KMM-NoE

Knowledge-based multicomponent materials for durable and safe performance Network of Excellence

The primary goal of the Network of Excellence Knowledge-based multicomponent materials for durable and safe performance (KMM-NoE) is to create a coherent pan-European structure of key academic and research institutions, SMEs and large industry partners in the field of knowledge-based multicomponent materials designed for safe and durable performance in highly demanding loading and environmental conditions. Typical conditions include complex thermo-mechanical loadings, impact loading, cyclic loading, large deformations, high strain rates, high temperature regimes, aggressive chemical environments and combinations thereof. Such extreme regimes are typical of advanced applications in aerospace, automotive and turbo-machinery industries, tribology, electronic devices, microrobots, biological implants, household appliances, microsensors and cutting tools. Traditional materials usually fail to sustain such regimes.

There is strong pressure from Europe to develop innovative materials with extended performance limits knowledge-based multicomponent materials (KMM). Such materials include functionally graded materials, metal-ceramic composites and intermetallics.

The KMM-NoE aims to bring together European knowledge and expertise to create a virtual centre of excellence capable of developing leading edge research while disseminating the accumulated knowledge and enhancing the technological skills of the related industry.

To achieve these goals, the KMM-NoE will seek to integrate research facilities and transfer technologies between partners to provide a stronger foundation for European research, as well as executing joint research in the areas of processing, microstructural characterisation, modelling, industrial applications and standardisation. It will also be active in the training of researchers through an integrated Post-Graduate School, in the dissemination of knowledge into industry and in foresight studies to look at the future directions of research and industrial applications.

The network is comprised of 25 leading universities and research institutes and 12 industrial companies from across Europe. It is coordinated through The Institution of Fundamental Technological Research, Warsaw, Poland.

NetComposites involvement in the project will involve the transfer and dissemination of information through the project web site, which acts as both an internet site (external to the project) and intranet site (internal to it).

WWW Link: http://www.kmm-noe.net