Publications

@article{ZHANG2023130107,

title = {Interlayer adsorption of cationic dye on cationic surfactant-modified and unmodified montmorillonite},

author = {Li-Lan Zhang and Ali Zaoui and Wassila Sekkal and Yuan-Yuan Zheng},

url = {https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S030438942201901X},

doi = {https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhazmat.2022.130107},

issn = {0304-3894},

year  = {2023},

date = {2023-01-01},

urldate = {2023-01-01},

journal = {Journal of Hazardous Materials},

volume = {442},

pages = {130107},

abstract = {Water pollution by toxic organic dyes is one of the most critical health and environmental problems worldwide. By means of molecular dynamics method, the present work aims to evaluate the applicability of montmorillonite (Mt) modified by hexadecyltrimethylammonium cations (HDTMA+) compared to unmodified Na-Mt for the adsorption of cationic methylene blue (MB) dye. The results showed that the adsorption energy of MB on both HDTMA-Mt and Na-Mt absorbent ranged from − 100 to − 250 kJ/mol, indicating the effectiveness of two types of adsorbents in dye water treatment. The highest adsorption energy was found at w = 50% in each adsorbent system. Adsorption mechanisms of MB depend on molecular orientations, which is influenced by the surfactant and water content. The adsorption mechanism of MB is chemisorption dominated by strong electrostatic interaction between CH3 groups of MB and oxygen atoms of Mt surfaces. Besides, physisorption also plays a minor role in MB orientations. It is found that the existence of cationic surfactants can slightly improve the adsorption capacity of MB only at higher water content through enlarging the interlayer space of Mt and reducing mobility of MB. However, there will be a negative impact on the reduction of adsorption sites for dyes especially at low water content. Our results provide a possible application for swelling clay minerals being a promising adsorbent for dyes-surfactants co-existing wastewater treatment.},

note = {ACL},

keywords = {ER1},

pubstate = {published},

tppubtype = {article}

}

@article{saadedine:hal-03922842,

title = {A micromechanical model for the swelling effect on visco-super-elastic and damage self-healing behaviors of hydrogels reinforced by nanoparticles},

author = {Mahrez Saadedine and Fahmi Zaïri and Nourdine Ouali and Abderrahman Tamoud and Ning Ding and Amar Mesbah},

url = {https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-03922842},

doi = {10.1016/j.mechmat.2022.104511},

year  = {2023},

date = {2023-01-01},

urldate = {2023-01-01},

journal = {Mechanics of Materials},

volume = {176},

pages = {104511},

publisher = {Elsevier},

note = {ACL},

keywords = {ER1},

pubstate = {published},

tppubtype = {article}

}

@article{dziri:hal-03951065,

title = {Martens hardness of Constantan thin films on (100) Si wafer: Improvement in contact area function in nanoindentation},

author = {Ayyoub Dziri and Alex Montagne and Francine Roudet and Katir Ziouche and Didier Chicot},

url = {https://hal.science/hal-03951065},

doi = {10.1016/j.tsf.2023.139712},

year  = {2023},

date = {2023-01-01},

urldate = {2023-01-01},

journal = {Thin Solid Films},

pages = {139712},

publisher = {Elsevier},

note = {ACL},

keywords = {ER1},

pubstate = {published},

tppubtype = {article}

}

@article{taleb:hal-03962200,

title = {Multi-scale mechanical characterization of the interface in 3D printed concrete},

author = {Maria Taleb and David Bulteel and Damien Betrancourt and Francine Roudet and Sébastien Rémond and A. Montagne and Didier Chicot},

url = {https://hal.science/hal-03962200},

doi = {10.1617/s11527-023-02114-y},

year  = {2023},

date = {2023-02-01},

urldate = {2023-02-01},

journal = {Materials and structures},

volume = {56},

number = {1},

pages = {24},

publisher = {Springer Verlag},

note = {ACL},

keywords = {ER1},

pubstate = {published},

tppubtype = {article}

}

@article{xu:hal-03772685,

title = {Leakage failure of a stainless steel spiral plate condenser},

author = {Na Xu and Ning Ding and Fahmi Zaïri and Long Liu and Weimin Guo and Xiaofeng Wu and Hong Ma and Huixia Xu and Chi-Man Lawrence Wu},

