Head of RV Division: PR. Pascal FORQUIN
Grenoble Campus – BP53 / 1270 rue de la piscine – 38041 Grenoble cedex 9
The Risks and Vulnerability Division Risks, Vulnerability of structures and
mechanical behavior of materials
Keywords: Risks, Vulnerability, Durability of structures, Concrete, Geomaterials, Ceramics, Polymers, Wood, Dynamic behavior, Impact loading, Seismic loading, High temperatures, High pressure loading, Extreme conditions, Creep, Aging, Dynamic fragmentation and failure, Experimental testing, Multi-scale modeling, Discrete/Finite element methods, Damage model, Probabilistic approaches.
Main Themes - Geomaterials under high confining pressure and shear - Dynamic behavior and fragmentation of brittle materials - Structures under seismic loading and progressive collapse - Structures and armor systems under ballistic impact - Thermo-mechanical behavior of concrete - Hydric transfer in cementitious materials - Ageing and creep of concrete, Shear strength of interfaces
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Numerical modeling - Finite/Discrete Element Method, Embedded FE Method - Mesoscopic modeling, Probabilistic/Damage models
Testing platforms - GIGA press (Triaxial, Oedometric, PTShear tests…) - ExperDyn (Hopkinson bar apparatus, Impact test…) - Ultra-high speed imaging and DIC/grid measurements - High Temperature compression and spalling tests - DESSIS platform, BCR-3D shear-device
GIGA (13 MN) Thermo-Meca (1500 C) 1G DESSIS gantry
ExperDyn (10-300 m/s)
Full Professors: L. Daudeville, F. Dufour, P. Forquin, Y. Malécot, J. Mazars
Associate Professors: J. Baroth, M. Briffaut, P. Marin, E. Ouedraogo, E. Roubin, D. Saletti, Y. Sieffert
Main partnerships and collaborations:
Laboratories: LML, LMS, IFSTTAR, CRATerre
Foreign Universities: University of Southampton (UK), KTH Royal Institute of Technology (Sweden), Hiroshima University (Japan)
Public organizations: CEA (Gramat, CESTA), DGA, EDF, IRSN, IRSTEA, ANDRA
Private companies: Saint-Gobain, Safran, Airbus, Atlas-CopCo, Vicat, Hilti
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Embedded FEM with strong and weak discontinuities
DESSIS shake table (1 m/s)