Leon Mishnaevsky's blog

3D numerical simulations of fatigue damage of multiscale fiber reinforced polymer composites with secondary nanoclay´reinforcement are carried out. Macro–micro FE models of the multiscale composites are generated automatically using Python based software. The effect of the nanoclay reinforcement (localized in the fiber/matrix interface (fiber sizing) and distributed throughout the matrix) on the crack path, damage mechanisms and fatigue behavior is investigated in numerical experiments.

3D computational model of graphene reinforced polymer composites is developed and applied to the analysis of damage and fracture mechanisms in the composites. The graphene/polymer interface properties are determined using the inverse modeling approach. The effect of composite structure, in particular, of the aspect ratio, shape, clustering, orientation and volume fraction of graphene platelets on the
mechanical behavior and damage mechanisms of nanocomposites are studied in computational experiments.

OBJECTIVES AND TOPICS

September 4-6, 2013     Frankfurt am Main, Germany



Objectives and topics:

Development
of nanoengineering technologies and creation of nanomaterials opened
new perspectives for a number of areas of industry and everyday life.
These materials demonstrate increased strength, toughness,
biocompatibility, and can ensure higher service properties, reliability
and lifetime of devices and systems.

Having nanostructuring and
nanoengineering technologies as the tools to enhance the service

January 21-23, 2013, Ein Gedi, Israel

September 17-19, 2012, Beijing, P.R. China



Overview and Objectives

Applications are invited from
suitably qualified candidates for a Postdoctoral position in the framework of a
Danish-Chinese research project "High reliability of large wind turbines via
computational micromechanics based enhancement of materials performances"
at  Risoe DTU.

Postdoc position in a  European project "Theoretical analysis, design and virtual testing of mechanical properties of titanium-based nanomaterials" will be available at the Materials Research Division, Risø National Laboratory for Sustainable Energy, Technical University of Denmark.