Objectives and main tasks

The  TFCS  group of FEMTO-ST institute is studying  the tribological  performance of Bulk Metallic Glasses (BMGs) through experimental tests  in  close  collaboration with an european company producing BMGs of various compositions in series.

The trainee will reinforce the project team associated with this study in the framework of the TriboRAMA project beginning on February 2020.

Health monitoring of bio-based composites using embedded micro-machined sensors

This internship is part of the CONTACT project (Composite Structural Embedding CMUTs for SHM). The project is funded by the EUR EIPHI (http://gradschool.eiphi.univ-bfc.fr/). Its objective is to implement a process for the health monitoring of structures in-service, based on transient high frequency signals emitted during the modification of their integrity (acoustic emission technique).

Micromechanical characterisation of fibres from nettle grown on marginal lands

The main objective of this PhD thesis is the development and exploitation of instruments and methods for the automated micromechanical characterization of nettle fibres.

The main tasks related to the work will be:

-           Static and dynamic characterization of single nettle fibres under various solicitation modes using micro mechatronics systems and 2D full-field measurements.

Modelling fatigue and damping behaviour of plant fibre composites

The main objective of this postdoctoral fellowship is the development of a suitable model to predict the fatigue and damping behaviour of plant fibre composites.

The main tasks related to the work will be the development of a model and the associated numerical tools to simulate the time-delayed and fatigue behaviour of plant fibre composites, its use to conduct sensitivity analysis and comparison with multiscale experimental analyses.