url = {https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-03772685},

doi = {10.1016/j.engfailanal.2021.105921},

year  = {2022},

date = {2022-02-01},

urldate = {2022-02-01},

journal = {Engineering Failure Analysis},

volume = {132},

pages = {105921},

publisher = {Elsevier},

note = {ACL},

keywords = {ER1},

pubstate = {published},

tppubtype = {article}

}

@article{guo:hal-03772869,

title = {Microstructure evolution of a multi-track AlCoCrFeNi high entropy alloy coating fabricated by laser cladding},

author = {Weimin Guo and Ning Ding and Guoqiang Liu and Cainian Jing and Huixia Xu and Long Liu and Na Xu and Xiaofeng Wu and Jianqun He and Fahmi Zaïri},

url = {https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-03772869},

doi = {10.1016/j.matchar.2021.111660},

year  = {2022},

date = {2022-02-01},

urldate = {2022-02-01},

journal = {Materials Characterization},

volume = {184},

pages = {111660},

publisher = {Elsevier},

note = {ACL},

keywords = {ER1},

pubstate = {published},

tppubtype = {article}

}

@article{bouali:hal-03788221,

title = {Instrumented indentation based methods to assess fracture toughness (KIC) of self-compacting concrete: Influence of water to binder (w/b) ratio and type of concrete},

author = {A. Bouali and S. Grairia and D. Nettour and Y. Chrait and N. Arabi and A. Montagne and A. Iost and Didier Chicot},

url = {https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-03788221},

doi = {10.1016/j.engfracmech.2022.108796},

year  = {2022},

date = {2022-09-01},

urldate = {2022-09-01},

journal = {Engineering Fracture Mechanics},

pages = {108796},

publisher = {Elsevier},

note = {ACL},

keywords = {ER1},

pubstate = {published},

tppubtype = {article}

}

@article{lu:hal-03760562,

title = {Vickers hardness of NiW coating as a potential replacement for Cr-VI: A methodology to consider size effect and tip defect in classical microindentation},

author = {Siyang Lu and Francine Roudet and A. Montagne and T. Coorevits and G. Guilbert and A. Mouftiez and Damien Betrancourt and Didier Chicot},

url = {https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-03760562},

doi = {10.1016/j.surfcoat.2022.128812},

year  = {2022},

date = {2022-08-01},

urldate = {2022-08-01},

journal = {Surface and Coatings Technology},

pages = {128812},

publisher = {Elsevier},

note = {ACL},

keywords = {ER1},

pubstate = {published},

tppubtype = {article}

}

@article{YAN2022104238,

title = {A multi-scale plastic-damage model for strain-induced morphological anisotropy in semi-crystalline polyethylene},

author = {Zhu Yan and Qiang Guo and Fahmi Zaïri and Ali Zaoui},

url = {https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0020746222002086},

doi = {https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijnonlinmec.2022.104238},

issn = {0020-7462},

year  = {2022},

date = {2022-01-01},

urldate = {2022-01-01},

journal = {International Journal of Non-Linear Mechanics},

volume = {147},

pages = {104238},

abstract = {In this article, we present a multi-scale plastic-damage model for strain-induced morphological anisotropy in semi-crystalline polyethylene formulated within a continuum-based micromechanical framework. The crystallographic shear in the crystalline lamellae and the molecular alignment/relaxation of the amorphous phase are two underlying inelastic processes integrated in the constitutive representation. The cavitation damage accumulation related to the progressive nucleation and anisotropic growth of nano-sized cavities in the amorphous phase is also integrated and treated separately for the elastic–viscoplastic intermolecular interactions and for the viscohyperelastic network interactions. The mechanical coupling between the deformation modes in the amorphous and crystalline domains is obtained by considering the crystalline–amorphous interfacial interaction in the micro-macro homogenization procedure. We compare the model output to tensile experimental observations from the literature of high-density polyethylene, in terms of stress–strain response and inelastic volumetric strain, during stretching and stretching-retraction-recovery sequences upon large-strain plastic deformation at different strain rates and temperatures. We analyze the effect of strain-induced morphological anisotropy on the internal cavitation damage distributions by means of pole figures. The key role of the cavitation damage on the macroscopic and internal responses is studied.},

note = {ACL},

keywords = {ER1},

pubstate = {published},

tppubtype = {article}

}

@article{ZHU2022106896,

title = {Wettability and work of adhesion of water nanodroplet on (001) surface of cement paste},

