COMPUTATIONAL MATERIALS SCIENCE
Objective
- Investigate critical mechanisms in material durability occurring at the micron- to nano-scale
- Design, verify, and validate models that incorporate atomistic and multi-physics approaches to multi-functional materials design
- Determine multi-functional properties of a variety of materials – metals, polymers, composites.
- Develop novel composite materials such as boron nitride nanotube (BNNT) metal composites
Why It Matters
Materials Modeling enables the design and fabrication of improved light weight multi-functional materials that exhibit superior properties
Recent Accomplishments
Multi-scale modeling studies for:
- Damage of metallic materials
- Mechanical and electroactive properties of boron nitride nanotubes and bundles
- Mechanical properties of polymer and metal matrix nanocomposites and laminates with carbon or boron nitride nanotube inclusions
Clients
NASA HQ, NASA Langley Research Center
Participants / Collaborators
- National Institute of Aerospace
- Texas A&M
- Virginia Tech
- George Mason University
