We provide support for your R&D projects by carrying out complex, multi-scale or multi-property tests with assistance from laboratories at Nantes Université. Our teams are recognized for their ability to develop custom test benches and design new monitoring strategies for your materials and structures.
We take part in your projects in the lab as well as on-site, from carrying out structural health monitoring (SHM) to using artificial intelligence to predict maintenance operations. Our expertise in composite materials and civil engineering structures in the marine environment is unparalleled.
Summary
Services
Benchmarking, advice
Characterization
Multi-scale tests
Simulation
R&D projects
Whatever your challenges, our experts deliver functional and innovative solutions.
We can conduct your static and dynamic tests at different scales: from centimeter-sized test tubes to parts that are several meters long. Our experts use inventive strategies to secure the mechanical behavior of your composite parts, structures and assemblies. Our test benches are custom developed so you can carry out complex tests and measure the fatigue and aging of composites.
In a nutshell
Static tests
Fatigue
Aging
Complexe tests in aggressive environments
Custom test benches
Our tests provide you with the mechanical and physiochemical properties of your materials, whether they are in the lab during a preliminary certification phase or on site during construction. We have a fleet of equipment for characterizing materials and their properties of mechanical strength, thermal insulation, permeability, etc.
In a nutshell
CHARACTERISATION
FORMULATION
LOW-IMPACT CONCRETES
DURABILITY
RESISTANCE TO THE MARINE ENVIRONMENT
PATHOLOGY EXPERTISE
Dikes and embankments are subject to intense stress, including exposure to fresh or sea water. This can weaken them over time and lead to serious damage. To prevent risks, we carry out applicable erosion and mechanical tests on civil engineering structures in soil. We use the data to model internal and external erosion phenomena and provide necessary information to infrastructure managers.
In a nutshell
erosion tests
digital modelling
erosion phenomena
mechanical tests
triaxial – shear – oedometry
physical characaterization
Our team provides measurement and instrumentation services for your parts, structures and prototypes made of composite materials and innovative materials and alloys. We are unmatched in designing tailor-made sensors for measuring force, displacement, pressure and resistance to strain. Our innovative, solid monitoring strategies are often more economical than standard business solutions.
In a nutshell
Strain tests
Instrumentations
Custom sensors
Optical fiber
Innovative measurement technologies
Concrete structures, like other civil engineering structures, are subject to environmental stress and different types of use-related mechanical stress, which can damage them over time. To prevent risks, we help infrastructure managers identify and understand their materials’ pathologies and monitor their structures by using precise instrumentation coupled with artificial intelligence algorithms.
In a nutshell
Concrete pathology
Porosity
Permeability
Multi-parameter tests
Preventive maintenance
Bio-colonisation monitoring
Our materials experts perform their engineering duties in the very research laboratories of Nantes Université themselves, most notably at GeM. They strive to combine technical resources and scientific discovery to meet your R&D needs.
Challenges we’ve met
Contributing to the development of a new aeronautical composite material
Concrete on Cruise Ships
Capacités Instruments the Rigid Sail: Solid Sail 2.0
Capacités teams inspire, harness and couple numerous cutting-edge skills covering a wide range of applications and expertise to meet all of your innovation needs with passion and commitment!
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