As part of the “Science for Peace and Security” program, established through the Agreement between NATO and the Government of Ukraine, professors Yu.V. Mikhlin and L.V. Kurpa from the Department of Applied Mathematics, in collaboration with the Department of Computer Modeling of Processes and Systems at the National Technical University “Kharkiv Polytechnic Institute”, alongside universities in Modena and Reggio Emilia, Italy, and the A. Pidgorny Institute of Mechanical Engineering Problems of the National Academy of Sciences in Ukraine, have been awarded a grant for the implementation of the international project SPS G6176 – “Composite Metamaterials for Aerospace Structures – CoMetA”.
The objective of the project is the development of new technologies for structural vibration mitigation using innovative composite metamaterials. Composite materials are well-known as they can be moulded into lightweight and stiff integrated structures. Metamaterials are artificially engineered materials whose physical properties are dictated by the unit cell architectures rather than their chemical composition and crystallographic structure. The combination of these two material classes would result in novel materials with a potential technological impact thanks to the possibility of tailoring their physical properties. Composite metamaterials will be made by fibres sheets and 3D printed honeycomb metamaterials. The development and experimental testing of such materials would be driven and accompanied by theoretical models devoted to forecasting the dynamic behavior of structural composite panels (i.e., plates and shells) under critical load and temperature conditions.
The project implementation period is 36 months until November 21, 2026.