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