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Laboratory for ThermoStructural Composites

An academic/industrial joint research unit on Ceramic-matrix Composites

Director : Gerard L . VIGNOLES

Email : vinhola@lcts.u-bordeaux.fr

Phone : +33 5 56 84 47 00

Address : 3, Allée La Boétie – F33600 PESSAC, France

Website : https://www.lcts.cnrs.fr

Research topics :

 

·         Name: Processing methods

Contact information:

Contact name : Dr. Laurence Maillé

Tel :

Email: maille@lcts.u-bordeaux.fr

Contact information:

Contact name : Dr. Georges Chollon

Tel :

Email: chollon@lcts.u-bordeaux.fr

 

  • Structural and chemical characterizations

Contact name : Dr. Hervé Plaisantin

Email: plaisantin@lcts.u-bordeaux.fr

 

  • Testing and materials performances

Contact name : Pr. Francis Rebillat

Email: rebillat@lcts.u-bordeaux.fr

 

  • Modelling and numerical simulation

Contact name : Dr. Guillaume Couégnat

Email: couegnat@lcts.u-bordeaux.fr

Exceptional facilities :

  • Mechanical testing with simultaneous exposure to heat fluxes and oxidizing/corrosive gases

  • In-situ testing under X-ray synchrotron: mechanical, thermal and mechanical, ablation torch stages

  • In-situ testing under E-SEM: mechanical, thermal, with reactive gases

  • High-pressure corrosion vessel

  • Arc image and laser high-flux testing stages

  • Gas-phase and liquid-phase infiltration reactors

Financial support programmes :

  • European funding: Horizon Europe projects

  • Regional fundings: Région Nouvelle-Aquitaine projects

  • National fundings : ANR ASTRID projects

Any other relevant information :

Joint unit of CNRS, University of Bordeaux, CEA and Safran Ceramics with 36+ years of existence.

Latest news

Next Deadline to apply to the JECS Trust is 31st May 2025

Please note that the decisions of the JECS Trust board will not be known before end of July 2025. Activities submitted for the deadline of 31st May 2025 for support from the JECS Trust should then not begin before August 2025.

Mar 13, 2025
12th March - International Day of Ceramics!

Dear Ceramic Community,

We are pleased to announce that March 12, 2025, marks the first-ever International Day of Ceramics!

Mar 12, 2025

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