The Mechanical Analysis and Design Group of the Department of Mechanical Engineering at UFSC is active in teaching, research and extension and is made up of a team dedicated to the development and use of numerical mechanical simulation tools needed in the design and verification stages of mechanical systems.
The team’s areas of expertise include Computational Solid Mechanics: Mechanical Modelling, Numerical Methods – Finite Elements, Design Optimisation Techniques, Damage and Fatigue, Fracture Mechanics, Composite Materials, Structural Reliability, among others. The focus of the work is on the following aspects: