Programm CWD & DSEC 2025

Day 1 - 2025-03-11

All times are local to Germany (CEST, UTC+02:00).
Europa Saal
K 1
K 2
K 3
K 4/5
K 7/8/9
08:30
Opening Plenary
11:20
Coffee break
Topics
Planetary Plain Bearing I
Gearbox I
Sustainability
Plain Bearing
Drivetrain Technology: Performance and Efficiency
System Engineering: Seamless Model-Based Product Development
11:45
Next Generation Plain Bearing Technology for Wind Turbine Gearboxes
Dr.-Ing. Hermann van Lier
ZF Wind Power Antwerpen NV
Lommel, BE
Probabilistic modelling of the tooth root strength of wind gears
Dr. Jonas Finken
Flender GmbH
Wind Gears Development
Voerde, DE
Exploring sustainable composites for wind turbine components
Dr. Yi Guo
Technical University of Denmark
Wind Energy and System
Boulder, US
Dr. Xing-Yuan Miao
Technical University of Denmark
DTU Wind
Roskilde, DK
Unique concept of a planetary plain bearing test bench
Fabian Renger
RENK Test System GmbH
Augsburg, DE
Optimization of power-split hybrid drives and of their operating strategy using dynamic programming
Hendrik Hoffmann
RWTH Aachen University
Institute for Machine Elements and Systems Engineering (MSE)
Aachen, DE
Automated Generation of Drivetrain Components with Model-based Systems Engineering, Variant Modeling and FVA Workbench
Dr. Ingo Schulz
SKF GmbH
High Performance Cluster
Schweinfurt, DE
12:10
Simulation and application of hydrodynamic planet bearings for wind turbine gearboxes
Dr.-Ing. Michael Plogmann
Schaeffler AG & Co. KG
Herzogenaurach, DE
Mario Kittsteiner
Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KG
Herzogenaurach, DE
Design of a TFF Critical Testing Gear Set under Reverse Bending
M.Sc. Johannes Rolzhäuser
Laboratory for Machine Tools and Production Engineering (WZL) of RWTH Aachen University
Gear Department
Aachen, DE
Navigating Sustainability: A Journey of Strategy Development
M.Sc. Chem.Eng. PhD Allan Korsgaard Poulsen
Vestas Wind Systems
Innovation, Concepts, Capability & Excellence
Aarhus N, DK
Efficient dynamic simulations of planetary journal bearings in wind turbine gearboxes
Mattheus Lucassen
RWTH Aachen University
Institute for Machine Elements and Systems Engineering (MSE)
Aachen, DE
Cost Reduction of Four-Point Bending Tests by using an innovative electrohydraulic Drive Concept
Luis Böhm
IABG
Business Unit Test Systems
85521 Ottobrunn, DE
Making MBSE central system models more accessible
Matthias May
Lehrstuhl und Institut für Maschinenelemente und Systementwicklung, RWTH Aachen
Systems Engineering - Design Methodology
Aachen, DE
12:35
Analysing and Predicting the Behaviour of Journal Bearings on the Gearbox Operational Behaviour
Dr.-Ing. Daniel Piel
Vestas Nacelles Deutschland GmbH
Powertrain Module
Dortmund, DE
Tooth Flank Fracture in a Wind Turbine Gearbox – A Failure Analysis
M. Sc. Sascha Rommel
Forschungstelle für Zahnräder und Getriebesysteme (TUM)
Gear Research Center (FZG)
Garching, DE
Model-based feasibility study and design of a steel rotor blade
M.Sc. Lukas Kettenhofen
RWTH Aachen
Institute of Structural Mechanics and Leightweight Design
Aachen, DE
Optimisation and validation of pin profiling for sliding planet gear bearings
Dr.-Ing. Maximilian Prölß
COB Bearings Europe Holding GmbH
Desselbrunn, AT
Design of profile corrections and tolerances in cylindrical gears for noise-sensitive applications in line with production efforts
M.Sc. Laurenz Roth
Laboratory of Machine Tools and Production Engineering (WZL) of RWTH University
Chair of Machine Tools, Gear Department
Aachen, DE
13:00
Lunch break
Topics
Planetary Plain Bearing II
Gearbox II
Digitalization
Drivetrain
Drivetrain Technology: NVH
System Engineering: MBSE in Practical Application
14:00
Measurement of operational characteristics inside a planetary plain bearing under wind turbine operating conditions
Dipl.-Ing. Dennis Witter
ZF WIND POWER ANTWERPEN NV
Technology
Aachen, DE
Elastic Interaction in Planetary Stages with Increased Torque Density
Dr. Sebastian Reisch
Flender GmbH - Winergy
Development
Voerde, DE
Wind Turbine Gearbox Digitalization Trends and Case Studies to Lower the Cost of Energy
Douglas Guthrie
Vestas
Powertrain
Portland, US
Advancements in Powertrain Test Design and Implementation
Jonathan Hughes
Offshore Renewable Energy Catapult
Validation / Technology Development
Blyth, GB
An efficient simulation chain for predicting the vibro-acoustic behavior of industrial gear units.
