One (1) Postdoctoral fellowship in Engineering REFERÊNCIA: BPD/Sustainsys/UTAD/259/2014
It is available one Postdoctoral fellowship, within the project SUSTAINSYS: Environmental Sustainable AgroForestry Systems - NORTE-07-0124-FEDER-0000044 from the research institution CITAB - Centro de Investigação e Tecnologias Agroambientais e Biológicas from Universidade de Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro, Portugal, financed by the North Portugal Regional Operational Programme (ON.2 – O Novo Norte), under the National Strategic Reference Framework (QREN), through the European Regional Development Fund (FEDER), as well as by National Funds through the Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology (FCT/MEC), under the following conditions: Scientific Area: Engineering [Mechanical Engineering] Admission prerequisites: It is admission requirement to hold a PhD degree in Mechanical Engineering. Experience in the fields of experimental and computational mechanics is preferred, evidenced by publications in international journals; experience of using the MATLAB software and the use of finite element codes, and excellent knowledge of the English language. Work Plan: The Fellow will develop its activity within the mechanical behavior and fracture of new materials and products derived from forest biomass. In particular, should develop experimental and analytical tools for the identification of constitutive parameters and the fracture parameters. The experimental tools should be based on digital image correlation, being necessary to develop and implement specific algorithms, adapted to the variability and heterogeneity of the structure of forest materials. The methodology for the identification of constitutive parameters (elastic and viscoelastic), including its spatial variability, should be based on statically indeterminate tests (developed by the fellow) and the Virtual Fields Method (which should be adapted for this purpose). Identification methods should be validated through finite element simulation Legislation and regulations: Law Nº. 40/2004, of August 18 (Status of Scientific Research Fellow); Regulation Research Grant from the Foundation for Science and Technology, IP - 2013 (http://www.fct.pt/apoios/bolsas/regulamento.phtml) and Research Grant Regulation from the Universidade de Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro - Order RT.36/2011, July 6, Mr. Rector, published in the Official Gazette by Order No. 9157/2011 (Series II) of 19 July.