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Francis Delannay is affiliated with the Université Catholique de Louvain in Belgium. Their research primarily focuses on engineering and materials science, with particular attention to microstructure and mechanical properties, high temperature alloys and creep, and metallurgy and material forming.

Their subfields of study include materials chemistry, mechanics of materials, mechanical engineering, atomic and molecular physics and optics, and condensed matter physics.

Recent papers authored by Delannay cover topics related to diffusional deformation, shear viscosity, and grain boundary behavior. These publications and their corresponding details are:

  • The role of grain boundary mobility in diffusional deformation (2021, Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids)
  • Variational analysis of the influence of grain shape anisotropy on shear viscosity in Nabarro-Herring-Coble creep (2020, Mechanics of Materials)
  • Contribution of the nucleation and recovery of disconnections to shear viscosity in diffusional creep (2021, Materialia)
  • The Role of Grain Boundary Curvature in Diffusional Deformation: Control of Grain Boundary Sliding by Grain Boundary Mobility (2020, SSRN Electronic Journal)
  • Contribution of the Nucleation and Recovery of Disconnections to Shear Viscosity in Diffusional Creep (2021, SSRN Electronic Journal)

Delannay frequently publishes in the SSRN Electronic Journal, Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids, Materialia, and Mechanics of Materials.

Frequent co-authors include Laurence Brassart.

The main topics explored in Delannay's work encompass:

  • Microstructure and mechanical properties
  • High Temperature Alloys and Creep
  • Metallurgy and Material Forming
  • Force Microscopy Techniques and Applications
  • Rock Mechanics and Modeling
  • Composite Material Mechanics
  • Theoretical and Computational Physics

Best Publications

  • The wetting of solids by molten metals and its relation to the preparation of metal-matrix composites composites

    Francis Delannay;Ludo Froyen;André Deruyttere

  • On the Influence of Interactions between Phases on the Mechanical Stability of Retained Austenite in Transformation-Induced Plasticity Multiphase Steels

    Pascal Jacques;Jean Ladrière;Francis Delannay

  • Multiscale mechanics of TRIP-assisted multiphase steels: I. Characterization and mechanical testing

    Pascal Jacques;Q. Furnemont;Frédéric Lani;Thomas Pardoen

  • Metallographic methods for revealing the multiphase microstructure of TRIP-assisted steels

    E Girault;Pascal Jacques;P Harlet;K Mols

  • Characterization of heterogeneous catalysts

    Francis Delannay

  • Micromechanics of room and high temperature fracture in 6xxx Al alloys

    Denis Lassance;D. Fabregue;Francis Delannay;Thomas Pardoen

  • The Developments of Cold-rolled TRIP-assisted Multiphase Steels. Al-alloyed TRIP-assisted Multiphase Steels

    Pascal Jacques;E Girault;P Harlet;Francis Delannay

  • Constraint effects in adhesive joint fracture

    Thomas Pardoen;T Ferracin;CM Landis;Francis Delannay

  • On the role of martensitic transformation on damage and cracking resistance in trip-assisted multiphase steels

    Pascal Jacques;Q. Furnemont;Thomas Pardoen;Francis Delannay

  • On the sources of work hardening in multiphase steels assisted by transformation-induced plasticity

    Pascal J. Jacques;Quentin Furnémont;Anne Mertens;Francis Delannay

  • On the measurement of the nanohardness of the constitutive phases of TRIP-assisted multiphase steels

    Q. Furnemont;M. Kempf;Pascal J. Jacques;M. Goken

  • The influence of high sintering temperatures on the mechanical properties of hydroxylapatite

    P. Van Landuyt;F. Li;J. P. Keustermans;J. M. Streydio

  • Experimental and numerical comparison of void growth models and void coalescence criteria for the prediction of ductile fracture in copper bars

    Thomas Pardoen;Issam Doghri;Francis Delannay

  • Bainite transformation of low carbon Mn–Si TRIP-assisted multiphase steels: influence of silicon content on cementite precipitation and austenite retention

    Pascal Jacques;E Girault;T Catlin;N Geerlofs

  • Multiscale mechanics of TRIP-assisted multiphase steels: II. Micromechanical modelling

    Frédéric Lani;Q. Furnemont;T. Van Rompaey;Francis Delannay

  • Enhancement of the mechanical properties of a low-carbon, low-silicon steel by formation of a multiphased microstructure containing retained austenite

    Pascal Jacques;X Cornet;P Harlet;Jean Ladrière

  • Thickness dependence of cracking resistance in thin aluminium plates

    Thomas Pardoen;Y. Marchal;Francis Delannay

  • Essential work of fracture compared to fracture mechanics—towards a thickness independent plane stress toughness

    Thomas Pardoen;Y. Marchal;Francis Delannay

  • Micromechanical characterisation of TRIP-assisted multiphase steels by in situ neutron diffraction

    Pascal J Jacques;Quentin Furnemont;Stephane Godet;Thomas Pardoen

  • High-resolution Electron-microscopy of Hydrodesulfurization Catalysts - a Review

    Francis Delannay

Frequent Co-Authors

Thomas Pardoen
Thomas Pardoen Université Catholique de Louvain
Pascal Jacques
Pascal Jacques Université Catholique de Louvain
Xavier Gonze
Xavier Gonze Université Catholique de Louvain
Jilt Sietsma
Jilt Sietsma Delft University of Technology
Ludo Froyen
Ludo Froyen KU Leuven
Luc Piraux
Luc Piraux Université Catholique de Louvain
Alain M. Jonas
Alain M. Jonas Université Catholique de Louvain
Eric Maire
Eric Maire Institut National des Sciences Appliquées de Lyon
Dominique Schryvers
Dominique Schryvers University of Antwerp
Hiroyuki Kageyama
Hiroyuki Kageyama National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology

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