PhD on Numerical Modelling of Subsurface Erosion in Dikes and Geothermal Wells

EURAXESS hosting organisation · Multiple European countries

Are you passionate about understanding hidden soil failure processes? Join us to explore how subsurface erosion leads to dike instability and sand production in geothermal wells using cutting-edge FEM modelling. Information In this PhD position, you contribute to a high-impact research project that combines advanced modelling with lab-scale experimentation to better understand and predict subsurface erosion phenomena. Subsurface erosion—often invisible until it causes catastrophic damage—poses major risks to buried infrastructure. In this PhD project, you will investigate two pressing real-world challenges: sand production in geothermal boreholes and backward erosion piping in dikes. Both processes are driven by internal erosion mechanisms, which will be studied by developing and extending

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