Masterthesis: Combustion Kinetics & Numerical Simulation 1 1

Job description

As one of the oldest and largest Fraunhofer institutes, the Fraunhofer Institute for Chemical Technology ICT has special expertise: by linking the diverse research fields of polymer engineering, chemical processes, explosives technology, safety and security, and energy and drive systems, it achieves decisive breakthroughs. Examples can be found in lightweight construction for mobility, in environmentally friendly chemistry, in applications for the aerospace and military sectors as well as in life-cycle assessments, recycling and sustainability concepts – which you could soon help to create! The combustion of solid propellants in energetic systems is a highly dynamic thermal process. It is strongly influenced by geometry, chemical composition, temperature, and pressure. In the Interior Ballistics & Detonics research group at Fraunhofer ICT, we focus on the modeling, simulation, and experimental characterization of these processes across different length scales. The data obtained is used to continuously validate and further develop our models. The focus of this project lies on combustion kinetics. The objective is to develop a mesoscale description of solid propellant combustion base...