A beginner’s guide to the Digital Material Laboratory GeoDict

To improve a product or reduce costs, new and innovative materials must be developed. Often, the greatest potential for improvement lies in small details, particularly in the three dimensional microstructure of a material. Nonwoven, composites, foams, ceramics, and many other materials are defined by complex microstructures that can be engineered and manufactured in different ways. Understanding how these microstructures influence material performance usually requires extensive physical testing. However, many relevant material properties are extremely difficult, or even impossible, to measure in the laboratory. 

With the digital material laboratory GeoDict, the microstructure-dependent material properties are analyzed, simulated, and predicted using 3D microstructure models. Simulation results support the development process by helping to fully exploit material potential and to identify and eliminate possible weak points. New insights into microstructures gained with GeoDict are essential for the development of future oriented, sustainable materials.

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