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New strategies for multifield fracture problems across scales in heterogeneous systems for Energy, Health and Transport

Project description

Researchers solving complex fracture problems in heterogenous systems

Thirteen early-stage researchers will be selected for a high-level doctoral training programme offered by the EU-funded NEWFRAC project. With a consortium of seven university research teams and five high-tech companies, the young researchers will become experts in fracture prediction in heterogenous systems. They will develop new failure-predictive computational tools and will beneficiate from a strong academia-industry collaboration framework. They will also apply these tools to relevant problems in strategic industrial sectors like energy, health and transport. The NEWFRAC project will integrate two new strategies for computational fracture modelling: the finite fracture mechanics and the phase field model of fracture to solve wide-ranging interconnected fundamental issues of fracture modelling such as crack initiation and propagation interacting with interfaces in ultra-thin ply composites, curved laminates and their joints, injection molded fibre reinforced plastics, thermoplastics, layered ceramics, photovoltaics and human bones.

Objective

The training network NEWFRAC is a leading European research consortium composed by eight top university research teams and five high-tech companies. The high-level doctoral training offered by NEWFRAC to thirteen creative, entrepreneurial and innovative early-stage researchers is focused on new strategies for prediction and analysis of multi-field fracture phenomena in heterogeneous engineering systems at different scales. These researchers are developing new failure-predictive computational tools and apply them to relevant problems in strategic industrial sectors like Energy, Health and Transport. Their individual research projects address most relevant questions of current interest in failure prediction in heterogeneous systems, that will generate high-impact research outputs which go beyond the current state of the art in fracture modelling. To this aim, NEWFRAC integrates two new strategies for computational fracture modelling: Finite Fracture Mechanics and a variational approach to fracture referred to as Phase Field, and solves wide-ranging interconnected fundamental issues of fracture modelling like: fragmentation and dynamic crack propagation, toughening composites by micro- and meso-structural optimization, simultaneous crack initiation and propagation interacting with interfaces in: ultra-thin ply composites, curved laminates, injection molded fibre reinforced plastic, thermoplastics, layered ceramics, photovoltaics, solid oxide fuel cells and human bones, among others. NEWFRAC guarantees the attendance of early-stage researchers to all network-wide training activities, and favours their training through interdisciplinary and intersectoral research, mobility and exposure to industry, aiming at their transfer to industry after the network. These early stage researchers will become experts in fracture prediction in heterogeneous systems and will contribute to reduce the innovation gap by enhancing two ways academia-industry transfer of knowledge.

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MSCA-ITN - Marie Skłodowska-Curie Innovative Training Networks (ITN)

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(opens in new window) H2020-MSCA-ITN-2019

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Coordinator

UNIVERSIDAD DE SEVILLA
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€ 501 809,76
Address
CALLE S. FERNANDO 4
41004 Sevilla
Spain

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Region
Sur Andalucía Sevilla
Activity type
Higher or Secondary Education Establishments
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€ 501 809,76

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