Curriculum Vitae

Dr. Fabrice BARBE
Professor at INSA Rouen Normandie, France
Groupe de Physique des Matériaux, CNRS UMR 6634

STUDIES

• 2013 : Habilitation to Supervise Research, HSR Thesis of Université Rouen Normandie
“Conséquences mécaniques des transformations de phase et plasticité cristalline”
• 2002 : Associate Professor at INSA Rouen Normandie, Engineering Mechanics Department
• 2001-02 : Post-doctoral fellow at Université Rennes 1, GMCM, UMR CNRS 6626
Milieux granulaires secs non-cohésifs monodisperses en cisaillement et compaction
• 2000 : PhD of Mines Paristech, Centre des Matériaux P. M. Fourt, UMR CNRS 7633
Supervision : G. Cailletaud et S. Forest.
“Etude numérique de la plasticité d’agrégats polycristallins”
• 1996 : MSc "Solides, Structures et Systèmes Mécaniques", Université P. M. Curie, Paris 6
Supervision : P. Pilvin.
“Modélisation du comportement du Zr − α par une approche polycristalline : simulations, essais”
• 1994-95 : Bachelor and 1st year Master degree in Mechanics, Ecole Normale Supérieure de Cachan/UPMC Paris 6


PEDAGOGICAL , ADMINISTRATIVE AND SCIENTIFIC RESPONSABILITIES

• 2014-2017 + 2024-now: Head of the Engineering Mechanics Department of INSA Rouen Normandie (80 MSc graduates per year, member of the executive board of INSA, co-funder of the Industrial Engineering program for apprentices, coordinator of internal investment programs for over 600kEUR)
• 2017-2019: Head of the Mechanics of Materials research team (5 faculties, 6-12 PhD students and post-doctoral fellows) in the laboratory Groupe de Physique des Matériaux (∼ 120 members)
• 2020-now: Coordinator of the Mechanics of Materials MSc program at INSA Rouen Normandie
• 2023-now: Coordinator of the 1st year of the Engineering Mechanics program at INSA Rouen Normandie
• 2022-now: Academic supervisor for students mobilities in the Engng. Mech. Dept INSA, incoming and outcoming students
• Coordinator and teacher for 6 courses in Solid Mechanics (5 MSc, 1 BSc)
• 2018: Co-funder of the Additive Manufacturing platform at INSA Rouen Normandie
• 2003-now: Co-supervision of 13 PhD students (2 under progress), 10 MSc, 2 post-doc
• Elected member of the Scientific Council (2006-10) and Studies Council (2011-14) of INSA Rouen

RESEARCH PROJECTS

In charge of different scientific projects:
• High Performance Computing at CINES and CRIHAN: 2006-2011, coordinator
• Exploratory project of CNRS: 2014, 10kE, coordinator
• Mixed European-regional projects:
       * CIEMME 2015-2018, 320 kE, coordinator
       * SUPERMEN 2015-2018, 100kE, scientific leader
       * SCAMPI 2017-2018, 100 kE, scientific leader
• Regional projects:
       * PFAN-1 2018-2021, 320 kE, coordinator
       * TACTICS 2022-2023, 115kE, coordinator
       * PFAN-Polymère 2023-2026, 595 kE, coordinator
• Labex projects:
       * Bio-Inspired lattices, 2022, 5kE, coordinator
       * ATEMBILS, 2023, 18kE, coordinator

SCIENTIFIC COMMUNICATIONS

• Peer-reviewed articles in international journals: 41 ;  international book chapters: 7
• International conferences: 75 ; National Conferences: 25 ; Invited conferences and seminars: 16


Publications

Journal articles

[1] M. Calvat, C. Keller, and F. Barbe. Micromechanical analysis of a unimodal and a bimodal
polycrystal with paired microstructures of ultrafine grains, 2D & 3D. European Journal of
Mechanics - A / Solids, page 105434, 2024. doi.org/10.1016/j.euromechsol.2024.105434.


[2] B. Vieille, J. Vacandare, T. Davin, and F. Barbe. Comparison of the in situ compressive
behavior of carbon fibers woven ply laminates exposed to one-sided heat flux: thermoplastic
vs thermosetting composites. Polymer Composites, 2024. doi.org/10.1002/pc.28908.


