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Véronique Lazarus

Full professor of solid mechanics at ENSTA Paris, Institut Polytechnique de Paris
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Presentation

Professor of solid mechanics at ENSTA/IP Paris, I am interested in crack patterns in the context of the mechanics/physics of brittle fracture. I combine mechanics and physics, experimental and numerical simulations to understand and predict when and how cracks propagate. I develop and test models that enable to finely quantify (i) certain complex, three-dimensional aspects of crack geometry and (ii) their impact on fracture toughness. The challenges range from ensuring the reliability of sensitive components (nuclear, aeronautical, etc.) to reducing their carbon footprint.

Skills

Fracture Mechanics Dialog between experiments and numerics Numerics (FEM, Phase field) Bueckner-Rice perturbation approach

Publications

Toughening effects of out-of-crack-path architected zones

J. Triclot , Thomas Corre , Veronique Lazarus , Anthony Gravouil
International Journal of Fracture, 2024, ⟨10.1007/s10704-024-00811-5⟩
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Revisiting facet nucleation under mixed mode I+III loading with T-stress and mode-dependent fracture properties

Aurélien Doitrand , Dominique Leguillon , Gergely Molnár , Veronique Lazarus
International Journal of Fracture, 2023, ⟨10.1007/s10704-023-00703-0⟩
Journal articles hal-04099410v2

Key role of boundary conditions for the 2D modeling of crack propagation in linear elastic Compact Tension tests

J. Triclot , T. Corre , A. Gravouil , V. Lazarus
Engineering Fracture Mechanics, 2023, 277, pp.109012. ⟨10.1016/j.engfracmech.2022.109012⟩
Journal articles hal-03918143v1
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Effect of the deposition direction on fracture propagation in a Duplex Stainless Steel manufactured by Directed Energy Deposition

David Roucou , Thomas Corre , Gilles Rolland , Véronique Lazarus
Materials Science and Engineering: A, inPress, ⟨10.1016/j.msea.2023.145176⟩
Journal articles hal-04115974v1
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Size effects in the toughening of brittle materials by heterogeneities: A non-linear analysis of front deformations

Mathias Lebihain , Manish Vasoya , Véronique Lazarus
International Journal of Solids and Structures, In press, 280, pp.112392. ⟨10.1016/j.ijsolstr.2023.112392⟩
Journal articles hal-04140689v1
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On the key role of crack surface area on the lifetime of arbitrarily shaped flat cracks

L. David , V. Lazarus
International Journal of Fatigue, 2022, 154, pp.106512. ⟨10.1016/j.ijfatigue.2021.106512⟩
Journal articles hal-03358521v1
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Toughening induced by the formation of facets in mode I+III brittle fracture: experiments versus a two-scale Cohesive Zone model

M.L. L Hattali , T. Cambonie , V. Lazarus
Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids, 2021, 156, pp.104596. ⟨10.1016/j.jmps.2021.104596⟩
Journal articles hal-03320015v1
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Role of particle aggregation on the structure of dried colloidal silica layers

Arnaud Lesaine , Daniel Bonamy , Cindy Lynn Rountree , Georges Gauthier , Marianne Impéror-Clerc
Soft Matter, 2021, 17, pp.1589. ⟨10.1039/D0SM00723D⟩
Journal articles hal-03049480v1
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Kinked crack paths in polycarbonate samples printed by fused deposition modelling using criss-cross patterns

Thomas Corre , Veronique Lazarus
International Journal of Fracture, 2021, pp.19-31. ⟨10.1007/s10704-021-00518-x⟩
Journal articles hal-03406973v1
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Mode I+III multiscale cohesive zone model with facet coarsening and overlap: Solutions and applications to facet orientation and toughening

V. Lazarus , B. Prabel , T. Cambonie , J.B. Leblond
Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids, 2020, 141, pp.104007. ⟨10.1016/j.jmps.2020.104007⟩
Journal articles hal-02570472v1
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Similarities between mode III crack growth patterns and strike-slip faults

T. Cambonie , Y. Klinger , Veronique Lazarus
Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences, 2018, 377 (2136), pp.20170392. ⟨10.1098/rsta.2017.0392⟩
Journal articles hal-02324474v1
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Highly porous layers of silica nanospheres sintered by drying: scaling up of the elastic properties of the beads to the macroscopic mechanical properties

Arnaud Lesaine , Daniel Bonamy , Georges Gauthier , Cindy Lynn Rountree , Veronique Lazarus
Soft Matter, 2018, 14 (19), pp.3987-3997. ⟨10.1039/C7SM02443F⟩
Journal articles hal-03284528v1
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Fracture spacing in tensile brittle layers adhering to a rigid substrate

