Advanced metals and structures design group

prof. Lovre Krstulović-Opara, PhD

prof. emer. Željko Domazet, PhD

assoc. prof. Tonći Piršić, PhD

assist. prof. Petra Bagavac, PhD

Alen Grebo, MScEng

Ante Medvidović, MScEng

Development of advanced methods for evaluating deformations based on computer learning in correlating thermograms and digital image correlation (DIC)
Development, dynamic testing, thermographic and DIC evaluation of new auxetic, TPMS, and hybrid cellular structures
Evaluation of the absorption characteristics of polymer composites produced by rapid prototyping and polymer injection molding methods
Non-destructive thermographic testing of metals and composites based on active infrared thermography
Development of advanced methods for processing and filtering thermographic images in non-destructive testing
Biomechanical testing on the femur bone
Recognition of bulding structures based on AI classification of thermal images

Servo-hydraulic dynamic load frame INSTRON – quasistatic, fatigue and dynamic testing of materials and structures
24 m/s instrumented INSTRON 9450 drop tower
Cooled middle-wave infrared InSb infrared camera Flir SC 5000 – enables thermographic NDT and tracing of yielding process in materials
Xenon flash lamp 6 kJ – generates heat flow in metals used for thermographic NDT of materials and structures
HBM MGC plus – multi-channel amplifier for strain gauges and thermo-couples
NDT equipment – ultrasound testing, penetrant testing, magnetic particles inspection visual testing
Nextengine 3D scanner
Krautkramer DM 4 – thickness measuring gauge
Krautkramer USM Go – A scan ultrasound device
UCI AlphaDur mini – Vickers hardness testing equipment
dynaRock II rebound hardness measurement device – Leeb method
LW infrared thermal camera FLIR E96, sensitiviti 0,04K, 640×420 pixels

University of Maribor, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering (FS), Slovenia
University of Ljubljana, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering (FS), Slovenia
University of Aveiro, Centre for Mechanical Technology and Automation (TEMA), Portugal
Tomáš Baťa University in Zlin, Faculty of Applied Informatics, Czechia
Centre for Mass and Thermal Transport in Engineering Materials, Discipline of Mechanical Engineering, University of Newcastle, Australia
Institute of Pulsed Power Science, Kumamoto University, 2-39-1 Kurokami, Chuo-ku, Kumamoto, Japan
National Institute of Technology, Kumamoto College, Kumamoto, Japan
University of Zagreb, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering and Naval Architecture (FSB), Department of Applied Mechanics, Croatia
Campus 02 University of Applied Sciences, Graz, Austria
University of Ferrara, Engineering Deparments, Italy

project title

Research in the field of artificial intelligence in the development and modification of DIC (Digital Image Correlation) and infrared thermography for the evaluation of material plasticization under dynamic loads.
Characterization of cork as a natural cellular material structure under various loading rates (collaboration with the University of Aveiro).
Testing on metallic TPMS structures. The tests are conducted on cast aluminum alloys and metal samples produced by laser sintering (collaboration with the University of Maribor).
Determination of material properties and parameterization in the finite element model (collaboration with the University of Ljubljana).
Collaboration with the General Hospital Dubrovnik, testing of dynamic properties under impact loading and fractures of pig femurs.
Testing TPMS structures embedded in metal foam (collaboration with the Universities of Aveiro and Maribor).
Quasi-static and dynamic testing of magnesium alloy (collaboration with Kosen National Institute Kumamoto, Japan).