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07 · CAPABILITIES
We bring together modelling, experimentation and engineering experience to study damage and fracture from the initial question to application.
FROM QUESTION TO RESULT
We can contribute at different stages: designing the model or test, implementing tools, interpreting failure and translating results into technical decisions or joint research.
Development and application of models for damage, fracture, fatigue, interfaces, nonlinearity and multiscale or multiphysics response.
Test design to identify failure mechanisms, characterise materials and validate models under controlled conditions.
Assessment of structures and components from model formulation to interpretation of results and safety margins.
Collaborations combining scientific questions with industrial needs, doctoral training and the development of reusable tools.
EXPERTISE
The team connects advanced formulations, intensive computing, experimental design and characterisation.
Linear and nonlinear models, large displacements and strains, advanced shells, buckling and post-buckling, and static or dynamic response.
Phase field, cohesive models, finite fracture, laminate failure criteria, fatigue and hydrogen embrittlement across scales.
User subroutines, custom finite and boundary elements, parametric studies, optimisation, machine learning and HPC.
Definition of specimens, fixtures, instrumentation and acquisition for materials, joints and structural components.
Tension, compression, bending, toughness and R-curves; S–N fatigue and Paris law; DCB, interlaminar fracture and joints.
Strain gauges, digital image correlation, high-speed imaging, ultrasound, photoelasticity and microscopy.
TOOLS
Tools for analysis, implementation and data processing, selected according to each problem.
Advanced models, UMAT and UEL subroutines, and automation
Experience with industry-standard structural analysis environments
Research implementations and custom formulations
Pre-processing, post-processing, data analysis and reproducible workflows
Formulations, solvers and high-performance modules
Finite elements, boundary elements and fracture mechanics
RESEARCH IN IMAGES
EXPERIMENTAL CAPABILITY
The group combines technical knowledge and access to infrastructure to design experiments and connect measurements with models.
EQUIPMENT · 01
Electromechanical and hydraulic machines for static and dynamic testing, with load cells covering approximately 5 to 500 kN.
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Chambers for mechanical characterisation under controlled temperature, with a documented approximate range from −70 to 350 °C.
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Facilities for controlled temperature and humidity and for environmental exposure, including salt-spray testing.
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Techniques for recording local strains and full fields during testing and correlating them with models.
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Resources for observing transient phenomena and detecting damage using high-speed cameras, ultrasound and optical observation.
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Access to microstructural observation and volumetric analysis through University of Seville research services and facilities.
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Facilities for manufacturing laminates, specimens and composite structural elements and for preparing complete experimental programmes.
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Facilities for designing and manufacturing dedicated fixtures, adapting setups and preparing specimens or auxiliary components.
COLLABORATION
Together we will identify the most suitable modelling, experimental or combined approach.