Veronique Lazarus
EPL - Europhysics Letters, 2017, 117 (2), pp.24002. ⟨10.1209/0295-5075/117/24002⟩
Journal articles hal-01904342v1
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Finite size and geometrical non‐linear effects during crack pinning by heterogeneities: An analytical and experimental study

Manish Vasoya , Aparna Beena Unni , Jean‐baptiste Leblond , Veronique Lazarus , Laurent Ponson
Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids, 2016, 89, pp.211--230. ⟨10.1016/j.jmps.2015.12.023⟩
Journal articles hal-01904351v1

Bridging micro to macroscale fracture properties in highly heterogeneous brittle solids: weak pinning versus fingering

Manish Vasoya , Veronique Lazarus , Laurent Ponson
Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids, 2016, 95, pp.755--773. ⟨10.1016/j.jmps.2016.04.022⟩
Journal articles hal-01668489v1
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Role of evaporation rate on the particle organization and crack patterns obtained by drying a colloidal layer

Keyvan Piroird , Veronique Lazarus , Georges Gauthier , Arnaud Lesaine , Daniel Bonamy
EPL - Europhysics Letters, 2016, 113 (3), pp.38002. ⟨10.1209/0295-5075/113/38002⟩
Journal articles hal-01279544v1
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Effect of the porosity on the fracture surface roughness of sintered materials: From anisotropic to isotropic self-affine scaling

Tristan Cambonie , Jonathan Barés , M. L. Hattali , Daniel Bonamy , Veronique Lazarus
Physical Review E : Statistical, Nonlinear, and Soft Matter Physics, 2015, 91 (1), pp.012406. ⟨10.1103/PhysRevE.91.012406⟩
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Front shape and loading evolution during cracks coalescence using an incremental perturbation method

L. Legrand , Veronique Lazarus
Engineering Fracture Mechanics, 2015, 133, pp.40--51. ⟨10.1016/j.engfracmech.2014.10.026⟩
Journal articles hal-01667721v1
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Crack Front Segmentation and Facet Coarsening in Mixed-Mode Fracture

Chih-Hung Chen , Tristan Cambonie , Veronique Lazarus , Matteo Nicoli , Antonio Pons
Physical Review Letters, 2015, 115 (26), pp.265503. ⟨10.1103/PhysRevLett.115.265503⟩
Journal articles hal-01904133v1
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Multiscale cohesive zone model for propagation of segmented crack fronts in mode I+III fracture

Jean-Baptiste Leblond , Veronique Lazarus , Alain Karma
International Journal of Fracture, 2015, pp.1-23. ⟨10.1007/s10704-015-0001-x⟩
Journal articles hal-01130209v1
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On the strong influence of imperfections upon the quick deviation of a mode I+III crack from coplanarity

Jean-Baptiste Leblond , Veronique Lazarus
Journal of Mechanics of Materials and Structures, 2015, 10 (3), pp.299 - 315. ⟨10.2140/jomms.2015.10.299⟩
Journal articles hal-01436389v1

Quantification of the Crack Fragmentation Resulting from Mode I+III Loading

T. Cambonie , V. Lazarus
Procedia Materials Science (Elsevier), 2014, 3, pp.1816-1821. ⟨10.1016/j.mspro.2014.06.293⟩
Journal articles hal-02462772v1

Crack Front Fingering During Planar Crack Propagation in Highly Heterogeneous Toughness Field

Manish Vasoya , Veronique Lazarus , Laurent Ponson
Procedia Materials Science (Elsevier), 2014, 3, pp.2142-2147. ⟨10.1016/j.mspro.2014.06.346⟩
Journal articles hal-02462787v1

Crack patterns obtained by unidirectional drying of a colloidal suspension in a capillary tube: experiments and numerical simulations using a two‐dimensional variational approach

Corrado Maurini , B. Bourdin , G. Gauthier , Veronique Lazarus
International Journal of Fracture, 2013, 184 (1-2), pp.75--91. ⟨10.1007/s10704-013-9824-5⟩
Journal articles hal-01667024v1
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Finite size effects on crack front pinning at heterogeneous planar interfaces: Experimental, finite elements and perturbation approaches

Sylvain Patinet , Lina Alzate , Etienne Barthel , Davy Dalmas , Damien Vandembroucq
Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids, 2013, 61 (2), pp.311-324. ⟨10.1016/j.jmps.2012.10.012⟩
Journal articles hal-01904323v1

Mechanical Stresses Induced by Evaporation in Consolidated Colloidal Suspensions of Hard Particles. Poroelasticity Theory Versus Experiments

M. Chekchaki , V. Lazarus
Transport in Porous Media, 2013, 100 (1), pp.143-157. ⟨10.1007/s11242-013-0209-z⟩
Journal articles hal-02462795v1
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Second-order coplanar perturbation of a semi-infinite crack in an infinite body

