Innovative Management and Implementation of Applied Research Project “Green Cost-Efficient Package Selection”

Cost-effectiveness is one of main criterions of innovation. In the current research, the generic mechanisms of university-enterprise collaborative project realization are included, which can be used to introduce the fresh ideas to industry. Such projects are useful for both partners: enterprise and university. Professors receive applied research projects experience and can publish the results of research, the students, involved in the project, can use received knowledge in their master or bachelor theses, and enterprises can employ new and active engineers. The aim of the project was to develop the green cost-efficient package for electronics industry, which should replace the previously used package. The target of this chapter is to bring the project team experience to the broader audience, who can successfully apply it for similar research project management and practical implementation. Today, the companies frequently use expensive package, which exceeds required quality specifications. That means the quality standards used by the company have too high requirements for the product types that package should protect. Purpose of current research project was to reduce the total cost of the packaging process and to select the environmentally friendly materials. Research team has elaborated the methodology for assessment of possible package variants

Experimental Evaluation and Numerical Modelling Residual Stresses in Glass Panel

During last decade increased usage of laminated composite glass structures, also annealed and tempered glass can be observed in civil engineering, automobile and space structures, solar panels, etc. Latter trend is caused by high strength properties of laminated glass, also sound and vibration attenuation capabilities. However, heat treatment of glass causes residual stresses, which are not often covered in structural analysis. Current study is focused on experimental evaluation and numerical modelling of residual stresses in glass panels

Experimental Evaluation and Numerical Modelling Residual Stresses in Glass Panel

During last decade increased usage of laminated composite glass structures, also annealed and tempered glass can be observed in civil engineering, automobile and space structures, solar panels, etc. Latter trend is caused by high strength properties of laminated glass, also sound and vibration attenuation capabilities. However, heat treatment of glass causes residual stresses, which are not often covered in structural analysis. Current study is focused on experimental evaluation and numerical modelling of residual stresses in glass panels

Design and Testing of Sandwich Structures with Different Core Materials

The purpose of this study was to design a light-weight sandwich panel for trailers. Strength calculations and selection of different materials were carried out in order to find a new solution for this specific application. The sandwich materials were fabricated using vacuum infusion technology. The different types of sandwich composite panels were tested in 4-point bending conditions according to ASTM C393/C393M. Virtual testing was performed by use of ANSYS software to simplify the core material selection process and to design the layers. 2D Finite element analysis (FEA) of 4-point bending was made with ANSYS APDL (Classic) software. Data for the FEA was obtained from the tensile tests of glass fiber plastic (GFRP) laminates. Virtual 2D results were compared with real 4-point bending tests.  3D FEA was applied to virtually test the selected sandwich structure in real working conditions. Based on FEA results the Pareto optimality concept has been applied and optimal solutions determined.DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5755/j01.ms.18.1.1340</p