CURRICULUM Click here to understand the correspondance
 between French and US faculty positions
  • 1992-présent: Professeur de 1ère Classe,
  • 1988-1992: Professeur de 2ième Classe,
    Institut National Polytechnique de Grenoble (INPG)
    Ecole Nationale Supérieure d'Hydraulique et Mécanique de Grenoble (ENSHMG)
  • 1985-1988: Chargé de Recherche de 1ère Classe,
  • 1981-1985: Chargé de Recherche de 2ième Classe,
    Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Ecole Polytechnique, Palaiseau

EDUCATION

  • 06/05/1986: Doctorat ès Sciences, Université Pierre et Marie Curie Paris VI
    Problèmes numériques et théoriques de la géomécanique
    Président de jury: Professeur Paul Germain, membre Académie des Sciences
  • 18/02/1981: Docteur-Ingénieur, Ecole Nationale des Ponts et Chaussées, Paris
    Formulation d'une loi de comportement élastoplastique des milieux granulaires
    Président de jury: Professeur Jean Salençon, membre Académie des Sciences
  • 06/1977: Equivalence du Diplome d'Etudes Approfondies (DEA)
    Ecole Nationale des Ponts et Chaussées, Paris
    Flexion et charge limite de plaques minces
    preparé au Centre de Mathématiques Appliquées, Ecole Polytechnique, Palaiseau
  • 1974/1977: Ingénieur Civil, Ecole Nationale des Ponts et Chaussées, Paris

ENSEIGNEMENT

  • Résistance des Matériaux
  • Outils mathématiques:
    • Fonctions de la variable complexe
    • Transformées de Laplace et Fourier, Séries de Fourier
    • Méthodes des caractéristiques
    • EDP elliptiques, paraboliques et hyperboliques
    • Applications: problèmes avec conditions initiales et aux limites
  • Introduction aux méthodes numériques linéaires
  • Méthode des éléments finis pour problèmes linéaires
  • Rhéologie:
    • viscoélasticité,
    • mécanique de la rupture linéaire,
    • notions de fatigue,
    • milieux hétérogènes et anisotropes
  • Méthodes numériques en mécanique non-linéaire
  • Dynamique des structures
  • Thermo-poro-élasticité
  • Energie: aspects techniques, économiques, géopolitiques

TEACHING
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  • Strength of Materials
  • Engineering Mathematics:
    • Complex variables
    • Laplace Transform, Fourier Series and Transforms
    • Methods of Characteristics
    • Elliptic, parabolic and hyperbolic PDE
    • Initial and boundary values problems
  • Introduction to Linear Numerical Analysis
  • Finite Element Method for Linear Problems
  • Rheology:
    • viscoelasticity,
    • linear fracture mechanics,
    • elements of fatigue,
    • heterogeneous and anisotropic media
  • Computational Non-Linear Mechanics
  • Dynamics of Structures
  • Thermo-poro-elasticity
  • Energy: overview of technical, economical, geopolitical issues

ORGANISATION DE CONFERENCES / ORGANISATION OF CONFERENCES

ORGANISATION DE MINI-SYMPOSIUMS
  • Strain-localization and instabilities in geomaterials
    Society of Engineering Science, 29th Annual Meeting
    University of California at San Diego, La Jolla, September 14-16, 1992.
    Coordinators: B.L. and M.M.M.

  • Scale-effects and strain-localization in engineering materials
    Society of Engineering Science, 32nd Annual Meeting
    University of New Orleans, New Orleans, October 29-November 1, 1995.
    Coordinators: B.L., G.F. and M.M.M.

  • Computational methods for granular materials
    Society of Engineering Science, 35nd Annual Meeting
    Washington State University, Pullman, September 27-30, 1998.
    Coordinators: M.M.M. and B.L.

  • Coupling effects in materials with microstructure
    7th International Symposium on Plasticity and its current Applications
    Cancun, Mexico, January 5-13, 1999.
    Coordinator: B.L.

  • Mechanobiology of Articular Cartilage and Tissue Engineering
    II International conference on Computational BioEngineering,
    Lisboa, Portugal, September 14-16, 2005.
    Coordinators: B.L. and F.M.F. Simões

  • Coupled Electro-Chemo-Mechanical Phenomena
    in Biomechanics, Geomechanics and IPMC

    9th World/4th Asian Pacific Congress on Computational Mechanics,
    Sydney, Australia, July 19-23, 2010.
    Coordinator: B.L.

