Overview

About the programme

Existing concrete or reinforced concrete structures feature, as a rule, a relatively low resistance to various sorts of impact loading, such as shock, collision, or explosion. By using innovative, mineral-bonded composites, public safety and the reliability of vitally important infrastructure should be significantly enhanced.

The scientific basis to be developed in this Mineral-bonded Composites for Enhanced Structural Impact Safety research group at TU Dresden will additionally enable to build new, impact-resistant structures economically and ecologically.

Programme Structure

Research concerns the development of the following:

new mineral-based composites, i.e., fine-grained concretes with different types of fiber reinforcement to yield especially high resistance to impact loading
building concepts and measurement principles for the strengthening of existing concrete structures through thin layers of novel, highly ductile composites and for building new structures using these new types of concrete
appropriate measuring and evaluation methods for the analysis of the processes occurring during impact, such as wave propagation, deformation, fracture etc.
methods for numerically simulating the behavior of new concrete types and strengthened structures subject to impact loading by means of the coupling of different space and time scales
safety evaluations, for assessing the economical and ecological aspects of the strengthening measures, and principles for increasing the efficiency of evaluation and assessment methods as well

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

Generally, an academic degree on the level of master, Diplom, Staatsexamen, or Magister is required for enrolling as a doctoral candidate at a German university.

Tuition Fee

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International

Free

Tuition Fee

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

Free

Tuition Fee

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

There are no tuition fees for participating in the PhD program.

Living costs for Dresden

756 - 1107 EUR /month

Living costs

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