The Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft (www.fraunhofer.com) currently operates 76 institutes and research units throughout Germany and is a leading applied research organization. Around 32 000 employees work with an annual research budget of 3.4 billion euros.
The »High-Performance Cutting« department develops technologies and application-oriented solutions for cutting along the entire process chain - from process design and process simulation to real-time data acquisition during production, consulting, and prototype manufacturing. We aim to eliminate distortion due to residual stresses during the milling and turning processes using simulations. We are looking for a dedicated and motivated student to assist us in further developing our simulation code based on the Finite Cell Method (FCM) to make reliable predictions of distortion.

• Participation in machining of turbine disks for aero engine research
• Measuring of distortion of a turbine disk when clamped on a turning machine
• Simulating clamping condition using the Finite Element Method (FEM) and/or Finite Cell Method (FCM)
• Comparison of results and development of a best practice guide to model clamping