[3] B. Vieille, A. Ockier, D. Philippe, T. Davin, J. Vacandare, and F. Barbe. Tensile behaviour
of angle ply carbon reinforced PPS laminates under severe thermal aggressions: homoge-
neous and heterogeneous temperature conditions. Polymer Composites, 45:10333–10348, 2024.
doi.org/10.1002/pc.28476.


[4] B. Vieille, D. Philippe, N. Duprey, F. Barbe, and M. Gelin. About the influence of
high temperature or fire testing conditions on the tensile behavior of carbon reinforced
poly phenylene sulfide laminates. Journal of Composite Materials, 58:235–250, 2024.
doi.org/10.1177/00219983231222703.


[5] David Philippe, B. Vieille, and F. Barbe. Modelling the gradual through thickness porosity
formation and swelling during the thermal aggression of thermoplastic based laminates. Com-
posites Part B: Engineering, 266:111026, 2023. doi.org/10.1016/j.compositesb.2023.111026.


[6] Y. Carpier, B. Vieille, F. Barbe, and A. Coppalle.
Meso-structure-based thermo-
mechanical modelling of thermoplastic-based laminates subjected to combined mechan-
ical loading and severe thermal gradients.
Composites Part A, 162:107165, 2022.
doi.org/10.1016/j.compositesa.2022.107165.


[7] C. Keller, M. Calvat, B. Flipon, and F. Barbe. Experimental and numerical investigations of
plastic strain mechanisms of AISI 316L alloys with bimodal grain size distribution. Interna-
tional Journal of Plasticity, 153:103246, 2022. doi.org/10.1016/j.ijplas.2022.103246.


[8] Chen Ling, J. Nguejio, R. Manno, L. St Pierre, F. Barbe, and I. Benedetti. Fracture of hon-
eycombs produced by additive manufacturing. Journal of Multiscale Modelling, 13:2144006,
2022. doi.org/10.1142/S1756973721440066.


[9] Y. Carpier, A. Alia, B. Vieille, and F. Barbe. Experiments based analysis of thermal de-
composition kinetics model. Case of carbon fibers PolyPhenylene Sulfide composites. Polymer
Degradation and Stability, 186:109525, 2021. doi.org/10.1016/j.polymdegradstab.2021.109525.


[10] Can-Ngon Nguyen, G. Cailletaud, F. Barbe, B. Marini, Duy-Duan Nguyen, and Huy-
Thien Phan. Identification of crystal plasticity parameters for a non-irradiated and
irradiated A508 bainite steel.
Metallurgical Research & Technology, 118:204, 2021.
doi.org/10.1051/metal/2021006.


[11] F. Barbe, I. Benedetti, V. Gulizzi, M. Calvat, and C. Keller. Elucidating the effect of bimodal
grain size distribution on plasticity and fracture behavior of polycrystalline materials. Journal
of Multiscale Modelling, 11(4):2050007, 2020. doi.org/10.1142/S1756973720500079.


[12] B. Vieille, C. Keller, M. Mokhtari, H. Briatta, T. Breteau, J. Nguejio, F. Barbe, M. Ben
Azzouna, and E. Baustert. Investigations on the fracture behavior of Inconel 718 superalloys
obtained from cast and additive manufacturing processes. Mater Sci Engng A, 790:139666,
2020. doi.org/10.1016/j.msea.2020.139666.


[13] Y. Carpier, B. Vieille, A. Coppalle, and F. Barbe. Study of thermomechanical coupling in
carbon fibres woven-ply reinforced thermoplastic laminates: tensile behaviour under radiant
heat flux. Polymer Composites, 41(9):3552–3563, 2020. doi.org/10.1002/pc.25641.


[14] B. Vieille, Y. Carpier, A. Coppalle, and F. Barbe.
About the tensile mechani-
cal behaviour of carbon fibres fabrics reinforced thermoplastic composites under very
high temperature conditions.
Composites Part B: Engineering, 181:107586, 2020.
doi.org/10.1016/j.compositesb.2019.107586.


[15] B. Flipon, C. Keller, R. Quey, and F. Barbe. A full-field crystal-plasticity analysis of bimodal
polycrystals. Int J Solids Struct, 184:178–192, 2020. doi.org/10.1016/j.ijsolstr.2019.02.005.


