• Former Ph.D. student of Prof. Dr.-Ing. Ferdinand Svaricek
  Institute of Automatic Control, Munich University of the German Armed Forces
• Member of the Modelica Association

Ph.D. Thesis

Ph.D. thesis available at Verlag Dr. Hut with ISBN 978-3-89963-890-5.

Research Interests

• Object Oriented Modeling of Automotive Powertrains with Modelica
• Nonlinear Control
• System Dynamics

Former Projects

• DLR internal project Concepts and Energy Management for Vehicles with Alternative Powertrains (in cooperation with the DLR Institute of Vehicle Concepts)
• HYCON (Hybrid Control)
• Development and maintenance of DLR PowerTrain Library (presented at the 2002 Modelica Automotive Workshop, slides available)
• Test and Optimization of Electronic Vehicle Control Units Using Hardware-in-the-Loop Simulation with partners BMW and Liebherr-Aerospace

Publications

• Pelchen, Christoph ; Schweiger, Christian ; Otter, Martin: Modeling and Simulating the Efficiency of Gearboxes and of Planetary Gearboxes. In: Proceedings of the 2nd International Modelica Conference. Oberpfaffenhofen : The Modelica Association and Institute of Robotics and Mechatronics, Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt e. V., March 18–19, 2002, pp. 257–266


• Schweiger, Christian ; Otter, Martin: Modelling 3D Mechanical Effects of 1D Powertrains. In: Proceedings of the 3rd International Modelica Conference. Linköping : The Modelica Association and Linköping University, November 3–4, 2003, pp. 149–158


• Peer, Angelika ; Bajcinca, Naim ; Schweiger, Christian: Physical-based Friction Identification of an Electro-Mechanical Actuator with Dymola/Modelica and MOPS. In: Proceedings of the 3rd International Modelica Conference. Linköping : The Modelica Association and Linköping University, November 3–4, 2003, pp. 241–247


• Elmqvist, Hilding ; Mattsson, Sven E. ; Olsson, Hans ; Andreasson, Johan ; Otter, Martin ; Schweiger, Christian ; Brück, Dag: Real-time Simulation of Detailed Automotive Models. In: Proceedings of the 3rd International Modelica Conference. Linköping : The Modelica Association and Linköping University, November 3–4, 2003, pp. 29–38


• Schweiger, Christian ; Otter, Martin ; Cimander, Gerald: Objektorientierte Modellierung mit Modelica zur Echtzeitsimulation und Optimierung von Antriebssträngen. In: Steuerung und Regelung von Fahrzeugen und Motoren — AUTOREG 2004 (VDI/VDE-GMA, ed.). Düsseldorf : VDI-Verlag, March 2–3, 2004 (VDI-Berichte 1828), pp. 639–650


• Elmqvist, Hilding ; Mattsson, Sven E. ; Olsson, Hans ; Andreasson, Johan ; Otter, Martin ; Schweiger, Christian ; Brück, Dag: Real-Time Simulation of Detailed Vehicle and Powertrain Dynamics. In: Electronics Simulation and Optimization (SAE 2004 World Congress). Detroit : SAE International, March 8–11, 2004 — Document Number: 2004-01-0768


• Otter, Martin ; Schweiger, Christian: Modellierung mechatronischer Systeme mit Modelica. In: Mechatronischer Systementwurf (VDI/VDE-GMA, ed.). Düsseldorf : VDI-Verlag, June 22–23, 2004 (VDI-Berichte 1842), pp. 39–50


• Bünte, Tilman ; Schweiger, Christian ; Odenthal, Dirk ; Baumgarten, Götz: Modellierung, Regelung, Simulation und Bewertung der Fahrdynamik. In: Sicherheit — Mobilität — Umweltschutz : Erster Verkehrstechnischer Tag ; Sicher zum Ziel. Braunschweig : Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt e. V., November 25, 2004, pp. 88–109


• Schweiger, Christian ; Dempsey, Mike ; Otter, Martin: The PowerTrain Library: New Concepts and New Fields of Application. In: Proceedings of the 4th International Modelica Conference. Harburg : The Modelica Association and Hamburg University of Technology, March 7–8, 2005, pp. 457–466


• Elmqvist, Hilding ; Olsson, Hans ; Mattsson, Sven E. ; Brück, Dag ; Schweiger, Christian ; Joos, Dieter ; Otter, Martin: Optimization for Design and Parameter Estimation. In: Proceedings of the 4th International Modelica Conference. Harburg : The Modelica Association and Hamburg University of Technology, March 7–8, 2005, pp. 255–266


• Schweiger, Christian ; Otter, Martin: Modelica-Modellbibliothek zur Simulation der Dynamik von Schaltvorgängen bei Automatikgetrieben. In: Dynamik und Regelung von automatischen Getrieben — VDI-Schwingungstagung 2005 (VDI-EKV, ed.). Düsseldorf : VDI-Verlag, November 23–24, 2005 (VDI-Berichte 1917), pp. 105–124


• Baur, Marcus ; Ungethüm, Jörg ; Treffinger, Peter ; Schweiger, Christian ; Otter, Martin: AlternativeVehicles — Modelica-Bibliothek zur Simulation von alternativen Fahrzeugkonzepten. In: Steuerung und Regelung von Fahrzeugen und Motoren — AUTOREG 2006 (VDI/VDE-GMA, ed.). Düsseldorf : VDI-Verlag, March 7–8, 2006 (VDI-Berichte 1931), pp. 607–616