  • Geomechanical Issues in Energy Production
    The 14th International Conference of the International Association
    for Computer Methods and Advances in Geomechanics,
    Kyoto, Japan, September 22-25, 2014.
    Coordinators: S. Kimoto, B.L., K. Yamamoto

EDITION DE NUMEROS SPECIAUX/ SPECIAL ISSUES
  • Journal: Mechanics of Materials, Vol. 18, no. 2, 110 p., 1994.
    Titre: Microstructure and Strain Localization in Geomaterials
    Co-editors: B.L. and M. M. Mehrabadi

  • Journal: Mechanics of Materials, Vol. 36, no. 5-6, 2004.
    Titre: Coupled chemo-mechanical phenomena
    Editor: B.L.

  • Journal: Mechanics of Materials, Vol. 44, 212 p., 2012.
    Titre: Evolving microstructures and anisotropies in engineering materials and biological tissues
    Co-editors: B.L. and M. M. Mehrabadi


DOMAINES DE RECHERCHE
    Thèmes de recherche actuels:
    Aspects géomechaniques de l'extraction d'énergie
    injection et extraction de fluides immiscibles dans des formations géologiques
    sédiments contenant des hydrates (HBS): réponse durant l'extraction de gaz
    érosion de barrages et HBS
    géothermie profonde: accroissement de la perméabilité et microséismicité
    séquestration du dioxyde de carbone

    Croissance de tissus biologiques, aspects mécaniques
    génie tissulaire : cartilage articulaire
    cancérologie : tumeurs solides

    Modélisation et simulations numériques
    des couplages électro-chimio-mécaniques
    en géomécanique (argiles) et
    en biomécanique (cartilage et muscle)
  • Biomécanique:
    Tumeurs solides: aspects mécaniques et transport
    Génie tissulaire : cartilage articulaire
    Comportement du cartilage articulaire
    Modélisation du muscle cardiaque: feedback mécano-électrique
  • Géo-environnement:
    Thermo-mécanique des sols non-saturés
    Couplages électro-chimio-mécaniques dans les argiles
    Endommagement des matériaux fragiles (roches et bétons)
  • Milieux poreux saturés (sols et roches):
    • Localisation des déformations et instabilités
    • Dynamique transitoire
    • Régularisation et échelles de longueur
    • Rupture dynamique
    • Double porosité
    • Milieux anisotropes
  • Comportement mécanique des milieux solides et poreux
  • Algorithmes élastoplastiques
  • Grandes transformations élastoplastiques
  • Explosions dans les sols secs et saturés

RESEARCH TOPICS
    Current research topics:
    Geomechanical aspects of energy extraction
    injection and extraction of immiscible fluids in geological formations
    hydrate bearing sediments (HBS) during gas extraction
    erosion from dams and HBS
    deep geothermy: permeability enhancement and microseismicity
    carbon dioxide sequestration
    Mechanical aspects of growth of biological tissues
    in tissue engineering: articular cartilage
    in cancerology: solid tumors
    Electro-chemo-mechanical couplings
    in geomechanics (clays) and
    in biomechanics (cartilage and heart muscle):
    mechanical modeling, diffusion and transfer aspects
    IBVP by mixed finite element methods
  • Biomechanics:
    Solid tumors: mechanical and transport aspects
    Tissue engineering: articular cartilage
    Mechanical behaviour of articular cartilage
    Modeling the cardiac muscle: mechano-electric feedback
  • Geo-environnement:
    Thermo-mechanics of unsaturated soils
    Electro-chemo-mechanical couplings in clays
    Damage in brittle materials (rocks and concrete)
  • Saturated porous media (soils and rocks):
    • Strain-localization and instabilities
    • Transient aspects
    • Material regularisation and length-scales
    • Dynamic fracture
    • Double porosity models for rocks
    • Anisotropic media
  • Mechanical behaviour of solids and porous media
  • Stress-point algorithms
  • Large elastoplastic strains in anisotropic solids
  • Blasts in dry and saturated soils: constitutive and computational issues

