DeMaMech: EU-Japan Collaboration in Higher Education Student Exchange Program

Offer of Research Topic

Offer from	University	Technical University Berlin
	Faculty/Department/Institute	Dept. of Mechanical Engineering and Transport Systems
	Group Name	Engineering Design and Methodology Group
Research Theme		Fretting Fatigue of Shaft-Hub Connections
Brief Explanation		Fretting corrosion is the most important failure mechanism of form-fitted polygon-shaft-hub connections. Current life prediction techniques need to know the point of crack initiation to obtain the stress and strain distribution. Unfortunately a reliable procedure for the fully-automatic identification of the crack initiation point does not exist. In this study, based on a 3D FEA different damage criteria will be applied to examine the potential of the critical plane method.
Research Steps		1. Literature survey (one month) 2. Practice in FEA (one month) 3. Implementing and testing of an evaluation program for FE-results (one month) 4. Application of several damage parameter to the FE-results (one month) 5. Verification of the prediction reliability (one month)
Period		5 months.
Necessary Background, Knowledge, Skills		Fundamental knowledge about mechanics, stress & strain, fatigue. Computer programming skills, preferably basics in FEA If necessary, some references can be specified.
Further Information		-
Contact Person		Dipl.-Ing. Christoph Grossmann email: christoph.grossmann@ktem.tu-berlin.de

European offers have to be 5 months, due to the EU requirement to Japanese students that they have to stay at two European Universities.