Laboratoire Matériaux et Durabilité des Constructions

Université de ToulouseFrance

(INSA - Université Paul Sabatier)

135, Avenue de Rangueil 31077 Toulouse Cedex 4 France

http://www-lmdc.insa-toulouse.fr

Since March 21, 2007

« Université de Toulouse »

get together :

- Université Toulouse I – Sciences sociales

- Université Toulouse II – Le Mirail

- Université Paul Sabatier – Toulouse III

- Institut National Polytechnique – INPT

- Institut National des Sciences Appliquées- INSA

- Institut Supérieur de l’Aéronautique et de l’Espace – ISAE (SUPAERO + ENSICA)

Laboratoire Matériaux et Durabilité des Constructions

Université de ToulouseFrance

(INSA - Université Paul Sabatier)

135, Avenue de Rangueil 31077 Toulouse Cedex 4 France

http://www-lmdc.insa-toulouse.fr

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Staff 2007 - 2008

34 Doctors (professors-researchers)

technical staff : 7

36 PhD students, 6 « ATER », 2 Post-Doc

And also :- about 11 Master-2 students (Master of science),- always a few visiting researchers.

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LMDC is an university research laboratory in the field of material science in civil engineering.

Multidisciplinary research.

Expertise domain includes :- New materials (innovative materials and eco-materials),

- Ageing and durability of the building materials, - Service life of structures or civil engineering works (non destructive diagnosis, maintenance, reassessment of service ability)

Both levels :Experimental, and theoretical including numerical.

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The scientific activity is organized in four clusters including two transversal axes as follows.Cluster 1: Development, characterization and behaviour of

civil engineering materials Cluster 2: Physico-chemical evolution, and durability of materials Cluster 3: Mechanical behaviour of materials in

construction works Cluster 4 Diagnosis and maintenance of construction works

Transversal axes :- Reliability and modelling- Durable development and construction materials

4 Research Clusters 2 axes

Development and characterization of materials Pierre Clastres / Bernard Husson

Physico-chemical evolution and durability of materials

Myriam Carcasses / Sylvie Lorente

Mechanical behaviour of materialsin construction works

Raoul François / Anaclet Turatsinze

Diagnosis and maintenance of construction works Ginette Arliguie / Jean-Paul Balayssac

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CollaborationsCollaborations__________________________________________________________

LMDC co-operates in numerous projects associating different teams through laboratory nets :

- French Urban and Civil Engineering Net (RGCU), - National Projects (IREX),

and in national or international scientific working groups :- AFGC (French association of Civil Engineering)- CEREM (Center of study and research on coatings and mortars)- CEFRACOR (French Center of Anti-corrosion)- COST 534

International and European collaborationsInternational and European collaborations__________________________________________________________

International Collaborations :

Algérie : M’Sila universityAllemagne : Dresde universityBrésil : Sao Paulo university, Goïania universityCanada : Sherbrooke university, Université Laval in Québec, Ecole Polytechnique de MontréalEtats-Unis : Duke UniversityMadagascar :Technology Institut of Antananarivo Maroc : Tanger universityPologne : Academy of science in Varsovie Suède : Lund universityTunisie : ENIT Tunis

International and European collaborationsInternational and European collaborations__________________________________________________________

RILEM working groups :

• «Microbial Impacts on Building Materials (MIB)»

• 193-RLS " Bonded cement-based material overlays for the repair, the lining or the strengthening of slabs or pavements"

• 207-INR « Interpretation of non destructive results »

• TC-PAE « Performance of Cement-Based Materials in aggressive Aqueous Environments »

International and European collaborationsInternational and European collaborations__________________________________________________________

Visiting researchers

There are always some visiting researchers of foreign countriesBrazil, Madagascar, …

Strangers Thesis (Ph-D) :

1 for Béchar university (Algérie), 2 for ANNABA university (Algérie), 1 for Mostaganem university (Algérie), 1 for l’USTO of Oran (Algérie), 1 for Mantouri university – Constantine (Algérie), 2 for IST Antananarivo (Madagascar).

Key wordsKey words__________________________________________________________

Civil engineering, Durability, Materials,

Reinforcement corrosion,

Pathology, Concrete,

Environmental valorisation,

Mechanical behaviour, Rheology,

Life time of constructions,

Non destructive testing, Maintenance, Reassessment,

Environmental quality, Durable development.

Laboratoire Matériaux et Durabilité des Constructions

135, Avenue de Rangueil 31077 Toulouse Cedex 4 France

http://www-lmdc.insa-toulouse.fr

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