Recent papers ENERGY GEOMECHANICS
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PUBLICATIONS 1989-to date pdf |
PUBLICATIONS 1981/1988 pdf

IMPACT FACTORS OF JOURNALS where my papers have been published

  • These values are averaged over five years
  • Impact factors vary terribly from one scientific discipline to the other.
    Papers here concern Civil Engineering and Engineering Mechanics.
Journal
Impact factor
nb. of articles
../..
Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering
4.4
10
European Journal of Mechanics A/Solids
2.9
9 (+1)
International Journal of Engineering Science
..
2
Int. J. for Numerical Analytical Methods in Geomechanics
1.8
3
International Journal of Solids and Structures
2.7
8
International Journal of Plasticity
6
4
Journal of Engineering Mechanics Division/T-ASCE
1.6
1
Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids
4.4
9
Mechanics of Materials
3
8
Proceedings of the Royal Society of London A
2
1
BioMechanics and Modeling of Mechanobiology
3.2
3
International Journal of Rock Mechanics and Mining Sciences
2.8
2
Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth
3.5
1
International Journal of Fracture
2.2
1
Journal Petroleum Science and Engineering
2.1
2
Geomechanics for Energy and the Environment
..
1
Transport in Porous Media
2.2
2
Pure and Applied Geophysics
1.8
1
Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering
2.1
1
Earthquake Engineering and Structural Dynamics
2
1



CO-AUTEURS/CO-AUTHORS


Name
Institution
Country
B.L. : Benjamin Loret Ecole Polytechnique, Palaiseau 1978/1988 France
Institut National Polytechnique de Grenoble 1988/.. "
Université de Grenoble 2014/.. "
A.D. : Argya Deb Princeton University USA
A.G. : Alessandro Gajo Università di Trento Italia
A.T. : Antonio Tralli Università di Ferrara "
D.B. : Davide Bigoni Università di Bologna (../1998) "
Università di Trento (1998/..) "
E.B. : Elena Benvenuti Università di Ferrara "
E.Ra. : Enrico Radi Università di Ferrara (../1998) "
Università di Cagliari (1998/2000) "
Università di Reggio Emilia (2000/..) "
E.R. : Egidio Rizzi Politecnico di Milano (../1998) "
Politecnico di Bari (1998/2001) "
Università di Bergamo (2001/..) "
F.H. : Ferhat Hammoum Ecole Nationale des Ponts et Chaussées France
F.O. : Fusao Oka Kyoto University Japan
F.P. : Frédéric Pellet Université Joseph Fourier, Grenoble "
F.S. : Fernando Simões Instituto Superior Técnico, Lisboa Portugal
G.F. : George Frantziskonis University of Arizona, Tucson USA
J.A.C.M. : Joao A.C. Martins Instituto Superior Técnico, Lisboa Portugal
J.H.P. : Jean-Hervé Prévost Princeton University USA
M.A. : Murad AbuAisha Université de Grenoble France
University of Calgary (2014/..) Canada
M.M.M. : Morteza Mehrabadi Tulane University, New Orleans USA
San Diego State University (2007/..) "
N.G.. : Nicolas Gatelier Université Joseph Fourier, Grenoble France
N.K. : Nasser Khalili The University of New South Wales, Sydney Australia
O.H. : Ouahid Harireche Ecole Nationale des Ponts et Chaussées France
R.G. : Rachel Gelet Université de Grenoble France
University of Sydney (2011/2013) Australia
Université de Nantes (2013/..) France
S.K. : Sayuri Kimoto Kyoto University Japan
S.N.N. : Siavouche Nemat-Nasser University of California at San Diego USA
T.H. : Thomas Hueckel Duke University USA
Y.F.D. : Yannis F. Dafalias University of California at Davis USA
National Technical University of Athens Grèce
Z.Z. : Zohra Zerfa Ecole Polytechnique d'Alger Algérie



