Alain Nussbaumer
Mission
RECHERCHE: Responsable du domaine de recherche « fatigue et rupture des structures en acier ». Expert dans les domaines de la fatigue et rupture de structures en acier, aluminium et verre, sécurité et aptitude au service, ainsi que les éléments composés de plusieurs matériaux.
Habilité à diriger des thèses de doctorat depuis 2005.
ENSEIGNEMENT: Responsable du cours de base structures en métal, chap. choisis en structures métalliques, unité d'enseignement ENAC "habiter Mars". Enseignant aux cours conception des ponts, fatigue et mécanique de la rupture (école doctorale).
EXPERTISES: Travaux dans les domaines de l'évaluation, du contrôle et en tant qu'expert. Exemples : avion Solar Impulse, bateau de course Alinghi, plateformes Expo.02, viaduc de Millau, ponts de Kirchenfeld et de Kornhaus (Berne), 3ème traversée du Bosphore, réhabilitation Grande Dixence.
Travail en cours
- Fatigue multiaxiale de structures, S355 à S 690
- Effets du martelage mécanique à haute fréquence (HFMI)
- Simulations de trafic sur ponts routiers et indices de performance structurale
- Project Team SC3.T8 révision EN1993-1-9 Fatigue, et expert SC3.WG1 évolution de EN1993-1-1
Compétences
Structures métalliques
Verre structural
Fatigue et mécanique de la rupture
Evaluation de structures existantes
Rupture à faible nb de cycles
Publications
liste de publications
Nombre de notices chargées.
Infoscience
M. Pitton : Logement et préfabrication paramétrique ; 2016.
R. Pasquier; L. D'Angelo; J.-A. Goulet; C. Acevedo; A. Nussbaumer et al. : Measurement, Data Interpretation, and Uncertainty Propagation for Fatigue Assessments of Structures; Journal of Bridge Engineering. 2016. DOI : 10.1061/(ASCE)BE.1943-5592.0000861.
E. Gasparin; G. Santi; A. Nussbaumer : Eddy Current Crack Monitoring System for Structural Health Monitoring (SHM) Applications. 2015. 68th International Institute for Welding (IIW) Annual Assembly and International Conference, Helsinki, Finland, June 29-July 3, 2015.
S. Herion; T. Ummenhofer; M. Veselcic; F. Zamiri; A. Nussbaumer : New experimental determination of fatigue strength of tubular truss joints in steel grades up to S690. 2015. 15th International Symposium on Tubular Structures, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil, May, 27-29, 2015.
C. A. Pereira Baptista; L. Borges; S. Yadav; A. Nussbaumer : Fatigue behaviour and detailing of slotted tubular connection. 2015. 15th International Symposium on Tubular Structures, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil, May, 27-29, 2015.
F. Zamiri; J.-M. Drezet; A. Nussbaumer : Welding simulation of tubular K-joints in steel S690QH. 2015. 15th International Symposium on Tubular Structures, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil, May, 27-29, 2015.
L. D'Angelo / A. Nussbaumer (Dir.) : Probabilistic approach for fatigue evaluation of welded connections with application to road steel bridges. Lausanne, EPFL, 2015. DOI : 10.5075/epfl-thesis-6827.
M. Santarsiero / A. Nussbaumer; P. C. Louter (Dir.) : Laminated Connections for Structural Glass Applications. Lausanne, EPFL, 2015. DOI : 10.5075/epfl-thesis-6828.
E. Ghafoori; M. Motavalli; X.-L. Zhao; A. Nussbaumer; M. Fontana : Fatigue design criteria for strengthening metallic beams with bonded CFRP plates; Engineering Structures. 2015. DOI : 10.1016/j.engstruct.2015.07.048.
A. A. Sousa; A. Nussbaumer : The influence of weld geometry on plastic strain history in cyclic loading – a parametric study. 2015. The 2015 World Congress on Advances in Structural Engineering and Mechanics (ASEM15) & Advances in Aeronautics, Nano, Bio, Robotics, and Energy (ANBRE15), Incheon, South Korea, August 25-29, 2015. p. 132.
