Discovery Projects - Grant ID: DP170104307

Funded Activity Summary

Predicting strength of porous materials. This project aims to develop a predictive theory of strength for unflawed, low-ductile porous materials – an unsolved problem in computational solid mechanics. Three-dimensional printing of lightweight, porous materials is used in industry, medicine and science. The project will develop the theory and conduct experiments on porous metallic and polymeric samples made using additive manufacturing, which require understanding and optimisation of the building of fine scale features. Understanding strength should improve design of stronger materials, by using and extending the capabilities of three-dimensional printing. These advances will further provide a much-needed basis for a fundamental understanding of fracture in other porous materials important to society such as concrete, rocks, porous ceramics and bone implants.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 01-06-2017

End Date: 31-12-2023

Funding Scheme: Discovery Projects

Funding Amount: $347,000.00

Funder: Australian Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Numerical Analysis | Theoretical and Applied Mechanics | Numerical and Computational Mathematics | Metals and Alloy Materials

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

Structural Metal Products | Expanding Knowledge in Engineering | Expanding Knowledge in the Mathematical Sciences |

Other Keywords

Expanding Knowledge in Engineering | Expanding Knowledge in the Mathematical Sciences | Metals and Alloy Materials | Numerical Analysis | Numerical and Computational Mathematics | Structural Metal Products | Theoretical and Applied Mechanics

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