PhD positions in the context of “AConstitutive models for the next generation of nuclear vessels”

Context

As part of a collaborative project between

1. Tractebel SA

2. CENAERO

3. Université Catholique de Louvain,

4. University of Liège

the main objective of the positions will be to develop numerical methodologies in the context of

1. To develop constitutive model

2. To develop experimental Campaign

3. To validate models

to predict the response of nuclear vessels under creep and fatigue loading.

Opportunity

The project will be supervised by Prof. T. Pardoen of UCLouvain and Prof. L. Noels of ULiège (http://www.ltas-cm3.ulg.ac.be/), in close collaboration with the partners of the project. The position is that of a renewable 12-month (up to 48 months) research engineer starting in Spring 2026.

The thesis will be co-supervion beween

Computational & Multiscale Mechanics of Materials (http://www.ltas-cm3.ulg.ac.be/), Univerity of Liege, Belgium

IMMAP, Université Catholique de Louvain, Belgium (https://www.uclouvain.be/en/research-institutes/immc/materials-and-process-engineering)

The candidate should have a Master degree in (computational) mechanics, material engineering or aerospace engineering with a solid knowledge in continuous mechanics and numerical methods.