Fluid Mechanics and Materials, Biomechanics, Design & Simulation platform (MechaniCS)

Scientific expertise

• Deformation, damage, and failure analysis
• Numerical modeling of cranio-cervical trauma, impacts, and crashes
• 3D simulation of Newtonian and non-Newtonian fluid flows
• Mass transfer in aquatic environments
• Durability of civil engineering materials and structures; innovative materials and systems for building comfort
• Characterization of velocity and concentration profiles in fluid flows

Technical expertise

• Testing of protective helmets
• Experimental assessment of cranio-cervical systems
• Material behavior characterization
• Sensor design and calibration
• Sanitation network diagnostics
• Characterization of water properties and quality
• Prototyping and 3D printing
• Characterization of composites, granular materials, and insulating walls

Software and Database Resources

• Numerical simulation codes (LSDYNA, FLUENT, ABAQUS, OpenFoam)
• Data acquisition software (Labview), and programming software (Matlab, Python,R)
• Measurement system for thermal exchange coefficients of insulating walls
• Speedy Fexx 100 - Totec (Laser cutting system)

Other Resources

• Finite element models of the human body, or of specific body regions, particularly the head-neck system: SUFEHNM (Strasbourg University Finite Element Head Neck Model)

Core equipment

• High-speed cameras
• Tensile/compression/fatigue/DMA testing machines
• Split Hopkinson Pressure Bars (SHPB)
• Pendulum impact tester (tensile-impact configuration)
• Charpy impact tester
• Drop tower for helmet testing
• Drop tower for composite characterization
• Speedy Fexx 100 – Totec (laser cutter)
• Flooding test rig
• Flow benches
• Recirculating flow loops
• Phantom Miro high-speed camera
• Particle Image Velocimetry (PIV) system for planar velocity field measurement
• Laser-Induced Fluorescence (LIF) system for temperature measurement
• Ultrasonic measurement systems
• Furnace for MVS (Multi-Variable Simulation or relevant thermal testing)
• Microscopes / stereoscopes
• Settling tanks
• Vertical flow filters
• CNC milling machine / traditional lathes and mills + tooling
• Dynamic/fatigue thermoregulated composite loading test rig, with non-contact measurement
• Dynamic/fatigue thermoregulated triaxial loading test rig for granular materials and concrete, with small-deformation measurement
• Insulating wall heat transfer coefficient measurement setup
• 500-node High-Performance Computing (HPC) suystem for omputational fluid dynamics simulations