TPS: Computational mechanics master's program

Name: Bassem ZOUARI

Title: Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering at National Engineering School of Sfax

Address: ENIS, Route de Soukra, Km 3.5 B.P 1173 Sfax, Tunisia

Telephone: (+216) 97 623 225

Fax: (+216) 74 275 595

Email: bzouari@yahoo.com

Education: Ph.D., Mechanical Engineering, Ecole Nationale Supérieure d’Arts et Métiers, Paris, France, 2001; Master of Science, Mechanical Engineering, Ecole Nationale Supérieure d’Arts et Métiers, Paris, France, 1997; Mechanical Engineer, National Engineering School of Tunis, Tunis, Tunisia, 1996.

Research Interests: Numerical simulation of forming process (metal and textile); Development of special finite element, Inverse identification of material properties, Dynamic behavior of machine elements (Gear and belt).

Recent Funded Research Projects:

P1. Inverse identification of Gurson damage law parameters for a THR steel using tensile test results of a notched specimens. Post-Doctorate position in LAMIH, Valenciennes University, France and Arcelor, from November 2004 to August 2006.

P2. Introduction of shear behavior in special textile finite element for simulation of textile forming with Professor P. Boisse of university of Orléans, Orléans, France, from September 2001 to August 2003.

Scientific Responsibilities:

· Member of the organization committee for the ICAMEM2008: Fourth International Conference on Advances in Mechanical Engineering and Mechanics (Hammamet, Tunisia, December 2008).

Recent Publications:

Articles published international journals

J1. B. Zouari, F. Lauro, B. Bennani, E. Markiewicz, D ; Even and D. Cornette, “Efficiency and identification procedures of damage models in dynamic”,.International Journal of Crashworthiness, Vol. 11 N° 6 pp. 583-592, 2006.

J2. B. Zouari, J.L. Daniel, P. Boisse, A woven reinforcement forming simulation method : Influence of the shear stiffness, Computers & Structures, 84: 351-363, 2006.

J3. B. Zouari, M. Touratier, Identification of an Elasto-viscoplastic Flow Stress in Large Strains and Large Strain Rates from Impact, International Journal of Forming Process, Vol. 8 N° 2-3 / 2005, pp. 227-249.

J4. B. Zouari, M. Touratier, Simulation of Organic Coating Removal by Particle Impact, Wear 253 (2002) pp. 488-497.

J5. P. Boisse, B. Zouari, A. Gasser, A Mesoscopic Approach for the Simulation of Woven Fibre Composite Forming, Composites Science and Technology, Vol. 65 N° 3-4 (2005) pp. 429-436.

J6. P. Boisse, B. Zouari, J.L. Daniel, Importance of In-Plane Shear Rigidity in Finite Element Analyses of Woven Fabric Preforming, Composite Part A. 37 (2006) 2201–2212

J7. P. Boisse, B. Zouari, F. Dumont, A. Gasser, Assemblage de Fibres par Tissage : Analyse et Simulation du Comportement Mécanique. Mécanique et Industrie 6 (2005) pp. 65-74

J8. J.L. Daniel, D. Soulat, F. Dumont, B. Zouari, P. Boisse, A.C. Long, Forming of a Very Unbalanced Fabric. Experiment and Simulation. IJFP, Vol. 6 N° 3-4 / 2003.

Papers presented at international conferences

C1. E. Triki, F. Dammak and B. Zouari, “Etude d’un element fini coque solide non linéaire”, Proceeding of COTUME 2008, Hammamet, Tunisia, March 2008.

C2. B. Zouari, J. L. Daniel and P. Boisse, “Introduction in finite element formulation of in plane shear behaviour of woven fabric: Application to forming simulation, Proceeding of CMSM 2007, Monastir, Tunisia, March 2007.

C3. B. Zouari, F. Lauro, B. Bennani, E. Markiewicz, D ; Even and D. Cornette, “Efficiency and identification procedures of damage models in dynamic”, Proceeding of ICRASH2006 International Crashworthiness Conference, 4-7 July 2006, Athens, Greece.

C4. B. Zouari, J.L. Daniel, P. Boisse, F. Dumont, The influence of woven fabric shearing on sheet forming finite element simulation, 4th International Forum on Advanced Material Science and Technology, 4-7 July 2004, Troyes, France.

C5. B. Zouari, F. Dumont, J.L. Daniel, P. Boisse, Analyses of Woven Fabric Shearing by Optical Method and Implementation in a Finite Element Program, 6th International ESAFORM Conference on Metal Forming, 28-30 April 2003, Salerno, Italy.

C6. J.L. Daniel, D. Soulat, F. Dumont, B. Zouari, P. Boisse, A.C. Long, Forming Simulation of Very Unbalanced Woven Composite Reinforcements, 5th International ESAFORM Conference on Metal Forming, 14-17 April 2002, Krakow, Poland, pp. 319-322.

C7. B. Zouari and M. Touratier, Simulation of the Decoating of a Paint Layer by Media Blasting, The 4th International ESAFORM Conference on Metal Forming, 23-25 April 2001, Liege, Belgium.

C8. B. Zouari and M. Touratier, Numerical Simulation of Aeronautical Paint Layer Decoating, The 5th International Conference on Computational Structures Technology, 6-8 September 2000, Leuven, Belgium, Vol. Finite Elements: Techniques and Developments, pp. 231-236.

C9. B. Zouari, K. Raissi and M. Touratier, Numerical Simulation of Abrasive Particle Impact, Poster at the 4th European Solid Mechanics Conference (EUROMECH), 26-30 Jun 2000, Metz, pp. 325.

C10. B. Zouari, K. Raissi and M. Touratier, Numerical Simulation of Abrasive Particle Impact, International Conference on Applied Mechanics SACAM 2000, 11-13 January 2000, Durban South Africa, pp. 282-287.