Jean-Baptiste Leblond , Sylvain Patinet , Joël Frelat , Veronique Lazarus
Engineering Fracture Mechanics, 2012, 90, pp.129 - 142. ⟨10.1016/j.engfracmech.2012.03.002⟩
Journal articles hal-01436264v1

Analytical and 3D Finite Element Study of the Deflection of an Elastic Cantilever Bilayer Plate

M. Chekchaki , V. Lazarus , J. Frelat
Journal of Applied Mechanics, 2011, 78 (1), ⟨10.1115/1.4002306⟩
Journal articles hal-02464991v1
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Propagation des fronts de fissure plane dans les matériaux fragiles hétérogènes de dimensions finies

Sylvain Patinet , Joël Frelat , Veronique Lazarus , Damien Vandembroucq
Mécanique et Industries, 2011, 12 (3), pp.199-204. ⟨10.1051/meca/2011112⟩
Journal articles hal-02464972v1
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Perturbation approaches of a planar crack in linear elastic fracture mechanics: A review

Veronique Lazarus
Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids, 2011, 59 (2), pp.121-144. ⟨10.1016/j.jmps.2010.12.006⟩
Journal articles hal-01904324v1
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Theoretical analysis of crack front instability in mode I+III

Jean-Baptiste Leblond , Alain Karma , Veronique Lazarus
Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids, 2011, 59 (9), pp.1872-1887. ⟨10.1016/j.jmps.2011.05.011⟩
Journal articles hal-01904327v1

From craquelures to spiral crack patterns: influence of layer thickness on the crack patterns induced by desiccation

V. Lazarus , L. Pauchard
Soft Matter, 2011, 7 (6), pp.2552. ⟨10.1039/C0SM00900H⟩
Journal articles hal-02464986v1
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Coplanar perturbation of a crack lying on the mid-plane of a plate

Laurène Legrand , Sylvain Patinet , Jean-Baptiste Leblond , Joël Frelat , Veronique Lazarus
International Journal of Fracture, 2011, 170 (1), pp.67-82. ⟨10.1007/s10704-011-9603-0⟩
Journal articles hal-02017663v1

Geometrical disorder of the fronts of a tunnel-crack propagating in shear in some heterogeneous medium

N. Pindra , V. Lazarus , J.-B. Leblond
Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids, 2010, 58 (3), pp.281-299. ⟨10.1016/j.jmps.2009.12.005⟩
Journal articles hal-02465014v1

In-plane perturbation of a system of two coplanar slit-cracks – I: Case of arbitrarily spaced crack fronts

N. Pindra , V. Lazarus , J.B. Leblond
International Journal of Solids and Structures, 2010, 47 (25-26), pp.3489-3503. ⟨10.1016/j.ijsolstr.2010.08.026⟩
Journal articles hal-02465004v1

Shrinkage star-shaped cracks: Explaining the transition from 90 degrees to 120 degrees

G. Gauthier , V. Lazarus , L. Pauchard
EPL - Europhysics Letters, 2010, 89 (2), pp.26002. ⟨10.1209/0295-5075/89/26002⟩
Journal articles hal-02464996v1
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Comparison of predictions by mode II or mode III criteria on crack front twisting in three or four point bending experiments

Veronique Lazarus , F.-G. Buchholz , M. Fulland , J. Wiebesiek
International Journal of Fracture, 2008, 153 (2), pp.141-151. ⟨10.1007/s10704-008-9307-2⟩
Journal articles hal-01906229v1

The deformation of the front of a 3D interface crack propagating quasistatically in a medium with random fracture properties

N Pindra , V. Lazarus , J. Leblond
Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids, 2008, 56 (4), pp.1269-1295. ⟨10.1016/j.jmps.2007.09.007⟩
Journal articles hal-02465020v1

Alternating Crack Propagation during Directional Drying

G. Gauthier , V. Lazarus , L. Pauchard
Langmuir, 2007, 23 (9), pp.4715-4718. ⟨10.1021/la063702w⟩
Journal articles hal-02465030v1
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Failure mechanisms and surface roughness statistics of fractured Fontainebleau sandstone

Laurent Ponson , Harold Auradou , Marc Pessel , Veronique Lazarus , Jean-Pierre Hulin
Physical Review E , 2007, 76 (3), pp.id. 036108. ⟨10.1103/physRevE.76.036108⟩
Journal articles hal-00142793v1
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Craquelures dans les couches picturales des peintures d'art

Ludovic Pauchard , Véronique Lazarus , Bérengère Abou , Ken Sekimoto , Geneviève Aitken
Reflets de la Physique, 2007, 3, pp.5-9
Journal articles hal-03294466v1

Statistics of the deformation of the front of a tunnel-crack propagating in some inhomogeneous medium

E Favier , V. Lazarus , J. Leblond
Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids, 2006, 54 (7), pp.1449-1478. ⟨10.1016/j.jmps.2006.01.004⟩
Journal articles hal-02465039v1

