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Alexander Herwig, M. Sc.

A. Herwig

Room 026, Hermann-Blenk-Straße 35, 38108 Braunschweig

Email al.herwig@tu-braunschweig.de

Phone Telefon: +49 531 391 9937

Consultation hours On appointment

Head of Laboratory for Flying Demonstrators


Teaching

  • Supervising student research projects, bachelor or master theses

  • Grundlagen der Faserverbundwerkstoffe (WS24), StudIP

  • Digitale Werkzeuge (WS23, SS24) - StudIP

  • Grundlagen des Konstruierens - (SS24) - StudIP

  • Entwerfen von Verkehrsflugzeugen II (SS 23) - StudIP

  • Grundlagen des Konstruierens - Grundregeln der Gestaltung und Gestaltungsprinzipien - SS 23

  • Produktionstechnik für die Luft- und Raumfahrttechnik (WS 22/23) - StudIP


Projects

SE²A - Sustainable and energy efficient aviation - Teilprojekt B2.5 EverScale - Enhancement and verification of load alleviation technologies by sub-scale flight testing

JoinTHIS – Produktion in situ konsolidierter TP-CFK-Strukturen

inTGroH – Industrielle Fertigung einer Thermoplast-Großkomponente mit innovativen Hybrid-Strukturen

SPP 1712 - Intrinsische Hybridverbunde für Leichtbautragstrukturen - Teilprojekt 1: Multilayer-Inserts - Intrinsische Hybridverbunde zur Krafteinleitung in dünnwandige Hochleistungs-CFK-Strukturen

 


Publications

Herwig, A., Beyer, Y., Brack, T., Haupt, M., Heimbs, S., Steen, M. and Hecker, P.,. Design and Commissioning of a Scaled Aeroelastic Airplane Intended for Load Alleviation Demonstration, AIAA 2025-1438. AIAA SCITECH 2025 Forum, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Orlando, FL, January 2025. [URL]

Herwig, A.; Haupt, M.; Brack, T.; Bustamante, J.; Heimbs, S.: Gust load alleviation in a scaled UAV demonstrator, ICAS 2024 - 34th Congress of the International Council of the Aeronautical Sciences, Florence, Italy, September 9-13, 2024 [URL]

Nagel, L.; Herwig, A.; Schmidt, C. & Horst, P.: Numerical Investigation of Residual Stresses in Welded Thermoplastic CFRP Structures. Journal of Composites Science,  Volume 5, Number 2, Pages 45, Publisher: Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute, 2021. [URL]

Fleischer, J.; Herwig, A. & Horst, P.: Grundlagen der Fertigung, Charakterisierung und Auslegung. Intrinsische Hybridverbunde für Leichtbautragstrukturen,  Springer, 2020. [URL]

Weykenat, J., Herwig, A., Gonzalez, J. S., Schmidt, C., Groß, L., Denkena, B., Horst, P. u. Meiners, D.: Local Fiber-Metal-Laminate used as Load Introduction Element for Thin- Walled CFRP Structures. 4th Internation Conference Hybrid 2020 - Materials and Structures. Hybrid2020 2020

Herwig, A.; Schmidt, C. & Horst, P.: Investigation of Asymmetrical Fiber Metal Hybrids Used as Load Introduction Element for Thin-Walled CFRP Structures. 14th CIRP Conference on Intelligent Computation in Manufacturing Engineering,  CIRP ICME textasciiacute20 - 14th CIRP Conference on INTELLIGENT COMPUTATION IN MANUFACTURING ENGINEERING, July, Gulf of Naples, Italy, 2020.

Denkena, Berend; Schmidt, Carsten; Groß, Lukas; Horst, Peter; Herwig, Alexander; Meiners, Dieter & Gonzalez, Jonathan Serna: Krafteinleitungselement: Patent. ,  Number DE102017119940A1, Publisher: Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Universität Hannover, 30167 Hannover, DE and Technische Universität Braunschweig, 38106 Braunschweig, DE and Technische Universität Clausthal, 38678 Clausthal-Zellerfeld, DE, 2019.

Herwig, A.: Konzepte zur Lasteinleitung in Faserverbundstrukturen für Hochleistungsanwendungen. 23. Internationales Dresdner Leichtbausymposium, Dresden,  2019.

Groß, L.; Herwig, A.; Berg, D. C.; Schmidt, C.; Denkena, B.; Horst, P. & Meiners, D.: Production-based design of a hybrid load introduction element for thin-walled CFRP Structures. Production Engineering,  Volume 12, Number 2, Pages 113-120, Publisher: Springer, 2018. [URL]

Herwig, A.; Horst, P.; Schmidt, C.; Pottmeyer, F. & Weidenmann, K. A.: Design and mechanical characterisation of a layer wise build AFP insert in comparison to a conventional solution. Production Engineering,  Volume 12, Number 2, Pages 121-130, Publisher: Springer, 2018. [URL]

Herwig, Alexander; Schmidt, Carsten & Horst, Peter: Numerical Investigation of a Layered Hybrid Load Introduction Element for Thin-Walled CFRP Structures. ,  June, 2018.

Schmidt, C.; Behr, M.; Serna, J.; Herwig, A.; Denkena, B.; Horst, P. & Meiners, D.: Dreidimensionale Faserverstärkung in additiv gefertigten Kunststoffbauteilen. VDI-Z Integrierte Produktion,  Volume 06-2018, Publisher: VDI-Z, 2018. [URL]

Herwig, A.; Groß, L.; Gonzalez, J. S.; Denkena, B. & Schmidt, C.: Entwicklung eines mehrlagigen Inserts für dünnwandige Hochleistungs-CFK-Strukturen. Lightweight Design,  Volume 9, Number 1, Pages 22-27, Publisher: Springer, 2016.

Herwig, A.; Woidt, M. & Horst, P.: Comparison of one-, two- and three-dimensional models of a metallic insert in a composite. The 15th international conference on fracture and damage mechanics (FDM 2016),Alicante, Journal of Key Engineering Materials,  Volume 713, Pages 175-178, 2016.

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