Dr.-Ing. Prateek Chavan
SEW-EURODRIVE GmbH & Co KG
Bruchsal, DE
Functionally identical and model-based optimized spare parts for on-demand additive manufacturing
Dr. Christoph Matz
BMW Group
München, DE
14:25
Failure mechanisms of bronze-based plain bearings implemented in gearbox under presence of foreign particles
Akash Deo
Rheinmetall | Division Power Systems | BU Bearings
Sankt Leon-Rot, DE
Dynamic embedding process of friction enhancing hard particles in frictional connections
Jonathan Schanner
Chemnitz University of Technology
Institute for Design Engineering and Drive Technology
Chemnitz, DE
DIGIT-BENCH Digital Twin: Advancing the Large-Scale Testing Facilities for the Wind Industry
Dr. Elif Ecem Bas
R&D Test Systems
Electrical and Digital testing
Hinnerup, DK
HyDrive: Continuously Variable Hydraulic Power-Split Drivetrain for Wind Turbines
Pascal Seifermann
Hochschule für Angewandte Wissenschaften Hamburg
CC4E
Hamburg, DE
A Model Based analysis of Most Contributing NVH Phenomena in Hybrid Power Unit with Countermeasures.
Master of Science in engineering Physics Hans Johannesson
Powertrain Engineering Sweden - Aurobay
Analysis and Concepts
Goteborg, SE
Lightweight User Interface for Model-Based Systems Engineering of Product Architecture
Doctor of Philosophy Asanka Maithripala
Vestas Wind Systems A/S
Interface Management
Arhus N, DK
14:50
Detection of particle contamination and lubrication outage in journal bearings in wind turbine gearboxes using surface acoustic wave measurements and machine learning
Thomas Decker
RWTH Aachen University
Center for Wind Power Drives (CWD)
Aachen, DE
High Detail System Level CFD-Lubrication Analysis of Wind Turbine Gearboxes
M.Sc. Martin Cardaun
NGC Transmission Europe GmbH
Duisburg, DE
New AI approaches enabling Advanced Condition Monitoring of Wind Turbine Gearboxes
Dr. Florin Tatar
ZF WIND POWER
Lommel, BE
Scientific Computing for Verification and Validation of Wind Turbine Drivetrains
Distinguished Professor of Mechanical En Sez Atamturktur Russcher
Clemson University
Mechanical Engineering
North Charleston, South Carolina, US
Validation of Models for Calculating the NVH Behavior of Gearbox Systems in an Elastic Multibody Simulation
Stefan Wischmann
RWTH Aachen University
Institute for Machine Elements and Systems Engineering
Aachen, DE
Alexander Mann
Werkzeugmaschinenlabor WZL der RWTH Aachen University
Getriebetechnik
Aachen, DE
Demonstrator Model for an Entity-Based System Modeling Approach
Dr. Jonas Marheineke
IME Aachen GmbH
Herzogenrath, DE
15:15
Effect of adding hard particles to welded sliding material in plain bearings for planetary gears
Ryo Asaba
DAIDO METAL CO., LTD.
