Institute of Mechanics, Materials and Civil Engineering

Investigation of pulverised biomass combustion: detailed modelling of particle pyrolysis and experimental analysis of ash deposition
By Julien Blondeau (Public Defense: May 24th, 2013, 16h15, Auditorium BARB94)

Micromechanical study of the influence of the microstructure and composition on the plastic flow and damage properties of Dual-Phase steels
By Anne-Pascale Pierman (Public Defense: May 22nd, 2013, 15h00, Auditorium BARB92)

Renaud Ronsse was recently interviewed by La Libre Belgique in an article talking about the future developments of humanoid robotics.

Viscoplasticity, Damage and Fracture of Ti-6Al-4V
By Liza Lecarme (Public Defense: April 15th, 2013, 15h00, Auditorium SUD19)

Sea ice rheologies for large-scale models
By Sylvain Bouillon (Public Defense: March 22nd, 2013, 15h00, Auditorium BARB94)

Tentes pliables, origami courbe ou cycles moléculaires contraints... des chercheurs de l'UCL sont parvenus à modéliser ces objets déformés connus depuis plus de 100 ans. A lire dans Nature Communications.

Theoretical and numerical analysis of hydrostatics and low-Mach number flows of two-phase granular mixtures
By Christos Varsakelis (Public Defense: November 13th, 2012, 16h15, Auditorium BARB94)

for the article "Analysis and comparison of classical and flex-PCB slotless windings in BLDC machines" by B. Dehez, M. Markovic and Y. Perriard that was presented at the International Conference on Electrical Machines and Systems (ICEMS 2012), co-sponsored by IEEE Industry Applications Society, in Sapporo (Japan) on October 2012

Railway research activities conducted at the iMMC now have a webpage dedicated to them on the UCL portal.

awarded to Patricia Leconte, PhD student at the Institute of Mechanics, Materials, and Civil Engineering and at the Center for Research in Mechatronics

Dr. Francisco Contino has won the Adolphe Van Tiggelen Award 2012 for his outstanding presentation entitled ‘Study of the effect of nitrogen monoxide on the ignition delay using tabulation of dynamic adaptive chemistry’.

Modelling of the mechanical response of polycrystalline graphite in a nuclear reactor environment

The deadline for registration is October 23th, 2012

Thierry Daras, ingénieur industriel membre du laboratoire LACTION, vient de présenter son TFE en vue de l’obtention d’un master en sciences de l’ingénieur. Le sujet « Conception et Instrumentation d’un banc d’essai pour vélo en vue de quantifier le confort subjectif des cyclistes » est bien dans la veine des activités sportives du pôle MCTR (photo : Nicolas Docquier testant le banc d’essai en uniforme de cycliste MCTR).

Fluvial morphodynamics in super- and transcritical flows : experimental and analytical approaches
By Mourad Bellal (Public Defense: August 30th, 2012, 16h15, Auditorium SUD11)

Model state and parameter estimation by assimilation of temperature profiles with an ensemble Kalman filter in North Sea applications
By Stéphanie Ponsar (Public Defense: August 29th, 2012, 14h00, Auditorium CYCL01)

The failure of metal-to-metal adhesive joints: numerical modelling, energy contributions and constraint effects
By Philippe Martiny (Public Defense: August 28th, 2012, 16h15, Auditorium SUD01)

Macroscopic modeling of urban flood by a porosity approach
By Mirjana Velickovic (Public Defense: August 27th, 2012, 16h15, Auditorium SUD11)

Design and Control of Fault-Tolerant Permanent Magnet Drives
By Francois Baudart (Public Defense: August 22nd, 2012, 14h00, Auditorium BARB94)

Numerical investigation of the tip leakage flow in different high pressure turbine blade configurations
By Peter Vass (Public Defense: June 14th, 2012, 16h00, Auditorium BARB94)

Multimesh Iterative Schemes and Model Reduction for Linear and Nonlinear Advection-Diffusion Equations
By Samuel Melchior (Public Defense: June 12th, 2012, 16h15, Auditorium BARB92)

Development of a Baroclinic Discontinuous Galerkin Finite Element Model for Estuarine and Coastal Flows
By Tuomas Kärnä (Public Defense: May 25th, 2012, 16h00, Auditorium BARB94)

Characterisation of the relationship between microstructure evolution and work hardening of Fe-Mn-C TWIP steels
By Krystel Renard (Public Defense: May 21st, 2012, 16h00, Auditorium BARB94)

Interaction of Wakes Vortices with the Atmosphere and the Ground: Advanced Numerical Simulation and Operational Modeling
By Ivan de Visscher (Public Defense: May 4th, 2012, 16h15, Auditorium BARB94)

Deux équipes de l'UCL ("Plastivore" et "CMOS") sont qualifiées pour la 15e Coupe internationale EUROBOT qui aura lieu du 16 au 20 mai à La Ferté Bernard (France). Près de 45 équipes de 20 pays différents y participeront. Infos sur www.eurobot.org

Le 10 mai, les membres du personnel sont invités à se rendre à Louvain-la-Neuve à vélo. Des départs seront prévus de civers endroits de la région. L'idée? Donner envie aux cyclistes de se lancer.

Pour la troisième fois en quatre ans, l'UCL gagne le prix GREPES

Secondary SCRAM System for Liquid Metal Cooled nuclear Reactors: Simulation using Particle-Based Methods and Experimental Validation
By Simon Vanmaercke (Public Defense: February 27th, 2012, 14h00, Auditorium SCES02)

Nanomechanical lab on-chip for testing thin film materials and application to Al and Al(Si)
By Michaël Coulombier (Public Defense: March 6th, 2012, 16h15, Auditorium SUD09)

à l'intention des étudiants en master à l'EPL Organisée par les chercheurs de l'iMMC (institute of Mechanics,Materials and Civil Engineering)

Blood Flow Modeling for Patient-Specific Bypass Surgery in Lower-Limb Arteries
By Marie Willemet (Public Defense: February 17th, 2012, 16h15, Auditorium BARB94)

Finite element modeling of sediment dynamics in the Scheldt
by Olivier Gourgue (Public Defense: December 9th, 2011, 16h00, Auditorium BARB94)

Topology optimization methods for the design of electromagnetic actuators
By Thibaut Labbé (Public Defense: November 24th, 2011, 17h00, auditorium BARB94)

Multiscale Finite-Element Modelling of River-Sea Continua
By Benjamin de Brye (Public Defense: Novembre 14th, 2011, 16h00, auditorium SUD11)

Micromechanical modeling of the progressive failure in short glass-fiber reinforced thermoplastics
By Slim Kammoun (Public Defense: November 10th, 2011, 16h00, auditorium BARB94)

Coupled viscoelastic-viscoplastic modeling of homogeneous and reinforced thermoplastic polymers
By Bilel Miled (Public Defense: November 8th, 2011, 14h00, auditorium BARB94)

Finite element methods for sea ice modeling

by Olivier Lietaer (Public Defense: October 21st, 2011, 16h15, auditorium BARB94)