Inspire AG is a technology transfer organisation with strong links to ETH Zürich.nbsp; The
Inspire Centre for Mechanical Integrity (ICMI)
was established at the beginning of 2012 and aims to develop and provide mechanical integrity solutions for a wide range of applications in a way which is underpinned by fundamental research.nbsp; ICMI operates in a close collaboration with the High Temperature Integrity Group (HTIG) of EMPA (Dübendorf).nbsp; It currently offers a PhD position on:
Project Description
The project aims to gain a fundamental understanding of the physics of high temperature viscoplastic deformation under cyclic stress conditions based on comprehensive high temperature mechanical testing and advanced microstructural analyses (e.g. TEM, SEM-ECCI/EBSD and neutron diffraction).nbsp; The gained knowledge will then be employed to develop physically-based constitutive model equations for describing the evolution of microstructural features (e.g. densities of different types of dislocations) and mechanical behaviour of the materials under high temperature cyclic loading conditions. nbsp;The Annex gives a summary of the research proposal.
Through this PhD study, the student will gain skills and knowledge in different microstructural analysis techniques, advanced mechanical analysis, high temperature mechanical testing and physical-microstructurally based modelling of inelastic deformation.