Research & Development Department
Aichi, JP
Multiobjective mechanical wind turbine gearbox design optimization to reduce component damage risk during grid faults
Pascal Bußkamp
Chair for Wind Power Drives (CWD), RWTH Aachen University
Aachen, DE
Model Uncertainty and Sensitivity Analysis in Life Extension of Wind Turbine Drivetrains by Means of SCADA Data
Kelly Tartt
University of Strathclyde / NTNU
Nottingham, GB
Characterizing Wind Turbine Drivetrain Nonlinearities for Hybrid Nacelle Tests
Muhammad Omer Siddiqui
Faunhofer IWES, Fraunhofer Institute for Wind Energy Systems
Bremerhaven, DE
Efficient Simulation of Rotordynamics and Acoustics of an Electric Drive Train with Electromagnetic Coupling
Dr. Alexander Boucke
IST GmbH
Software Development
Aachen, DE
Cube - A SaaS collaboration platform for the development of technical systems
Dr.-Ing. Heiko Baum
Heiko
Aachen, DE
15:40
Coffee break
Topics
Main Bearing I: Plain Bearing
Noise, Vibration & Harshness
Floating Turbine
Roller Bearing I
Machine Elements: Design & Tribology
System Engineering: System Models and Model Libraries
16:10
Miba main bearings - an innovative solution for wind turbines to push boundaries
Dr. Johannes Hölzl
Miba Gleitlager Austria GmbH
Systems Engineering Wind Applications
Laakirchen, AT
Synergies of Parametric Optimization and Topology Optimization for Tonality Free Wind Turbines
Philip Becht
ZF Wind Power Antwerpen NV
Lommel, BE
Main bearing response in a waked 15-MW floating wind turbine in below-rated conditions
Veronica Liverud Krathe
Norwegian University of Science and Technology
Department of Marine Technology
Trondheim, NO
Experimental Study of Roller Bearing Raceway Indentation on Bearing Life
Dr. Yi Guo
Technical University of Denmark
Wind Energy and System
Boulder, US
Influence of Lubricant Particle Contamination on Premature Failure of Electrical Loaded Radial Cylindrical Roller Bearings in Wind Turbines
M.Sc. Peter Rößler
Institute for Machine Elements and Systems Engineering RWTH Aachen University
Bearing Technology
Aachen, DE
M.Sc. Jörn Christian Harling
Institute for Machine Elements and Systems Engineering RWTH Aachen University
Bearing Technology
52062, DE
Practical approach of system engineering to meet the challenges of agricultural machinery
Dr. Marco Ramm
CLAAS Industrietechnik GmbH
Paderborn, DE
16:35
Fluid-Film-Main-Bearings: An Alternative to Roller Bearings
Dipl.-Ing. Stefan Haverkamp
Maag Germany GmbH
Waukesha Bearrings
Grossostheim, DE
Deep learning approach to efficiently solve wind turbine acoustic tonalities
Dr. Manuel Eckstein
Wölfel Engineering
Simulation, Vibration and Monitoring Technologies
Höchberg, DE
A Comparative Fully-Coupled Analysis of Dynamic Behaviours for a 15-MW Wind Turbine on a Bottom-Fixed Monopile and a Semi-Submersible Floating Foundation
M. Sc. Jinqiu Pan
Center for Wind Power Drives
Aachen, DE
Simulation-based damage analysis of main bearings in wind energy application
Patrick Wingertszahn
MEGT RPTU Kaiserslautern-Landau
Kaiserslautern, DE
Machine learning-based classification of lubrication regimes for textured journal bearings
M.Eng. Yujun Wang
Institute for Machine Elements and Systems Engineering, RWTH Aachen University
Tribology
Aachen, DE
Seamless Model-Based Concept Exploration, Simulation, Design Optimization and Evaluation of Hydrogen-Electric Drivetrains using a Model Library
