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Research Associate in Structural Integrity

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Global Academy Jobs
Location
United Kingdom
Closing date
May 29, 2017

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Based in the world leading research team in the Solid Mechanics Research Group (SMRG) within the Department of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Bristol this is an exciting opportunity to join a strong and vibrant team. SMRG is a world renounced group in experimental solid mechanics currently comprised 8 academics, 4 industrial visitors and more than 20 researchers.

This project is part of a collaborative work (ATLAS+: Advanced Structural Integrity Assessment Tools for Safe Long Term Operation) with 18 academic and industrial partners across Europe. You will be using state of the art experimental and numerical methods to understand the effects of degradation, ageing, and residual stress on the structural integrity of components in safety critical industries such as nuclear. You will be working closely with a PhD student at the University of Bristol who will work in the same project and is expected to take some supervisory responsibility to deliver high quality research (evidenced by scientific publications) as well as progress reports. You will work in close collaboration with both industrial partners (e.g. EDF Group) and with researchers in partner academic institutions (e.g. University of Manchester and Open University) to improved engineering methods to assess components under long term operation. You should be willing to travel extensively within the UK and across Europe.

You will use state of the art tools such as time-resolved synchrotron radiation and semi-destructive techniques such as deep hole drilling to measure stress and investigate its impact on the structural integrity of components. Based on the new understandings obtained in this project, you will make recommendations to improve engineering methods used by industry to assess components under long term operation. Obtaining high quality experimental data (e.g. digital image correlation) required for numerical analyses will be a crucial part of this work; it is, therefore, important that you have a solid understanding the requirements of numerical methods (e.g. finite element analysis).

You will have at least a PhD in Mechanical Engineering/Materials Science (or closely related discipline) and have good experience of experimental stress measurement techniques (e.g. diffraction methods and digital image correlation) and programming as well as a wider knowledge of damage mechanisms (fatigue, fracture, and creep) of metallic materials. Having prior experience as a postdoctoral research will be beneficial.

This post is offered on an open ended full time basis with funding for up to 24 months in the first instance.

It is anticipated that interviews will take place shortly after the closing date.

Informal enquiries can be made to: Dr Mahmoud Mostafavi (m.mostafavi@bristol.ac.uk).

The University is committed to creating and sustaining a fully inclusive culture.  We welcome applicants from all backgrounds and communities.

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