[16] H. Ramezani Dana, F. Barbe, L. Delbreilh, A. Guillet, M. Ben Azzouna, and T. Breteau.
Polymer additive manufacturing of ABS Structure: influence of the deposition path
on the tensile properties.
Journal of Manufacturing Processes, 44:288–298, 2019.
doi.org/10.1016/j.jmapro.2019.06.015.


[17] B. Flipon, C. Keller, L. Garcia de la Cruz, E. Hug, and F. Barbe. Tensile properties of spark
plasma sintered AISI 316L stainless steel with unimodal and bimodal grain size distributions.
Mater Sci Engng A, 729:248–256, 2018. doi.org/10.1016/j.msea.2018.05.064.


[18] Y. Carpier, B. Vieille, M.A. Maaroufi, A. Coppalle, and F. Barbe.
Mechani-
cal behavior of carbon fibers polyphenylene sulfide composites exposed to radiant
heat flux and constant compressive force.
Composite Structures, 200:1–11, 2018.
doi.org/10.1016/j.compstruct.2018.05.086.


[19] M.A. Maaroufi, Y. Carpier, B. Vieille, L. Gilles, A. Coppalle, and F. Barbe. Post-
fire compressive behaviour of carbon fibers woven-ply Polyphenylene Sulfide laminates
for aeronautical applications.
Composites Part B: Engineering, 119:101–113, 2017.
doi.org/10.1016/j.compositesb.2017.03.046.


[20] B. Vieille, A. Coppalle, Y. Carpier, M.A. Maaroufi, and F. Barbe. Influence of the ma-
trix chemical nature on the post-fire mechanical behavior of notched polymer-based com-
posite structures for high temperature applications. Composites Part B, 100:114–124, 2016.
doi.org/10.1016/j.compositesb.2016.06.059.


[21] A. Maitre, D. Ledue, F. Barbe, and L. Lechevallier. Temperature dependence of the exchange
bias properties of ferromagnetic/antiferromagnetic polycrystalline bilayers. J Magnetism Mag-
netic Mater, 372:134–140, 2014. doi.org/10.1016/j.jmmm.2014.07.021.


[22] A. Jadawi, J.M. Saiter, F. Barbe, and M. Negahban. Porous biodegradable starch based
polymer: effects of plasticizers on the physical properties. Macromol. Symp., 340:65–72, 2014.
doi.org/10.1002/masy.201300134.


[23] I. Benedetti and F. Barbe. Modelling Polycrystalline Materials: An Overview of Three-
Dimensional Grain-Scale Mechanical Models. Journal of Multiscale Modelling, 5:1–51, 2013.
doi.org/10.1142/S1756973713500029.


[24] A. Maitre, D. Ledue, F. Barbe, and R. Patte. Temperature effect in polycrystalline exchange-
biased bilayers: A Monte Carlo study. JAP, 111:07D105, 2012. doi.org/10.1063/1.3672066.


[25] A. Tahimi, F. Barbe, L. Taleb, and S. Meftah. Experiment-based analyses of martensitic trans-
formation plasticity predictions from different models in cases of pre-hardening and gradually
varying loads. Comput Mater Sci, 64:25–29, 2012. doi.org/10.1016/j.commatsci.2012.04.019.


[26] A. Tahimi, F. Barbe, L. Taleb, R. Quey, and A. Guillet. Evaluation of microstructure-based
transformation plasticity models from experiments on 100C6 steel. Comput Mater Sci, 52:55–
60, 2012. doi.org/10.1016/j.commatsci.2011.01.052.


[27] C.N. N’Guyen, F. Barbe, N. Osipov, G. Cailletaud, B. Marini, and C. Petry. Micromechanical
local approach to brittle failure in bainite high resolution polycrystals: A short presentation.
Comput Mater Sci, 64:62–65, 2012. doi.org/10.1016/j.commatsci.2012.03.034.


[28] F. Barbe and R. Quey. A numerical modelling of 3D polycrystal-to-polycrystal diffu-
sive phase transformations involving crystal plasticity. Int J Plasticity, 27:823–840, 2011.
doi.org/10.1016/j.ijplas.2010.09.008.


[29] R. Quey, P.R. Dawson, and F. Barbe. Large-scale 3-D random polycrystals for the finite
element method: Generation, meshing and remeshing. Comput Meth Appl Mech Engng,
200:1729–1745, 2011. doi.org/10.1016/j.cma.2011.01.002.


