Digital volume correlation – unraveling Fatigue in heteROgeneous eNgineering maTERIals (Frontier)

Digital volume correlation – unraveling Fatigue in heteROgeneous eNgineering maTERIals: Frontier
Fatigue has become a crucial topic in the durability and integrity assessment of aeronautical and civil infrastructures. Yet, an understanding of the actual fatigue damage process in engineering materials is lacking. Specifically, one fundamental question remains: what is the micro-mechanical origin of macro-mechanical phenomena? Frontier outlines an approach that will link across length scales and help answer this question. The grant will fund the recipient, one PhD student, and three postdocs.