Laboratory of Mechanics Gabriel Lamé (LaMé)

4 other sites: Orléans (Polytech), Bourges (INSA & IUT), Blois (INSA) & Chartres (Polytech)

Three universities in the Center Val-de_Loire region bring together their research teams in the field of mechanics, materials, structures and civil engineering in a laborato­ry. This new research unit brings together 54 permanent research professors and about 40 PhD students. 

The activity is organised around 4 research teams:

• Mechanical Behaviour of Materials and Processes (C2MP),
• Dynamics and Vibrations of Structures (DVS),
• Multi-scale, Multi-physics Characterisation and Modelling (C3M),
• Degradation, Fatigue and Vulnerability (DFV).

Research topics:

Team 1 - «  Mechanical Behavior of Materials and Processes (C2MP) »: eco-friendly construction materials, additive manufacturing, processes and mechanics of fiber reinforcements in composites, machining, and surface integrity.

Team 2 - «  Structural Dynamics and Vibrations (DVS) » : nonlinear dynamics, shocks and vibrations, and structural analysis.

Team 3 – «  Multiscale, Multiphysics Characterization and Modeling (C3M) » : multiphysics characterization, scale transition, coupled constitutive laws, and advanced numerical simulations.

Team 4 – «  Degradation, Fatigue and Vulnerability (DFV) » : modeling the behavior of aggregate and composite materials, durability of built heritage, fatigue and aging, and dynamic material degradation.

Equipment and technology:

Material testing:

• Testing machines (tension, tension-torsion, steady state et dynamical, fatigue…)
• Rheology (DMA),
• MEB,
• Processes,
• Hot tests (1200°) controlled atmosphere,
• X-ray microtomography
• Physicochemical characterization (DSC, ATG...)
• Geomaterials,
• Hopkinson bars

Structures tests:

• Vibrations
• Shocks
• Explosions

Analysis techniques:

• Camera
• Fast camera