INSA de Lyon
Campus LyonTech-La Doua Bâtiment Jean d’Alembert 18-20 rue des sciences 69100 Villeurbanne
UMR 5259 Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique
The development and behavior of systems in operation, cases of extreme stress and multi-physical coupling are the main directions of research at LaMCoS. Numerical models and specific experimental resources give the laboratory the means to offer industry the tools capable of simulating the lifecycle of a component or system, predicting and controlling the dynamic behavior of structures and rotating machines, analyzing dry and lubricated contacts and interfaces, and studying the response of bodies in contact to tribological stresses.
• Models to predict the behaviour of interfaces
• Analyses and modelling of lubricated contacts
• Behaviour of mechanical systems with lubricated contacts
• Dynamic behaviour of structures and rotating machines
• Coupled numerical and experimental approaches in mechanics
• Thermo-electro-mechanical characterisation of components and structures
• Dynamic characterisations
• Advanced numerical methods
Platforms
• PEDEBA simulator: a highly rigid friction simulator. Operation in vacuum and ambient atmospheres, from – 150° to + 150°C
• Tribogyr test machine: tribometer for the full-scale study of lubricated and non lubricated contacts, with complex geometries and kinematics.
• Rotating machines for controlling environmental risks (Equipex PHARE)
• Study of accelerated ageing of solar photovoltaic and thermal components and systems (Equipex DURASOL).
Leading edge equipment:
• Electronic and photonic microscopy, Interferometry, Spectrometry, Densimeters, Rheometers, Laser vibrometer
• Various tribometers (from -150°C to 700°C, linear velocity <10m.s-1),
• Controlled thermal and hydrometric chambers, cleanroom
• Moving coil vibrators up to 6,700N
• Thermo-mechanical characterisation machines, correlation of images and measures of 2D and 3D fields, Hopkinson bar system
• Specific test benches: belts, gear boxes, drive lines, rotors, roller levellers, step-down gears
Simulation software
• Calculation clusters
• Dedicated calculation codes (RotorInsa, Elfe3D-XFEM, GEAR, PLASFIB, ISAAC,etc)
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