L. D'Angelo; A. Nussbaumer : Reliability based fatigue assessment of existing motorway bridge; Structural Safety. 2015. DOI : 10.1016/j.strusafe.2015.07.001.
L. D'Angelo; M. H. Faber; A. Nussbaumer : Calibration of partial safety factors for fatigue design of steel bridges. 2015. 12th International Conference on Applications of Statistics and Probability in Civil Engineering (ICASP12)., Vancouver, Canada, July 12-15, 2015.
C. Baptista; A. Nussbaumer : Traffic load generation for the fatigue assessment of the 3rd Bosphorus bridge. 2015.
M. Rocha; E. Bruehwiler; A. Nussbaumer : Microstructural influence on the scatter in the fatigue life of steel reinforcement bars; International Journal Of Fatigue. 2015. DOI : 10.1016/j.ijfatigue.2015.01.016.
M. Rocha; E. Bruehwiler; A. Nussbaumer : Fatigue behaviour prediction of steel reinforcement bars using an adapted Navarro and De Los Rios model; International Journal Of Fatigue. 2015. DOI : 10.1016/j.ijfatigue.2015.01.015.
E. Ghafoori; M. Motavalli; A. Nussbaumer; A. Herwig; G. S. Prinz et al. : Design criterion for fatigue strengthening of riveted beams in a 120-year-old railway metallic bridge using pre-stressed CFRP plates; Composites Part B. 2015. DOI : 10.1016/j.compositesb.2014.08.026.
E. Ghafoori; M. Motavalli; A. Nussbaumer; A. Herwig; G. Prinz et al. : Determination of minimum CFRP pre-stress levels for fatigue crack prevention in retrofitted metallic beams; Engineering Structures. 2015. DOI : 10.1016/j.engstruct.2014.11.017.
F.-J. Contat : Détermination du diagramme TRC pour un acier haute résistance, le S690QH ; 2014.
L. D'Angelo; M. Rocha; A. Nussbaumer; E. Brühwiler : S-N-P Fatigue Curves using Maximum Likelihood. 2014. 7th European Conference on Steel and Composite Structures, Napoli, September 10-12,2014. p. 705-706.
M. Rocha / E. Brühwiler; A. Nussbaumer (Dir.) : Fatigue Behaviour of Steel Reinforcement Bars at Very High Number of Cycles. Lausanne, EPFL, 2014. DOI : 10.5075/epfl-thesis-6382.
F. Zamiri; A. Nussbaumer : Welding Simulation and Fatigue Assess-ment of Tubular K-joints in Steel S690QH. 2014.
G. S. Prinz; A. Nussbaumer : Effect of radial base-plate welds on ULCF capacity of unanchored tank connections; Journal of Constructional Steel Research. 2014. DOI : 10.1016/j.jcsr.2014.08.004.
M. Jaidi; H. Lakshmanan : Projet ENAC : Shipbreaking : a status report on the Alang-Sosiya Yard ; 2014.
D. Spielmann : Projet de construction : Vérification de la performance sismique d'un bâtiment en acier ; 2014.
E. P. Ghera : Projet de construction : Vérification de la performance sismique dûn bâtiment en acier ; 2014.
S. Kannuna : Projet de laboratoire : Changement cyclique d'assemblages soudés ; 2014.
F. Zamiri Akhlaghi / A. Nussbaumer; J.-M. Drezet (Dir.) : Welding Simulation and Fatigue Assessment of Tubular K-Joints in High-Strength Steel. Lausanne, EPFL, 2014. DOI : 10.5075/epfl-thesis-6158.
N. Maddah; A. Nussbaumer : Analytical approach for improving damage equivalence factors; Engineering Structures. 2014. DOI : 10.1016/j.engstruct.2013.09.039.
E. Ghafoori; G. S. Prinz; A. Nussbaumer; M. Motavalli; A. Herwig et al. : Finite Element Analysis for Fatigue Damage Reduction in Metallic Riveted Bridges Using Pre-Stressed CFRP Plates; Polymers. 2014. DOI : 10.3390/polym6041096.
G. S. Prinz; A. Nussbaumer; L. Borges; S. Khadka : Experimental testing and simulation of bolted beam-column connections having thick extended endplates and multiple bolts per row; Engineering Structures. 2014. DOI : 10.1016/j.engstruct.2013.10.042.
