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Thomas Pardoen

Catholic University of Louvain (UCL) - Institute of Mechanics, Materials and Civil Engineering

SCHOLARLY PAPERS

12

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603

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4

Scholarly Papers (12)

1.

Towards the Best Strength, Ductility, and Toughness Compromise: High Entropy Alloys are Excellent, Stainless Steels are Exceptional

Number of pages: 19 Posted: 05 Jul 2023
Antoine Hilhorst, Pascal Jacques and Thomas Pardoen
Catholic University of Louvain (UCL) - Institute of Mechanics, Materials and Civil Engineering, Catholic University of Louvain (UCL) - Institute of Mechanics, Materials and Civil Engineering and Catholic University of Louvain (UCL) - Institute of Mechanics, Materials and Civil Engineering
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high entropy alloys, Fracture toughness, Essential work of fracture, Low temperature properties

2.

Alternating Ductile and Brittle Cracking Mode in Medium Manganese Steel Sheets

Number of pages: 13 Posted: 12 Jun 2024
Catholic University of Louvain (UCL) - Institute of Mechanics, Materials and Civil Engineering, ArcelorMittal Global R&D, Catholic University of Louvain (UCL) - Institute of Mechanics, Materials and Civil Engineering and Catholic University of Louvain (UCL) - Institute of Mechanics, Materials and Civil Engineering
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austenitic steels, ultrafine grained microstructure, brittle-to-ductile transition, Fracture, Arcan test

3.

Numerical Analysis of Kinetic Monte Carlo Algorithms for Shear Transformation Zone Plasticity in One Dimension

Number of pages: 26 Posted: 22 Dec 2025
affiliation not provided to SSRN, affiliation not provided to SSRN and Catholic University of Louvain (UCL) - Institute of Mechanics, Materials and Civil Engineering
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Kinetic Monte Carlo, Metallic glasses, Amorphous plasticity, Transition state theory

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On-Chip Very Low Strain Rate Rheology of Amorphous Olivine Films

Number of pages: 42 Posted: 01 Aug 2023
Catholic University of Louvain (UCL), Université de Lyon - CNRS, UMR 5307 LGF, Centre SMS, University of Antwerp, Ruhr University of Bochum, Catholic University of Louvain (UCL), Catholic University of Louvain (UCL) - Institute of Mechanics, Materials and Civil Engineering, Université de Lille and Catholic University of Louvain (UCL)
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rheology, amorphous olivine, nanomechanical testing, relaxation, Thin film

5.

Helium Nano-Bubbles in Copper Thin Films Slows Down Creep Under Ion Irradiation

Number of pages: 22 Posted: 16 Sep 2024
University of Paris-Saclay, Catholic University of Louvain (UCL), Catholic University of Louvain (UCL), Monash University, Catholic University of Louvain (UCL) - Institute of Mechanics, Materials and Civil Engineering and University of Paris-Saclay
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Creep, Irradiation, copper, helium bubbles, small-scale testing

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Room Temperature Electron Beam Sensitive Viscoplastic Response of Ultra-Ductile Amorphous Olivine Films

Number of pages: 32 Posted: 27 Mar 2024
University of Antwerp, University of Antwerp, Université de Lyon, NanoMegas SPRL, Université de Lyon - CNRS, UMR 5307 LGF, Centre SMS, Ruhr University of Bochum, Catholic University of Louvain (UCL), University of Antwerp, Catholic University of Louvain (UCL), Catholic University of Louvain (UCL) - Institute of Mechanics, Materials and Civil Engineering, University of Antwerp, University of Montpellier, Université de Lille and Catholic University of Louvain (UCL)
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transmission electron microscopy, amorphous olivine, nanomechanical testing, electron irradiation

7.

Fatigue Testing of Curved Rods

Number of pages: 23 Posted: 20 Mar 2024
affiliation not provided to SSRN, UCLouvain, Catholic University of Louvain (UCL) - Institute of Mechanics, Materials and Civil Engineering and Catholic University of Louvain (UCL) - Institute of Mechanics, Materials and Civil Engineering
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fatigue test, curved rod, biomechanics, titanium alloys

8.

Band Gap Reduction in Highly-Strained Silicon Beams Predicted by First-Principles Theory and Validated Using Photoluminescence Spectroscopy

Number of pages: 9 Posted: 17 Jun 2023
affiliation not provided to SSRN, affiliation not provided to SSRN, affiliation not provided to SSRN, Catholic University of Louvain (UCL) - Institute of Mechanics, Materials and Civil Engineering, Université Catholique de Louvain and Catholic University of Louvain (UCL)
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silicon, strain, deformation, Photoluminescence, first-principles, band gap

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Inhibition Effect of Lithium Salts on the Corrosion of Aa1100 Aluminium Alloy in Ordinary Portland Cement Pastes

Number of pages: 26 Posted: 13 Mar 2023
affiliation not provided to SSRN, affiliation not provided to SSRN, Catholic University of Louvain (UCL) - Institute of Mechanics, Materials and Civil Engineering, Ghent University, affiliation not provided to SSRN and affiliation not provided to SSRN
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Aluminium, Lithium salts, corrosion inhibition, Ordinary Portland cement, Interface

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Application of Mini-Flat and Cylindrical Test Specimens to Extract Hardening Law and Ductility of Neutron Irradiated Eurofer97

Number of pages: 20 Posted: 05 Feb 2025
affiliation not provided to SSRN, Nuclear Materials Science Institute, Belgium Nuclear Research Center, affiliation not provided to SSRN, affiliation not provided to SSRN, Ghent University and Catholic University of Louvain (UCL) - Institute of Mechanics, Materials and Civil Engineering
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ductile fracture, Gurson model, neutron irradiation, EUROFER97, geometry effect, SSTT

11.

Non-local Effects in the Curing Process of Fibre-Reinforced Polymers

Number of pages: 37 Posted: 26 May 2026
Universidade do Porto, affiliation not provided to SSRN, affiliation not provided to SSRN, affiliation not provided to SSRN, Catholic University of Louvain (UCL) - Institute of Mechanics, Materials and Civil Engineering and Universidade do Porto
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Novel Nanoscale Digital Image Correlation Method Allows Strain Mapping at Fibre/Matrix Level in Polymer–Based Composites

9TH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON FRACTURE OF POLYMERS, COMPOSITES & ADHESIVES:P.06
Posted: 28 Mar 2024
Catholic University of Louvain (UCL), Catholic University of Louvain (UCL), Catholic University of Louvain (UCL), Catholic University of Louvain (UCL) and Catholic University of Louvain (UCL) - Institute of Mechanics, Materials and Civil Engineering

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