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PMSS Project Details

 

Project ID:FHWA-PROJ-10-0023
Project Name: Mechanical Material Modeling and Simulation by New Multiple Length/Time-Scale Theories and Algorithms
Status: Active
Contact:Last Name:   Lee
First Name:   Kunik
Telephone:  202-493-3491
E-mail:         kunik.lee@dot.gov
Organization:Federal Highway Administration - Turner-Fairbank Highway Research Center (TFHRC)
Office: Office of Safety Research and Development
Team: N/A
Roadmap/Focus area(s): Impact of Investment on Transportation Performance and the Economy
Infrastructure Research and Technology Strategic Plan and Roadmap
Project Description: This research could lead to a general multiscale algorithm for a numerical simulation and a significant shift in the ability to predict a material response in complex situations. This research could apply to highway transportation structural materials, sensors, or pavement surfaces.
Laboratories: Not Applicable
Start Date: April 8, 2010
End Date: December 31, 2013
Funding Amount:$999,492.00
FHWA Program Name: Exploratory Advanced Research
Goals: This is an attempt to develop a mathematical analysis for multiscale material modeling.
Project Type: Offsite
Background Information: The project was submitted in response to third round (Fiscal Year 2009) Exploratory Advanced Research Program solicitation.
Test Methodology: Data not yet available
Other Information: Data not yet available
Partners: Data not yet available
More Information URL(s):
Fieldtest: Data not yet available
Expected Benefits: Data not yet available
Deliverables: Name: Theoretical Reports.
Product Type(s): Research report, Techbrief
Description: A multiple length and time scales modeling technique.
Audiences: Safety researchers, Researchers
Secondary Audiences:
Related URL(s):
Project Findings: Data not yet available
FHWA Topics: Research/Technologies--FHWA Research and Technology
Research/Technologies--Turner-Fairbank Highway Research Center (TFHRC)
TRT Terms: Sensors
Safety
Research
Structures
Pavements
Algorithms
Materials
FHWA Disciplines: Pavement and Materials
Safety
Structures
Subject Areas: Bridges and other structures
Materials
Research