PhD Studentship: Impact Failure of Amorphous Polymers (ENG1763)

Job title:

PhD Studentship: Influence Failure of Amorphous Polymers (ENG1763)

Firm

College of Nottingham

Job description

Location: UK Different
Closing Date: Tuesday 30 April 2024
Reference: ENG17633-year PhD studentshipSupervisor: Dr Davide De FocatiisBallistic impression is a fancy occasion that induces a number of modes of deformation, is influenced by each materials and structural responses, and excites a really big selection of pressure charges. In instances the place brittle failure is induced, results of processing historical past, comparable to flaws and residual stresses, additionally play a big position within the remaining response. An intensive understanding of a fabric’s response to impression is crucial to manage injury and stop accidents in a broad vary of contexts.There’s a want, due to this fact, to supply materials fashions that can be utilized in laptop simulations of ballistic occasions, and which include sufficient bodily understanding of deformation and failure behaviour to offer perception into how processing impacts the ultimate response. This challenge will handle this drawback via a mixture of modelling on the College of Nottingham and experimental improvement on the College of Oxford, utilizing polycarbonate as a mannequin materials. The final word aim is to offer fashions to know and simulate phenomena noticed in polymers underneath impression, and the impact of various polymer histories on these phenomena. This builds on present collaborative analysis, through which a brand new charge and temperature dependent constitutive mannequin has been developed, by specializing in understanding the fundamental polymer physics that drives fracture.Nottingham will lead the modelling programme. You’ll construct on an present polymer constitutive mannequin and implement failure standards appropriate with the mannequin. You’ll implement a person materials in finite component software program and validate the fabric mannequin and failure critera utilizing experimental knowledge from our challenge companions in Oxford. You’ll work collaboratively with our companions to design experiments and simulations to discover the results of residual stresses and thermal and floor therapies on the failure of the polymer.EligibilityThis studentship is totally funded on the Residence stage (charges plus stipend) by the US Military.Award WorthCourse charges are lined on the stage set for UK college students (c. £5,100 p.a.). The stipend (tax-free upkeep grant) is c. £20,000 p.a. for the primary yr, and at the least this quantity for an extra two years.Candidate NecessitiesPotential candidates can be judged in line with how nicely they meet the next standards:· A primary-class honours diploma (or equal) in Engineering, Physics or Supplies Science· Wonderful written and spoken communication expertise in English· Curiosity in properties of polymers, specifically underneath dynamic loading· Expertise with finite component codes, ideally with Abaqus· Capacity to program, ideally in MatlabCandidates with a great 2.1 diploma are additionally inspired to use if they’ll show glorious numerical expertise via earlier analysis or an undergraduate challenge.Software ProcessCandidates are strongly inspired to make casual enquiries and to ship a replica of their overlaying letter, CV, and educational transcripts to Dr Davide De Focatiis (davide.defocatiis@nottingham.ac.uk)Begin date: October 2024The College of Nottingham is a supportive, inclusive and caring group, and we encourage functions from a various vary of backgrounds. The College of Engineering was the primary within the UK to be awarded an Athena SWAN Gold Award, in recognition of our dedication to supporting and advancing ladies’s careers in Engineering.

Anticipated wage

£20000 per yr

Location

Oxford

Job date

Solar, 17 Mar 2024 00:09:07 GMT

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