The Polish research team from the Silesian University of Technology, in collaboration with German partners, will investigate the accelerated fatigue performance of materials used, inter alia, in aviation.
The Polish research team headed by Dr hab. inż. Andrzej Katunin from the Silesian University of Technology, in collaboration with partners from the University in Freiburg, will aim to develop a new method of accelerated fatigue performance of materials used, inter alia, in aviation under the project: “Methodology for adaptive accelerated fatigue testing of thermoplastic composites considering the self-heating effect”. Researchers will investigate lightweight but durable thermoplastic composites reinforced with carbon fibre which, despite numerous advantages, are susceptible to degradation under long-term mechanical loading. They will study the impact of the self-heating effect that may affect test results, and will develop a fatigue degradation model combining various loading regimes, eventually creating a tool for a faster and yet credible evaluation of composite durability. The Polish project budget is over PLN 720,000. The proposal was evaluated by the German agency DFG and the evaluation results were approved by NCN under the Weave Programme.
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