author = {Xiao-Dong Zhu and Ali Zaoui and Wassila Sekkal},

url = {https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0008884622001880},

doi = {https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cemconres.2022.106896},

issn = {0008-8846},

year  = {2022},

date = {2022-01-01},

urldate = {2022-01-01},

journal = {Cement and Concrete Research},

volume = {159},

pages = {106896},

abstract = {The present work is devoted to a deep analysis of the hydrated surface properties of Calcium-Silicate-Hydrate (CSH) by means of molecular dynamics simulations and reactive force fields (REAXFF). The radial distribution function shows that the relative coordinates among atoms inside films structure is the same as the bulk one. Moreover, the (001) surface free energy of CSH is found in the range of 698 erg/cm2to 740 erg/cm2. The smallest and biggest averaged contact angle between equilibrated water nanodroplet and CSH surface is 23.62° and 29.29°, respectively, which reveals the hydrophilic behavior of the (001) surface. The work of adhesion between water-nanodroplet and CSH surface is 136.47 × 10−3 J/m2. The spreading area of nanodroplet onto CSH surface is a defect circle and the distance between most of relaxed water molecules and CSH surface is within 3.2 Å.},

note = {ACL},

keywords = {ER1},

pubstate = {published},

tppubtype = {article}

}

@article{YAN20226,

title = {Uniaxial stretching and shape memory behavior of branched amorphous polyethylene},

author = {Zhu Yan and Ali Zaoui and Fahmi Zaïri},

url = {https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0577907322001927},

doi = {https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cjph.2022.07.012},

issn = {0577-9073},

year  = {2022},

date = {2022-01-01},

urldate = {2022-01-01},

journal = {Chinese Journal of Physics},

volume = {79},

pages = {6-12},

abstract = {The current work investigates the effects of branching and temperature on the mechanical properties and shape memory properties of branched polyethylene. The results show that the mechanical properties of low density polyethylene are strongly influenced by the length, number and temperature of the branched chains. The lower the temperature, the lower the modulus of elasticity. When the length is longer and the number is smaller, the stress in the hardening phase is higher. For shape memory properties, we found that the fewer and shorter the branched chains, the better the shape memory properties, and the shape memory behavior can promote the repolymerization and crystallization of the structure, which will cause the enhancement of stress hardening.},

note = {ACL},

keywords = {ER1},

pubstate = {published},

tppubtype = {article}

}

@article{WEI2022106622,

title = {Effect of water content and structural anisotropy on tensile mechanical properties of montmorillonite using molecular dynamics},

author = {Pengchang Wei and Yuan-Yuan Zheng and Yong Xiong and Shengbiao Zhou and Kamal Al-Zaoari and Ali Zaoui},

url = {https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0169131722002174},

doi = {https://doi.org/10.1016/j.clay.2022.106622},

issn = {0169-1317},

year  = {2022},

date = {2022-01-01},

urldate = {2022-01-01},

journal = {Applied Clay Science},

volume = {228},

pages = {106622},

abstract = {The mechanical behavior of montmorillonite is sensitive to water content and structural anisotropy. In this study, the evolution of atomic structure and mechanical behavior of different hydrated montmorillonite under tension has been investigated using Molecular Dynamics simulations. External deformation has been applied to montmorillonite with a strain rate of 5 × 10−7 fs−1 for uniaxial tensile test, stretched along directions parallel (x- and y-direction) and perpendicular (z-direction) to the clay sheets. The bond-breakage criterion based on the radial distribution function of atom pairs and the evolution of broken bonds with tensile strain, were applied to explore the deformation and failure mechanism of the montmorillonite-water system. Simulation results indicated that the water content increased, causing a decrease in the ultimate tensile strength and Young's modulus, as well as more and more plasticity for montmorillonite, especially in z-direction. Moreover, the sequence of tensile mechanical strength was y > x > z. Stretching along the x- and y-direction, fractures occurred in the silicon‑oxygen tetrahedral and aluminum‑oxygen octahedral sheets, where the aluminum‑oxygen bond was easier to be broken, and the normalized number of total broken bonds in the y-direction was superior to the x-direction. Stretching along the z-direction, only the hydrogen bonds in the interlaminar space were broken. In terms of three directions, the anisotropy behavior was found in ultimate tensile strength, Young's modulus, residual tensile strength, and the evolution of broken bonds.},

