The Project
The NewFrac Project was initially planned as an ITN (International Training Network), a 36-month PhD program for each of the 13 positions offered, where students would have intersectoral and international training around Europe in top-of-the-line laboratories and companies in the field.
Lately, at the end of 2023, the Project obtained a 6-month extension, so the actual time horizon of the project lasted 48 months.
NewFrac Objetive
The main research objective of the NEWFRAC network is the development of a new modeling and simulation framework for the fracture mechanics optimization of high-level technological products involving heterogeneous systems (materials and structures), employed in engineering fields of strategic societal and scientific impact, ranging from renewable energy production systems to biological hard tissues.
This main objective will be achieved through the two following specific objectives:
To make a significant step forward on the key issues in FFM and PF, that will allow developing general computational tools able to solve complex fracture problems described above.
To confront these computational tools with challenging real-world fracture problems and applications which will provide the necessary feedback to upgrade these computational tools to obtain really predictive tools, which are robust, reliable and efficient, and thus useful in strategic industrial sectors.
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