Overview

About the programme

Although various simulation approaches describing fracture behaviour exist for particular types of materials and specific time and length scales, an integrated and all-encompassing approach that is able to capture fracture processes in different – and in particular heterogeneous – materials at various length and time resolutions is still lacking.

Thus, the objective of this interdisciplinary Fracture across Scales Research Training Group (RTG) at Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU) consisting of experts from mechanics, materials science, mathematics, chemistry, and physics is to develop the necessary methodology to investigate the mechanisms underlying brittle fracture and how they are influenced by heterogeneity in various materials.

Programme Structure

Research projects include:

Chemistry at the Crack Tip
Atomistics of Crack-Heterogeneity Interactions
Fracture in Polymer Composites: Nano to Meso
Fragmentation in Large Scale DEM Simulations
Compressive Failure in Porous Materials
Fracture in Thermoplastics: Discrete-to-Continuum
Collective Phenomena in Failure at Complex Interfaces
Fracture in Polymer Composites: Meso to Macro
Adaptive Dynamic Fracture Simulation
Configurational Fracture/Surface Mechanics
Fracture Control by Material Optimization
Postdoctoral Project: Quantum-to-Continuum Model of Thermoset Fracture
Modelling of fragmentation and fracturing processes in deformation bands and faults, from single grains to seismic-scale faults
Passage from Atomistic-to-Continuum for Quasistatic and Dynamic Crack Growth

Key information

Duration

Full-time
- 36 months

Start dates & application deadlines

Starting 2024-10-14 00:00:00

Application deadline not specified.

Language

English

Delivered

On Campus

Disciplines

Materials Science View 14 other PhDs in Materials Science in Germany

Academic requirements

We are not aware of any specific GRE, GMAT or GPA grading score requirements for this programme.

English requirements

We are not aware of any English requirements for this programme.

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Other requirements

General requirements

To be admitted to a doctorate, you must usually prove that you have successfully completed a Master’s degree programme in the relevant subject area that is equivalent to a Master’s degree programme from a German university.

Tuition Fee

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International

Free

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Based on the tuition of 0 EUR per year during 36 months.
EU/EEA

Free

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Based on the tuition of 0 EUR per year during 36 months.

FAU does not have tuition fees. However, all students must pay a semester fee.

Living costs for Erlangen

730 - 1100 EUR /month

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