H. Wakin : Vie et oeuvre d'un grand ingénieur ou architecte: Jean Prouvé ; 2013.
B. Y. Cho : Projet de construction : Etude de la structure soutenant l'ensemble de l'avion Clip-Air ; 2013.
N. Maddah; A. Nussbaumer : Fatigue life assessment of roadway bridges based on actual traffic loads. 2013.
G. Jarlborg : Etude d’un port flottant sur le Léman” ; 2013.
J. Caillet : Conception d’un port flottant sur le lac Léman ; 2013.
C. Chevalley : Development of an Adaptable Building made out of cold-formed elements ; 2013.
M. Garcia : Développement et optimisation d'une structure modulaire en acier formé à froid pour les pays pauvres et en voie de développement ; 2013.
D. Cordenier; M. Eddamanhoury : Projet de construction : Sécurité à l'incendie, analyse de risque et dimensionnement ; 2013.
L. Voirol; I. Sedili : Projet de construction : Ajout d'étages à un bâtiment existant ; 2013.
A. Frosio : Projet de laboratoire : Déterminer le spectre de contrainte sur un pont-route existant ; 2013.
S. Di Federico : Projet de laboratoire : Chargement cyclique (sismique) d'assemblages soudés ; 2013.
P.-Y. J. G. Adant; L. Frérot : Projet de construction : Vérification de la performance sismique d'un bâtiment en acier ; 2013.
C. Reckinger; A. Moraru : Projet de construction : Ajout d'étages sur bâtiment existant ; 2013.
P. Mezzano; L. D. Zeller : Projet BA : Tour WTC, New York ; 2013.
Y. P. Berthier; N. G. Miserez : Projet BA : Sears Tower, Chicago ; 2013.
C. Schichlick; M. Martino : Projet BA : Centre Pompidou, Paris ; 2013.
E. Vermot : Projet BA : Façades verre-acier ; 2013.
D. Stanek : Projet BA : Façades verre-acier ; 2013.
S. Burnand; M. Cokragan : Projet BA : Hotel ME, Barcelona ; 2013.
E. Rabenatoandro : Le container comme noyau de maison résistant aux catastrophes naturelles ; 2013.
F.-J. Contat : Pré-étude PDM : Simulations de soudage d'assemblages en acier S 690 ; 2013.
C. Acevedo; J.-M. Drezet; A. Nussbaumer : Simulation of welding stresses for fatigue design of welded tubular connections. 2013. 10th International Conference on Math. Modelling of Weld Phenomena, Seggau, Sept. 2012, Eds. C. Sommitsch and N. Enzinger, TU-Graz, 2013., Seggau, Graz, Austria., September 2012. p. 501-519.
S. Walbridge; V. Fischer; N. Maddah; A. Nussbaumer : Simultaneous Vehicle Crossing Effects on Fatigue Damage Equivalence Factors for North American Roadway Bridges; Journal of Bridge Engineering. 2013. DOI : 10.1061/(Asce)Be.1943-5592.0000482.
L. Borges; F. Zamiri Akhlaghi; C. Acevedo; A. Nussbaumer : Alternative stress definition and residual stress effects in fatigue design of welded tubular structures. 2013. 2. Darmstädter Ingenieurkongress: Bau und Umwelt, Darmstadt, Germany, March 12-13, 2013. p. 49-54.
A. Nussbaumer; P. Zurbrügg; S. Erkman; T. Besson : Building on planet Mars student project. 2013. Structure and Architecture - ICSA 2013, Guimaraes, Portugal, July 24-26, 2013. p. 1411-1418.
D. Gerber : Bâtiment - Tour Taoua ; 2013.
S. Hamou : Structures particulières: les grands-huit ; 2013.
S. C. Nuytten : Projet de construction : Durabilité de la protection anticorrosion par galvanisation des structures métalliques ; 2013.