Lukas Irnich
MSE of RWTH Aachen University
Aachen, DE
17:00
Machine Learning methods for the design of excitation-optimized gears in Wind-Energy gearboxes
Frederik Stachowske
Eickhoff Bergbautechnik GmbH
Applikationsentwicklung
Bochum, DE
Investigation of the Grid Forming Operation based on the Interaction between Mechanical and Electrical Drivetrain of a Floating Wind Turbine System
M.SC Jiun Li
Fraunhofer IWES
Global Turbine Dynamics
Bremerhaven, DE
Numerical simulation of ring creep on a wind turbine main shaft
Peter Grosse
Fraunhofer Institute for Wind Energy Systems IWES
System Validation Mechanical Drive Train
Bremerhaven, DE
Geometric Design of Axial Piston Machine Slipper-Bearings made of High-Performance Plastics
M.Sc. Felix Schlegel
Institut für fluidtechnische Antriebe und Systeme der RWTH Aachen
Faculty of Mechanical Engineering
Aachen, DE
Reusable Solution Element Libraries for Accelerated Application of MBSE in Mechanical Product Development
Frederik Moers
RWTH Aachen
Institute for Machine Elements and Systems Engineering
Aachen, DE
17:25
End of conference day 1
17:30
Break and Shuttle Transfer to Conference Dinner
19:30
- 23:30
Evening event

Day 1 - 2025-03-11

All times are local to Germany (CEST, UTC+02:00).
08:30 - 11:20
Europa Saal
Opening Plenary
11:20 - 11:45
Coffee break
11:45 - 12:10
Europa Saal
Next Generation Plain Bearing Technology for Wind Turbine Gearboxes
K 1
Probabilistic modelling of the tooth root strength of wind gears
K 2
Exploring sustainable composites for wind turbine components
K 3
Unique concept of a planetary plain bearing test bench
K 4/5
Optimization of power-split hybrid drives and of their operating strategy using dynamic programming
K 7/8/9
Automated Generation of Drivetrain Components with Model-based Systems Engineering, Variant Modeling and FVA Workbench
12:10 - 12:35
Europa Saal
Simulation and application of hydrodynamic planet bearings for wind turbine gearboxes
K 1
Design of a TFF Critical Testing Gear Set under Reverse Bending
K 2
Navigating Sustainability: A Journey of Strategy Development
K 3
Efficient dynamic simulations of planetary journal bearings in wind turbine gearboxes
K 4/5
Cost Reduction of Four-Point Bending Tests by using an innovative electrohydraulic Drive Concept
K 7/8/9
Making MBSE central system models more accessible
12:35 - 13:00
Europa Saal
Analysing and Predicting the Behaviour of Journal Bearings on the Gearbox Operational Behaviour
K 1
Tooth Flank Fracture in a Wind Turbine Gearbox – A Failure Analysis
K 2
Model-based feasibility study and design of a steel rotor blade
K 3
Optimisation and validation of pin profiling for sliding planet gear bearings
K 4/5
Design of profile corrections and tolerances in cylindrical gears for noise-sensitive applications in line with production efforts
13:00 - 14:00
Lunch break
14:00 - 14:25
Europa Saal
Measurement of operational characteristics inside a planetary plain bearing under wind turbine operating conditions
K 1
Elastic Interaction in Planetary Stages with Increased Torque Density
K 2
Wind Turbine Gearbox Digitalization Trends and Case Studies to Lower the Cost of Energy
K 3
Advancements in Powertrain Test Design and Implementation
K 4/5
An efficient simulation chain for predicting the vibro-acoustic behavior of industrial gear units.
