OCTAGON · Standardisation, characterisation and modelling composite processes and environment-induced deformations
Horizon Europe — Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions
- Duration
- 2027-01-01 → 2030-12-31
- EU contribution
- €3,535,959
- Participants
- 14
- Scheme
- HORIZON-TMA-MSCA-DN
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Project objective
OCTAGON will train 12 Doctoral Candidates to investigate the scientific mechanisms governing the behaviour of carbon-fibre-reinforced composites during manufacturing and environmental exposure. Reducing Product Development Lead Time (PDLT) is essential to meet the EU’s ambitious CO2 and NOₓ emission targets. Yet progress is limited by two related challenges: long characterisation times under hot and humid conditions, and the limited ability to predict Process-Induced Deformations (PIDs). Although these issues appear distinct, both stem from the lack of fast, reproducible experimental methods and predictive models that can capture the coupled effects of moisture, curing, temperature, and stress across multiple scales.OCTAGON will address these bottlenecks through a unified scientific strategy. It will develop miniaturised, rapid, and standardised experimental methods to quantify moisture uptake, cure evolution, and internal stress development in small material volumes, thereby reducing testing time and generating high-quality datasets for modelling. These data will inform advanced multiscale models that link microscopic behaviours with macroscopic structural responses, providing a robust scientific basis for understanding environmental effects and PIDs. Artificial intelligence (AI) plays a central role in this approach. By integrating physics-informed AI and uncertainty quantification with an Integrated Computational Materials Engineering (ICME) framework- connecting materials, processes and structural performance - OCTAGON will create surrogates that learn from experiments and high-fidelity simulations, enabling fast, accurate and uncertainty-aware predictions under manufacturing and service conditions.Through a multidisciplinary training programme, OCTAGON will prepare researchers capable of advancing the scientific foundations needed to accelerate the reliable introduction of innovative composite materials into engineering applications.
Original text from CORDIS.
Participants
- FUNDACION IMDEA MATERIALES · GetafeCoordinatorSpain
- AIRBUS OPERATIONS SAS · ToulouseFrance
- CENTRE DE RECHERCHE EN AERONAUTIQUE ASBL - CENAERO · GosseliesBelgium
- DEUTSCHES ZENTRUM FUR LUFT - UND RAUMFAHRT EV · KOLNGermany
- HEXCEL COMPOSITES LTD · CAMBRIDGEUnited Kingdom
- KARLSRUHER INSTITUT FUER TECHNOLOGIE · KarlsruheGermany
- LINKOPINGS UNIVERSITET · LinkopingSweden
- MSC SOFTWARE BELGIUM · MONT-SAINT-GUIBERTBelgium
- NANTES UNIVERSITE · NantesFrance
- RISE RESEARCH INSTITUTES OF SWEDEN AB · BorasSweden
- TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITAT CLAUSTHAL · Clausthal-ZellerfeldGermany
- UNIVERSIDAD CARLOS III DE MADRID · Getafe (Madrid)Spain
- UNIVERSIDADE DO PORTO · PortoPortugal
- UNIVERSITE CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN · LOUVAIN LA NEUVEBelgium
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