The Fraunhofer Institute for High-Speed Dynamics (German: ''Fraunhofer-Institut für Kurzzeitdynamik''), commonly known as the Ernst Mach Institute and also by the abbreviation Fraunhofer EMI, is a facility of the
Fraunhofer Society
The Fraunhofer Society (german: Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Förderung der angewandten Forschung e.V., lit=Fraunhofer Society for the Advancement of Applied Research) is a German research organization with 76institutes spread throughout Germany ...
in Germany. The Institute is based in
Freiburg im Breisgau
Freiburg im Breisgau (; abbreviated as Freiburg i. Br. or Freiburg i. B.; Low Alemannic German, Low Alemannic: ''Friburg im Brisgau''), commonly referred to as Freiburg, is an independent city in Baden-Württemberg, Germany. With a population o ...
. Its activities are applied research and development in the fields of
materials science and high-speed measurement techniques. The Institute also has offices in
Efringen-Kirchen
Efringen-Kirchen is a municipality in the district of Lörrach in Baden-Württemberg, Germany.
Fortifications
During World War I fortifications were built at Istein, these were destroyed at the end of the war. In 1936 plans were drawn up to tur ...
and
Kandern
Kandern is a town in southwestern Germany in the state of Baden-Württemberg, in the '' Kreis'' (district) of Lörrach. During the Battle of Schliengen, in which the French Revolutionary army fought the forces of Austria, the battle lines of both ...
.
The name "Ernst Mach Institute" is named for the physicist
Ernst Mach
Ernst Waldfried Josef Wenzel Mach ( , ; 18 February 1838 – 19 February 1916) was a Moravian-born Austrian physicist and philosopher, who contributed to the physics of shock waves. The ratio of one's speed to that of sound is named the Mach ...
(1838–1916), who first used
high-speed photography to visualize ballistic and gas-dynamic processes.
See also
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NEOShield
Asteroid impact avoidance comprises the methods by which near-Earth objects (NEO) on a potential collision course with Earth could be diverted away, preventing destructive impact events. An impact by a sufficiently large asteroid or other NEOs ...
External links
*http://www.emi.fraunhofer.de/
Laboratories in Germany
Fraunhofer Society
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