PhD Position in Meshless Metal Cutting Simulations in Zürich

The Institute of Machine Tools and Manufacturing (IWF) is looking for a new PhD candidate to support the development of a numerical software tool to simulate metal cutting processes.

The Metal cutting processes remains one of the most important, if not the most important, manufacturing process in any developed nation. Thus, it is of utmost importance to be able to predict the outcome of such processes and to gain insight into the underlying physics. Computer simulation is a valuable tool for both mentioned purposes. Current simulation models are hampered in their efficiency because they rely on classical FEM paradigms, which require constant remeshing in the face of the extremely large deformations encountered during metal cutting. Therefore, a novel simulation tool using meshfree methods was implemented at IWF. This PhD position is concerned with extending this tool with novel features, ranging from advanced material models to cutting edge numerical methods.

We look forward to receiving your online application including a motivation letter and full CV via the following link: .

For further Information watch for an overview of the features currently supported by our solver. Visit to check out our open source codes. Please do not hesitate to contact Mr. Hagen Klippel at klippel@iwf.mavt.ethz.ch (no applications) for informal inquiries about the position.