Laboratory «Dynamics and extreme characteristics of advanced nanostructured materials»

Name of the project: Dynamics and extreme characteristics of advanced nanostructured materials

Research directions: Mechanical engineering and machinery

Goals of project:

The creation of a new laboratory for the research of the dynamic behavior and the extreme characteristics of modern prospective nanostructured materials at the Saint Petersburg State University. The results of the research conducted by the Laboratory will lead to the development of fundamental mechanics in the field of newly developed nanostructured materials, the development of the principles of creation of new materials with specified mechanical properties as well as their operation under extreme thermomechanical loads, the development of the foundations for the creation of regulations and standards for the assessment of the strength properties of construction and medical materials under extreme impact, to the creation of the fundamental basis for the optimization of technological processes and the determination of the optimal modes of targeted deformation and destruction of these materials.

Project objective:

1. Determining the fundamental laws of the processes of destruction and structural transformations in new advanced nanostructured materials, in particular, materials produced by combining methods of intense plastic deformation and thermal processing as well as hydrogels and coatings on the basis of the classical principles of continuous media mechanics and fundamentally new approaches to dynamic destruction and structural transformations accounting for scale and structural-temporal characteristics of the behavior of materials.
2. Designing new experiments and developing existing experimental methods for the study of the behavior of engineering and medical materials, including nanostructured materials, nanocomposites and nanocoatings under dynamic nonstationary thermomechanical impact.
3. Preparing recommendations for the development of the existing and the creation of new regulations and standards for the assessment of the carrying capability of industrially implemented new advanced materials in extreme operating modes.
4. Developing the fundamental basics of the optimization technological processes and the determination of the optimal methods of the targeted attainment of physical and mechanical properties of advanced nanostructured materials.
5. Improving the quality and appeal of education and research activities in the field of technologies of the creation and the mechanics of new advanced materials at the Saint Petersburg State University.
6. Engaging young researchers and students in cutting-edge research and new education programs in the field of materials science, mechanical engineering and extreme states of continuous media.
7. Improving the international reputation of the Saint Petersburg State University as the principal center of Russian education and science by means of interaction with leading scientists in this field, foreign research centers and the publication of results of the project in prestigious international academic journals.
8. The creation of a new innovative laboratory in the domain of the dynamics and extreme characteristics of advanced nanostructured materials that will be able to continue its work at the frontier of technology in 2022-2024.