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Areas of expertise
-Design for additive manufacturing
-Simulation of residual stresses in additive manufactured parts
-Non linear Finite Element Analysis
Biography
Asim Rashid has MSc in Product Development and Materials Engineering from Jönköping University, Sweden (2010), and PhD in Engineering Mechanics from Linköping University, Sweden (2016). He has written two books: Solving Contact Problems with Abaqus and Solving Nonlinear Problems with Abaqus.
Teaching
Asim Rashid is responsible for the following courses in Digital Design Master’s Program at University of Turku:
KTEK0029 Digital Design Methodology
KTEK0030 Design Optimisation (Structure and Topology)
KTEK0031 Reverse Engineering and Industrial Metrology
Other courses that Asim is involved at UTU:
KTEK0044 Computer Aided Design
Research
Disc brakes are a crucial part of a vehicle. They slow or stop a vehicle by converting the kinetic energy into heat. This heat causes the disc surface temperature to rise in a short period of time. Due to the severe working conditions during operation, cracks develop on the friction surface. Simulation of residual stresses causing the initiation of these cracks with reasonable computational resources was one of the main goals of Asim’s research as a PhD researcher.
The residual stresses in a part built using an additive manufacturing process can lead to part distortion, loss of geometric tolerance and have detrimental effects on the fatigue performance. Due to the complex thermal phenomenon which occurs during the additive manufacturing process, understanding the relationship between processing parameters and final part properties is a challenging task. Asim’s interest lies in the investigation of how the residual stresses affect the final part geometry and how to improve the process parameters for an ideal stress-free build of a part.