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Thilo Morgeneyer

Thilo Morgeneyer

Research Director

Center · CMAT

Topic(s)
Hydrogen, Nuclear, Polymer, Recycling, Superalloy, Sustainable Development

Awards & distinctions

  • 2017 2017 Jean MANDEL Prize
  • 2016 Award for Best Poster at the ICACM2016 Symposium in Compiègne

Team

MEM - Mécanique Expérimentale et Matériaux

Biography

Thilo Morgeneyer is a researcher specializing in the study of fracture and damage mechanisms in metallic and composite materials, with particular expertise in ductile fracture mechanics and multiscale analysis of microstructures. His work focuses on the influence of local stresses, microstructural inhomogeneities, and loading conditions on the mechanical behavior of materials, particularly in industrial contexts such as aerospace and energy. Morgeneyer has contributed to the advancement of in situ experimental methods, such as laminography and synchrotron radiation tomography, coupled with digital image correlation (DIC) techniques and finite element numerical simulations. His research covers a wide range of topics, from the Portevin-Le Chatelier effect in aluminum alloys to hydrogen-induced damage in steels, including the study of cavity coalescence mechanisms and the impact of heat treatments on material toughness. His approach often combines detailed experimental observations with advanced modeling techniques, such as the Gurson-Tvergaard-Needleman (GTN) or Rousselier models, to better understand and predict fracture phenomena.

Publication(s)

Projects

  • 2024-2028 EU Hyway Project Co-Investigator The main objective of HyWay is to develop adaptive multiscale material modelling and characterisation suites for assessing interactions between hydrogen and advanced metallic materials and demonstrate their capabilities on hydrogen storage and transport components. Our ambition is to enable industries to be more efficient when developing and using new advanced materials, shorten the materials innovation cycle, seamlessly merge materials modelling and characterisation approaches along value chains, and create a robust material research ecosystem platform. https://hywayproject.eu/project/
  • 2024-2028 ANR Recycal Partner Impact des impuretés sur la germination de l'endommagement et la formabilité des alliages d'aluminium recyclé – RECYCAL Le projet RECYCAL a pour but de comprendre et de modéliser les mécanismes d’endommagement à l’œuvre dans les alliages d’aluminium issus du recyclage lors d’un chargement en déformation plane. Par rapport aux références utilisées actuellement dans les domaines du transport ou de l’emballage, ces alliages possèdent des teneurs plus élevées en impuretés, notamment en fer, ce qui conduit souvent à une baisse de propriétés. RECYCAL est un partenariat entre l’entreprise Constellium, le Centre des Matériaux, le CEMEF et le laboratoire SIMaP. L’objectif principal est de prédire l’impact sur la ductilité des caractéristiques microstructurales liées aux particules intermétalliques (taille, morphologie, nature, distribution spatiale) et de leur environnement (dureté de la matrice, orientations cristallographiques des grains) en combinant des caractérisations 3D à différentes résolutions et des modélisations multi-échelles. L’effet du trajet de chargement sera également investigué in-situ en comparant la traction en déformation plane et le pliage sur éprouvettes miniaturisées sous le faisceau de rayons X au synchrotron, puis en étendant à des chargements industriels complexes, combinaisons de ces chargements élémentaires, par simulation éléments finis (EF). Le projet sera organisé en six lots complémentaires : 1- Fabrication des matériaux et caractérisation initiale ; 2- Observation et quantification de l’endommagement en traction plane ; 3- Observation et quantification de l’endommagement en pliage ; 4- Simulations micromécaniques en champ complet à partir des microstructures réelles imagées par tomographie ; 5- Construction d’un critère d’endommagement incluant les données microstructurales pertinentes issues des observations in-situ (lots 2 et 3) et des simulations sur volume élémentaire représentatif (lot 4) (comparaison approche statistique classique et réseau de neurones) ; 6- Transfert à l’échelle industrielle via des simulations EF utilisant le critère proposé au lot 5. https://anr.fr/Projet-ANR-23-CE08-0033
  • 2018-2022 ANR LAMBDA Lead Investigator In-Situ X-ray LAMinography with Bi-axial Loads for the Multiscale Investigation of DAmage Formation in Materials for Transportation – LAMBDA In the pursuit of lighter materials and optimized thin-walled components for transportation, knowledge about the characteristic ductile damage mechanisms in metal sheets is key.As the study of damage in materials has, up to now, been focussed on proportional loading, the strain-damage interaction is not understood for the highly application-relevant bi-axial loading with load path changes. Thus, our proposal aims at three-dimensional (3D) imaging of the microstructure inside flat sheet specimens evolving during material testing under such loads. For this, we extend the capability of in situ synchrotron laminography to overcome inherent insufficiency of other 3D techniques for such kind of samples. It shall be developed into a unique multiscale approach from a few hundred micrometres down to nanometre scale to determine the ductile damage nucleation and growth kinetics. Such hierarchical 3D data will serve as valuable input for microscopic simulations and the formulation and validation of continuum damage models suited to predict engineering-relevant mechanical properties. https://anr.fr/Project-ANR-17-CE08-0051
  • 2025-2029 « Matériaux, Transition écologique, Recyclage et Imagerie X – MATRIX » « Programmes d’amorçage de l’Université PSL » Lead Investigator The MATRIX starter program aims to develop at PSL cutting-edge research around the materials and technologies necessary for the ecological transition. It brings together the knowledge and experience of 14 laboratories from 5 PSL members as well as the Synchrotron SOLEIL research center, located close to the partners near Paris. The large multidisciplinary consortium united behind MATRIX makes it possible to address all aspects of materials engineering and innovation in support of the necessary changes to our economy and our industry. The proposed research will be organized into 4 axes: (i) innovation in material recycling (ii) materials for a circular economy (iii) materials for the energy transition (iv) materials for sustainable construction. In addition, a new 3D material characterization platform will be created at Mines Paris and mutualized between all partners as well as facilitated access to Synchrotron SOLEIL for cutting edge characterizations. This project aims to produce a real and strong impact in the field of the ecological transition. It will contribute to fostering a virtuous cycle where material waste can be seen as a resource and knowledge-based innovation as a way to reduce our footprint on the environment while helping to strengthen our industry. This program will also boost PSL industrial research by establishing or consolidating state-of-the-art know-how to tackle industrial issues on extremely important topics for the years to come, such as recycling, low impact materials or sustainable construction.

