Description
This topic field focuses on the virtual development of fiber-reinforced composite structures across the entire digital process chain – from virtual material characterization and multiscale modeling through process simulation to component design and structural analysis. The goal is to predict material, process, and structural behavior using efficient numerical methods. This reduces development times and testing efforts and enables high-performance, manufacturable composite structures.

Key Areas and Objectives

• Multiscale material and structural modeling to describe and predict the behavior of composite materials from the micro level to the final component.
• Simulation and chaining of manufacturing processes to optimize process parameters and prevent process-induced defects and quality deviations.
• Virtual component design and optimization through coupled process and structural simulations for high-performance, manufacturable composite applications.

Topic Lead
Marco Tönjes, M.Sc.;