Nordiske Kompositdage Aalborg University August 2008

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1 Nordiske Kompositdage 2008 Aalborg University August 2008

2 Department of Mechanical Engineering Aalborg University ( Ole Thybo Thomsen Head of Department, Professor, Ph.D.

3 Founded 1974 Faculties: Humanities (4 departments) Social Sciences (5 departments) Engineering, Science and Medicine (15 departments) 22 Departments (incl. inter-faculty departments) National Building Research Institute (SBi) > 14,000 students Campuses: Aalborg (Main) Esbjerg Copenhagen (Ballerup) Annual budget (2007) in excess of DKK 1,500 M Facts about AAU

4 Department of Mechanical Engineering, AAU Faculty/Staff: Approximately 50 (+) (including Ph.D. students and supporting staff) Mission: Education and tutoring - B.Sc., M.Sc. and Ph.D. level degrees: Design of Mechanical Systems (DMS), Materials Science (Joint Master ECIU), Mechanical Vibro Acoustics and Noise and Nano Technology (Nano Materials) Part time degree programme: Master in Wind Energy Fundamental and applied research Collaboration with industry on research/development (civil engineering to aerospace) Research collaboration with universities and research institutions

5 Principal Competence Groups / Research Groups: Materials Science and Engineering Mechanics and Design of Structures Computer Aided Engineering Design and Product Development

6 Materials Science and Engineering Key areas of research: Mechanics of materials Mesomechanics Polymers Polymer based composites Metal alloys Ceramics and microcellular materials Nano phased/structured materials (nano composites)

7 Computer-Aided Engineering Design and Product Development Key areas of research: Finite element analysis and other numerical methods Computer-aided engineering design Multidisciplinary design optimisation Design of dynamic multibody systems Fluid-power & mechantronics Fluid-structure interaction problems Acoustic design criteria Biomechanics (musculoskeletal modelling & ergonomics)

8 Mechanics and Design of Structures Key areas of research: Mechanics of lightweight structures Design and analysis (from bridges to space craft) Materials and structures characterisation Fibre reinforced polymer materials (FRP or composites ) Sandwich structures Processing/manufacturing of polymer composites

9 Collaboration on Research and Industrial Development Forms of collaboration: Collaboration with industry, research institutions and universities Student projects Ad-hoc testing and qualification assignments for industry Collaboration contracts with industry CHAT Centre for Human Appliances and Technology ( Industrial and co-sponsored Ph.D. projects Research programmes sponsored by national and international funding agencies Hosting of companies on AAU campus

10 Ongoing and recent research projects on composite materials and sandwich structures : Blade King co-sponsored by the Danish Advanced Technology Foundation (Højteknologifonden) and LM Glasfiber A/S, Comfil ApS and DTU-Risø, Laboratory for Sustainable Energy and Aalborg University : Microcellular nanocomposite for substitution of Balsa wood and PVC core material abbrevated NanCore, TOMORROW: EU FP7 Theme 4 - FP7- NMP , Grant agreement for: Collaborative project - Large-scale integrating project. Grant agreement no.: Partners: 13 partners across Europe including LM Glasfiber A/S, Huntsman, AAU, KU Leuven and more : Multi-material Wednesday design optimization 27. of composite August structures. Research project sponsored by FTP (2 PhD projects). 2007: Analysis and Design of Advanced Lightweight Composite Sandwich Structures. Lab tour from 13:45 15:15 Research project and visiting professorship for Professor Y. Frostig, Faculty of Civil Engineering, Technion Israel Institute of Technology, Israel. Co-funded by the private Danish foundations Det Obelske Familiefond and Tranes (after Fond. lunch) : Design of badminton rackets. PhD. project co-sponsored by Active Sportswear A/S, AAU, the Faculty of Engineering, Science and Medicine and the Danish Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation (MVTU, FUU) : Detection and characterisation of defects in pultruded UD CFRP composite materials and prediction of compressive properties. Industrial PhD project with Fiberline Composites A/S and Cambridge University, UK (EFP 2005): Improved design of large wind turbine blades Phase 3 (EFP 2005), co-sponsored by the Danish Energy Authority (Energistyrelsen) under the so-called EFP-framework programme and AAU, Faculty of Engineering, Science & Medicine. In collaboration with Risø National Laboratories, Vestas Wind Systems A/S and LM Glasfiber A/S. WELCOME TO AALBORG & AAU!