Teaching

"Fracture Mechanics" dans MAGIS - parcours du master SGM de PSL

2020 – 2026 Course Director

This teaching unit dealt with the main fracture mechanisms (brittle fracture, ductile fracture, fatigue, stress-corrosion...) that can compromise structural integrity and with available modelling approaches and their limits. It shows how fracture mechanics can allow predictions about the reliability, damage tolerance, durability and security of structural components, whatever their constitutive material and geometry . Through excercice sessions, lab sesssions and computer sesssions, the students learn how to recognize a fracture mechanism from fractographic observations, how to analyze service loads, how to reproduce it in lab experiments, how to compute the crack tip stress and strain fields and how to use it to predict crack paths and growth kinetics.

Aspects microscopiques et macroscopiques du comportement mécanique des métaux - CNAM

2019 – aujourd'hui Course Director

Objectifs pédagogiques Identifier les phénomènes fondamentaux mis en jeu dans les alliages métalliques (structure cristalline, défauts cristallins, mécanismes de déformation). Présenter des outils d'ingénieurs pour quantifier les phénomènes fondamentaux (choix des paramètres de traitement thermique, etc.) Résoudre efficacement les problèmes de métallurgie qui se posent dans la pratique. Dans cette partie, l'accent est mis sur le comportement mécanique et sur la mise en forme par déformation plastique des métaux.

PhD supervision

  • 2024 Synchrotron tomography study of hydrogen embrittlement mechanisms in steel for transport and storage applications PILLON Gianpaolo
  • 2024 Study of damage in recycled Al alloys through correlative 4D experiments and simulations VERNET Gabrielle
  • 2024 Characterization of Hydrogen Embrittlement Damage Mechanisms in Storage and Transport Materials: Mini-Specimen Approach BALLMANN DE CAMPOS Eduardo
  • 2023 The effect of different processing routes on the high-temperature resistance of stainless steel for very long service durations BEN BETTAIEB Marwa
  • 2022 Machine learning modeling of nucleation and damage, 4D experimental data, and micromechanical calculations RIJNDERS Berjo
  • 2021 Polycrystalline effects on the interaction between deformation and damage: 4D measurements and finite-element calculations of microstructures GILLE Maryse
  • 2019 The effect of welding on relaxation cracking in AISI 316L(N) austenitic stainless steel PY RENAUDIE Baptiste
  • 2018 Study of ductile damage under complex loading and low triaxiality conditions using synchrotron 3D imaging and finite element calculations KONG Xiang
  • 2017 Stress relaxation cracking of austenitic stainless steel AISI 316L(N) KOEDINGER Thomas
  • 2016 Mechanical characterization of linear friction welded titanium alloys GARCIA Juan-Manuel
  • 2015 Study of fatigue behavior and associated mechanisms in a very high-strength steel for aeronautical applications ABDESSELAM Hayat
  • 2015 Understanding and modeling of toughness tests with pop-in: application to 6061-T6 aluminum and influence of neutron irradiation PETIT Tom