Designing Plastics and Composite Materials
In research and teaching, we focus on the structural design and calculation of components made of synthetic and composite materials. The use of these modern materials requires knowledge of the physical material behavior as well as its manufacturing technology in order to come up with constructive ideas. For this reason, close cooperation with all institutes of the Department of Polymer Engineering is fundamental.
Univ.-Prof. Dipl.-Ing. Dr.techn. Clara Schuecker
clara.schuecker(at)unileoben.ac.at
+43 3842 402 - 2500
Profil (MUonline)
Focus: high-performance composites
Heike Noll
Office management
heike.noll(at)unileoben.ac.at
+43 3842 402 - 2501
Profil auf MUonline
Öffnungszeiten:
Mon - Tue: 07:30 - 11.30, Fri: 08.00 - 12.00
Dipl.-Ing. Dr.mont. Martin Pletz
Senior Scientist
martin.pletz@unileoben.ac.at
+43 3842 402 - 2507
Profil (MUonline)
Vasco Daniel CASTRO PIRES
Scientific Assistant
E-Mail: vasco.castro-pires(at)unileoben.ac.at
+43 3842 402 - 2511
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Dipl.-Ing. Christian Moser
Scientific Assistant
christian.moser@unileoben.ac.at
+43 3842 402 - 2510
Profil (MUonline)
Dipl.-Ing. Matthias Rettl
Scientific Assistant
matthias.rettl@unileoben.ac.at
+43 3842 402 - 2504
Profil (MUonline)
Student assistants
- Mariia Portnova mariia.portnova(at)stud.unileoben.ac.at
- Julia Schneider julia.schneider(at)stud.unileoben.ac.at
- Paul Koll paul.koll@stud.unileoben.ac.at
Teach
The focus of teaching activities are classes related to designing plastics and composite materials as well as structural simulation using the Finite Element Method (FEM) which are part of the compulsory classes of the curricula for polymer science.
Electives and free courses are offered in the spring semester for which a briefing is held at the start of the term to fix times and dates for each course. Details for all lectures of the Institute can be found at MU-Online [link:MUonline-KKV allgemein]
Bachelor and Master theses are offerd for varous topics in the area of FEM-Simulation. Anyone interested in carrying out a theses in this area should contact Prof. Schuecker or Martin Pletz directly.
In addition to Bachelor-, Master- and PhD-Seminars, the following courses are offered:
Research and Projects
The Institute of Designing Plastics and Composite Materials is primarily involved in the following research areas:
- Material modeling and failure assessment
- also for 3D textile reinforcement
- new fiber and matrix materials
- consideration of 3-axial stress conditions
- standardization of calculation methods
- multi-scale modeling of complex structures
- Realistic component simulation for complex loads
- Material-specific component design & structural optimization
- Fatigue behavior of composite materials
FEMon - Android-App for image recognition and calculation with the Finite Element Method
Matthias Rettl
Bachelor thesis
The app FEMon can be used to read the geometry of a beam drawn on paper and then calculate its drawdown. The goal is to achieve the lowest possible drawdown.
The app can be downloaded from the or alternatively as an .apk file for self-installation. Instructions on how to use the app are available.
FEMon - Android-App for image recognition and calculation with the Finite Element Method
The app FEMon can be used to read the geometry of a beam drawn on paper and then calculate its drawdown. The goal is to achieve the lowest possible drawdown.
The app can be downloaded from the Google Play Store, or alternatively here as an .apk file to install yourself. Instructions for using the app can be found here.
Contact & Approach
Institute of Designing Plastics and Composite Materials
Otto Glöckel-Straße 2
8700 Leoben
Austria
+43 3842 402 2501
verbund(at)unileoben.ac.at
Office
2nd floor, on the right side of the elevator.
Opening hours:
Mon - Tue: 07:30 - 11.30, Fri: 08:00 - 12:00