Coplanar propagation paths of 3D cracks in infinite bodies loaded in shear

Elie Favier , Veronique Lazarus , Jean-Baptiste Leblond
International Journal of Solids and Structures, 2006, 43 (7-8), pp.2091-2109. ⟨10.1016/j.ijsolstr.2005.06.041⟩
Journal articles hal-02465044v1

Brittle fracture and fatigue propagation paths of 3D plane cracks under uniform remote tensile loading

Veronique Lazarus
International Journal of Fracture, 2003, 122 (1/2), pp.23-46. ⟨10.1023/B:FRAC.0000005373.73286.5d⟩
Journal articles hal-02465048v1

Crack front stability for a tunnel-crack propagating along its plane in mode

Veronique Lazarus , Jean-Baptiste Leblond
Comptes Rendus Mécanique, 2002, 330 (6), pp.437-443. ⟨10.1016/S1631-0721(02)01481-X⟩
Journal articles hal-02465072v1

In-plane perturbation of the tunnel-crack under shear loading I: bifurcation and stability of the straight configuration of the front

Veronique Lazarus , Jean-Baptiste Leblond
International Journal of Solids and Structures, 2002, 39 (17), pp.4421-4436. ⟨10.1016/S0020-7683(02)00349-9⟩
Journal articles hal-02465059v1

In-plane perturbation of the tunnel-crack under shear loading II: Determination of the fundamental kernel

Veronique Lazarus , Jean-Baptiste Leblond
International Journal of Solids and Structures, 2002, 39 (17), pp.4437-4455. ⟨10.1016/S0020-7683(02)00333-5⟩
Journal articles hal-02465065v1

Crack front rotation and segmentation in mixed mode I+III or I+II+III. Part II: Comparison with experiments

Veronique Lazarus , Jean-Baptiste Leblond , Salah-Eddine Mouchrif
Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids, 2001, 49 (7), pp.1421-1443. ⟨10.1016/S0022-5096(01)00008-4⟩
Journal articles hal-02465075v1

Crack front rotation and segmentation in mixed mode I+III or I+II+III. Part I: Calculation of stress intensity factors

Veronique Lazarus , Jean-Baptiste Leblond , Salah-Eddine Mouchrif
Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids, 2001, 49 (7), pp.1399-1420. ⟨10.1016/S0022-5096(01)00007-2⟩
Journal articles hal-02465084v1

Fatigue propagation path of 3D plane cracks under mode I loading

Veronique Lazarus
Comptes Rendus de l'Académie des Sciences - Series IIB - Mechanics-Physics-Astronomy, 1999, 327 (13), pp.1319-1324. ⟨10.1016/S1287-4620(99)90008-X⟩
Journal articles hal-02465090v1

Crack paths in three-dimensional elastic solids. II: three-term expansion of the stress intensity factors—applications and perspectives

Jean-Baptiste Leblond , Veronique Lazarus , Salah Mouchrif
International Journal of Solids and Structures, 1999, 36 (1), pp.105-142. ⟨10.1016/S0020-7683(97)00271-0⟩
Journal articles hal-02465098v1

Three-dimensional crack-face weight functions for the semi-infinite interface crack—II: Integrodifferential equations on the weight functions and resolution

V. Lazarus , J.B. Leblond
Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids, 1998, 46 (3), pp.513-536. ⟨10.1016/S0022-5096(97)00074-4⟩
Journal articles hal-02465115v1

Propagation de fissures en mode mixte (I + III) ou (I + II + III)

Veronique Lazarus , Jean-Baptiste Leblond
Comptes Rendus de l'Académie des Sciences - Series IIB - Mechanics-Physics-Chemistry-Astronomy, 1998, 326 (3), pp.171-177. ⟨10.1016/S1251-8069(99)89004-6⟩
Journal articles hal-02465104v1

Three-dimensional crack-face weight functions for the semi-infinite interface crack—I: Variation of the stress intensity factors due to some small perturbation of the crack front

V. Lazarus , J.B. Leblond
Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids, 1998, 46 (3), pp.489-511. ⟨10.1016/S0022-5096(97)00073-2⟩
Journal articles hal-02465120v1
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QUELQUES PROBLEMES TRIDIMENSIONNELS DE MECANIQUE DE LA RUPTURE FRAGILE

Veronique Lazarus
Mécanique [physics.med-ph]. Université Pierre et Marie Curie - Paris VI, 1997. Français. ⟨NNT : ⟩
Theses tel-00273453v1
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Three-dimensional linear elastic fracture mechanics: from theory to practice

Veronique Lazarus
Mechanics [physics.med-ph]. Université Pierre et Marie Curie - Paris VI, 2010
Accreditation to supervise research tel-00498611v1