Publications Photo E. Béchet
Ph.D (2002), Polytechnique Montréal (Canada)
Associate Professor
Université de Liège
LTAS - Department of Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering
Chemin des chevreuils, 1, B-4000 Liège, Belgium
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Publication list

Articles published or accepted in international journals

    1. E. Béchet, N. Moës, B. Wohlmuth, 2008, A stable lagrange multiplier space for the stiff interface conditions within the extende finite element method, International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering

    2. E. Béchet, M. Scherzer, M. Kuna, 2008, Application of the X-FEM to the fracture of piezoelectric materials, International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering

    3. E. Béchet, M. Scherzer, M. Kuna, 2008, Fracture of piezoelectric materials with the X-FEM, European Journal for Computational Mechanics (special issue)

    4. N. Sukumar, D. Chopp, E. Béchet, N.Moës, 2008, Three-Dimensional Non-Planar Crack Growth by a Coupled Extended Finite Element and Fast Marching Method, International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering.

    5. P. Rozycki, N. Moës, E. Béchet, C.Dubois, 2008, X-FEM explicit dynamics for constant strain elements to alleviate mesh constraints on internal or external boundaries, Computer methods in applied mechanics and engineering 197, pp. 349-363.

    6. N. Moës, E. Béchet, M. Tourbier, 2006, Imposing Dirichlet boundary conditions in the extended finite element method, International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering 67(12) , pp. 1641-1669.

    7. E. Béchet, H. Minnebo, N. Moës, B. Burgard, 2005, Improved implementation and robustness study of the X-FEM for stress analysis around cracks, International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering 64(8) , pp. 1033-1056.

    8. E. Béchet, E. Ruiz, F. Trochu, J.C. Cuillière, 2004, Remeshing Algorithms Applied to Mould Filling Simulations in Resin Transfer Moulding, Journal of Reinforced Plastics and Composites 23 (1), pp. 17-36.

    9. E. Béchet, E. Ruiz, F. Trochu, J.-C. Cuillière, 2003, Adaptive Mesh Generation for Mould Filling Problems in Resin Transfer Moulding, Composites Part A 34, pp. 813-834.

    10. E. Béchet, J.C. Cuillière, F. Trochu, 2002, Generation of a Finite Element Mesh from Stereolithography (STL) Files, Computer Aided Design 34, pp. 1-17.

    11. E. Béchet, J.-C. Cuillière, F. Trochu, 2002, Génération d'un maillage pour éléments finis à partir de fichiers stéréolithographie (STL) : une interface indépendante des formats de CAO, Revue internationale de CFAO et d'informatique graphique 17, pp. 9-37.

Articles in preparation

    1. N. Chevaugeon, N. Moës, E. Béchet, 2007, Robust extraction of the stress intensity factors for straight and curved cracks with the X-FEM

Communications in international congresses

    1. N. Chevaugeon, N. Moës, H. Minnebo, E. Béchet, 2007, Robust computation of stress intensity factors within the eXtended Finite Element Method, Eccomas CFRAC, Ecole Centrale de Nantes, France.

    2. E. Béchet , M. Scherzer, M. Kuna, 2006, Application of the X-FEM to the fracture of piezoelectric materials, 7th WCCM, Los Angeles, USA.

    3. N. Moës, P. Rozycki, E. Béchet, 2006, Explicit dynamics with X-FEM to handle complex geometries, 7th WCCM, Los Angeles, USA.

    4. H. Minnebo, E. Béchet, N. Moës, 2006, Robust stress intensity factors evaluation for 3D cracks with X-FEM, 16th European Conference of Fracture (ECF16), Alexandroupolis, Greece.

    5. P. Rosycki, E. Béchet, N. Moës, 2006, Explicit dynamic with X-FEM to handle complex geometries, IIIrd European Conference on Computational Mechanics (ECCM 2006), Lisbon, Portugal.

    6. E. Béchet , H. Minnebo, N. Moës, B. Burgardt, 2004, Convergence and conditionning issues with X-FEM in fracture mechanics, 6th WCCM, Beijing, China.

    7. N. Moës, E. Béchet, 2003, Modeling Stationary and Evolving Discontinuities with Finite Elements,VII International Conference on Computational Plasticity, Barcelona, Spain.

    8. E. Béchet, E. Ruiz, J.C. Cuillière, F. Trochu, Aug. 21-24 2001, Re-Meshing Algorithms Applied to Resin Transfer Moulding Simulations, 3rd Canadian International Composite Conference, Montréal, QC, Canada.

    9. E. Béchet, J.C. Cuillière, F. Trochu, Sept 25-28 2000, Generation of a F.E.M mesh from stereolithography (STL) files, 7th International conference on Numerical Grid Generation in Computational Field Simulations,Whistler, BC, Canada.

Communications in national congresses

    1. E. Béchet, M. Scherzer, M. Kuna, May 21-25 2007, Applications de la méthode des éléments finis étendus à la simulation de la rupture pour les matériaux piezoélectriques, 8éme Colloque National en Calcul des Structures, Giens, France.

    2. H. Minnebo, E. Béchet, N. Moës, B. Burgardt, June 29th – July 2nd 2004, Intégration numérique de fonctions singulières introduites par la méthode X-FEM pour la fissuration, Colloque de la Recherche de l'Integroupe des Ecoles Centrales, Lyon, France.

    3. H. Minnebo, E. Béchet, N. Moës, B. Burgardt, May 31st – June 4th 2004, Intégration numérique de fonctions singulières introduites par la méthode X-FEM pour la fissuration, 36ème Congrès national d'Analyse Numérique, Obernai, France.

    4. F. Trochu, E. Béchet, J.C. Cuillière, 25-26 octobre 2002, Maillage adaptatif appliqué au suivi d'un front d'écoulement et application à la fabrication des composites par injection, 58e Colloque des Sciences Mathématiques du Québec, Trois-Rivières, Canada.

    5. E. Béchet, J.C. Cuillière, F. Trochu, may 14-17, 2001, Génération de maillages anisotropes à partir de fichiers stéréolithographie (STL), Congrès ACFAS, Sherbrooke, QC, Canada.

    6. J.F. Remacle, E. Béchet, F. Trochu, April 23, 1999, Maillages contrôlés isotropes et anisotropes des surfaces paramétriques, Journée Maillage, CERCA, Montréal, Canada.

    7. E. Béchet, J.C. Cuillière, J.F. Remacle, F. Trochu, April 23, 1999, Transformation d'un maillage STL pour les méthodes numériques, Journée Maillage, CERCA, Montréal, Canada.

Invited talks

    1. January 31st, 2008, Recent developpments of the X-FEM applied to piezoelectric fracture mechanics, Universität Stuttgart, Germany.
    2. June 14th, 2007, Récents développements de X-FEM appliqués à la mécanique de la rupture, Laboratoire de Technologies Industrielles, Centre de Recherche Public Henri Tudor , Luxembourg.
    3. April 2005, Applications de la méthode X-FEM pour la mécanique de la rupture, LPMM, Université de Metz, France.

    4. January 26th, 2005, Convergence and conditionning issues with X-FEM in fracture mechanics, Seminar des SFB 393, Technische Universität Freiberg, Germany.

    5. November 9th, 2001, Simulation de l'injection de résine sur renforts fibreux, Séminaire du GIREF, Université Laval, Québec QC, Canada.

Collective monograph

    1. R. Maranzana Ed., De la CAO géométrique vers une CAO fonctionnelle, Lavoisier, Paris, 2003.