I’m Basem Rajjoub, a PhD researcher at the Institut für Windenergiesysteme (IWES), Leibniz Universität Hannover. My work sits at the intersection of composite micromechanics, structural finite element methods, and probabilistic reliability — applied to wind turbine rotor blades.

Research

My PhD focuses on multiscale probabilistic fatigue assessment of composite wind turbine blades. The core idea is to build a physics-based chain from the fiber-matrix microstructure up to blade-level reliability, replacing the empirical safety factors in current design standards with uncertainty-aware predictions grounded in material science.

This spans microstructure generation, analytical homogenization, voxel-based cross-section analysis, and probabilistic reliability methods.

Education

PhD — IWES, Leibniz Universität Hannover (ongoing) Multiscale probabilistic fatigue assessment of composite wind turbine blades

M.Sc. — Leibniz Universität Hannover (2018–2020) Thesis: Finite Element Simulation of Damage Initiation and Propagation at Ply Drops in Composite Laminates Under Quasi-Static Loading

Skills

Python, C++, Rust, LaTeX  ·  FEM, micromechanics, homogenization  ·  probabilistic reliability, uncertainty quantification

Languages

Arabic (native) · German (professional) · English (professional) · Russian (limited)

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