Francis Praud, PhD student at Arts et Métiers, invites you to his thesis defense!

Thesis defense by Francis Praud, doctoral student at LEM3
April 19
Arts et Métiers Campus Arts et Métiers Metz - 4 rue Augustin Fresnel - 57070 Metz
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Thesis defense by Francis Praud, doctoral student at the Laboratory for Microstructure and Material Mechanics Studies (LEM3): "Multi-scale modeling of thermoplastic-based woven composites, cyclic and time-dependent behavior"

"In this thesis, a multi-scale model established from the concept of periodic homogenization is utilized to study the cyclic and time-dependent response of thermoplastic-based woven composites. With the proposed approach, the macroscopic behavior of the composite is determined from a finite element simulation of the representative unit cell of the periodic microstructure, where the local constitutive behaviors of the components are directly integrated, namely: the matrix and the yarns. [...]"

SUPERVISION

Thesis supervisor: Fodil Meraghni
Co-supervisor: George Chatzigeorgiou

JURY

Laurent Gornet, Senior Lecturer (HDR), GeM, Ecole Centrale de Nantes

Christian Hochard, Professor, LMA Marseille

Benoit Delattre, Doctor, PSA

Andreas Menzel, Professor, Technische Universität Dortmund*

Fodil Meraghni, Professor, Arts et Métiers, Metz campus

George Chatzigeorgiou, CR1, CNRS, Arts et Métiers, Metz campus

Jérôme Bikard, Doctor, Solvay

Yves Chemisky, Senior Lecturer (HDR), Arts et Métiers, Metz campus

Mamadou Abdoul Mbacké, Doctor, Jules Verne Research Institute

PRACTICAL INFORMATION

Arts et Métiers Campus Arts et Métiers Metz - 4 rue Augustin Fresnel - 57070 Metz

Defense Thursday, April 19, 2018 – 1:30 p.m. – Boardroom

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