[30] R. Quey, F. Barbe, H. Hoang, and L. Taleb. Effect of the random spatial distribution of
nuclei on the transformation plasticity in a diffusively transforming steel. Int J Microstructure
Materials Property, 5:354–364, 2010. doi.org/10.1504/IJMMP.2010.037612.


[31] F. Barbe, R. Quey, A. Musienko, and G. Cailletaud. Three-dimensional characterization
of strain localization bands in high resolution elastoplastic polycrystals. Mech Res Comm,
36:762–768, 2009. doi.org/10.1016/j.mechrescom.2009.06.002.


[32] F. Barbe, R. Quey, L. Taleb, and E. Souza de Cursi. Numerical modelling of the
plasticity induced during diffusive transformation. An ensemble averaging approach for
the case of random arrays of nuclei.
Eur J Mech, A/Solids, 27:1121–1139, 2008.
doi.org/10.1016/j.euromechsol.2008.01.005.


[33] H. Hoang, F. Barbe, R. Quey, and L. Taleb. FE determination of the plasticity induced during
diffusive transformation in the case of nucleation at random locations and instants. Comput
Mater Sci, 43:101–107, 2008. doi.org/10.1016/j.commatsci.2007.07.032.


[34] F. Barbe, R. Quey, and L. Taleb. Numerical modelling of the plasticity induced during
diffusive transformation. Case of a cubic array of nuclei. Eur J Mech, A/Solids, 26:611–625,
2007. doi.org/10.1016/j.euromechsol.2006.09.005.


[35] S. Meftah, F. Barbe, L. Taleb, and F. Sidoroff. Parametric Numerical Simulations of TRIP and
its Interaction with Classical Plasticity in Martensitic Transformation. Eur J Mech, A/Solids,
26(4):688–700, 2007. doi.org/10.1016/j.euromechsol.2006.10.004.


[36] P. Richard, P. Philippe, F. Barbe, S. Bourlès, X. Thibault, and D. Bideau. Analysis by X-ray
microtomography of a granular packing undergoing compaction. Phys Rev E, 68(020301(R)),
2003. arxiv.org/abs/cond-mat/0308367.


[37] F. Barbe, S. Quilici, S. Forest, and G. Cailletaud. Numerical study of crystalline plastic-
ity: measurements of the heterogeneities due to grain boundaries under small strains. La
Revue de Métallurgie-CIT/Science et Génie des Matériaux, september 2003:815–823, 2003.
doi.org/10.1051/metal:2003207.


[38] F. Barbe, L. Decker, D. Jeulin, and G. Cailletaud. Intergranular and intragranular behav-
ior of polycrystalline aggregates. Part 1: F.E. model. Int J Plasticity, 17:513–536, 2001.
doi.org/10.1016/S0749-6419(00)00061-9.


[39] F. Barbe, S. Forest, and G. Cailletaud. Intergranular and intragranular behavior of polycrys-
talline aggregates. Part 2: results. Int J Plasticity, 17:537–563, 2001. doi.org/10.1016/S0749-
6419(00)00062-0.


[40] F. Barbe, R. Parisot, S. Forest, and G. Cailletaud. Calibrating a homogenization polycrystal
model from large scale FE computations of polycrystalline aggregates. J Phys IV, 11:Pr5–
277–284, 2001. doi.org/10.1051/jp4:2001534.


[41] S. Forest, F. Barbe, and G. Cailletaud. Cosserat modelling of size effects in crystals. Int J
Solids Struct, 37(46-47):7105–7126, 2000. doi.org/10.1016/S0020-7683(99)00330-3.

 

 

Chapters of books, proceedings with doi

 

[42] B. Flipon, L. Milhem, C. Keller, R. Quey, and F. Barbe. Modelling of
polycrystals using well-controlled Voronoi-type tessellations and its appli-
cations to micromechanical analyses, chapter 23, pages 187–198. Presse
des Mines, 2018. F. Willot and S. Forest (Eds), Physics and Mechanics of
Random Media: from Morphology to Material Properties, hal-normandie-
univ.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-01916848/document.

