
Nicolas TARDIF
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Office : 324213X - Building S. Germain - 2ème
Research Team(s) :
Multiscale Mechanics for Solids (MIMESIS) - 100%
Title : Associate Professor - INSA
Fields of expertise
- Experimentation
- Damage & Fracture
- Thermal Analysis
Publications
Activities :
Research axes:
1-Structures integrity under severe thermal-mechanical conditions
Thermal-mechanical behavior of Metals: Plasticity, Creep.
Structural behavior: Localization, Cracking ad Buckling.
2-Metal Additive manufacturing
Directed Energy Deposition: Monitoring and Control.
Tools:
Multi-modal and Multi-axial Experimental Setups.
Thermal-Mechanical Optical Full Field Measurements.
Inverse Methods (Finite element Model Updating).

Biaxial Ballooning Setup (Tension/Pressure) under Fast Thermal Transient (1000°C.s-1) on Zy-4 PWR Cladding.