K 7/8/9
Functionally identical and model-based optimized spare parts for on-demand additive manufacturing
14:25 - 14:50
Europa Saal
Failure mechanisms of bronze-based plain bearings implemented in gearbox under presence of foreign particles
K 1
Dynamic embedding process of friction enhancing hard particles in frictional connections
K 2
DIGIT-BENCH Digital Twin: Advancing the Large-Scale Testing Facilities for the Wind Industry
K 3
HyDrive: Continuously Variable Hydraulic Power-Split Drivetrain for Wind Turbines
K 4/5
A Model Based analysis of Most Contributing NVH Phenomena in Hybrid Power Unit with Countermeasures.
K 7/8/9
Lightweight User Interface for Model-Based Systems Engineering of Product Architecture
14:50 - 15:15
Europa Saal
Detection of particle contamination and lubrication outage in journal bearings in wind turbine gearboxes using surface acoustic wave measurements and machine learning
K 1
High Detail System Level CFD-Lubrication Analysis of Wind Turbine Gearboxes
K 2
New AI approaches enabling Advanced Condition Monitoring of Wind Turbine Gearboxes
K 3
Scientific Computing for Verification and Validation of Wind Turbine Drivetrains
K 4/5
Validation of Models for Calculating the NVH Behavior of Gearbox Systems in an Elastic Multibody Simulation
K 7/8/9
Demonstrator Model for an Entity-Based System Modeling Approach
15:15 - 15:40
Europa Saal
Effect of adding hard particles to welded sliding material in plain bearings for planetary gears
K 1
Multiobjective mechanical wind turbine gearbox design optimization to reduce component damage risk during grid faults
K 2
Model Uncertainty and Sensitivity Analysis in Life Extension of Wind Turbine Drivetrains by Means of SCADA Data
K 3
Characterizing Wind Turbine Drivetrain Nonlinearities for Hybrid Nacelle Tests
K 4/5
Efficient Simulation of Rotordynamics and Acoustics of an Electric Drive Train with Electromagnetic Coupling
K 7/8/9
Cube - A SaaS collaboration platform for the development of technical systems
15:40 - 16:10
Coffee break
16:10 - 16:35
Europa Saal
Miba main bearings - an innovative solution for wind turbines to push boundaries
K 1
Synergies of Parametric Optimization and Topology Optimization for Tonality Free Wind Turbines
K 2
Main bearing response in a waked 15-MW floating wind turbine in below-rated conditions
K 3
Experimental Study of Roller Bearing Raceway Indentation on Bearing Life
K 4/5
Influence of Lubricant Particle Contamination on Premature Failure of Electrical Loaded Radial Cylindrical Roller Bearings in Wind Turbines
K 7/8/9
Practical approach of system engineering to meet the challenges of agricultural machinery
16:35 - 17:00
Europa Saal
Fluid-Film-Main-Bearings: An Alternative to Roller Bearings
K 1
Deep learning approach to efficiently solve wind turbine acoustic tonalities
K 2
A Comparative Fully-Coupled Analysis of Dynamic Behaviours for a 15-MW Wind Turbine on a Bottom-Fixed Monopile and a Semi-Submersible Floating Foundation
K 3
Simulation-based damage analysis of main bearings in wind energy application
K 4/5
Machine learning-based classification of lubrication regimes for textured journal bearings
K 7/8/9
Seamless Model-Based Concept Exploration, Simulation, Design Optimization and Evaluation of Hydrogen-Electric Drivetrains using a Model Library
17:00 - 17:25
K 1
Machine Learning methods for the design of excitation-optimized gears in Wind-Energy gearboxes
K 2
Investigation of the Grid Forming Operation based on the Interaction between Mechanical and Electrical Drivetrain of a Floating Wind Turbine System
K 3
Numerical simulation of ring creep on a wind turbine main shaft
K 4/5
Geometric Design of Axial Piston Machine Slipper-Bearings made of High-Performance Plastics
K 7/8/9
Reusable Solution Element Libraries for Accelerated Application of MBSE in Mechanical Product Development
17:25 - 17:30
End of conference day 1
17:30 - 19:30
Break and Shuttle Transfer to Conference Dinner
19:30 - 23:30
Evening event

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