Dr. Franck Tancret

Research Associate

Department of Materials Science and Metallurgy

University of Cambridge




Professional experience

Education

List of publications

Languages / Computing

Hobbies / Links


Department of Materials Science and Metallurgy
University of Cambridge
Pembroke Street
Cambridge CB2 3QZ
United Kingdom

e-mail : ft207@cam.ac.uk
tel : +44 (0) 1223 334336
fax : +44 (0) 1223 334567

Nationality : French
DOB : 1st July 1970 in Dieppe, Normandy, France

Professional experience


Jan. 1998... :
1994-1997 :
1993-1994 :
Apr.-Sept. 1993 :
1990-1993 :
Apr.-Jun. 1990 :

Education


1997 : PhD in Materials Science. University of Caen, France. Supervisors : Dr. Frédéric Osterstock and Pr. Gilbert Desgardin.

1993 : Master (1st/24), University of Caen, France, and Diploma of Engineer in Materials (2nd/140), ENSI Caen / ISMRA

1990 : University Technology Diploma (3rd/76). IUT / University of Rouen, France.

1988 : "Baccalauréat" (~ A-level) in Mathematics and Physics. Lycée Michel Anguier, Eu, France.

Publications


Thermomechanical behaviour of brittle materials

  • F. Tancret, G. Desgardin & F. Osterstock, "Influence of porosity on the mechanical properties of cold isostatically pressed and sintered YBa2Cu3O7-x superconductors", Philosophical Magazine A, 75(2) (1997) 505-523.

  • F. Tancret & F. Osterstock, "The Vickers indentation technique used to evaluate thermal shock resistance of brittle materials", Scripta Materialia, 37(4) (1997) 443-447.

  • F. Tancret, I. Monot & F. Osterstock, "Composite effects for increased toughness and thermal shock resistance of sintered YBaCuO superconductors", Annales de Chimie, Sciences des Matériaux, 23 (1998) 225-228.

  • F. Osterstock, F. Tancret, O. Vansse & U. Kutschera, "Quantification of quenching stresses and heat transfer", Annales de Chimie, Sciences des Matériaux, 23 (1998) 143-146.

  • F. Tancret, I. Monot & F. Osterstock, "Toughness and thermal shock resistance of melt-textured YBaCuO ceramic superconductors", Key Engineering Materials, 132-136 (1997) 611-614.

  • F. Tancret, J.-M. Haussonne, I. Monot, O. Vansse & F. Osterstock, "Study and modelling of the thermo-mechanical behaviour of melt-textured YBaCuO composites containing Ag and/or '211' particles", Journal of the European Ceramic Society, 19(6-7) (1999) 1519-1523.

  • F.Tancret, "Comment on `Mechanical properties in the initial stage of sintering'", to appear in Journal of Materials Science Letters.

  • F. Tancret, "Influence of a rising R-curve on the formation of Vickers indentation Palmqvist cracks in YBa2Cu3O7-x / Ag cermets", to appear in Scripta Materialia.

  • F. Tancret, I. Monot & F. Osterstock, "Toughness and thermal shock resistance of YBa2Cu3O7-x composite superconductors containing Y2BaCuO5 or Ag particles", to appear in Materials Science and Engineering A.

    Physical properties of superconductors

  • F. Tancret, I. Monot, P. Laffez, G. Van Tendeloo & G. Desgardin, "Preparation and characterisation of melt-textured NdBa2Cu3O7-d bulk superconducting ceramics", The European Physical Journal, Applied Physics, 1(2) (1998) 185-190. (Online).

  • I. Monot, F. Tancret, P. Laffez, G. Van Tendeloo & G. Desgardin, "Microstructure and properties of oxygen controlled melt textured NdBaCuO superconductive ceramics", Materials Science and Engineering, B65 (1999) 26-34.

  • I. Monot-Laffez, F. Tancret, E.Guilmeau, G. Desgardin & B. Raveau, "Melt processing and characterization of bulk NdBaCuO", Superconductor Science and Technology, 13(6) (2000) 655-659. (Online).

    Modelling and design of Ni-base superalloys

  • F. Tancret, H.K.D.H. Bhadeshia & D.J.C. MacKay, "Comparison of artificial neural networks with Gaussian processes to model the yield strength of nickel-base superalloys", ISIJ International, 39(10) (1999) 1020-1026. (Abstract).

  • F. Tancret, H.K.D.H. Bhadeshia & D.J.C. MacKay, "Design of creep-resistant nickel-base superalloys for power-plant applications", Key Engineering Materials, 171-174 (2000) 529-536. (Online).

  • F. Tancret, "Quantitative modelling tools for the design of Ni-base superalloys", Processing for China (2000) Sterling Publications, London, pp. 56-58. (Online).

    Languages


    French, mother tongue
    English, fluent
    Spanish, notions

    Computing


    Main office softwares on PC and MacIntosh.

    Basic notions of C and Pascal programming.

    Object-Oriented Finite Element Modelling of Materials (    OOF).

    Neural Networks and Gaussian Processes modelling (UNIX environment).
    Models available online (MAP):
    Prediction of Ac1 and Ac3 during the continuous heating of steels.
    Prediction of the yield stress of nickel-based superalloys.
    Prediction of the creep rupture stress of nickel-based superalloys.

    Thermo-Calc and MTDATA thermodynamical simulation softwares.

    Hobbies


    Athletics (middle distances and cross-country) with     Cambridge University Athletic Club

    Rowing (in Cambridge with Darwin College Boat Club). Look at this!

    And... Punting!

    Links


    Universities, Laboratories, and Research Centres

  • Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)
  • Université de Caen
  • Institut des Sciences de la Matiere et du RAyonnement (ISMRA)
  • Ecole Polytechnique de l'Université de Nantes
  • Laboratoire Génie des Matériaux
  • Ecole Nationale Supérieure de Chimie de Lille
  • Laboratoire de Cristallochimie et Physicochimie du Solide

    Materials Modelling

  • Materials Algorithms Project (MAP)

    French PhD Students Associations

  • Association Bernard Grégory (ABG)
  • Guilde des Doctorants

    Sports

  • Fédération Internationale des Sociétés d'Aviron (FISA)
  • International Amateur Athletic Federation (IAAF)
  • Logiciel Course à Pied

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