Master Thesis: »Simulation of distortion during turning of a turbine disk due to residual stresses«

The Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft (www.fraunhofer.com) currently operates 76 institutes and research institutions throughout Germany and is the world’s leading applied research organization. Around 32,000 employees work with an annual research budget of 3.4 billion euros.

The »High-Performance Cutting« department develops technologies and application-oriented solutions for cutting along the entire process chain – from process design and process simulation to real-time data acquisition during production, consulting, and prototype manufacturing. We aim to eliminate distortion due to residual stresses during the milling and turning processes using simulations. We are looking for a dedicated and motivated student to assist us in further developing our simulation code based on the Finite Cell Method (FCM) to make reliable predictions of distortion.

What you will do

• Benchmarking our FCM code against a commercial FEM code
• Implementation and Verification of new features in the code (e.g. boundary conditions, loadings)
• Participation in machining experiments and use of the results to validate code implementations

What you bring to the table

• You are studying mechanical engineering, industrial engineering, computer science or a comparable subject
• You have initial experience in Python and/or object-oriented programming
• Basic knowledge of the theory and methods in the Finite Element Method (FEM) or similar methods is advantageous
• Good language skills in English, German is beneficial, but not required

What you can expect

• Professional supervision and collaboration in a dedicated team
• You become part of the team from the very beginning, can contribute your ideas and take on tasks on your own responsibility
• A state-of-the-art machine park equipped with extensive measurement systems

Interested? Apply online now. We look forward to getting to know you!

https://jobs.fraunhofer.de/job-invite/78377/

For any further information on this position please contact:
Dr. Billy-Joe Bobach
Research Assistant »High Performance Cutting«
Phone: +49 241 8904-174