PhD Scholarship in Computational Mechanics, Swansea UK
Fully-funded PhD Studentship: Homogenisation and Upscaling Modelling Technology for Simulation of Oil and Gas Exploration & Production
The studentship covers the full cost of UK/EU and international tuition fees, plus a tax free stipend of £14,562 p.a.
The deadline for applications is Monday 18th May 2015.
Extreme Particle Shape Effect for Packs of Platonic Solids
For centuries, great minds like Kepler, Maxwell and Einstein have investigated the statistical characterization of many-body systems, and implications of small-scale structures on the macroscopic transport and mechanical properties. In this work, an accurate statistical description of heterogeneous particulate materials is computed using novel adaptive interpolation/integration scheme. This statistical information is then utilized within mathematical theories for predicting the overall thermo-mechanical behavior.
CONSTITUTIVE MODELS FOR STRONGLY CURVED BEAMS IN THE FRAME OF ISOGEOMETRIC ANALYSIS
The current development of the isogeometric approach in various fields of mechanics is explained by the high-accuracy results which can be achieved at a reduced computational cost by codes based on non-uniform rational B-splines (NURBS). In the case of strongly curved beams the simple diagonal de Saint-Venant’s constitutive model can lead to significant errors as it has been reported in the classic literature. Other models such as Winkler’s have been proposed and seem more suitable for these kinds of structures.
Residual Stresses and Poisson’s Effect Drive Shape Formation and Transition of Helical Structures
Strained multilayer structures are extensively investigated because of their applications in microelectromechanical/nano-elecromechanical systems. Here we employ a finite element method (FEM) to study the bending and twisting of multilayer structures subjected to misfit strains or residual stresses. This method is first validated by comparing the simulation results with analytic predictions for the bending radius of a bilayer strip with given misfit strains.
A fully-supported Ph.D. position is available for Nanomaterials Synthesis and Characterization at Villanova University (Philadelphia, USA)
A doctoral (Ph.D.) research assistant (RA) student position is available on the Synthesis, Characterization, and Modeling of Pristine and Atomic-Layer-Deposition-Treated Individual Nanoparticles. The Ph.D. position is financially fully supported including the tuition and stipend.
Lecturer (Above The Bar) in Mechanical Engineering Design, UCD School of Mechanical and Materials Engineering (Permanent)
The UCD School of Mechanical and Materials Engineering seeks applications from outstanding candidates for a lecturing post in Mechanical Engineering Design to support the growth of its undergraduate and postgraduate teaching programmes and its key research priorities.