Publications

Engineering Sciences

Wear properties of titanium microalloying carbidic austempered ductile iron and refining mechanism of TiC on M3C

Penghui Yang, Rong Wang, Hanguang Fu, Rafik Absi, Rachid Bennacer, Xuhui Yang, Peiqing La

Wear - 2023

Physics

Unidirectional Droplet Propulsion onto Gradient Brushes without External Energy Supply

Russell Kajouri, Panagiotis Theodorakis, Piotr Deuar, Rachid Bennacer, Jan Židek, Sergei Egorov, Andrey Milchev

Langmuir - 2023

Engineering Sciences

Anisothermal flow dynamics in ventilated open space involved with indoor comfort

Rachid Bennacer, Xiaoyan Ma

International Journal of Thermal Sciences - 2023

Engineering Sciences

Experimental evaluation of the impact of real sun patch on radiant floor heating in highly glazed spaces

Shengqiang Shi, Abdelatif Merabtine, Rachid Bennacer, Julien Kauffmann

Building and Environment - 2023

Engineering Sciences

Plus Energy Buildings: A Numerical Case Study

Abed Hawila, Hala Alsalloum, Abdelatif Merabtine, Farouk Fardoun, Rachid Bennacer

Fluid Dynamic and Material Process - 2023

Engineering Sciences

Coalescence of surfactant-laden droplets

Droplet coalescence is an important process in nature and various technologies (e.g., inkjet printing). Here, we unveil the surfactant mass transport mechanism and report on several major differences in the coalescence of surfactant-laden droplets…

Soheil Arbabi, Piotr Deuar, Mateusz Denys, Rachid Bennacer, Zhizhao Che, Panagiotis Theodorakis

Physics of Fluids - 2023

Engineering Sciences

Materials for energy harvesting, conversion, storage, environmental engineering and sustainability

Mohamed El Jouad, Mohammed El Ganaoui, Rachid Bennacer, Jean-Michel Nunzi

European Physical Journal: Applied Physics - 2023

Engineering Sciences

Differential geometry-based thermodynamics derivation of isotropic and anisotropic eikonal non-local gradient (ENLG) damage models using a micromorphic media framework

Breno Ribeiro Nogueira, Giuseppe Rastiello, Cédric Giry, Fabrice Gatuingt, Carlo Callari

Engineering Fracture Mechanics - 2023

Mechanics

Numerical simulations of concrete specimens with the gradient-enhanced Eikonal non-local damage model

ccurately predicting the response of structures subjected to complex loadings is a challeng-ing task in civil engineering. In particular, studying cracking nucleation and propagation is essential to as-sess structural performances. Quasi-brittle…

Breno RIBEIRO NOGUEIRA, Giuseppe Rastiello, Cédric Giry, Fabrice Gatuingt, Carlo Callari

Academic Journal of Civil Engineering - 2023

Engineering Sciences

Numerical and analytical studies of attenuation coefficient in 2D matrix-inclusion composites with randomly distributed circular inclusions

This paper studies the analytical and numerical evaluation of the scattering-induced attenuation coefficient of elastic waves in 2D matrix-inclusion composites with a random distribution of inclusions. An analytical self-consistent homogenization…

H. Kamalinia, Bing Tie

Wave Motion - 2023