Fatigue and damage in aluminum/composite structures
Current research focus areas are within fatigue and damage tolerance predictions under complex loading histories in integral aluminum structures and in joint techniques in hybrid composite-aluminium structures subject to simultaneous cyclic and thermally induced loading.
Materials characterization and mechanical testing are closely related to modeling of materials and failure mechanisms. Computer aided definition systems (CAD) are used in the development of useful and efficient computer aided engineering software (CAE).
Access to a FEM system
An in-house finite element modeling (FEM) system with direct access to source code (TRINITAS) is available for developed algorithms and methods to be tested, explored and validated in a simulated industrial environment.
Topology optimization and additive manufacturing
Topology optimization (TO) techniques are developed and utilized in order to achieve low weight and required stiffness of air vehicle components under robust load conditions and stress related failure mechanisms.
The topology optimization is currently used in research studies on repair techniques of integral metal structures and on additive manufactured (AM) aeronautical components.
