The general focus of research activities can broadly be classified under Mechanical Behavior: Materials, Structures, and Processes. This involves using both numerical simulations and experimental testing across scales from the microscopic to the macroscopic, including the mesoscopic scale. This work encompasses the characterization and behavior of materials, mechanical design, behavior during the manufacturing process, and the behavior of structures in service, across various fields of application (industrial, civil, automotive, aeronautical, and railway). This research area was addressed in doctoral thesis, eight research projects, eighteen master’s projects and doctoral projects that supervised or co-supervised, and in multidisciplinary scientific collaborations.

Processes

• Formability of 3rd generation Al-Li alloys
• Effect of machining parameters on surface roughness
• Effect of welding parameters on residual stress

Structures

• Fatigue behavior of welded tubular joints
• Rolling contact fatigue behavior
• Fatigue behavior of strain-hardened zones
• Structural Health Monitoring

Materials

• Behavior of composite materials
• Behavior of polymer materials
• Behavior of laminated glass