Research Associate position on Multiscale Modelling of Thermal Barrier Coatings (Cardiff University)

A full time postdoctoral research associate position is available at Cardiff University under the supervision of Professor Bhushan L. Karihaloo and Drs Kulasegaram and Zhu, funded by FP7.http://www.engin.cf.ac.uk/research/resInstitute.asp?InstNo=13

The research aims to develop novel metal-ceramic materials for aerospace and automotive applications.

Objectives:

- to develop multi-scale computational models for alumnia-copper and alumina-Ni-Al inter-metallic functionally graded composites

- to investigate the thermo-mechanical behaviour of the above composites under thermal cyclic loading, including the determination of residual stresses

Fixed term for 2 years

£29853 0 £35646 per annum.

Inquiries to be directed to Dr Sivakumar Kulasegaram: KulasegaramS AT cf dot ac dot uk