Research Group RELIABLE

Reliability of polymers under mechanical and environmental loads

 

Research Fields

The research in the field of RELIABLE - Reliable polymers under under mechanical and environmental loads - is devoted to the following topics:

  • Polymers and Composites under complex multiaxial mechanical and environmental loads
  • Application of fracture mechanics in materials science and design 
  • Polymers and Composites for structural and long term applications
  • Polymers and composites for additive manufacturing and in medicine and bionic

Team

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Univ.-Prof. Dipl.-Ing. Dr.mont. Gerald Pinter
Head of RELIABLE Group

 +43 3842 402 - 2100
gerald.pinter(at)unileoben.ac.at  
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Specialties: polymer mechanics, fracture mechanics, life-time prediction, durability and reliability of structural polymers, fatigue testing

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Reza Afsharnia, Lis. Fogh-lis.

reza.afsharnia(at)unileoben.ac.at
+43 3842 402 - 2139
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Specialties: Fatigue analysis, fracture mechanics, thermomechanical behavior of short fiber reinforced polymers

 

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Priv.-Doz. 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
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Dipl.-Ing. Maria Gfrerrer

maria.gfrerrer(at)unileoben.ac.at
+43 3842 402 - 2190
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Michael-Huszar

Dipl.-Ing. Michael Huszar

michael.huszar@unileoben.ac.at
+43 3842 402 - 2136
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Dipl.-Ing. Carina Maurer

carina.maurer@unileoben.ac.at
+43 3842 402 - 2112
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Specialties: tbd

 

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Dipl.-Ing. Matthias Pferschy

matthias.pferschy@unileoben.ac.at
+43 3842 402 - 2130
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Specialties: Mechanical testing of Li-ion battery components, structural evolution of metals 

 

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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)
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Dr.mont. Dott.Mag. Jacopo Schieppati

jacopo.schieppati(at)unileoben.ac.at
+43 3842 402 - 2190
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Specialties: 
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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
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Dipl.-Ing. Christoph Waly

christoph.waly(at)unileoben.ac.at 
+43 3842 402 - 2127
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Specialities: testing in the field of additive manufacturing, polymer mechanics and fracture mechanics, multi-layered systems
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Dipl.-Ing. Daniel Zach

daniel.zach@unileoben.ac.at 
+43 3842 402 - 2129
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Specialties: tbd

 

Research Summaries

2023

Crack growth detection in short fiber reinforced polymers
Reza Afsharnia

Transportation of green hydrogen in the Austrian gas grid
Florian Arbeiter

Fatigue characterization of continuous fiber reinforced polymers
Maria Gfrerrer

Mechanical characterization of polymer-interfaces
Michael Huszar

Ballistic protection with novel lightweight composites
Gerald Pilz

Dynamic adhesion of rubber-metal interfaces
Jacopo Schieppati

Influence of viscoelasticity on the fatigue behavior of short fiber reinforced polymers
Gabriel Stadler

Crack deflection versus penetration in extrusion-based additively manufactured polymeric materials
Christoph Waly