The research areas include all the products of the aeronautics and space sectors (aircraft, helicopters, turbine engines, missiles, launchers, satellites) as well as military systems and fields outside of the aeronautics and space sectors (civil engineering, automotive engineering, shipbuilding, etc.).

In particular aerospace structures both in composite and metal have been conceived, designed and manufactured for regional aircraft, remotely piloted aircraft systems, re-entry space vehicles and hypersonic flight, thrust chamber for space and aeronautic propulsion.

The main products developed by the Unit are simple and complex numerical tools for the analysis, design and optimization of aerospace structures and materials. They are also structural prototypes able to demonstrate the feasibility of advanced manufacturing technologies.

The areas of expertise are defined by the following main scientific topics:

Innovative Materials

Advanced constitutive models, Non-linear homogenization methods for the mechanical properties of microstructured materials, Ablative composite materials, Surface science

Manufacturing Processes on Metallic Materials

Additive technologies, Welding processes, Post-manufacturing treatments, Powder metallurgy

Manufacturing Processes on Composite Materials

Aerospace structures design and prototyping, Automated manufacturing, Grid structures, Multifunctional composite structures

Aerostructures Design and Dynamics

Structural modelling, Topological structural optimization, Aeroelastic modelling, Structural dynamics (shock spectrum, random vibration, transient analysis), Progressive Failure Analysis, Fracture mechanics, Flight Loads and Ground Loads, Crash Analysis, Preliminary and detailed structural design, Virtual Testing, Virtual allowable, CAD/CAE

Thermostructures and Thermal Control Technologies and Design

Thermostructural design and analysis, Design and analysis of thermal control system components, Aero-thermo-structural coupled modelling, Thermomechanical behavior simulation of space structures

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