PROMINENT will target the innovative solutions in three main research areas:
– continuum damage mechanics with the special interest in phase-field damage modeling,
– experimental investigation of concrete and metals responses and the material parameters identification.
– specialized FEM software development life cycle.
Research along these three axes will generate the basis for designing the new PAK-DAM software tool for damage assessment which integrates computational mechanics, experimental mechanics and computer science.
The significance of proposed research which includes development of software PAK-DAM and experimental investigation of metals and concrete will be an irreplaceable set for the prediction of the structure behavior and failure in exploitation. The innovative approach will include the most advanced theoretical algorithms (PFM), staggered type of iterative algorithms , 1D, 2D, 3D type of multifield elements, all types of loading and boundary conditions, small and large strains, but also set of experimental results of steel and concrete which will be organized in database for the easy access and to provide material constants.
The application potential is widely covered in all types of engineering industry, but the most important is safety of large infrastructural objects such as concrete dams, bridges, high buildings, on one side and metallic parts in automotive, transportation, aviation, airspace, and biomedicine industries.
The extension of the PAK-DAM tool will be possible by implementation of additional materials (alloys, composites, polymers, tissue, rubber) for the specific application in bioengineering and nanomedicine. The instructions for future implementation of phase-field damage model for fatigue crack growth in materials will be provided in Appendix in User manual.
