VENKATESH Aatreya

PhD Student CNRS - SIMAP/GPM2
Laboratoire SIMAP/GPM2, Domaine Universitaire, BP 46 38402 Saint Martin d'Heres cedex, France
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Research activities

In-situ X-ray nanotomographic analysis of constrained powdered sintering
This PhD thesis will enable us to develop means to obtain complete 3D nano-tomography (nCT) images during high-temperature sintering and thus explore how densification and grain growth are affected by the presence of a substrate throughout the sintering cycle, with particular interest in the development of structural anisotropy.

This issue will be studied in the context of the EU-funded MATHEGRAM Innovative Training Network.

The main objectives of this work will therefore be:
i) to study constrained sintering by In-situ X-ray nanotomography at the particle length scale;
ii) to provide quantitative information on sintering phenomena;
iii) to explore the development of anisotropy due to the presence of a substrate during the entire sintering cycle.

Activities / Resume

Masters in 'Computational Mechanics of Materials and Structures'
University of Stuttgart, Germany

Bachelors in 'Mechanical Engineering'
NMAM Institute of Technology, India