Job offer Computational Mechanics: Fully Funded PhD Studentship on the computational framework for high-speed multi-material impact

Job Offer

Job: Computational Mechanics: Fully Funded PhD Studentship on the computational framework for high-speed multi-material impact

Organisation/Company: Swansea University

Department: Central

Research Field: Engineering » Civil engineering

Researcher Profile: First Stage Researcher (R1)

Positions: PhD Positions

Country: United Kingdom

Application Deadline: 5 May 2025 - 23:58 (Europe/London)

Type of Contract: Temporary

Job Status: Full-time

Hours Per Week: 35

Offer Starting Date: 1 Jul 2025

Is the job funded through the EU Research Framework Programme? Not funded by a EU programme

Is the Job related to staff position within a Research Infrastructure? No

Offer Description

Computational verification of high-speed multi-material flows, where physical experimentation is highly limited, is seen as critical by the Defence Sector (source: the UK Atomic Weapons Establishment). Recent work by the group (leading to REF 4

• rated outputs and several Keynotes) has contributed to bridging the gap between Computational Solid and Fluid Dynamics, with a unified computational framework exploiting the use of physical and geometrical conservation laws in a variety of spatial discretisation schemes (i.e. Finite Element, Finite Volume, Meshless). The resulting conservation-type formulation, which displays striking similarities to that used by the Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) community, has inspired the investigators to adopt conventional CFD algorithms in the novel context of Computational Solid Dynamics.

Building upon very recent work made by the supervisory team, this FULLY FUNDED 4-year PhD project will investigate challenging aspects such as:

• exploration of a truly "n" multi-material capability with a suitable closure model;
• improved strategy for interface tracking/capturing;
• very high-speed scenarios with use of nonlinear Riemann-solvers.

If time allows exploratory 3D development could be foreseen in Year 4.

The recruited PhD candidate will become a member of an active research group working on the development and application of cutting edge computational techniques for large strain solid dynamics, dynamic fracture/contact and computational multi-physics.

Requirements

Research Field: Engineering

Education Level: Undergraduate

Skills/Qualifications:

• IELTS 6.5 Overall (5.5+ each comp.) or Swansea University recognised equivalent.

Specific Requirements:

• Applicants for PhD must hold an undergraduate degree at 2.1 level (or Non-UK equivalent as defined by Swansea University) in Engineering or similar relevant science discipline.

Additional Information

Benefits:

• This scholarship covers the full cost of tuition fees and an annual stipend at UKRI rate (£19,237 for 2024/25, £20,780 for 2025/26).
• Additional research expenses will also be available.

Eligibility criteria:

• Applicants for PhD must hold an undergraduate degree at 2.1 level (or Non-UK equivalent as defined by Swansea University) in Engineering or similar relevant science discipline.

Selection process: Please see our website for more information.

Work Location(s)

Number of offers available: 1

Company/Institute: Swansea University

Country: United Kingdom

City: Swansea

Postal Code: SA2 8PP

Contact

State/Province: West Glamorgan

City: Swansea

Street: Singleton Park

Postal Code: SA28PP

E-Mail: a.j.gil@swansea.ac.uk

Phone: +44(0)1792602768

STATUS: EXPIRED


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Undergraduate Skills/Qualifications IELTS 6.5 Overall (5.5+ each comp.) or Swansea University recognised equivalent. Specific Requirements Applicants for PhD must hold an undergraduate degree at 2.1 level (or Non-UK equivalent as defined by Swansea University) in Engineering or similar relevant science discipline., Applicants for PhD must hold an undergraduate degree at 2.1 level (or Non-UK equivalent as defined by Swansea University) in Engineering or similar relevant science discipline. See - Country-specific Information for European Applicants 2019 and Country-specific Information for International Applicants 2019.

This scholarship covers the full cost of tuition fees and an annual stipend at UKRI rate (£19,237 for 2024/25, £20,780 for 2025/26). Additional research expenses will also be available. Eligibility criteria