[43] C. Margueray, L. Vollard, T. Breteau, and F. Barbe.
Fabrication additive métallique : technologies et opportunités.
Normandie AeroEspace publishing, Feb 2015.
http://www.nae.fr/wp-
content/uploads/2015/06/FabAdditiveMetallique TechnoOpportunites-
NAE.pdf.

[44] P. Cordier, F. Barbe, J. Durinck, A. Tommasi, and A. Walker. Plastic De-
formation of mantle minerals: Multiscale numerical modelling, volume 7,
chapter 16, pages 389–415. 2005. 7th EMU School of Mineralogy: Min-
eral behaviour at extreme conditions, Heidelberg, Germany, June 2005,
doi.org/10.1180/emu-notes.7.16.

[45] F. Barbe, S. Forest, and G. Cailletaud. Polycrystalline plasticity under
small strains. Toward finer descriptions of microstructures. In E. Bouchaud
et al, editor, NATO Proceedings, Physical Aspects of Fracture, pages 191–
206. Kluwer Academic Publishers, 2001. doi.org/10.1007/978-94-010-0656-
9 15.

[46] R. Manno, J. Nguejio, F. Barbe, and I. Benedetti. An investigation into
the fracture behavior of honeycombs with density gradients. Interna-
tional Conference on Fracture and Damage Mechanics Mallorca, Spain.
14-17th September, 2020, 2020. AIP Conference Proceedings 2309, 020015,
doi.org/10.1063/5.0033972.

[47] B. Flipon, L. Garcia de la Cruz, E. Hug, C. Keller, and F. Barbe. Elab-
oration of austenitic stainless steel with bimodal grain size distribution
and investigation of their mechanical behavior. 20th Int. ESAFORM Conf.
on Material Forming, 26-28 April 2017, Dublin, Ireland, AIP Conference
Proceedings 1896, 200007, 2017. doi.org/10.1063/1.5008244.

[48] M. Calvat, B. Flipon, C. Keller, and F. Barbe. Accounting for size depen-
dence on the meso- or on the micro-scale in polycrystalline plasticity. A
comparative study for different grain size distributions, volume 98, chap-
ter 28, pages 339–347. Springer, Cham, 2021. Satya N. Atluri and Igor
Vušanović (Eds.), Computational and Experimental Simulations in Engi-
neering. ICCES21. Mechanisms and Machine Science. doi.org/10.1007/978-
3-030-67090-0 28.

[49] G. Simone, R. Manno, F. Barbe, and I. Benedetti. Tensile failure
of bio-inspired lattices with different base topologies.
International
Conference on Fracture and Damage Mechanics alaga, Spain. 5th-7th
September 2022, 2022.
AIP Conference Proceedings 2848, 020019,
doi.org/10.1063/5.0145012.


Enseignements

My teachings are integrated in the following formations of INSA Rouen Normandie (French public Engineering School):

  • Engineering Mechanics (Mech)
  • Industrial Engineering (Indus)
  • MSc "system design" (MSD)

I am in charge of the following courses:

  • BSc Mech: Computational approach of structure mechanics (Finite elements analyses based on a software package)
  • MSc 1 Mech+MSD: Numerical methods for engineers (Finite differences, Finite elements, Non linear problems)
  • MSc 1 Mech+MSD: Variational methods (Variational formulation, functional analysis and results, Sobolev spaces)
  • MSc 1 Indus: Computational mechanics of structures (generalized software based approach of the design of systems)
  • MSc 2 Mech+MSD: Microstructure based mechanics of materials (Mean-field / full-field modelling, polycrystal plasticity)
  • MSc 2 Mech: Additive manufacturing (Process-microstructure-properties relationships)
  • MSc 2 Indus: Additive Manufacturing (A transverse project dedicated to light-weight materials with cellular architecture: design, simulation, manufacturing, mechanical testing)

Collective responsabilities for teaching:

  • Head of the Engineering Mechanics Department from 2014 to 2017 (in charge of three formations, 240 students and apprentices at BSc and MSc levels, 80 MSc graduates per year)
  • Founder of the Polymer Additive Manufacturing platform of the Mechanics Department of INSA Rouen
  • Coordinator of the Mechanics of Materials MSc program at INSA Rouen
  • Academic supervisor for students mobilities in the Engineering Mechanics Department INSA
  • Coordinator of the 1st year of the Engineering Mechanics program at INSA Rouen Normandie