Porous structures made of foams, lattices, and honeycombs are gaining traction in various industrial sectors, and are featured with light weight, high specific stiffness, good energy absorption, and novel thermal, electrical, biological, acoustic characteristics. They give unique flexibility in performance-tailoring and possess great potential in the multi-functional applications across structural, mechanical, material, biomedical, and aerospace engineering. Highlighted by non-uniform cellular geometries, functionally graded porous structures are an important extension of the existing porous structural forms and potentially provide enhanced properties.
This study aims to investigate the multi-physics properties of novel porous structures by using numerical simulations, with a focus on the interactions between porous geometries and fluids (air or water). The findings will offer valuable insights into their applications across diverse fields, including energy-efficient buildings, floating platforms, biomedical implants, and more.
School
Civil and Environmental Engineering
Research Area
Numerical simulations | Smart composite materials | Multi-physics analysis | Porous structures
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- High-performing computation workstations, numerical simulation software, and sufficient research guidance will be provided.
- Numerical outcomes to disclose the impact of varying cellular geometries on the multi-physics performances of porous structures.
