Hello all,
I am still looking for 1 team member for the ADP on the topic of FEM, lightweight design and optimization, and experimental validation.
Branched profiles are often used in lightweight construction, as they exhibit high bending stiffness at low weight. These profiles are frequently designed with cutouts in the unloaded web area, which, however, leads to undesirable material waste (see figure below). The aim is to further reduce weight.
The process for manufacturing stretched profiles developed at PtU makes it possible to produce such lightweight profiles with minimal material removal by laser-slitting them and then continuously stretching them.
This ADP aims to develop a finite element (FE) model to simulate the process of slotting and subsequent stretching, with the goal of optimizing the slot geometry for ideal stretching. Finally, the model will be experimentally validated through real-world tests on PtU's forming and testing equipment.
If anyone is interested, send me an email on bibek.parajuli@stud.tu-darmstadt.de. Or, you can send me a Whatsapp message on +4917692145941.
P.S. It will be an Aerospace ADP.
Kind regards,
Bibek Parajuli
