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The VFM

Applications: problem type

Applications: materials

Dr Evelyne TOUSSAINT

University Degrees

• 1994 - Engineering Degree from École Nationale Supérieure d’Électricité et de Mécanique in Nancy (France)
• 1994 - Master of Science (DEA) in Mechanics and Thermodynamics from Institut National Polytechnique de Lorraine.
• 1997 - PhD (Doctorat) in Mechanics and Thermodynamics from Institut National Polytechnique de Lorraine (France), obtained with the highest grade.
• 2007 - ‘Habilitation à Diriger les Recherches’ (HDR) from Clermont-Ferrand University, France (French degree necessary to supervise PhD students and apply to a professor chair).

Professional Positions

• 1998 – Assistant Professor at Savoie University, Annecy (France).
• 1999 - Assistant Professor at Blaise Pascal University, Clermont-Ferrand (France).

Research interests

• Use of full-field measurement techniques in experimental solid mechanics (displacement, strain, temperature measurement)
• Development of the Virtual Fields Method (identification technique dedicated to full-field measurements).
• Application of the VFM to different situations: anisotropic elasticity, heterogeneous materials, large deformation, thermophysical properties

Scientific activity

• Scientific member of a national project dedicated to identification and full-field measurement techniques
(http://www.ifma.fr/lami/)
• Member of the organising committee of national and international conferences.

Affiliation to Societies

• Member of the French Mechanics Society (AFM)

Reviewing

Publications

• 13 publications in international refereed journals
• 6 publications in French refereed journals
• 9 communications in international conferences with proceedings
• 22 communications in national conferences with proceedings
• 15 communications in conferences without proceedings

Publications in international journals (September 2007)

1. Faccio-Toussaint E., Ayadi Z.,Pilvin P., Cunat C.
   Modelling of the mechanical behaviour of a nickel alloy by using a time-dependent thermodynamic approach to relaxations of continuous media.
   Mechanics of time Dependent Materials, vol. 5, pp. 1-25, 2001.
2. Grédiac M., Toussaint E., Pierron F.
   Special virtual fields for the direct determination of material parameters with the virtual fields method. 1- Principle and definition
   International Journal of Solids and Structures, vol. 39, n° 10, pp. 2691-2705, 2002. Cited 29 times (Scopus).
3. Grédiac M., Toussaint E., Pierron F.
   Special virtual fields for the direct determination of material parameters with the virtual fields method. 2- Application to in-plane properties
   International Journal of Solids and Structures, vol. 39, n° 10, pp. 2707-2730, 2002. Cited 25 times (Scopus).
4. Grédiac M., Toussaint E., Pierron F.
   Special virtual fields for the direct determination of material parameters with the virtual fields method. 3- Application to the bending rigidities of anisotropic plates
   International Journal of Solids and Structures, vol. 40, n° 10, pp. 2401-2419, 2003. Cited 12 times (Scopus).
5. Muller M., Toussaint E., Destrebecq J.F. and Grédiac M.
   Experimental and numerical study of concrete specimens strengthened with composite plates
   Composites Part A, vol. 35, n° 7-8, pp. 885-893, 2004.
6. Toussaint E., Destrebecq J.F., Grediac M.
   A detailed study of crack propagation in cement-based composite beams under bending
   Cement and Concrete Composites, vol. 27, n° 6, pp. 399-411, 2005.
7. Toussaint E., Grédiac M., Pierron F.
   The virtual fields method with piecewise virtual fields
   International Journal of Mechanical Sciences, vol. 48, n° 3, pp. 256-264, 2006. Cited 6 times (Scopus).
8. Alzina A., Toussaint E., Béakou A., Scozen B.
   Multiscale modelling of thermal conductivity in composite materials for cryogenic structures.
   Composite Structures, vol 74, n° 2, pp. 175-185, 2006.
9. Toussaint E., Destrebecq J.F., Grédiac M.
   Rheologic effects in reinforced concrete beams strengthened with CFRP-composite plates
   Archives of Civil Engineering, vol. 52, n° 2, 2006.
10. Grédiac M., Pierron F., Avril S., Toussaint E.
    The virtual fields method for extracting constitutive parameters from full-field measurements: a review
    Strain: an International Journal for Experimental Mechanics, vol. 42, pp. 233-253, 2006. Cited 1 times (Scopus).
11. Muller M., Toussaint E.,Destrebecq J.F., Grédiac M.
    Investigation into the time dependent behaviour of reinforced concrete specimens strengthened with externally bonded CFRP plates
    Composites Part B, vol. 38, n° 4, pp. 417-428, 2007.
12. Alzina A., Toussaint E., Béakou A.
    Multiscale modeling of the thermoelastic behavior of braided fabric composites for cryogenic structures.
    International Journal of Solids and Structures, 2007, Available online.
13. Syed-Muhammad K., Toussaint E., Grédiac M., Avril S. Kim J.H.
    Characterization of composite plates using the virtual fields method with optimized loading conditions
    Composite Structures, 2007, accepted.