11 Continued : Development of lightweight M1 passenger seat for automotive applications using advanced materials. Research & Development Project: Sponsored by Jany A/S : Influence of Local Effects in Sandwich Structures under General Loading Conditions & Ballistic Impact on Advanced Composite and Sandwich Structures. US Navy, Office of Naval Research (ONR), Grant/Award No. N : Influence of Local Effects in Sandwich Structures under General Loading Conditions & Ballistic Impact on Advanced Composite and Sandwich Structures : Functional composite materials with nanotube and nanowires. Postdoc research project inder the umbrella of the NEMT-laboratory (New Era of Materials Technology) cosponsored by Det Obelske Familiefond, Spar Nord Fonden, Nordjysk Universitetsfond, LM Glasfiber A/S, NKT Flexibles I/S and EU : Failure Analysis for Inserts in Sandwich Plates. European Space Agency, European Space Research and Technology Center (ESTEC), ESTEC/Contract No /06/NL/PA : Integrated design and manufacturing of lightweight composite and sandwich structures - Innovation consortium (Innovationskonsortium) sponsored by the Danish Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation (MVTU). Involves 2 PhD students and 1 Postdoc at AAU. In collaboration with CompoShield A/S, DIAB ApS, Fiberline Composites A/S, LM Glasfiber A/S, Vestas Wind Systems A/S, FORCE Technology and Risø National Laboratories : Structural grading of sandwich structures. PhD project sponsored by FTP : Analysis and optimization of composite structures using adaptive analysis models. Internal AAU Ph.D. project.

12 Continued : Interface design of composite materials. Postdoc research project inder the umbrella of the NEMT-laboratory (New Era of Materials Technology) co-sponsored by Det Obelske Familiefond, Spar Nord Fonden, Nordjysk Universitetsfond, LM Glasfiber A/S, NKT Flexibles I/S and EU : Interfase/interphase properties in polymer composites. Industrial Postdoc research project inder the umbrella of the NEMT-laboratory (New Era of Materials Technology) co-sponsored by Det Obelske Familiefond, Spar Nord Fonden, Nordjysk Universitetsfond, LM Glasfiber A/S, NKT Flexibles I/S and EU : Multiscale modelling of composite materials atomistic/continuum transition. Postdoc (Research Assoc. Prof.) research project inder the umbrella of the NEMT-laboratory (New Era of Materials Technology) co-sponsored by Det Obelske Familiefond, Spar Nord Fonden, Nordjysk Universitetsfond, LM Glasfiber A/S, NKT Flexibles I/S and EU : Analysis and design of composite materials taken the manufacturing process into account. Internal AAU Ph.D. project (EFP 2003): Improved design of large wind turbine blades Phase 2 (EFP 2003), co-sponsored by the Danish Energy Authority (Energistyrelsen) under the so-called EFP-framework program and AAU, Faculty of Engineering, Science & Medicine. In collaboration with Risø National Laboratories, the Technical University of Denmark (DTU), Vestas Wind Systems A/S and LM Glasfiber A/S.

13 Continued : Buckling of wind turbine rotor blades: Analysis, design and experimental validation. Industrial Ph.D. project with Vestas Wind Systems A/S : Revision of Engineering Structural Materials Handbook, European Cooperation for Space Standardization (ECSS), Chapter on Design of Sandwich Structures. European Space Agency, European Space Research and Technology Center, ESA/ESTEC/Contract 15865/CCN03 - Work Order No : Failure and Fatigue Phenomena Associated with Discontinuities and Localized Impact Loading in Advanced Lightweight Sandwich Structures. US Navy, Office of Naval Research (ONR), Grant/Award No. N : Novel principles for analysis and design of advanced lightweight composite and sandwich structures. Research project under the Program on Materials Research defined by the Danish Research Agency (2 PhD projects) : Modelling and simulation of VARTM process for the manufacturing of wind turbine blades. Industrial Ph.D. project with LM Glasfiber A/S : Research in Advanced Composite Sandwich Constructions for Naval Surface Vessels: Analysis, Design and Optimization of Sandwich Shells. US Navy, Office of Naval Research (ONR), Grant/Award No. N : In collaboration with the Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Delaware.