Advanced fibre reinforced composites, such as woven composites, offer the promise of solutions to structural problems in which extreme demands in multidisciplinary domains are made. However, the world economical situation implies that their cost is also essential. These new composites are generally not well described by traditional composite design analysis. New models and new approaches must be derived, based on basic understanding of the fundamental mechanisms. The purpose of this lecture is to show how to design the optimal woven composite (i.e. to give its composition and its fabrication process) for any new special application when only a few tests are available, when the simulated predictions are not very reliable and when it is necessary to adjust its mechanical elastic/inelastic properties and its electromagnetic properties while taking care of its weight and its price. This is solved within the Intelligent Optimal Design Approach, i.e. by coupling the existing knowledge of experts, their models, their numerical results and their experimental data thanks to some special adaptive learning and optimization techniques.

Der Vortrag wird in englischer Sprache gehalten.

Leiterin EMPA Akademie: Dr. Anne Satir