Function-oriented, multi-material Design of sustainable mechanical systems
The overall goal of Fun4Design is the function-oriented, multi-material design of sustainable mechanical systems. It investigates the engineering process to describing and integrating the functions of sustainability and recyclability during the conceptual design phase of multi-material systems without hindering the main structural function. Fun4Design aims to provide the engineers a scientific, consistent and easy to use design method to meet the challenges of Greece 2.0 and SRIA objectives of sustainable growth. Fun4Design contributes positively to global societal challenges, by providing an innovative design engineering solution, which: i) describes and includes sustainability and recyclability as a function to the early phase of design of composite and hybrid components, ii) identifies the interactions and maps them using state-of-the-art ML-algorithms and iii) provides a decision-making tool to accelerate acceptance and implementation to design engineers during the concept design phase.
Project Workflow
Draft Solution
Abstraction
Main Functions
Interdependencies
Requirements
Verification
Synthesis
Proposed Solution
Requirements
Project Workflow
Draft Solution
Verification
Validation against the requirements and the pristine A – frame demonstrator regarding the global dynamic stiffness and the efforts.
Synthesis
Synthesis of an A – frame Demonstrator with recycled fibres, based on the proposed solutions of previous step.
Proposed Solution
Optimizations analysis for the local replacement of pristine with recycled fibres.
Abstraction
Abstraction of the A – frame demonstrator to its constituents blocks.
Main Functions
Functions analysis for the dentification of the main and secondary functions.
Interdependencies
Identification of the main internal contradiction, description of the interdependency in a quantifable way, ie. as a structural optimisation problem.
Requirements
Project Workflow
Draft Solution
Verification
Validation against the requirments and the pristine A – frame demonstrator regarding the global dynamic stiffness and the efforts.
Synthesis
Synthesis of an A – frame Demonstrator with recycled fibres, based on the proposed solutions of previous step.
Proposed Solution
Optimizations analysis for the local replacement of pristine with recycled fibres.
Abstraction
Abstraction of the A – frame demonstrator to its constituents blocks.
Main Functions
Functions analysis for the dentification of the main and secondary functions.
Interdependencies
Identification of the main internal contradiction, description of the interdependency in a quantifable way, ie. as a structural optimisation problem.
Objectives
Objectives
Key Objective
Method Oriented
Development
of
spiral development
approach
Development of spiral development approach
Design of
sustainable
multimaterial
system
Design of
sustainable
multimaterial
system
Impact on
accelarated
acceptance &
implementation
Impact on
accelarated
acceptance
&
implementation
Key Objective
Function Oriented
Description of
recyclability &
sustainability as
functions
Description of recyclability sustainability functions
Mapping of
structure –
property – function
(SFP) relationships
Mapping of structure –property – function (SFP) relationships
Impact on
enriching
functionalities in
design
Impact on enriching functionalities in design
Key Objective
System Oriented
Application of
data driven
engineering
methods
Application of data driven engineering methods
Implementation to
a
design
demonstrator
Implementation to a design demonstrator
Impact on
structural design
of sustainable
systems
Impact on structural designof sustainable systems
Our Team
PhD Candidate
Antzoulatou A.
Project Manager Engineer – Administration
Postdoctoral
Our Team
PhD Candidate
Antzoulatou A.
Project Manager Engineer – Administration
Postdoctoral
Filippatos A.
Αssistant Professor
Markatos D.
Postdoctoral
Zavos A.
Postdoctoral
Kalampoukas T.
PhD Candidate
Antzoulatou A.
Research Project Management
Lazaridis V.
Research Engineer
Kyriazis A.
Research Engineer
Dimoglis N.
Research Engineer
External Partners
Nikolakopoulos P.
Professor
Gude M.
Professor
Tzortzinis G.
Postdoctoral
Conference Presentations
Investigation of Structure-Property-Function (SPF) Relations in A-Pillar Frame Design
Submitted at 10th International Conference on Engineering Failure Analysis, 7-10 July 2024, Athens, Greece
Sustainability Analysis and Comparison of Thermoplastic and Thermoset Aircraft Component Designs
Submitted at Towards Sustainable Aviation Summit, 28-30 January 2025, Toulouse, France.
Towards a Machine Learning-Driven Sustainable Design of A-Pillar Automotive Component
Submitted at International Conference of Engineering Against Failure, 22-25 June 2025, Kalamata, Greece.
Promoting Sustainability in Aviation Engineering Through an Interactive Educational Platform
