Fatigue is defined as a failure of materials under periodic loading. This, industrially supported PhD project will consist of two parts. The first one aims at numerical simulations of skew, periodic or random, impact of rigid particles on a thick layer of cross-linked rubber. The second one aims at molecular modeling of fatigue at the rubber surface caused by periodic (quasi-periodic) impacts.
Preferable are the candidates that have a background in solid mechanics with large deformations and respective applied mathematics, and ability to exploit and modify existing high-level computer codes. The successful candidates will be fully supported with the stipend about $24K per year, additionally to tuition waiver. For inquiries please e-mail to leonov@uakron.edu, and for information and applications to http://www.poly-eng.uakron.edu/leonov.php and http://www.poly-eng.uakron.edu/grad
Funding Notes
For more details please contact leonov@uakron.edu
Application deadline for Fall 2008 semester is Jan 15 2008
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