note = {ACL},

keywords = {ER1},

pubstate = {published},

tppubtype = {article}

}

@article{WEI2022118945,

title = {Temperature and pressure effect on tensile behavior of ice-Ih under low strain rate: A molecular dynamics study},

author = {Pengchang Wei and Daoyang Zhuang and Yuan-Yuan Zheng and Ali Zaoui and Wei Ma},

url = {https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0167732222004834},

doi = {https://doi.org/10.1016/j.molliq.2022.118945},

issn = {0167-7322},

year  = {2022},

date = {2022-01-01},

urldate = {2022-01-01},

journal = {Journal of Molecular Liquids},

volume = {355},

pages = {118945},

abstract = {The mechanical behavior of ice is complex, especially with the effect of temperature and pressure, which may significantly affect the safety in various engineering, where slow deformation of ice may bring more hidden, sudden, and severe damage. The mechanical behavior of ice-Ih under a low strain rate with the effect of temperature and confining pressure is still unclear, especially at the nanoscale. In this work, the tensile behavior of ice-Ih is investigated using Molecular Dynamics simulation method. The tensile test of ice-Ih was all performed along the y-direction ([010] crystal orientation) with a constant strain rate of 1 × 108 s−1. The effect of temperature (73 to 270 K with 1 atm), as well as the confining pressure (1 atm to 200 MPa, combined with 100 K, 150 K, 200 K, and 250 K) on the tensile behavior of ice-Ih, was studied, respectively. The tensile stress–strain response under different temperatures was obtained, and the linear relationship of temperature and Young’s modulus was consistent with other previous studies. The tensile strength of ice-Ih decreased linearly with increasing temperature under low strain rate, which is quite different from the cases under high strain rate. The solid-solid phase transition was observed at 73 ∼ 140 K, and the solid-liquid phase transition at 150 ∼ 270 K, where more energy is required in completely solid-liquid phase transition at 250 ∼ 270 K than solid-solid phase transition at 73 ∼ 140 K. The evolution of total potential energy increment and structural failure with strain significantly depended on the phase transition of ice-Ih. Moreover, the ice-Ih is earlier and more likely to be melted at higher confining pressure.},

note = {ACL},

keywords = {ER1},

pubstate = {published},

tppubtype = {article}

}

@article{BENDEDDOUCHE2022105325,

title = {Unusual crystal phases of noble metals Ir, Os, and hardness of Ir-Os systems from high throughput density functional calculations},

author = {A. Bendeddouche and A. Menad and Ali Zaoui and M. Ferhat},

url = {https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2211379722001085},

doi = {https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rinp.2022.105325},

issn = {2211-3797},

year  = {2022},

date = {2022-01-01},

urldate = {2022-01-01},

journal = {Results in Physics},

volume = {34},

pages = {105325},

abstract = {The platinum-group elements (PGMs) owing their high chemical stability, and unique properties, have recently attracted great research interest in various promising applications. Herein using state-of-the-art first-principles evolutionary algorithms, we explore the thermodynamic and mechanical properties of Ir, Os, and their alloys. Hitherto unknown polytype-phases of Ir (6H, 4H, 2H) and Os (6H, 4H) have been predicted, two of these (4H-Ir, and 4H-Os) were recently observed experimentally. Os and, to more extent, Ir polytypes divulge weak thermodynamic instabilities. Phonon dispersion and elastic constants calculations were carried out to demonstrate the dynamical and mechanical stabilities of these phases. For the Ir-Os alloys, four ordered structures (Pm-3 m (IrOs3, Ir3Os), P-6 m2 (IrOs), P-3 m1 (IrOs2)) have been predicted, which are found mechanically and dynamically stables and manifest insignificantly thermodynamic instabilities. Furthermore, our obtained results show that Ir-Os systems evince outstanding mechanical properties, IrOs3 has high bulk modulus (∼421GPa), large shear modulus (∼266GPa), and Young’s modulus (659 GPa); whereas IrOs2 possesses a remarkable large elastic constants C11 (779GPa) and C33 (814GPa). The anisotropic calculations show that IrOs3 exhibits that greatest anisotropy in the universal elastic anisotropy index AU, shear modulus (AG) and Young’s modulus (AE); while IrOs2 has the smallest elastic anisotropy. Moreover, IrOs3 reveals distinguished hardness of 27.6GPa, which is 3% weaker than 2H-Os (28.6GPa), and is so far one of the hardest materials among the PGMs binary alloys.},

