Polymer-based high performance composites

Fraunhofer Institute for Mechanics of Materials IWM

Schädigungsverhalten an Lasteinleitungen: Bohrungen, Kerben.© Fraunhofer IWM

In order to determine how fiber reinforced materials behave during use, we investigate the relationship between structure and properties. Our newly developed material models can simulate the attainable properties and predict operational behavior. Our developments focus on those that help us to understand damage mechanisms and provide evidence of damage tolerance under operational conditions. We develop testing methods that are suitable for fiber-reinforced materials in order to experimentally determine material and component properties, and optimize them with the aid of numerical simulations.

Services

  • Design and optimization of fiber reinforced components and simulation of failure behavior.
  • Development of methods to highly precisely characterize fiber reinforced laminated layers.
  • Development of calculation methods for dimensioning CFRP foam sandwich structures.
  • Evaluation of damage tolerance in sandwich materials and components.
  • Fracture mechanical evaluation of delamination.
  • Design and optimization of CMC components for high temperature applications.
  • Meso-structural characterization of foams.