SEJOURS DE RECHERCHE A L'ETRANGER/ RESEARCH VISITS ABROAD

  • Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan,
    Department of Civil and Earth Resources Engineering,
    Professor Fusao Oka, Associate Professor Sayuri Kimoto,
    19/08-29/09/2014, 03-28/08/2015, 04-27/07/2016.
  • Seoul National University, Seoul, South Korea,
    Department of Energy Resources Engineering, Associate Professor Ki-Bok Min,
    05-27/07/2016.
  • University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia,
    Department of Civil Engineering, Associate Professor Nasser Khalili,
    25/06-21/08/1998, 01/08-08/09/2000, 03/01-03/02/2004, 19/07-15/08/2010.
  • University of Washington, Seattle, USA,
    Department of BioEngineering, Professor James Bassingthwaighte,
    18/07-05/09/2002.
  • University of California at San Diego, USA,
    Department of BioEngineering, Professor Andrew McCulloch,
    15/07-03/09/2001.
  • University of California at San Diego, La Jolla, California, USA,
    Department of Applied Mechanics and Engineering Science, Pr. Sia Nemat-Nasser,
    15/05-20/12/1986, séjour postdoctoral grace à une bourse Otan.
  • University of California at Davis, Davis, California, USA,
    Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Professor Yannis F. Dafalias,
    05/01-29/05/1987, séjour postdoctoral grace à une bourse Otan.
  • University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona, USA,
    Department of Civil Engineering, Associate Professor George Frantziskonis,
    01-30/11/1995.
  • Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey, USA,
    Department of Civil Engineering and Operations Research, Professor J.H. Prévost,
    02-03 et 07/1988, 07/1989, 15-30/04/1990, 07/1991, 01 et 15/08-30/09/1992, 11/1993,
    15-31/07/1995, 15/07-16/08/1996, 14/07-10/08/1997.
  • Instituto Superior Técnico, Lisboa, Portugal,
    Departemento de Engenharia Civil, Professors J. Martins et F.M.F. Simões,
    01-08/04/1994; 13-20/11/1994; 15/01-01/02/2003; 31/08-13/09/2003; 14-30/07/2004;
    03-28/04/2005; 04-19/07/2006; 29/10-04/11/2006; 29/10-03/11/2007; 03/01-12/01/2008; 24-31/08/2008; 20-31/07/2009; 18-24/04/2010; 24-29/01/2011; 24/10-03/11/2012.
  • Institute of Fundamental Research and Technology , Warsaw, Poland,
    Polish Academy of Sciences, Dr. Henryk Petryk,
    séjour d'une semaine en février 1986.
  • Università di Bergamo, Dalmine, Italia,
    Facoltà di Ingegneria, Professor Egidio Rizzi,
    08-12/06/2009.
  • Politecnico di Milano, Milano, Italia,
    Dipartimento di Ingegneria Strutturale, Professoressa Associatà Anna Pandolfi,
    03-30/01/2007; 21-24/01/2008; 25-30/05/2009.
  • Università di Modena e Reggio Emilia, Reggio Emilia, Italia,
    Dipartimento di Scienze e Metodi dell'Ingegneria, Professore Enrico Radi,
    19-28/01/2005; 09-13/05/2006.
  • Università di Trento, Trento, Italia,
    Dipartimento di Ingegneria Meccanica e Strutturale, Professore Associato A. Gajo,
    23/02-01/03/2003, 14/12-17/12/2004, 16-20/04/2013, 27/05-05/06/2013, 24-28/02/2014, 13-17/10/2014, 29/03-01/04/2016.
  • Universität Stuttgart, Stuttgart, Deutschland,
    Institut für Statik und Dynamik der Luft- und Raumfahrtkonstruktionen,
    Dr. Thomas Wallmersperger, 25/10-01/11/2004.

