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Functional properties Fire resistance • Rapid laboratory scale tests for screening (micro-scale combustion calorimetry and oxygen index). • Dual cone calorimetry and UL94 Horizonal/Vertical Flame Chamber. Thermal • DSC, TGA and Hot Disk Thermal Conductivity analyse. Thermal

Simulation • Simulation techniques at different scales (electronic, atomistic, mesoscopic and continuum) to design or improve materials and components by means of virtual testing and virtual processing.• High-performance computer cluster (600+ Intel Xeon CPU cores and

Mechanical properties Mechanical testing of a wide range of materials, using electromechanical and hydraulic machines (quasi-static,dynamic, fracture and fatigue testing in a wide range of temperatures).• Characterisation of mechanical properties at multiple length scales,

Microstructural and chemical characterisation • 3D microscopy at different length-scales, including X-ray tomography, 3D-SEM, 3D-EDS and 3D-EBSD in the FIB and3D-TEM and 3D-EDS in the TEM.• In-situ mechanical testing of mininaturised samples in the X-ray tomography system

Synthesis, processing and integration of material Metallic alloys• Bulk processing techniques: casting by induction and arc melting, as well as a Gleeble physical simulator, furnished with fixtures suitable for rolling, extrusion, torsion, sintering, welding, and rapid

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