14 PhD Positions at European Training Network "THREAD"

Applications are invited for 14 PhD positions (“Early Stage Researchers”) to be funded by the Marie Skłodowska‐Curie Innovative Training Network “Joint Training on Numerical Modelling of Highly Flexible Structures for Industrial Applications [THREAD]” within the Horizon 2020 Programme of the European Commission. THREAD is a consortium of 12 high‐profile universities, research institutions and companies located in Austria, Belgium, Croatia, France, Germany, Norway, Slovenia and Spain, and addresses the mechanical modelling, mathematical formulations and numerical methods for highly flexible slender structures like yarns, cables, hoses or ropes that are essential parts of high performance engineering systems. The project brings mechanical engineers and mathematicians together around major challenges in industrial applications and open‐source simulation software development. It establishes an innovative modelling chain starting from detailed 3D modelling and experimental work to build validated 1D nonlinear rod models, which are then brought to a system level simulation thanks to the outstanding numerical properties of the developed algorithms. This holistic approach combines advanced concepts in experimental and theoretical structural mechanics, non‐smooth dynamics, computational geometry, discretisation methods and geometric numerical integration.

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14 PhD Positions at European Training Network "THREAD"