A. M. Dumolein : Projet de construction : Halle de tennis ; 2013.
R. Torriani : Projet de construction : halle de tennis ; 2013.
G. Giovannini : Projet de construction : halle de tennis ; 2013.
A. Aubry : Projet de construction : Conception d'une halle de tennis ; 2013.
R. Burgener : Projet de construction :Conception d'une halle de tennis ; 2013.
L. D'Angelo; A. Nussbaumer; M.-A. Fénart; A.-G. Dumont : Fatigue Life Assessment of Existing Motorway Bridge. 2013. 5th International Conference on Structural Engineering, Mechanics and Computation, Cape Town, South Africa, September 2-5, 2013. p. 757-761.
E. Mayor : Évaluation et Renforcement du Pont Riveté de Münchenstein ; 2013.
E. Rabenatoandro : Préétude PDM: Le container comme noyau de maisons résistant aux catastrophes naturelles ; 2013.
G. S. Prinz; A. Nussbaumer : Seismic performance of unanchored liquid storage tank shell-to-base connections: Phase 3. 2013.
K. Rohr : Evaluation of Weld-induced Residual Stresses in S690 Steel ; 2013.
G. S. Prinz; E. Ghafoori; A. Nussbaumer; M. Motavall; A. Herwig et al. : Finite element modeling for fatigue strengthening of metallic riveted bridges using un-bonded pre-stressed CFRP plates. 2013. Second Conference on Smart Monitoring, Assessment and Rehabilitation of Civil Structures (SMAR), Istanbul, Turkey, September 9-11, 2013. p. 181.
G. S. Prinz; A. Nussbaumer : Ultra low-cycle fatigue modeling of welded joints under multi-axial strain conditions for better seismic design. 2013. 2. Darmstadter Ingenieurkongress: Bau und Umwelt, Darmstadt, Allemagne, March 12-13, 2013. p. 99-105.
N. Maddah / A. Nussbaumer; J.-P. Lebet (Dir.) : Fatigue Life Assessment of Roadway Bridges based on Actual Traffic Loads. Lausanne, EPFL, 2013. DOI : 10.5075/epfl-thesis-5575.
C. Acevedo; J.-M. Drezet; A. Nussbaumer : Numerical modelling and experimental investigation on welding residual stresses in large-scale tubular K-joints; Fatigue and Fracture of Engineering Materials and Structures. 2013. DOI : 10.1111/j.1460-2695.2012.01712.x.
V. Gavillet : Le futur stade de Lausanne ; 2012.
G. Massy : Conception d'une halle de sport ; 2012.
G. S. Prinz; A. Nussbaumer : Fatigue strengthening of metallic riveted bridges using un-bonded pre-stressed CFRP Plates. 2012.
C. Acevedo; A. Evans; A. Nussbaumer : Neutron diffraction investigations on residual stresses contributing to the fatigue crack growth in ferritic steel tubular bridges; International Journal of Pressure Vessels and Piping. 2012. DOI : 10.1016/j.ijpvp.2012.05.004.
N. Maddah; A. Nussbaumer : Evaluation of Eurocode damage equivalent factor based on traffic simulation. 2012. IABMAS 2012, Stresa, Lake Maggiore, July 8-12, 2012. p. 3456-3463.
A. Nussbaumer; H.-P. Günther : Stahlbaunormen - Kommentar zu DIN EN 1993-1-9 : Ermüdung; Stahlbaukalendar 2012, Eurocode 3 - Grundnorm, Brücken; Berlin: Ernst & Sohn, 2012. p. 255-351.
V. Fischer : Effect of simultaneous vehicle crossings on the North American fatigue correction factors ; 2012.
F. Zamiri Akhlaghi; A. Nussbaumer; C. Acevedo : Numerical investigation of welding residual stresses in planar bridge trusses made of CHS steel profiles. 2012. 14th International Symposium on Tubular Structures, London, UK, September 12-14, 2012. p. 219-225.
G. S. Prinz; A. Nussbaumer; S. Khadka : Experimental testing and simulation of bolted beam-column connections having thick extended endplates and multiple bolts per row. 2012.
L. Borges; S. P. Chiew; A. Nussbaumer; C. K. Lee : Advanced Numerical Modeling of Cracked Tubular K Joints: BEM and FEM Comparison; Journal Of Bridge Engineering. 2012. DOI : 10.1061/(ASCE)BE.1943-5592.0000274.
