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

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

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.

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

Conference Presentations

Conference

Presentations

Filippatos A.

Αssistant Professor

Markatos D.

Postdoctoral 

Zavos A.

Postdoctoral 

Kalampoukas T.

PhD Candidate

Antzoulatou A.

Project Manager Engineer – Administration

Filippatos A.

Αssistant Professor

Markatos D.

Postdoctoral 

Zavos A.

Postdoctoral 

Kalampoukas T.

PhD Candidate

Antzoulatou A.

Project Manager Engineer – Administration

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.

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Filippatos A.

Αssistant Professor

Markatos D.

Postdoctoral 

Zavos A.

Postdoctoral 

Kalampoukas T.

PhD Candidate

Antzoulatou A.

Research Project Management

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.

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.






Public Deliverables

D2.1 - List of Requirements and Functions