Project
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Objectives
The AI-TranspWood project aims at an efficient integration of advanced AI-driven computational models with the SSbD (Safe and Sustainable by Design) framework for wood-based composites. The project highlights this integration with the creation of new Transparent Wood composites, with the vision to integrate or even substitute concerning substances (plastic and glass) in construction, automotive, electronics, and furniture sectors. To support this aim, the project offers user-oriented tools, including surrogate modeling and focused LCA tools, to industrial partners within and outside the consortium.
Impacts
The wood materials community will be provided with computational modelling software supported by AI for the design of new materials and products, integrating functionality and the SSbD framework. The models will include composite materials design tools for stiffness, strength, and hygro-thermal properties (a limitation with most current wood composites), and optical properties (optical transmittance and haze, a measure of light scattering properties). Importantly, the models allow the wood species and the chemicals used to be compared with respect to eco-design and physical properties.
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Academic Partners
Industrial Partners - Research Centers
