FISA 2023

Proposal summary

TECHNOLOGICAL FRAMEWORK

Materials (polymers, bio-and multi-materials, two-dimensional materials and intelligent materials, composite materials, recycled materials). Enhancement and evaluation of the life cycle of material and product flows with the use of new alternative raw materials and recycling and control of resources.

THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK

‘Complex materials’ exhibit an internal structure (microstructure) at the nano, micro, or meso-levels, made of randomly or periodically distributed inclusions embedded into a generally continuous matrix, and show complex non-linear behaviour, such as damage, plasticity, fracture, etc. These materials have to meet the demand for high performance in different fields of engineering and technology. To this end, the investigation of the mechanical behaviour coupled with other concurrent physical phenomena, which must rely on effective constitutive and structural modelling and on advanced numerical methods, is essential especially for the validation of real-life case studies. A thorough understanding of the material properties at several scales of observation (multiscale analysis) is of key importance for the analysis and design of these materials.

WORK PACKAGES (WPs)

1. Non-classical/non-local continuous constitutive models for ‘complex materials’

2. Advanced computational tools for structural analysis and optimisation of new materials

3. Experimental campaign for properties characterisation and model validation

4. Design and development of next-generation natural fibre composite materials and prototypes

5. Design and development of next-generation recycled composite materials and prototypes

6. Industrial process flow set-up for next-generation recycled and bio-based composite products

7. Market validation