For the degree of Doctor of Engineering Sciences and Technology Friction Stir Welding (FSW) is a solid state (without fusion) welding technique involving no filler material.

For the degree of Doctor of Engineering Sciences and Technology (join PhD with UMONS) For more than 3000 years, windmills have been used to harvest energy from the wind. Over the past 30 years, electrical generators and advanced aerodynamics have turned them into the wind turbines we know.

For the degree of Doctor of Engineering Sciences and Technology Embedding particulate reinforcements in aluminum matrices to form aluminum matrix composites (AMCs) is an attractive, alternative and innovative process to enhance the mechanical properties of aluminum alloys. Shape memory alloys (SMA), e.g.

For the degree of Doctor of Engineering Sciences and Technology Laser Powder Bed Fusion (LPBF) is an additive manufacturing technique widely used in aerospace and automotive industries which allows the production of complex geometries.

Offshore wind energy is an essential building block for the large-scale energy transition, but it is by nature intermittent and uncertain. Future power systems with a high share of offshore wind energy may therefore face new challenges to ensure a reliable electrical supply.

Slowheat est un projet de recherche conjoint LAB-IPSY-ULB financé par le programme Cocréation d’Innoviris. Le projet entre dans sa troisième et dernière année.

For the degree of Doctor of Engineering Sciences and Technology The minimization of nitrogen oxides (NOx) emissions is among the major concerns of combustion-related processes, together with the adverse effects related to the emission of greenhouse gases.

Double, double toil and trouble; Fire burn, and cauldron bubble: The influence of hydrothermal alteration on the stability of a volcano Hydrothermal alteration is near-ubiquitous at volcanoes worldwide and is thought to promote volcano instability and flank collapse.

In this presentation, we develop an innovative approach - X-MESH - to overcome a major difficulty associated with numerical simulation in engineering: we aim to provide a revolutionary way to track physical interfaces in finite element simulations. The idea is to use so-called extreme mesh deformations.

The presentation will start with some background into the basic principles of nonlinear flight dynamics, followed by a description of airliner upset and loss-of-control problems: their relevance, how they are manifested and potential causes. Then continuation methods and bifurcation analysis will be introduced as a means of studying nonlinear dynamical systems.