PhD Studentship Available to start September 2015

The concept of the Condition Monitoring is based on merging capabilities and components. During this activity the development will produce an advanced system for condition monitoring of machinery components and structure health monitoring utilising Operational Model Analysis (OMA) technique. OMA will be used to monitor the condition of generator, gearbox, rotary components and structure. Hardware will be tied together through a supervisory control, data logging & analysis.

Modal analysis is an advanced method for structural Eigen-frequency extraction and dynamic characteristics estimation, commonly used in the aerospace, automotive and defence industries. The modal analysis technique uses an exciter to vibrate the structure over a frequency range and monitors the resulting vibrations on specific points. When trying to apply this to machines and their components one faces the serious issue of harmonic components present in the input from vibrations like the rotational frequency. Many methods have been proposed to fully tackle this issue like incorporation some of the know harmonics to the estimation of input and using several advanced signal processing methods, but a definite technique has not been yet defined.

This project will be carried out as part of the EPSRC Centre for Doctoral Training in Embedded Intelligence and is co-sponsored by National Structural Integrity Research Centre (NSIRC).

This Centre, in collaboration with NSIRC, offers an attractive package, including a tax free stipend of up to £17k pa (equivalent £24k tax free), in addition to full University PhD registration fees for British and EU candidates. Due to UKBA Visa regulations applications from overseas students cannot be accepted for this position.  Additionally, there is a generous personal development budget of £10,000for the specific training needs of the successful candidate.

The Centre offers a unique 4-year Ph.D. programme, drawing on expertise in postgraduate teaching and research supervision in the fields of sensors, system design, embedded software and systems, manufacturing systems, novel manufacturing processing, applications engineering and systems services. The PhD candidate will be supported by the state-of-the-art facilities at NSIRC andLoughborough University.

A high calibre candidate with first or upper second class (2:1) degree in in mechanical, Electrical/Electronics or Civil/Structural Engineering, Material Science, Metallurgy or Physics. Candidates with suitable work experience and strong capacity in numerical modelling and experimental skills are particularly welcome to apply.

Further information can be obtained from Dr Donna Palmer, e-mail: cdt-ei<στο>lboro.ac.uk

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The deadline for applications is 31^st March 2015.

Please quote Ref No.: 2015CDTEI_NSIRC2 on your application. Apply here