Name: Moez Chafra

 

Title: Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering at IPEI El Manar, Tunis (University El Manar of Tunisia), Adjunct Professor at Tunisia Polytechnic School

 

Address: Tunisia Polytechnic School, Rue El-Khawarizmi, B.P. 743, La Marsa 2078, Tunisia

 

Office Telephone: (+216) 98451384

 

Fax: (+216) 71 748 843

 

Email: chafra_moez@yahoo.fr

 

 

Education: Ph.D., Mechanical Engineering from CNAM of Paris, France in 1994; Master of Science, Solid and Structural Mechanics, University of Paris VI 1991; Bachelor of Science, Civil Engineering, Ecole Nationale d'Ingenieurs de Tunis 1990.

 

Research Interests: Fiber and woven composite materials behaviour (Damage, failure, coupling between damage and viscoelasticity, Homogeneization).

 

Papers published in international journals

 

1.             M. Chafra, A.Baltov, T. Vinh. Modelisation tridimensionnelle des comportements elastiques et plastiques des matériaux composites à fibres tissés, Journal de Mecanique Industrielle et Materiaux, Vol.48 N°2, pp.74-72-Juin 1995.

 

2.             M. Chafra, A.Baltov. Modelisation tridimensionnelle de l’endommagement et de la rupture des materiaux composites fibres et tisses,  Journal de Mecanique Industrielle et  Materiaux, Volume 48 N°3, pp. 153-156- Septembre 1995.

 

3.             Moez Chafra-Angel Baltov-Tuong Vinh. Modelisation tridimensionnelle des materiaux composites- Endommagement et Rupture- Revue des Composites et des Materiaux Avances. Vol.6 n°1, pp 49-72, 1996.

 

4.             M. Chafra, Y. Chevalier. Modelisation de l’endommagement des materiaux composites – Effet de la viscosite. Journal de Mecanique Industrielle et Materiaux, Vol.52, N° 4, pp.139-141, 1999.

 

5.             Moez Chafra and Yvon Chevalier. Coupling between Damage and Viscoelasticity of Composite Structures. Mechanics of Time-Dependent Materials 8: 51-63, 2004.

 

6.             Moez Chafra, Yvon Chevalier. Directional damage and failure of composite materials under cyclic loading. Int. J. Vehicle Design, Vol.39, Nos.1/2, 2005.

 

7.             Hichem Smaoui, Moez Chafra, Ali Moussaoui and Yvon Chevalier. Identification of behaviour laws and failure criteria parameters of composites based on off axes test-Application to polyester/alfa. Sciences and Engineering of Composite Materials, Vol 12, N° 1-2, pp.83-92. 2005.

 

8.             M. Chafra; H. Smaoui;  D. Ben Arfa. Identification of mechanical properties and damage of composites at meso scale based on an inverse method coupled with homogenization. Article soumis au Journal of Composite Materials (JCM). Accepted (In press)

 

Papers published in international conferences

 

1.             M. Chafra; H. Smaoui;  D. Ben Arfa. Identification of mechanical properties and damage of composites at meso scale based on an inverse method coupled with homogenization. Article soumis au Journal of Composite Materials (JCM). Accepted (In press).

 

2.             M.Chafra, A. Baltov, T. Vinh. Tridimensional modelling of composite materials damage and failure- “Textile Composites and Structures”- Actes EUROMECH 334, Lyon, pp.154-163- 1995.

 

3.             M.Chafra, A. Baltov, T. Vinh. Modelisation tridimensionnelle des comportements elastiques et plastiques des materiaux composites à fibres tissees, COMPOSITES 1995, Comportement Mecanique et Applications Industrielles, le 7 et le 8 Fevrier 1995, Ecole des Mines de Paris.

 

4.             M.Chafra, A. Baltov. Modelisation tridimensionnelle de l’endommagement et de la rupture des materiaux composites fibres et tisses COMPOSITES 1995, Comportement Mecanique et Applications Industrielles, le 7 et le 8 Fevrier 1995, Ecole des Mines de Paris.

