Descrizione del progetto
Sondare il comportamento termico nei materiali granulari
I materiali granulari sono i secondi materiali più abbondanti sulla Terra dopo i liquidi. Costituiscono il suolo, la sabbia e la ghiaia su cui camminiamo, i cereali che usiamo in cucina e le polveri che usiamo in medicina. Tuttavia, nonostante il fatto che questi materiali siano onnipresenti, gli scienziati non hanno ancora una comprensione meccanicistica del loro comportamento termochimico. Finanziato dal programma di azioni Marie Skłodowska-Curie, il progetto MatheGram mira a sviluppare nuovi modelli numerici e tecniche sperimentali per prevedere e caratterizzare la generazione e il trasferimento di calore, nonché gli effetti termici sui materiali granulari. Una migliore comprensione del loro comportamento termochimico ne consentirà l’utilizzo in nuove applicazioni, come la produzione additiva, il rivestimento in polvere e lo sviluppo di materiali compositi.
Obiettivo
Granular materials are ubiquitous in nature and in various industries, such as chemicals, pharmaceuticals, food and ceramics. Their thermomechanical behaviours are governed by the interactions between solid particles, as well as between particles and the surrounding media (gas or liquid). Although granular materials have been investigated extensively, there are still some unsolved challenging issues concerning the thermomechanical behaviours, including heat generation (i.e. self-heating) and transfer, and thermal effects on material properties and process performance. Furthermore, the unique thermomechanical attributes have led to emerging applications with granular materials, such as additive manufacturing, powder coating, high quality composites, insulation and efficient thermal processing for energy conservation, but there is a lack of mechanistic understanding of thermomechanical behaviour of granular materials in these emerging applications. MATHEGRAM will hence deliver a timely, concerted research and training programme to address these challenges, bringing together a multi-disciplinary and inter-sectorial consortium consisting of 6 leading academic institutes, 4 non-academic beneficiaries and 6 partner organisations from 8 EU member states. Our vision is to develop robust new numerical models and novel experimental techniques that can predict and characterise heat generation and transfer, as well as thermal effects in granular materials. The enhanced mechanistic understanding of granular materials will enable them to be used in diverse industries, while also achieving energy conservation and CO2 emission reduction. We will also train a cohort of 15 ESRs with balanced gender, who will be the next generation scientific and technological leaders with competency and the research and transferable skills to work effectively across disciplinary and sectoral boundaries.
Campo scientifico
- engineering and technologymaterials engineeringcomposites
- natural sciencesphysical sciencescondensed matter physicssoft matter physics
- engineering and technologymaterials engineeringcoating and films
- engineering and technologymechanical engineeringmanufacturing engineeringadditive manufacturing
- engineering and technologymaterials engineeringceramics
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Meccanismo di finanziamento
MSCA-ITN - Marie Skłodowska-Curie Innovative Training Networks (ITN)Coordinatore
GU2 7XH Guildford
Regno Unito