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Against the backdrop of climate change, which is now a tangible reality in many places, the issues of climate protection, resource efficiency and sustainability play a central role in the development of new products. In the course of this, lightweight construction is gaining massively in importance as an answer to challenges arising from this. In this context, it is not enough to simply change the material concept to lighter materials in order to exploit the potential.
One widespread class of lightweight materials is long-fiber-reinforced thermoplastics (LFTs). These exhibit high specific stiffnesses and strengths with relatively low-cost manufacturability. Due to the strong dependence of the component stiffness or strength on the orientation and distribution of the long fibers, it is necessary to consider the manufacturing process when optimizing the component design.

Task:
Your task is to develop a method for considering the LFT direct process in
the component optimization. For this purpose, the process simulation by means of the software Moldflow is to be combined with a
structure simulation or topology optimization using the software Abaqus.
Profile:

• You are a student of mechanical engineering, materials science and materials engineering or another course of study with relevant content.
• You are interested in product development, lightweight construction and FEM
• You are interested in computational simulations as well as in programming with Python and ideally have previous knowledge in this field
• You are characterized by an independent, structured and goal-oriented way of working

Please send your application with curriculum vitae and transcript of records to patrick.haberkern∂kit.edu.