1999. http://www.imm.dtu.dk/~mps/ENOC/proceedings
• Peter Eberhard and Florian Dignath: Control Optimization of Multibody Systems Using Point- and Piecewise Defined Optimization Criteria, Engineering Optimization, vol. 32, pp. 417-438, 2000.
• Florian Dignath and Werner Schiehlen: Control of Vibrations of a Tethered Satellite System (in Russian), Prikladnaja Matematika I Mechanika (PMM), vol. 64, no. 5, pp. 747--754. Russian Academy of Science, 2000.
• Florian Dignath and Werner Schiehlen: Control of Vibrations of a Tethered Satellite System, Journal of Applied Mathematics and Mechanics (PMM), vol. 64, no. 5, pp. 715--722, 2000.
• Florian Dignath, Markus Hermle and Werner Schiehlen: Smart Structures in Robotics, Proceedings of the IUTAM Symposium on Smart Structures and Structronic Systems, U. Gabbert and H.S. Tzou (Eds.), Kluwer Academic Publishers, Dordrecht, pp. 33--40, 2001.
• Florian Dignath, Peter Eberhard and Axel Fritz: Analytical Aspects and Practical Pitfalls in Technical Applications of AD, in: Automatic Differentiation of Algorithms --- From Simulation to Optimization, Corliss, G., Faure, C., Griewank, A., Hascoet, L., Naumann, U. (Eds.), Springer-Verlag, Heidelberg, pp. 127-132, 2002.
• Florian Dignath: Optimization of Controlled Machine Tools with Parallel Kinematics, in: Advanced Driving Systems, Proceedings of the First International Symposium on Mechatronics. P. Maißer und P. Teneberge (Eds.), Chemnitz, pp. 261-270, 2002.
• Peter Eberhard, Florian Dignath and Lars Kübler: Parallel Evolutionary Optimization of Multibody Systems with Application to Railway Dynamics, in: Multibody System Dynamics, accepted for publication.

Supervised Student Projects and Diploma Theses

• Breuninger, Christian: Implementierung eines Evolutionsalgorithmus zur Optimierung geregelter Mehrkörpersysteme, student project STUD-178. University of Stuttgart, Institute B of Mechanics, 1999.
• Shah, Parthiv: Active Suspension Design for Tilting of Railway Vehicles on Curves, student project ZB-118. University of Stuttgart, Institute B of Mechanics, 2000.
• Kübler, Lars: Parallelisierung einer Evolutionsstrategie für die Eisenbahndynamik, diploma thesis DIPL-84. University of Stuttgart, Institute B of Mechanics, 2000.
• Volkov, Egor: Konvergenzverhalten deterministischer Optimierungsalgorithmen bei nicht-differenzierbaren Kriterien, student project STUD-203. University of Stuttgart, Institute B of Mechanics, 2001.
• Stiller, Christina: Semi-aktive Schwingungsdämpfung durch optimale neuronale Regelung, Studienarbeit STUD-204. University of Stuttgart, Institute A of Mechanics and Institute B of Mechanics, 2002.
• Zhang, Wei: Non-differentiable Functions in the Optimization of a Hexapod Robot, Master Thesis DIPL-92. University of Stuttgart, Institute B of Mechanics, 2002.
• Breuninger, Christian: Optimierung der Kontaktbedingungen von Mittelohrimplantaten, diploma thesis DIPL--94. University of Stuttgart, Institute B of Mechanics, 2002.

Private Site

Model Railways in Zm !