Research Group RELIABLE
Reliability of polymers under mechanical and environmental loads
Research Fields
The research in the field of Reliability of polymers under mechanical and environmental loads is devoted to the following topics:
- Polymers and composites under complex multiaxial mechanical and environmental loads
- long-term static
- cyclic
- impact
- temperature and medias
- Application of fracture mechanics in design
- Polymers and composites for structural and long term applications (automotive, aircraft, civil engineering, ...)
Team
Univ.-Prof. Dipl.-Ing. Dr.mont. Gerald Pinter
Head of RELIABLE Group
+43 3842 402 - 2100
gerald.pinter(at)unileoben.ac.at
Profil (Pure) | Profil (MUonline)
Specialties: polymer mechanics, fracture mechanics, life-time prediction, durability and reliability of structural polymers, fatigue testing
Reza Afsharnia, Lis. Fogh-lis.
reza.afsharnia(at)unileoben.ac.at
+43 3842 402 - 2139
Profil (Pure)
Specialties: Fatigue analysis, fracture mechanics, thermomechanical behavior of short fiber reinforced polymers
Dipl.-Ing. Dr.mont. Florian Arbeiter
florian.arbeiter(at)unileoben.ac.at
+43 3842 402 - 2122
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Specialties: Polymeric pipe grade materials, multi-layered systems and structures, fracture mechanics, mechanical impact and high-speed testing
Dipl.-Ing. Maria Gfrerrer
maria.gfrerrer(at)unileoben.ac.at
+43 3842 402 - 2190
Profil (Pure)
Dipl.-Ing. Michael Huszar
michael.huszar(at)unileoben.ac.at
+43 3842 402 - 2136
Profil (Pure)
Specialties:
Dipl.-Ing. Dr.mont. Gerald Pilz
gerald.pilz(at)unileoben.ac.at
+43 3842 402 - 2109
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Specialties: Mechanical and thermo-mechanical characterization of high performance plastics (technical thermoplastics and fiber reinforced plastics)
Dr.mont. Dott.Mag. Jacopo Schieppati
jacopo.schieppati(at)unileoben.ac.at
+43 3842 402 - 2190
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Specialties:
Dipl.-Ing. Dr. mont. Gabriel Stadler
gabriel.stadler(at)unileoben.ac.at
+43 3842 402 -2104
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Specialties: Fatigue of polymers with focus on short fibre reinforced polymers, computer-aided service life assessments
Dipl.-Ing. Johannes Wiener
johannes.wiener(at)unileoben.ac.at
+43 3842 402 - 2134
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Specialties: biomimetic polymers, applied fracture mechanics with specific focus on optimizing fracture toughness
Dipl.-Ing. Christoph Waly
christoph.waly(at)unileoben.ac.at
+43 3842 402 - 2127
Profil (Pure)
Specialities: testing in the field of additive manufacturing, polymer mechanics and fracture mechanics, multi-layered systems
Research Summaries
2019
3D-Printable Medical Polymers
Sandra Petersmann
Biomimetic concepts for toughness optimization
Johannes Wiener
Component Testing
Jürgen Föttinger, Gerald Pinter
Delamination in Composites
Gerald Pinter
Fatigue Analysis of Continuously Carbon Fiber Reinforced Polymer Composites
Christian Schneider, Gerald Pinter
Reliable component design via advanced fracture mechanics
Anja Gosch
Structural integrity in additive manufacturing of polymers
Florian Arbeiter
THE BOX - Mechanical characterization of high performance thermal decoupling units for building envelops
Gerald Pilz
The CRB test - Long-term behaviour of Thermoplastics pipes
Florian Arbeiter, Gerald Pinter
2018
Biomimetics a role model for multi-layer materials
Florian Arbeiter
Continuous fibre reinforced composites a fatigue analysis
Gerald Pinter
Stiff and Tough 3D-printed polymers
Florian Arbeiter, Martin Spörk
2017
Polymer fracture mechanics I
Florian Arbeiter
Polymer fracture mechanics II
Anja Gosch
2016
Delamination in Composites
Steffen Stelzer
Fatigue strength of short-fibre reinforced injection moulded parts
Gerald Pinter
Long term performance of plastics for applications in cooling compressors
Gerald Pilz
Performance of polyolefins for the use in long-term applications
Florian Arbeiter
Rate dependent material characterization for structure- and fracture mechanic models
Florian Arbeiter
Testing of elastomeric rail mounts
Steffen Stelzer