High-speed Deformation and Failure of Materials at the Nanometer Scale

Project description

Assessing nanomaterials durability at high strain rates

Nanoindentation is the latest technology that enables researchers to measure the mechanical properties of a material on the nanometre and micrometre scale. However, it can only determine mechanical properties for controlled loads and not for impacts or collisions. Currently, researchers can reproduce high strain rates only on large, homogeneous samples. The EU-funded NanoHighSpeed project aims to advance nanoindentation into a new tool for experiments with high strain rates – enabled by advances in hardware and experimental methods. The new process will be able to characterise materials at strain rates millions of times higher and on scales that are millions of times smaller.

Fields of science

• engineering and technology › materials engineering › crystals
• agricultural sciences › agriculture, forestry, and fisheries › agriculture › grains and oilseeds
• engineering and technology › materials engineering › coating and films
• engineering and technology › electrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineering › information engineering › telecommunications › mobile phones
• social sciences › economics and business › economics › sustainable economy

Programme(s)

• H2020-EU.1.1. - EXCELLENT SCIENCE - European Research Council (ERC) Main Programme

Topic(s)

• ERC-2020-STG - ERC STARTING GRANTS

Call for proposal

ERC-2020-STG

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Funding Scheme

ERC-STG - Starting Grant

Host institution

UNIVERSITAET KASSEL

Net EU contribution

€ 1 426 370,31

Address

Monchebergstrasse 19
34125 Kassel
Germany

Region

Kassel › Kassel, Kreisfreie Stadt

Activity type

Higher or Secondary Education Establishments

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Non-EU contribution

€ 0,00

Beneficiaries (2)

UNIVERSITAET KASSEL

Germany

Net EU contribution

€ 1 426 370,31

Address

Monchebergstrasse 19
34125 Kassel

Region

Kassel › Kassel, Kreisfreie Stadt

Activity type

Higher or Secondary Education Establishments

Links

Non-EU contribution

€ 0,00

FRIEDRICH-ALEXANDER-UNIVERSITAET ERLANGEN-NUERNBERG

Participation ended

Germany

Net EU contribution

€ 334 932,69

Address

Schlossplatz 4
91054 Erlangen

Region

Bayern › Mittelfranken › Erlangen, Kreisfreie Stadt

Activity type

Higher or Secondary Education Establishments

Links

Non-EU contribution

€ 0,00