Projects

This page presents research projects and collaborative activities related to fatigue, fracture mechanics, material behaviour, and structural durability.

FABER – Fatigue Benchmark Repository – CA23109

This is a COST network project that brings together a large number of European researchers in the field of materials fatigue, with the main objective to develop a benchmark of models and methods for the evaluation and analysis of the lifetime of materials. In this project, I am responsible for Working Group 2, which deals with the analysis of experimental fatigue data.

FADAMES – Fatigue damage at mesoscopic level. Fatigue life prediction in conjunction with acoustic emission signals – 792652

This is a Marie Curie project carried out at Cardiff University and in which correlations of acoustic emission signals with fatigue damage were studied, starting from the mesoscopic to the macroscopic scale. I was the principal investigator on the project.

ID 1878 – Evaluarea experimentală și analitică a durabilității materialelor și protezelor dentare pe baza tenacității la rupere și a vitezei de propagare a fisurilor – Nationally funded grant

It was a project carried out in collaboration with the “Victor Babes” University of Medicine and Pharmacy Timisoara, and in which comprehensive studies were carried out on the mechanical behaviour and durability of dental prostheses. The project analysed both the fatigue life and the propagation of fatigue cracks in materials and prostheses.

TD 56 – Cercetări asupra influenței tensiunii medie și a gradului de asimetrie asupra vitezei de propagare a fisurilor la un oțel aliat (Research on the influence of mean stress and stress ratio on the fatigue crack growth rate in an alloy steel) – Nationally funded grant

The project had as its primary objective the effect of mean stress and stress ratio on the fatigue crack propagation rate. The project had two important outcomes: 1. Establishing a method for correlating crack growth rate curves for different stress ratios into a single master curve (http://divk.inovacionicentar.rs/ivk/ivk10/203-208-IVK3-2010-AC-ID.pdf), and 2. Establishing a testing technique for obtaining the fatigue crack growth rate at different stress ratios, using a single sample.

Projects carried out with beneficiaries from the Romanian industrial environment

Modernizare in vederea cresterii disponibilitatii si gradului de siguranta in exploatare a hidroagregatelor din Portile de Fier I (Modernization to increase the availability and operational safety of the hydroelectric power plants in Portile de Fier I) – BC 13/11.02.2026

Beneficiar: Hidroelectrica S.A.

As part of this project, I performed fatigue life assessments on components in a turbine assembly.

Servicii de expertiza si asistenta tehnica in cadrul actiunii de arbitraj (Expertise and technical assistance services within the arbitration action) – BC 105/12.11.2021

Beneficiar: Hidroelectrica S.A.

As part of this project, I performed a durability assessment on the spiral case in a turbine assembly.

Incercari mecanice de tipul stress-strain pe conductoare electrice aeriene (Mechanical stress-strain tests on overhead electrical conductors) – Contract No. 50.2016

Beneficiar: IPROEB S.A. Bistrita

In this project, I performed tensile tests on overhead electrical conductors, following a specific methodology.

Incercari de oboseala pe materialul S235JR cu strat de protectie depus (Fatigue tests on S235JR material with a protective layer deposited) – Contract No. 114/2016

Beneficiar: ISIM Timisoara

I performed fatigue tests in ambient and saline environments on S235JR steel samples coated with a protective layer.

FEA for thermoplast housing – Contract No. BC 50/2010

Beneficiar: Hella Romania

I performed numerical simulations to determine the stress and strain states in a thermoplastic housing, subjected to thermo-mechanical stress.