Das Projekt "MULTIHY, Multiscale Modelling of Hydrogen Embrittlement of Crystalline Materials" wird vom Umweltbundesamt gefördert und von Fraunhofer-Institut für Werkstoffmechanik durchgeführt. MultiHy is a project funded by the EU's 7th Framework Program under the theme 'Nanosciences, Nanotechnologies, Materials and new Production Technologies'. The project has a combined budget of 5.3 mil€ (including EU and partner contributions) and will run from the ist of May 2011 until the 3Oth of April 2015. The aim of MultiHy is to develop industrially-relevant computational models to assist in the evaluation of the susceptibility of complex materials to hydrogen embrittlement under realistic service conditions. Hydrogen embrittlement is a serious and costly industrial problem that affects a diverse range of engineering materials in common environments. There is an urgent need to develop a better understanding of hydrogen embrittlement and to develop tools to evaluate the impact of hydrogen on the structural integrity of materials and components. MultiHy aims to achieve this by developing an advanced multiscale framework and applying it to real industrial problems involving hydrogen embrittlement.