A stay of three months of the student Aida Cameselle, from the EPFL (Switzerland) has concluded on May 31th. Her work has focused on the study of 3D crack propagation in GFRP (Glass Fibre Reinforced Plates) using cohesive elements in FE simulations. She has been...
Last Friday AMADE was in several newspapers due to a CleanSky project: http://www.lavanguardia.com/vida/20170526/422955300893/la-udg-participa-en-el-projecte-dun-motor-davio-que-reduira-el-combustible-en-un-30-40.html http://www.elperiodico.com/es/noticias/politica/udg-participa-creacion-motor-avion-que-reducira-combustible-6063748 http://www.diaridegirona.cat/cultura/2017/05/26/udg-participa-projecte-dun-motor/848414.html AMADE tested the composite materials in different environmental conditions, performed Finite Element Analysis and designed the Lightcowls for this Cleansky project managed by EURECAT. ...
Last April 20th, the AMADE's researcher Adrián Ortega got his PhD in Technology for the research work titled: Characterization of the translaminar cohesive law Advisors: Dr. Pere Maimí and Dr. Emilio V. González Description The outstanding stiffness and strength properties, with respect to their weight, of fibre-reinforced polymers have led to an...
We are glad to announce our participation in "FUTURA - Saló dels Màsters i Postgraus" (24-25th March; Barcelona) to explain you the details of our master!! We dispose of tickets for you!! We would like to see you there!! http://www.salofutura.com/ (for tickets, please contact to: emili.gonzalez@udg.edu)...
Continuing with seminar sessions of invited professors for the Master MMS (http://mastermms.udg.edu/), next week Dr. Frans Van der Meer from Delft University of Technology (Holland) is going to teach an interesting seminar of "Stability of Structures"! The scheduled days are from Wednesday 1th to Friday...
We are glad to inform you of the visit of Dr. Jose Sena-Cruz from the University of Minho in Guimarães (Portugal), Department of Civil Engineering. On Monday and Tuesday, Dr. Jose Sena-Cruz is going to teach a seminar for our students of the "Master of...
We are glad to announce that yesterday we had the visit of Professor Lars Berglund from KTH ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY (Sweden) in UdG! Professor Lars gave us a nice presentation entitled: ”Composite materials from nanocellulose - are nanocomposites suitable for large structures?" (https://www.kth.se/en/che/divisions/biocomposites/personnel/lars-berglund-1.19147)...
We are glad to announce the visit of Professor Pedro Camanho (University of Porto) for tomorrow 24th January 2017. At 16h, in classroom PII-09, he will give a talk entitled: "Analysis models for polymer composites across different length scales". See you there!...
The program Orbita Laika in the Spanish television TV2 visits the subterranean Laboratory Canfranc in Huesca, Spain, in which the experiment NEXT (Neutrino Experiment with a Xenon TPC) is being completed. AMADE investigators Dr. Lluis Ripoll and Sr. Jordi Torrent participate in this project. The 4.46...
AMADE has strengthened the lab capabilities in recent years thanks to funding from MINECO and FEDER to purchase high and low temperature hydraulic grips. The grips were first installed in 2014 in 250 kN hydraulic machine and they have allowed tensile and in-plane shear testing...