Laboratory of Composite Materials and Structures

Сomposite materials are spreading across the traditional markets and creating new ones due to the unique properties of structures obtained by using a combination of materials with different properties. Skoltech Laboratory of Composite Materials and Structures explores modeling, fabrication and analysis of the composite materials and structures starting from manufacturing to usage and utilization. In order to achieve successful design of composite structures we conduct in-depth research in such areas as: simulation of technological processes; basic material behavior; stress, strain and failure analysis in both the static and fatigue regimes.

fields covered
polymer composite technology
mechanics of composite materials
numerical analysis of technological processes
topology optimization of structures
constitutive modeling of materials
FEM analysis of products, bionic design
contacts

Alexander Safonov, head of the laboratory