Motivation

Hydrogen plays a key role in future energy and mobility systems, but its interaction with structural materials remains a major challenge. Reliable data and standardized testing procedures are essential for safe and sustainable use of hydrogen technologies. By developing reusable workflows, semantic data descriptions, and a shared infrastructure for round-robin tests, this project creates lasting value for the MatWerk community. Strong industrial participation ensures that the solutions are directly aligned with technological needs, while integration with other NFDI initiatives fosters interoperability and long-term impact. The IUC addresses the challenge of systematically capturing, semantically describing, and FAIRly providing data on the effects of hydrogen on metallic materials. It focuses on the semantic description of devices, measurement procedures, and sample history—including hydrogen charging and transportation—as well as the development of workflows and databases for data storage, sharing, and reuse. 

Overview

Main requirements:
- Semantic description of the relevant devices, measurement procedures and metadata 
- Semantic description of the sample history, incl. H charging and sample transportation 
- Database to share and store data, as well as Workflows 
Main Task Area: TA-WLE
Other related Task Areas: TA-SAI, TA-MDI
Possible connections within NFDI: NFDI4ING
Material/Data: Metallic alloys, e.g., advanced high-strength steels, Ni-based alloys, Al alloys, used for structural applications and exposed to corrosive environment containing in particular hydrogen. Data is obtained from mechanical testing and thermal desorption spectroscopy. 
Main Success Scenario: 
- Semantic description of the relevant devices, measurement procedures and metadata 
- Semantic description of the sample history, incl. H charging and sample transportation 
- Database to share and store data, as well as Workflows 
Added value for the MatWerk community: The IUC results into a reusable procedure and toolset to perform Round Robin test for materials characterization. 

 

Goals

  • Establish standardized and reusable workflows for testing the effects of hydrogen on metallic materials.
  • Develop semantic descriptions for devices, measurement procedures, and sample histories—including hydrogen charging and transport.
  • Implement FAIR-compliant databases and workflows to enable efficient data storage, sharing, and reuse.
  • Create sustainable value for the MatWerk community through shared infrastructure and coordinated round-robin testing.
  • Ensure strong industrial participation so that solutions are directly aligned with technological needs.
  • Integrate with other NFDI initiatives to foster interoperability and achieve long-term impact.

 

All Infrastructure Use Cases

NFDI-MatWerk
Funded by the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG, German Research Foundation) under the National Research Data Infrastructure – NFDI 38/1 – project number 460247524.

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