HAPI Progress

Timeline of Key Events

Timeline of Key Events

2025
September 25
Common HAPI – MESSIAH seminar, Paris
January 28
General progress meeting ERC HAPI – Louvain-la-Neuve
2024
November 8
MEALOR Days – École des Ponts ParisTech

Thomas Pardoen delivers a keynote speech on “Thickness effects in ductile crack growth”.

August 30
ECF24 Conference – Zagreb, Croatia

Negar presented her research on “Thickness effect on fracture toughness of thin austenite stainless steel sheet”.

June 19
General progress meeting ERC HAPI – Louvain-la-Neuve
May 31
EMMC19 Conference – Madrid, Spain
  • Antonio presented: “Exploring thickness effect on fracture toughness of thin metal sheets: a parametric analysis with advanced Gurson model”.
  • Van Dung presented: “A reappraisal of the essential work of fracture method based on full three-dimensional advanced Gurson-based finite element simulations”.
January 10
General progress meeting ERC HAPI – Louvain-la-Neuve
2023
November 8
HAPI Kickoff Meeting

A major event with talks by:

  • John W. Hutchinson (Harvard University)
  • Jacques Besson (Mines ParisTech)
  • Jean Denis Mithieux (Aperam)
  • And other distinguished researchers.
September 1
HAPI Project Official Kickoff

The official launch of the HAPI project, marking the beginning of research into the strength and resilience of metals.

Current Research Projects

Project TitleResearcher(s)DescriptionStatusRecent Activity
Thickness Effect on Fracture Toughness in Metallic SheetsNegar MohtadifarInvestigates the thickness effect on fracture toughness, focusing on stainless steels SS316L and SS304LNOngoing (since October 2023)ECF24 Conference, Zagreb (Aug 2024)
CISM School, Udine (May 2024)
Parametric Analysis with Advanced Gurson ModelAntonio KaniadakisExplores thickness effects using advanced Gurson-based finite element simulationsOngoing (since January 2024)EMMC19 Conference, Madrid (May 2024)
CISM School, Udine (May 2024)
Reappraisal of the Essential Work of Fracture MethodVan Dung NguyenRe-evaluates the EWF method through 3D Gurson-based finite element simulationsOngoing (since September 2023)EMMC19 Conference, Madrid (May 2024)
Experimental and Computational Analysis of Ductile Crack GrowthThomas PardoenStudies thickness effects in ductile crack growth via experiments and computational modelingOngoingKeynote at MEALOR Days, ParisTech (Nov 2024)

Publications and Presentations

  • Antonio Kaniadakis, Van-Dung Nguyen, Jacques Besson, Thomas Pardoen, Strain hardening effect on ductile tearing under small scale yielding plane strain conditions, Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids 202 (2025) 106171
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