note = {ACL},

keywords = {ER1},

pubstate = {published},

tppubtype = {article}

}

@article{alhajjchehade:hal-03929838,

title = {Reliability analysis for internal seismic stability of geosynthetic-reinforced soil walls},

author = {Hicham Alhajj Chehade and Xiangfeng Guo and Daniel Dias and Marwan Sadek and Orianne Jenck and Fadi Hage Chehade},

url = {https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-03929838},

doi = {10.1680/jgein.22.00250},

year  = {2022},

date = {2022-05-01},

urldate = {2022-05-01},

journal = {Geosynthetics International},

pages = {1-19},

publisher = {Thomas Telford},

note = {ACL},

keywords = {ER1},

pubstate = {published},

tppubtype = {article}

}

@article{alhajjchehade:hal-03929847,

title = {Seismic internal stability of saturated reinforced soil retaining walls using the upper bound theorem of limit analysis},

author = {Hicham Alhajj Chehade and Daniel Dias and Marwan Sadek and Orianne Jenck and Fadi Hage Chehade},

url = {https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-03929847},

doi = {10.1016/j.soildyn.2022.107180},

year  = {2022},

date = {2022-04-01},

urldate = {2022-04-01},

journal = {Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering},

volume = {155},

pages = {107180},

publisher = {Elsevier},

note = {ACL},

keywords = {ER1},

pubstate = {published},

tppubtype = {article}

}

@article{mekdash:hal-03929852,

title = {Reinforcement of Concrete Shoring Systems by Prestressing},

author = {Hani Mekdash and Lina Jaber and Yehya Temsah and Marwan Sadek},

url = {https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-03929852},

doi = {10.1155/2022/2383781},

year  = {2022},

date = {2022-09-01},

urldate = {2022-09-01},

journal = {Advances in Civil Engineering},

volume = {2022},

pages = {1-10},

publisher = {Hindawi Publishing Corporation},

note = {ACL},

keywords = {ER1},

pubstate = {published},

tppubtype = {article}

}

@article{krim:hal-03929970,

title = {A laboratory study of shear strength of partially saturated sandy soil},

author = {Abdallah Krim and Abdelkader Brahimi and Ahmed Arab and Djamel Eddine Bouri and Marwan Sadek},

url = {https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-03929970},

doi = {10.1080/17486025.2020.1864034},

year  = {2022},

date = {2022-05-01},

urldate = {2022-05-01},

journal = {Geomechanics and Geoengineering},

volume = {17},

number = {3},

pages = {741-750},

publisher = {Taylor & Francis: STM, Behavioural Science and Public Health Titles},

note = {ACL},

keywords = {ER1},

pubstate = {published},

tppubtype = {article}

}

@article{drumond:hal-03577544,

title = {Fatigue Life Prediction of Steel Pipelines Based on X-ray Diffraction Analyses},

author = {Geovana Drumond and Bianca Pinheiro and Ilson Pasqualino and Francine Roudet and Didier Chicot},

url = {https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-03577544},

doi = {10.1007/s11665-021-06230-0},

year  = {2022},

date = {2022-01-01},

urldate = {2022-01-01},

journal = {Journal of Materials Engineering and Performance},

volume = {31},

number = {1},

pages = {801-813},

publisher = {Springer Verlag/ASM International},

note = {ACL},

keywords = {ER1},

pubstate = {published},

tppubtype = {article}

}

@article{benamirouche:hal-03577548,

title = {Multiscale study of cold-rolling deformation on mechanical and corrosion behaviors of AA2024-T4 aluminum alloy},

author = {Sofia Benamirouche and Abderrezak Abdi and Larbi Hemmouche and Alberto Mejias and Mohamed El Amine Belouchrani and Didier Chicot and Abdelwaheb Amrouche and Mohamed Trari},

url = {https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-03577548},

doi = {10.1016/j.jics.2021.100307},

year  = {2022},

date = {2022-01-01},

urldate = {2022-01-01},

journal = {Journal of the Indian Chemical Society},

volume = {99},

number = {1},

pages = {100307},

publisher = {Elsevier},

note = {ACL},

keywords = {ER1},

pubstate = {published},

tppubtype = {article}

}