Impact damage poses a serious threat to the safety of aircraft containing primary structure made from fibre composite material. Promising configurations are structure with high-energy absorbing capacity and passive/active damping performance like origami-based morphing structures or innovative sandwich design. Vulnerability, durability and reliability of such advanced structures and subsequent implications for aircraft safety and operational availability are the main topics.
Background and skills of ideal Doctoral candidate:
Master in Aerospace Eng. with experience in structural dynamic simulation and design. Experience in low velocity impact numerical and experimental evaluation. Experience with implicit-explicit commercial FEM codes (NASTRAN/LSDYNA other codes). Autonomy in solving complex problems. Ability to work in teams with different backgrounds. Ability to adapt to program variations.
Contacts: Prof. Enrico Cestino – enrico.cestino@polito.it; Prof. Giacomo Frulla – giacomo.frulla@polito.it