FOR 2021: Acting Principles of Nano-Scaled Matrix Additives for Composite Structures

本研究单元的目标是：（1）全面了解纳米添加剂对连续纤维增强聚合物复合材料的聚合物基体的作用机理，即改善基体主导性能、损伤容限与不变的加工性能相结合，并证明其效果达到结构水平;（2）颗粒性质与待加工的环氧悬浮液的所得性质和所得复合材料性质之间的函数相关性的实验研究;（3）沿着整个过程链直至结构层次的多尺度模拟。实验研究和模拟方法相结合，使人们能够全面了解的作用原理和基本机制。

The aims of this Research Unit are: (1) a comprehensive understanding of the acting mechanism of nano-scaled additives to polymer matrices of continuous fibre reinforced polymer composites with respect to improved matrix dominated properties, damage tolerance combined with unchanged processability; proof of the effect up to structural level; (2) experimental investigation of the functional correlation between the particle properties and the resulting properties of the epoxy-suspension to be processed and the resulting composite properties; (3) multi-scale simulation along the entire process chain up to structural level. The combination of experimental investigations and simulation methods enables a holistic understanding of the acting principles and basic mechanisms.