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January 25, 2023
What if we built floors out of logs?
Martin Steinmetz and Justin Goosse, researchers at UCLouvain, built at the Mechanical Testing, Structures and Civil Engineering Laboratory (LEMSC) a timber floor with birch trunks provided by the forest ranger of the Bois de Lauzelle, Thibaut Thyrion.
The objective is to understand the...
Click to know more January 20, 2023
Structures en tenségrité pour applications civiles :...
Dans les structures en tenségrité, les barres comprimées semblent flotter au sein de câbles tendus. Le corps humain, composé d’os et de muscles, en est l’un des plus beaux exemples.
Les structures en tenségrité sont étudiées abondamment depuis des décennies, et certains leurs confèrent des...
Click to know more January 20, 2023
Seminar Prof. Stefania Lo Feudo: Video-based vibration...
Prof. Stefania Lo Feudo, from ISAE-Supméca (Paris), is visiting UCLouvain. On Tuesday January 24 Prof. Lo Feudo will give the research seminar described below.
Abstract
Vibration analysis is of primary importance for mechanical systems and structures in order to determine their behavior...
Click to know more January 18, 2023
Recent Advances in Seismic Research at the University of...
Tatjana Isaković will overview the experimental and analytical research on the seismic response of different reinforced concrete (RC) structures recently performed at the University of Ljubljana (UL).
The main results of shaking table tests on RC structural walls will be presented as well as...
Click to know more October 12, 2022
The renovation site of the "Theatre Jean Vilar" visit
On the 7th and 12th of October 2022, the students of the Civil engineering master visited the renovation site of the "Theatre Jean Vilar".
This emblematic cultural centre of Louvain-la-Neuve needed a make-over. Indeed, the proportion and orientation of the great hall restricted the artists'...
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