C u r r e n t  R e s e a r c h  &  S c i e n t i f i c  C o o p e r a t i o n s

MECHANICS OF STRUCTURES

• Stress, deformation state and life time of structures, like storage tanks and vessels during earthquake excitation Partners: ESI Leoben, Kolednik

• Analysis Micromechanics of forming tools during thermomechanical treatment, development of defects and irreversible shape changes Partners: MC Leoben, R. Ebner et al.

• Stress and deformation state in biological structures, swelling and shrinking mechanisms during life time Partners: MPI Colloids & Interfaces, Potsdam/Golm, Fratzl et al.

• Dynamics of the railway wheel/rail or wheel/switch contact process. Deformation, stress and wear state in the wheel and the rail or switch Partners: MC Leoben, Daves; VA Schienen GmbH Leoben; VAE Zeltweg

MECHANICS AND THERMODYNAMICS OF MATERIALS

• Elementary principles to develop evolution equations for dissipative processes Partners: Czech Acad Sci, Brno, Svoboda; RU Bochum Inst. Mech. Hackl; Polish Acad Sci, Warszaw, Petryk

• Martensitic and displacive phase transformations in metals and intermetallics Partners: Paris Materials Centre, Evry, Cailletaud et al.; Polish Acad Sci, Warszwa, Petryk et al.; U. Wien, Waitz; MUL, Clemens et al.; ESI Leoben, Dehm et al.

• Phase transformation in nanoparticles and thin layers Partners: Nanoconsulting, Karlsruhe, Vollath; MUL, P. Mayrhofer; ESI Leoben, Dehm et al.

• Thermodynamics of moving interfaces in metals, intermetallics and minerals, phase boundaries in particles and crystals Partners: Czech Acad Sci, Brno Svoboda; U Jena, Rettenmayr; FU Berlin, Abart; MPI Colloids & Interfaces, Potsdam/Golm, Fratzl; MUL, Clemens et al.; U Wien, Waitz; FWF Wien, Liu

• Prediction of the microstructure of alloys and compounds, diffusive processes in multicomponent, multiparticle systems, application to development of steels with specific properties profile Partners: Czech Acad Sci, Brno, Svoboda; TU Graz, Cerjak et al; TU Wien, Kozeschnik et al; Böhler Uddeholm, Kapfenberg

DEFECTS AND CRACKS

• Design tools for inhomogeneous materials with cracks, the concept of configurational forces Partners: ESI Leoben, Kolednik; U Marburg, Gubeljak et al.; U. Minnesota, Simha

• Multicrack systems in ceramics and biological materials, design of fracture-resistant structures Partners: ESI Leoben, Kolednik; MPI Colloids & Interfaces, Potsdam/Golm, Fratzl et al.; MUL, Danzer

APPENDICES:

ZAMM – Wärmeleitproblem

ZAMM – Integral

Int. J. Solids and Structures – Supplementary Materials