Position
- Professor
- Mechanics, Materials and Civil Engineering Department
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Research Institute in Civil and Mechanical Engineering,
1 rue de la Noë, BP 92101,
Nantes cedex 3, F-44321 France
Phone:+33 2 40 37 16 67
Fax: +33 2 40 37 25 35
e-mail: Ahmed.loukili@ec-nantes.fr
Current positionEducation- Bachelor of Civil Engineering - University Of Bordeaux 1, 1991
- Master of Civil Engineering - Ecole Centrale de Nantes,1992
- Doctorate Degree (PhD) Ecole Centrale de Nantes, November1996
Thesis:« Delayed deformation of Delayed Deformations of the Ultrahigh-Performance Concrete ».
- Habilitation degree (enabling to direct research), University of Nantes, december 2005
Research interestsMix design and behaviour of a new cementitious materials at early age, Durability of concrete, Durability mechanics of concretestructures (experimental)
Professional activitiesHead of research team on concrete in Nantes(France)
RILEM Senior Member
Regular Member of TC 195-DTD: Recommendation for testmethods for autogenous deformation and thermal dilation of early age concrete
Member of theAmerican Concrete Institute (ACI)
Reviewer of many journals of civil Engineering .
Member of the scientific council at Ecole Centrale de Nantes(2002 -)
Refereed papers and chapters in books40
Major publicationsA1. A. Loukili, A. Khelidj, P. Richard,
HydrationKinetics, change of the relative humidity and autogenous shrinkage of ultrahigh strength concrete,
Cementand Concrete Research. Vol. 29 june (issue 4), pp. 577-584, 1999.
A2. A. Loukili, D. Chopin, A. Khelidj, J-Y.Le Touzo,
A new approach to determineautogenous shrinkage of mortar at early age considering temperature history,
Cement and Concrete Research30 (6) pp. 915-922, 2000.
Behavior of High StrengthFiber-Reinforced Concrete beams under cyclic loading
StructuralJournal, American Concrete Institute, Vol 99, may-june 2002, pp. 248-256.
A4. Ph. Turcry, A. Loukili, L. Barcelo, J.M. Casabonne,
Can the maturity concept be used for separating autogenous shrinkage andthermal deformation of a cement paste atearly age?
Cement and Concrete Research, vol 32, n°9, pp 1443-1450, 2002.
A5. P. Mounanga, A. Khelidj, A. Loukili, V.Baroghel-Bouny,
Predicting Ca(OH)2 content and chemical shrinkage of hydrating cementpastes using analytical approach,
Cement and Concrete Research, Volume 34, N° 2, pp. 255-265, 2004.
A6. K. Haidar, G. Pijaudier-Cabot, JF. Dubé, A.Loukili,
Experimental Correlationbetween Internal Length, Fracture Process Zone and Size Effect in Mortar andmodel Materials,
Materials and structures,Volume 38, N° 276, pp. 201 - 210, 2005.
A7. Ph. Turcry, A. Loukili, K. Haidar, G.Pijaudier-Cabot, A. Belarbi,
Cracking Tendency of Self-Compacting Concretesubjected to Restrained Shrinkage,
ASCE Journal of Materials inCivil Engineering, Vol. 18, No. 1. February 1, pp -46/54, 2006.
A8. P. Mounanga, V.Baroghel-Bouny, A. Loukili, A. Khelidj,
AutogenousDeformations of Cement Pastes - Part I : Temperature Effects at Early Age andMicro-Macro Correlations,
Cement andConcrete Research, Volume 36, Issue 1, January 2006, Pages 110-122.
A9. V. Baroghel-Bouny, P. Mounanga, A. Khelidj, A.Loukili, N. Rafaï,
AutogenousDeformations of Cement Pastes - Part II : W/C effects, Micro-MacroCorrelations, and Threshold values,
Cement andConcrete Research, Volume 36, Issue 1, January 2006, Pages 123-136
A10. Ph. Turcry, A. Loukili,
Evaluation ofPlastic shrinkage cracking of self consolidating concrete,
Materials Journal,American Concrete Institute, Vol 103, N°4, pp272-280, 2006.
A11. S. Granger, A. Loukili, G.Pijaudier-Cabot, G. Chanvillard
Experimentalcharacterization of the self healing of cracks in an ultra high performanceconcrete: mechanical tests and acoustic emission analysis,
Cement andConcrete Research, Volume 37, Issue 4, April 2007, Pages 519-527
A12. E. Rozière a, S. Granger a, Ph. Turcry, A. Loukili
Influence of pastevolume on shrinkage cracking and fracture properties of Self-CompactingConcrete,
Cement and Concrete Composites, Volume29, Issue 8, September 2007, Pages 626-636.
Captés in books (3)
A13. G. Pijaudier-Cabot, K. Haidar, A. Loukili, M.Omar,
Ageing and Durability of ConcreteStructures,
Degradationand Instabilities in Geomaterials, edited by F. Darve and I. Vardoulakis Eds.Springer Wien New york, pp 255-286, 2004.
A14. V. Baroghel-Bouny, P. Mounanga, A. Loukili,A. Khelidj,
From Chemical and Microstructural Evolution ofCement Pastes to the Development of Autogenous Deformations
AutogenousDeformation of Concrete, Special Publication of the American ConcreteInstistute SP 220, Editors O-M Jensen, D.P. Bentz and P. Lura, pp 1-23, 2004.