ACCUEIL DE CHERCHEURS/HOSTED SCIENTISTS FROM FOREIGN UNIVERSITIES

    classification par date/classification by date
  • F.M.F. Simões, Professeur Assistant,
    Instituto Superior Técnico, Lisboa, Portugal,
    09/07/2003-16/07/2003.
  • M. Madhavan-Rajendran, Postdoctoral Student,
    Indian Institute of Technology, Bangalore, India,
    06/2002-06/2003.
  • F.M.F. Simões, Professeur Assistant,
    Instituto Superior Técnico, Lisboa, Portugal,
    01/11/2001-28/02/2002.
  • E. Benvenuti, Ricercatrice,
    Istituto di Ingegneria,Università di Ferrara, Italia,
    April-July 1999, Oct-Nov 1999, Nov-Dec 2001
  • T. Hueckel, Associate Professor,
    Department of Civil Engineering,
    Duke University, Durham, North Carolina,
    01/07-31/07/2000.
  • C. Di Maio, Professoressa Associata,
    Università della Basillicata, Potenza, Italia,
    22/03-26/03/2000.
  • O. Harireche, Maitre de Conférence,
    Université de Guelma, Algérie,
    20/02-23/03/2000.
  • A. Gajo, Ricercatore,
    Dipartimento di Ingegneria Meccanica e Strutturale,
    Università di Trento, Italia,
    01/01-28/02/2000.
  • N. Khalili, Senior Lecturer,
    School of Civil Engineering,
    The University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia,
    01/11-28/12/1999.
  • J.H. Prévost, Professor,
    Department of Civil Engineering,
    Princeton University,Princeton, New Jersey,
    06-12/09/1998.
  • J.A.C. Martins, Professeur Associé,
    Instituto Superior Técnico, Lisboa, Portugal,
    15/06-15/07/1999.
  • Th. Hueckel, Associate Professor,
    Department of Civil Engineering,
    Duke University, Durham, North Carolina,
    01/06-31/06/1999.
  • F.M.F. Simões, Professeur Assistant,
    Instituto Superior Técnico, Lisboa, Portugal,
    15/02-03/03/1999.
  • E. Radi, Professore Associato,
    Istituto di Ingegneria, Università di Cagliari, Italia,
    24/01-15/02/1999.
  • E. Rizzi, Professore Associato,
    Dipartimento di Ingegneria Strutturale,
    Politecnico di Bari, Bari, Italia,
    02/01-24/01/1999.
  • O. Harireche, Maitre de Conférence,
    Université de Guelma, Algérie,
    23/11-21/12/1998.
  • A. Gajo, Ricercatore,
    Dipartimento di Ingegneria Meccanica e Strutturale,
    Università di Trento, Italia,
    12-22/10/1998.
  • Th. Hueckel, Associate Professor,
    Department of Civil Engineering,
    Duke University, Durham, North Carolina,
    27/05-27/06/1998.
  • V. Osinov, Ingenieur,
    Institut für Bodenmechanik und Felsmechanik,
    Universität Karlsruhe (TH), Karlsruhe, Deutschland,
    01/02-30/04/1998.
  • E. Radi, Ricercatore,
    Istituto di Ingegneria, Università di Ferrara, Italia,
    25/11-07/12/1997.
  • A. Gajo, Ricercatore,
    Dipartimento di Ingegneria Meccanica e Strutturale,
    Università di Trento, Italia,
    29/09-02/10/1997.
  • E. Rizzi, Ricercatore,
    Dipartimento di Ingegneria Strutturale,
    Politecnico di Milano, Milano, Italia,
    18/08-07/09/1997.
  • D. Bigoni, Ricercatore,
    Dipartimento di Scienza delle Costruzioni,
    Universita di Bolognà, Bologna, Italia,
    15/08/1997-15/01/1998.
  • F.M.F. Simões, étudiant en thèse,
    Instituto Superior Técnico, Lisboa, Portugal,
    01-30/11/1996.
  • E. Rizzi, European post-doctoral student,
    Dipartimento di Ingegneria Strutturale,
    Politecnico di Milano, Milano, Italia,
    01/06-31/12/1995.
  • F.M.F. Simões, étudiant en thèse,
    Instituto Superior Técnico, Lisboa, Portugal,
    01/02-31/03/1995.
  • G. Frantziskonis, Associate Professor,
    Department of Civil Engineering,
    University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona,
    01/04-30/09/1994.
  • D.V. Griffiths, Senior Lecturer,
    Department of Engineering,
    University of Manchester, UK,
    16-18/06/1993.
    chercheurs en congé sabbatique au Laboratoire de Mécanique des Solides,
    Ecole Polytechnique, Palaiseau:
  • M.M. Mehrabadi, Associate Professor,
    Department of Mechanical Engineering,
    Tulane University, New Orleans, Louisiana,
    01/09-31/12/1989.
  • H. Petryk, secrétaire du Comité Polonais de Mécanique,
    Institute of Fundamental Research Technology, Warsaw, Poland,
    une semaine en mai 1989.
  • J.H. Prévost, Professor,
    Department of Civil Engineering,
    Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey,
    01/10/1984-31/01/1985.

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