Angewandte Mechanik - Industrial Design
Florian Medicus
Institute of Architecture , Structural Design
2026S, Lecture with Practical Exercises (VU), 2.0 ECTS, 2.0 semester hours, course number S00486
Description
This course ('Applied mechanics for Industrial Design') deals with the basic physical nature, its possible devices and restrictions in order to apply these modes of operation onto/within student projects.
Examination Modalities
Developing, designing and refining a small mechanical structure (with me as 'practical consultant') over the entire semester. We will focus on handdrawing as well as building small models.
Comments
For this course we do offer a (older, but still valid) script in German. But since this introduction into basic physics is only a very small part, non-german-speaking students are highly welcome and won't face any inconvenience.
We will meet on Wed., March 4th, 11:00 @ID1 to discuss general course modalities
Introduction (lecture): Wed., March 18th, 9:00 @ID1
Final: Wed., June 10th, 9:00 @ID1
Key Words
physics, mechanics, static/dynamic, movement, hand drawing, model, structural design
Dates
Wed, 04 March 2026, 11:00–11:30 (preliminary discussion)
Wed, 18 March 2026, 09:00–10:30
Wed, 15 April 2026, 09:00–10:30
Wed, 29 April 2026, 09:00–10:30
Wed, 13 May 2026, 09:00–10:30
Wed, 27 May 2026, 09:00–10:30
Wed, 10 June 2026, 09:00–10:30
Course Enrolment
From 02 February 2026, 09:00 to 18 March 2026, 13:52
Via online registration
Curriculum Allocation
Industrial Design (1. Section): Technology / Natural Science - Basics: Supporting Structures, Mechanics, Electronics, Engineering 580/103.10
Co-registration: possible
Attending individual courses: possible