TU Wien

TU Wien is Austria's largest institution of research and higher education in the fields of technology and natural sciences. More than 4,000 scientists are researching "technology for people" in five main research areas at eight faculties. As a driver of innovation, TU Wien fosters close collaboration with businesses and industry and contributes to the prosperity of society. More than 26,000 students in 62 degree programs benefit from the academic excellence and close connection to industry. As a driver of innovation, TU Wien strengthens the business location, facilitates cooperation, and contributes to the prosperity of society.

Role in the project

TU Wien is a crucial partner for modeling and experimental tasks on transparent wood. Josef Füssl and Markus Königsberger will lead WP2 on physics-based multiscale modeling and WP3 on the experiments for quantifying physical properties at multiple length scales. WP2 aims to develop different modeling frameworks for predicting the macroscopic physical (mechanical, transport, optical) properties of transparent wood and related biocomposites. The modeling tools will reveal quantitative relations between microstructure and macro-properties and allow for product development and optimization. TU Wien will actively collaborate with the other physics-based modeling partners (VTT, KTH) and Aalto and VTT in WP7-8 to share the physics-based models for developing AI models. In WP3, the physical properties of transparent wood composites are experimentally quantified across different length scales. This allows for model validation and gathering input data for the analytical and numerical models developed in WP2. TU Wien contributes to the experimental tasks by providing nanoindentation tests to characterize the mechanical data on nano-to-micrometer scales. For assessing mechanical properties at the product scale, non-destructive ultrasound tests and classical macroscopic mechanical tests (tension, bending, creep) are also performed in the laboratories of TU Wien.