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Overview

Thomas Pardoen is affiliated with the Université Catholique de Louvain in Belgium. Their research primarily spans the fields of Engineering and Materials Science, with particular focus on Mechanical Engineering, Materials Chemistry, and Mechanics of Materials. Additional interests include Biomedical Engineering and Electrical and Electronic Engineering.

Their work covers a variety of topics related to advanced materials and their mechanical behavior. Main research topics include:

  • Fusion materials and technologies
  • Mechanical Behavior of Composites
  • Metal Forming Simulation Techniques
  • Metallurgy and Material Forming
  • Nuclear Materials and Properties
  • Advanced materials and composites
  • Microstructure and mechanical properties

Pardoen has authored and co-authored research published in several journals, with notable frequent appearances in:

  • Acta Materialia (13 publications)
  • SSRN Electronic Journal (12 publications)
  • Engineering Fracture Mechanics (6 publications)
  • Nature Communications (4 publications)
  • Journal of Nuclear Materials (4 publications)

Selected recent papers include:

  • Ductile to brittle transition temperature of advanced tungsten alloys for nuclear fusion applications deduced by miniaturized three-point bending tests, 2020, International Journal of Refractory Metals and Hard Materials
  • High temperature rise dominated cracking mechanisms in ultra-ductile and tough titanium alloy, 2020, Nature Communications
  • A nonlocal approach of ductile failure incorporating void growth, internal necking, and shear dominated coalescence mechanisms, 2020, Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids
  • Novel class of nanostructured metallic glass films with superior and tunable mechanical properties, 2021, Acta Materialia
  • Towards the best strength, ductility, and toughness combination: High entropy alloys are excellent, stainless steels are exceptional, 2023, Acta Materialia

Frequent co-authors of Thomas Pardoen include Hosni Idrissi, Jean-Pierre Raskin, Pascal Jacques, Michaël Coulombier, and Van Dung Nguyen.

Best Publications

  • Polymer/carbon based composites as electromagnetic interference (EMI) shielding materials

    Jean-Michel Thomassin;Christine Jérôme;Thomas Pardoen;Christian Bailly

  • Failure of metals I : brittle and ductile fracture

    André Pineau;Amine A. Benzerga;T. Pardoen

  • An extended model for void growth and coalescence

    Thomas Pardoen;Thomas Pardoen;JW Hutchinson

  • Ordering of Spontaneously Formed Buckles on Planar Surfaces

    Wilhelm T.S. Huck;Ned Bowden;Patrick Onck;Thomas Pardoen

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

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

  • Integrated modeling of friction stir welding of 6xxx series Al alloys: Process, microstructure and properties

    A. Simar;Y. Bréchet;B. de Meester;A. Denquin

  • Sequential modeling of local precipitation, strength and strain hardening in friction stir welds of an aluminum alloy 6005A-T6

    Aude Simar;Yves Bréchet;B. de Meester;A. Denquin

  • Structure–property optimization of ultrafine-grained dual-phase steels using a microstructure-based strain hardening model

    Marc Delincé;Yves Bréchet;John David Embury;M.G.D. Geers

  • The influence of microstructure and composition on the plastic behaviour of dual-phase steels

    Anne-Pascale Pierman;O. Bouaziz;Thomas Pardoen;Pascal Jacques

  • Size effects in foams: Experiments and modeling

    C. Tekoglu;L. J. Gibson;T. Pardoen;Patrick Onck

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

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

  • Constraint effects in adhesive joint fracture

    Thomas Pardoen;T Ferracin;CM Landis;Francis Delannay

  • The fracture toughness of TRIP-assisted multiphase steels

    G. Lacroix;Thomas Pardoen;Pascal Jacques

  • Micromechanics-based model for trends in toughness of ductile metals

    Thomas Pardoen;JW Hutchinson

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

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

  • Failure of metals III: Fracture and fatigue of nanostructured metallic materials

    André Pineau;A. Amine Benzerga;Thomas Pardoen

  • Microstructure, local and global mechanical properties of friction stir welds in aluminium alloy 6005A-T6

    Aude Simar;Y. Brechet;B. de Meester;A. Denquin

  • 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

  • On localization and void coalescence as a precursor to ductile fracture

    C. Tekoglu;J.W. Hutchinson;Thomas Pardoen

  • Thickness and Elastic Modulus of Plasma Treated PDMS Silica-like Surface Layer

    Stéphane Béfahy;Pascale Lipnik;Thomas Pardoen;Cristiane Nascimento

  • An extended model for void growth and coalescence - application to anisotropic ductile fracture

    Thomas Pardoen

Frequent Co-Authors

Jean-Pierre Raskin
Jean-Pierre Raskin Université Catholique de Louvain
Pascal Jacques
Pascal Jacques Université Catholique de Louvain
Christian Bailly
Christian Bailly Université Catholique de Louvain
Francis Delannay
Francis Delannay Université Catholique de Louvain
Dominique Schryvers
Dominique Schryvers University of Antwerp
Patrick Onck
Patrick Onck University of Groningen
John W. Hutchinson
John W. Hutchinson Harvard University
Yves Bréchet
Yves Bréchet Monash University
Isabelle Huynen
Isabelle Huynen Université Catholique de Louvain
Chad M. Landis
Chad M. Landis The University of Texas at Austin

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