G. Cortes; G. S. Prinz; A. Nussbaumer; M. Koller : Cyclic demand at the shell-bottom connection of unanchored steel tanks. 2012. 15th World Conference on Earthquake Engineering, Lisbon, Portugal, September, 2012.
G. S. Prinz; A. Nussbaumer; G. Cortes : Fatigue analysis of unanchored steel liquid storage tank shell-to-base connections during earthquake induced uplift. 2012. 15the World Conference on Earthquake Engineering, Lisbon, Portugal, September, 2012.
G. S. Prinz; A. Nussbaumer : On fast transition between shelters and housing after natural disasters in developing regions. 2012. International Conference on Technologies for Sustainable Development, Lausanne, Switzerland, May 29-31, 2012.
G. S. Prinz; A. Nussbaumer : On the low-cycle fatigue capacity of unanchored steel liquid storage tank shell-to-base connections; Bulletin of Earthquake Engineering. 2012. DOI : 10.1007/s10518-012-9382-7.
C. Acevedo; J.-M. Drezet; J.-P. Lefebvre; L. D'Alvise; A. Nussbaumer : Residual stresses in as-welded joints: finite element modeling and neutron diffraction stress measurements; Key Engineering Materials. 2012. DOI : 10.4028/www.scientific.net/KEM.488-489.335.
G. S. Prinz; A. Nussbaumer : Seismic performance of unanchored liquid storage tank shell-to-base connections -- Phase 2. 2012.
C. Acevedo; A. Nussbaumer : Effect of tensile residual stresses on fatigue crack growth and S-N curves in tubular joints loaded in compression; International Journal of Fatigue. 2012. DOI : 10.1016/j.ijfatigue.2011.07.013.
G. S. Prinz; A. Nussbaumer : Fatigue analysis of liquid-storage tank shell-to-base connections under multi-axial loading; Engineering Structures. 2012. DOI : 10.1016/j.engstruct.2012.02.027.
J. Krummenacker : Simulation of the welding process of steel tube joints made of S355 and S690 ; 2011.
V. Gavillet : Conception d'une halle de Sport ; 2011.
A. Nussbaumer; L. Borges; L. Davaine : Fatigue Design of Steel and Composite Structures ; Berlin: Ernst & Sohn.
F. Zamiri Akhlaghi; C. Acevedo; A. Nussbaumer; J. Krummenacker : Investigation of technological size effects of welding on the residual stresses and fatigue life of tubular joints made of structural steels S355 and S690. 2011. Fatigue design 2011, Senlis, France, November 23-24, 2011.
C. Acevedo; A. Nussbaumer; J. M. Drezet : Evaluation of residual welding stresses and fatigue crack behavior in tubular K-joints in compression; Stahlbau. 2011. DOI : 10.1002/stab.201101456.
C. Acevedo; J.-M. Drezet; A. Nussbaumer : Numerical modeling and experimental investigation on welding residual stresses that influence the fatigue crack growth in tubular K-joints. 2011. 2nd International Conference of Engineering against Fracture (ICEAF II), Mykonos, Greece, June 22-24, 2011.
N. Maddah; A. Nussbaumer : Evaluation of damage equivalent factor for roadway bridges. 2011. 35th International Symposium of IABSE, London, UK, September 20-23, 2011. p. 325.
C. Acevedo / A. Nussbaumer; J.-M. Drezet (Dir.) : Influence of Residual Stresses on Fatigue Response of Welded Tubular K-Joints. Lausanne, EPFL, 2011. DOI : 10.5075/epfl-thesis-5056.
G. Cortes; A. Nussbaumer : Seismic Behavior of Shell-Base Connections in Large Storage Tanks. 2011. 8th International Conference on Structural Dynamics (EURODYN 2011), Leuven, Belgium, July 4-6, 2011. p. 215-218.
G. Cortes; A. Nussbaumer : Experimental Study on the Seismic Behavior of Shell-Base Connections in Large Storage Tanks. 2011. III ECCOMAS Thematic Conference on Computational Methods and Earthquake Engineering, Corfu, Greece, May 26-28, 2011.
