Research Associate (f/m/d)

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Institute for Applied Materials -Reliability and Microstructure (IAM-ZM)

We are looking you for the Research Training Group 2450 "Tailored Scale- Bridging Approaches to Computational Nanoscience" for the numerical simulation of lubricated mechanical contacts. The PhD deals with the coupling of theoretical-numerical descriptions on molecular and continuum mechanical scales.

The microscopic processes underlying friction and lubrication have so far eluded quantitative description. The PhD aims at developing cross-scale simulation methods for the modeling of such processes. Here, the local viscoelastic material properties within the lubrication gap are to be described with molecular dynamics simulation methods and coupled to a global fluid mechanics simulation. Furthermore, the obtained pressure distribution in the lubrication gap leads to the deformation of the contacting solids, which is to be described by means of boundary element methods. The work builds on results of ongoing PhD studies within the project P1 of the Research Training Group 2450, in which a continuum mechanical solver was developed, which is in principle suitable for such a coupling.

You are expected to work closely with the Chair of Simulation at the University of Freiburg. Further information can be found at www. compnano.kit.edu.

zum nächstmöglichen Zeitpunkt / as soon as possible

You have a completed master's degree in materials science, physics or chemistry. In addition, programming skills in a relevant scientific language (C++, Python or FORTRAN) are expected.

Salary category EG 13, depending on the fulfillment of professional and personal requirements.

limited for three years

April 10, 2023

For further information, please contact Prof. Dr. Gumbsch, email: [email protected] or Prof. Dr. Pastewka, email: [email protected] freiburg.de.

Please send your detailed application by e-mail to: [email protected]

vacancy number: 2063/2023

We prefer to balance the number of employees (f/m/d). Therefore, we kindly ask female applicants to apply for this job.

Recognized severely disabled persons will be preferred if they are equally qualified.