Jean-Philippe Crété

**Research activities :** - Ductile failure of metallic materials for static and dynamic loadings \* Ductile damage modeling \* Localization process modeling \* Crack appearance and propagation modeling Keywords : Finite Element Method, eXtended Finite Element Method, Cohesive-XFEM combination, plasticity, viscoplasticity, damage - Mechanical behavior of bonded assemblies \* Mechanical behavior characterization of joint \* Nonlinear thermomechanical modeling \* Numerical simulation of failure Keywords : Finite Element Method, Cohesive elements, Cohesive-XFEM combination, Traction-Separation law, elasticity, viscoelasticity, plasticity, damage - Development of user subroutines implemented in Abaqus \* UEL (User element) to define an element \* UMAT (User Material) to define a mechanical behavior **Teaching activities :** - Metallurgy (first year of higher education in engineering) : Properties of metallic materials, Crystal structure, Iron-Carbon phase diagram, heat treatments, Characterization of metallic materials - Plasticity (second year of higher education in engineering) : Plasticity, Finite element method, Yield stress, Yield Surface, Kinematic/Isotropic hardening, Abaqus - Nonlinear calculation of structures (third year of higher education in engineering) : Finite element method, Plasticity, Finite strain, Contact/Friction, Viscoelasticity, Abaqus - Simulation of plastic deformation processes (third year of higher education in engineering) : Finite element method, Plasticity, Remeshing techniques, Forging/Deep drawing/Rolling, Forge NxT