I am a PhD student at Ifsttar Nantes, under the supervision of Xavier Chapeleau, Dominique Leduc and Odile Abraham.
Research interests / field of activity
Cracking is a primary concerns for health monitoring and damage assessment of large concrete structures in civil engineering. However, it is generally difficult to locate cracks. Recent publications have shown that embedded fibre-optic sensors can be used for cracking detection and localisation. However, some technological issues must still be resolved and in particularly the quantitative interpretation of measured strain at cracks. It is linked to the strain transfer function of the fiber optic. The objectives of my thesis is to assess the strain transfer mechanisms from the host or substrate material to the fiber optic by experimental test and develop of a realistic model of the strain transfer in presence of cracks for proper evaluation of crack width.
Short bio
Master in Structural civil engineering degree from the Lebanese University – Beyrouth, Lebanon (2011-2016)
Research Master in civil engineering specialized in Structures and materials from Claude Bernard University Lyon 1 – Lyon, France (2015-2016)
Recent projects
- H2020 INFRASTAR: I am funded through this ITN project. In this framework, I collaborate with 3 first class academic organizations including AAU – Aalborg University, BAM – Federal Institute for Materials Research and Testing, EPFL – Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne, and 4 industrial companies including COWI A/S, GuD Geotechnik und Dynamik Consult GmbH, PHIMECA, NeoStrain.
Contact
Ifsttar
Allée des Ponts et Chaussées
Route de Bouaye – CS4
44344 Bouguenais Cedex
e-mail: antoine.bassil(at)ifsttar.fr
Publications
