DACOMAT - Damage Controlled Composite Materials
The objective of DACOMAT is to develop more damage tolerant and damage predictable low cost composite materials in particular aimed for used in large load carrying constructions like bridges, buildings, wind-turbine blades and offshore structures. The developed materials and condition monitoring solutions will provide high tolerance for manufacturing imperfections and high capacity to sustain damages. This will enable large composite structures to be manufactured and maintained at low cost.
With new composite materials developed in the project, our aim is to:
- Improve durability and reduce lifetime costs of bridges with 30 %
- Improve durability of wind turbine blades by 30 %, and achieve a significant reduction of blade related cost (offshore)
Latest news
- Workshop; Cracks in composite structures: how to be in control?
- A Key Innovation award to the DACOMAT project
- Micromechanical model of fiber bridging
- A mixed mode cohesive model for FRP laminates incorporating large scale bridging behaviour
- DACOMAT at 2020 virtual Risø Material Symposium
- Online conference: Sustainable composites: The future
Duration: January 2018 - December 2021
Budget: 5.9 M€
Contact: Einar Hinrichsen
Twitter: @DACOMAT_EU
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