PhD position related to Industry 4.0

The objective of this PhD is to design a demonstrator at the laboratory scale of complex, multi-step forming process for thin sheet of metallic materials, to provide a large amount of smart data to test the reliability of the numerical prediction of the final state of the material, e.g., the deformed geometry and the residual stresses. The technology readiness level (TRL) of this project is around 2-3 and no direct industrial application is aimed at. However, the general context is essential in mechanical industries facing the challenge of mass reduction of structures, based on the virtual design of forming processes.