Assessment of the mechanical properties of fusion materials by small specimen testingFuture fusion reactors such as ITER and DEMO will expose materials to extreme conditions including heat loads and high-energy neutron irradiation.

Les appareils de voie (aiguillages) sont des éléments essentiels du réseau ferroviaire, mais aussi parmi les plus sujets aux défaillances en raison de leur complexité géométrique et des charges dynamiques, notamment dans des contextes urbains comme Bruxelles.

Advances in high-performance computing (HPC) enable the simulation of complex, multiscale flow phenomena relevant to aerospace with unprecedented accuracy, generating vast high-fidelity datasets. In parallel, scientific machine learning (SML) is rapidly transforming the physical sciences.

Decarbonizing hard-to-abate sectors needs CO₂-to-value routes, yet CO₂’s stability makes CCU energy-intensive. This thesis presents a systematic development of biocatalytic membrane contactors for CCU, using RuBisCO, the primary enzyme for CO₂ fixation in Nature, as the central biocatalyst.

Traditional manufacturing techniques of thermoset-matrix fiber-reinforced composites rely primarily on the bulk polymerization of the resin.

Seminar to be delivered under the auspices of UCLouvain's semaine de la transitionThe growing global demand for critical minerals to support the low-carbon transition has purred increasing interest in deep-sea mining in the eastern Pacific, particularly the extraction of  polymetallic nodules (PMN).

This thesis presents a robotic cyber-physical system (CPS) for real-time fluid–structure interaction experiments, addressing the lack of adaptability in traditional captive setups. The modular platform, currently with four active DoFs and compatible with wind-tunnel and towing-tank use, was engineered via a rigorous Pahl–Beitz process to ensure stiffness and performance.

The particle finite element method (PFEM) is a hybrid particle-mesh approach for simulating free-surface fluidflows, combining the accuracy of finite elements with the flexibility of a Lagrangian particle formulation. While particles track the geometric evolution of the domain, a mesh built on them enables solving the governing equations.

 Climate change urgently demands reduced greenhouse gas emissions from combustion processes, but developing efficient combustion technologies requires expensive experimental campaigns and computationally intensive high-fidelity simulations.