Talks

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Path-following methods for quasi-static crack propagation: Application to phase-field fracture

Flavien Loiseau, Véronique Lazarus

GIMC–SIMAI-YOUNG 2026 Conference
Pisa, Italy, 3rd-5th June, 2026.

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Path-Following Methods for Quasi-Static Crack Propagation in Phase-Field Fracture Models

Flavien Loiseau, Véronique Lazarus

European Mechanics of Materials Conferences (EMMC20)
Firenze, Italy, 27th-29th May, 2026.

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Revisiting Fracture Mechanic Handbooks with (Interpretable) Sparse Regression

Flavien Loiseau, Yann Epongue Djeugoue, Véronique Lazarus, Gilad Eliyahu-Yakir, Pedro Reis

MePhy & I-Gaia Day: Machine Learning in mechanics and physics
Paris, France, December 9th, 2025

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Simulation de la fissuration par champ de phase: Analyse technique de l’initiation et la propagation de fissure

Flavien Loiseau, Edgar Zembra, Hervé Henry, Véronique Lazarus

Congrès Français de Mécanique - CFM 2025
Metz, France, from August 25th to 29th, 2025

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Modelling of crack propagation in strongly anisotropic media using phase-field fracture and LEFM

Flavien Loiseau, Xinyuan Zhai, Véronique Lazarus

European Solid Mechanics Conference - ESMC 2025
Lyon, France, from July 7th to 11th, 2025

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Following the equilibrium path during crack propagation under quasi-static loads: linear elastic fracture mechanics and phase-field approaches

Flavien Loiseau, Véronique Lazarus

International Conference on Computational Modeling of Fracture and Failure of Materials and Structures - CFRAC 2025
Porto, Portugal, from June 4th to 6th, 2025

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Influence of the mesh on the crack path in phase-field fracture simulations

Flavien Loiseau, Edgar Zembra, Hervé Henry, Véronique Lazarus

GAMM PF 25 and Materials/Microstructure modelling: Analytics & Benchmarks
Karlsruhe, Germany, from February 12th to 14th, 2025

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Discussion on some difficulties with anisotropic phase-field fracture simulations

Flavien Loiseau, Véronique Lazarus

MEALOR Days
Paris, France, from November 7th to 8th, 2024

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Phase field fracture: Towards a generic method to follow the equilibrium path of the structure

Flavien Loiseau, Véronique Lazarus

Congrès des Jeunes Chercheurs en Mécanique - MECA-J 2024
Online, from August 28th to 30th, 2024

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Application of a generic path-following to phase-field fracture

Flavien Loiseau, Véronique Lazarus

NewFrac Conference
Porto, Portugal, from May 7th to 10th, 2024

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Modeling anisotropic damage using a reconstruction by rational covariants of the elasticity tensor obtained by Discrete Element tests

Flavien Loiseau, Cécile Oliver-Leblond, Rodrigue Desmorat

International Conference on Computational Modeling of Fracture and Failure of Materials and Structures - CFRAC 2023
Prague, Czech Republic, from June 21st to 23rd, 2023

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Anisotropic Damage Model Based on a Decomposition of the Elasticity Tensor in Terms of Covariants

Flavien Loiseau, Cécile Oliver-Leblond, Rodrigue Desmorat

Fourth International Conference on Damage Mechanics - ICDM4
Baton-Rouge, United States, from May 15th to 18th, 2024

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From bi-dimensional discrete model to anisotropic damage model: a feasibility study

Flavien Loiseau, Cécile Oliver-Leblond, Rodrigue Desmorat

Congrès Français de Mécanique 2022 - CFM2022
Nantes, France, from August 29th to September 2nd, 2024

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