Working group 2: characterisation and testing for Light Metals
| Service | Offered by |
| Mechanical characterization of materials: micro to macro scale at different temperatures, strain rates (quasi static, creep, fatigue, fracture mechanics, crash) |
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| Development of material models (quasi static, creep, fatigue, crash, acoustic properties, integrated functions) | |
| Simulation of component properties/bevaviour (mechanical, thermal, environmental influences, acoustics) | |
| Simulation of manufacturing, joining & disjoining processes: adhesive, welded joints (residual stresses, distortions) | |
| Material digitalisation (ontologies, knowledge graphs, probabilistic analyses, machine learning analyses) | |
| Microstructural analysis of materials and failure analysis components (XRD, SEM, LM, micro & nano hardness, EBSD) | |
| Nondestructive testing (ultrasonic, computer tomography, micro magnetic) | |
| Structural and microstructural characterization (XRD, SEM, HR-TEM) | |
| Total, open, closed porosity and pore size determination | |
| FTIR, Raman spectroscopies | |
| Prediction of mechanical properties and process optimization in metal forming and castings of light & ultra-light alloys |
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| Microstructural analysis and prediction in metal forming operations of light and ultralight alloys | |
| Product/process interaction for smart functions (i.e. fastner application on a component) | |
| Increase hot process efficiency through dies/moulds drastic thermal regulation | |
| Improvement of digital twin accuracy through reliable flow stress characterization of metals and alloys | |
| Micromechanical and microstructural characterization |
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| Simulation of component properties and mechanical behaviour | |
| Sheet metal formability: Forming Limit Diagrams (FLD) determination, Limit Drawing Ratio (LDR) tests, Hole Expansion Tests (HET), edge formability tests | |
| Standard tests and development of specific tests to reproduce in-service behaviour (different temperatures and environments, corrosion fatigue, etc.), components testing | |
| Dilatometry: CCT, TTT and simulative thermo-mechanical tests on bulk and sheet metal. | |
| Friction and Wear: Pin/Ball-on-Disk; Roll-to-Roll; custom tests; including temperature and lubricant | |
| Pilot plants: High Pressure Die Casting, cold and hot stamping | |
| Corrosion and degradation: Salt Spray, Humidostatic, Cyclic tests. Delayed Fracture: Stress Corrosion Cracking, Hydrogen Embrittlement | |
| Experimental characterization of mechanical, adhesive and hybrid joints (fracture, fatigue, degradation) | |
| Additive Manufacturing: metal powder design and production by centrifugal atomisation | |
| Design and analysis of structures by numerical simulation methods (FEM) | |
| Process optimization by numerical simulation methods (plastic injection, stamping, casting, extrusion, AM, composites…) | |
| Advanced optimization methods for improved lightweighting performance (topology/topography/sizing optimization, lattice structures…) | |
| Life-cycle assessment and costing. Levelized cost of Energy (LCOE) | |
| Impedance spectroscopy analysis to characterize material and sensor properties |
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| Linear-torsion dynamic testing machine interfaced with measurement devices for electro-mechanical characterization | |
| Pulsed laser machine for cutting, engraving and local carbonization of polymeric substances | |
| Atomic Force Microscope for topology and morphology investigation | |
| Integration of thin films sensor in light weight structures |
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