Composite Materials and Structures Group
The MSC group includes 31 permanent researchers (assistant, associate and full professors), close to 45 PhD students, 10 post-doc and project engineers. The group is organized in two research axes: Material Processes and Properties (MaPP) and Structures Impact Modelling Machining (SIMU)
The MSC group’s research focuses on the study of materials and composite structures at various stages of their life cycle:
- • Development, manufacturing and machining.
- • In service mechanical behavior.
- • Repair, reuse and recycling.
The proposed approaches combine experience, model development, and numerical simulation to achieve this.
The applications are mainly, but not exclusively, related to the aeronautical and aerospace sectors.
MSC group activities concern:
- • Composite life cycle: from the Manufacturing processes (development, machining, assembly, repair, recycling) to the structure.
- • Materials: fiber reinforced polymers (synthetic or bio composites such as: flax, jute, wood, cork, etc.), ceramic matrix composites, multi-materials
- • Multi-scale approaches: from nano to macro scale (structure)
- • Multidisciplinary: materials science, solid mechanics, fluid mechanics, etc.
- • Multiphysics approaches: mechanical, physicochemical, thermal, electrical
- • Tests/Calculations: balanced approach between experimentation, modelling, and numerical simulation
Generic scientific methodologies across the MSC group
- • Experimental identifications of engineering phenomena applied to manufacturing problems, behavior, or damage.
- • Development of original tests for phenomenological understanding, parameter identification, model validation, and numerical simulations.
- • Development of strategies for specific modelling that are representative of the studied physics.
- • Development of multi-scale approaches to composite structures associated with material knowledge.
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Composite Materials Structures (MSC)
Heads: T. Cutard, R. Zitoune
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MaPP Axis
Material Processes and Properties
Axis leaders: A. Cantarel, L. Crouzeix
Three scientific themes:
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- • Th 1: Studying, understanding and modelling of multi-physics phenomena in manufacturing processes
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- • Th 2: Studying the influence of manufacturing parameters on physical properties on different multi-scale levels
- • Th 3: Digital twins – Contribution to virtual manufacturing
SIMU Axis
Structures Impact Modelling Machining
Axis leaders: O. Dorival, F. Lachaud, S. Marguet
Three scientific themes:
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- • Th 1: Damage modelling: damage tolerance
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- • Th 2: Relationship between material integrity (manufacturing/machining/repair), environment (humidity / temperature) and the mechanical strength of synthetic and bio sourced composite structures. cale levels
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- • Th 3: Virtual testing
two research axes:
MaPP “Proceeded-materials-Properties” axis
SIMU “Structure Impact Modelling Manufacturing” axis