 

5.             M. Chafra, T. Vinh, Y.Chevalier, A.Baltov. Damage and Failure of Composite Materials Application to Woven Materials. DURACOSYS 1995 16-21 Juillet 1995 – V.U.B Bruxelles.

 

6.             M. Chafra, T. Vinh, A. Baltov. Tridimensional Modelling of  Damage and Fracture in Woven Composite Materials, Joint Applied Mechanics, and Materials Summer Meeting, Virginia in September 1995 USA.

 

7.             Y. Chevalier, M. Louzar, M. Chafra, G.A. Maugin. Damage modelling of composite structures – Static and dynamic approach. DURACOSYS 97, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg USA, September 1997.

 

8.             M. Chafra, Y. Chevalier. Damage modelling of composite structures viscoelastic effects . DURACOSYS 99, Bruxelles, 11-14 Juillet 1999.

 

9.             M.Chafra; Y.Chevalier. Modelisation de l’endommagement des materiaux composites – Effet de la viscoelasticite. Composites 2000 – Paris, 7-8 Mars 2000.

 

10.         Moez Chafra, Yvon Chevalier. Endommagement oriente et rupture des materiaux composites sous chargement cyclique. XV ieme Congres Français de Mecanique- Nancy CFM 2001. 2-7 Septembre 2001.

 

11.         M. Chafra, Y. Chevalier. Damage oriented and failure of composite materials under cyclic load. DURACOSYS 2001-JAPAN - Tokyo- 6-9 November 2001.

 

12.         Moez Chafra and Yvon Chevalier. Damage oriented and failure of composite materials under cyclic loading. TSS International Conference on Advances in Mechanical Engineering ICAME 2002 March 18-20, 2002. Hammamet, Tunisia.

 

13.         Hichem Smaoui, Moez chafra, Ali Moussaoui, Yvon. Chevalier. Identification of behaviour laws and failure criteria parameters of composite based on off axes tests- DURACOSYS 2004, 6th International Conference on Durability Analysis of Composite Systems- Riga. 12-15 May 2004.

 

14.         Mohamed A. Khadimallah, Jean B. Casimir, Hichem Smaoui, Yvon Chevalier, Moez Chafra. Elements continus de coque cylindrique, Premier Congres International Conception et Modelisation des Systemes Mecaniques. CMSM’2005.

 

15.         M. Chafra; H. Smaoui;  D. Ben Arfa. Identification des caracteristiques mecaniques et de l’endommagement au meso niveau dans un composite par une methode inverse couplee à l’homogeneisation. First Euro Mediterranean Symposuim on Advances in Geomaterials and Structures – AGS’2006. Hammamet 3-5 May 2006 Tunisia.

 

16.         M. Chafra, M. Aouled Mohamed Ben ALI, H. Smaoui. Anisotropic damage in composites at mesoscopic scale. The Third International Conference on Advances in Mechanical Engineering and Mechanics. December 17-19, 2006 Hammamet- Tunisia.

 

17.         M. Chafra, M. Aouled Mohamed Ben ALI, H. Smaoui. Directional and thermodynamical models for failure under cyclic loading and damage in composites. Congres International Conception et Modelisation des Systemes Mecaniques. CMSM’2007. 17-18-19 Mars Monastir Tunisia.

 

18.         M.Gharbi, S. El-Borgi, M. Chafra. A Surface Crack in a Graded Coating Bonded to a Homogeneous Substrate under  Transient Thermal Loading. Congres Tunisien de Mecanique. COTUME 2008 17-18-19 Mars 2008 Hammamet Tunisia.

 

19.         M. Chafra, W. Kerrou, H. Smaoui Comportement Mecanique d’un Composite PMMA/Alfa sous chargements statiques et  cy-cliques- Identification Endommagement et Rupture. Congres Tunisien de Mecanique. COTUME 2008 17-18-19 Mars 2008 Hammamet Tunisia.

 

20.         M. Trabelsi, M. Chafra, H. Smaoui. Coupling Homogenization and Optimization on Solving Inverse Method of Periodic  Composite. Congres Tunisien de Mecanique. COTUME 2008 17-18-19 Mars 2008 Hammamet Tunisia.