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Monitoring the damages of offshore installation
Secteur:
Energy; Infrastructure;

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The swell-forced movement wears out the anchor chains and the transport pipes of the offshore installations (e.g. oil or aeolian equipment). The deployment and the mainte[...]
Mechanical strength of nuclear electrical equipment
Secteur:
Nuclear;

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Estimate via experimental measurement the efforts at the grounding of the electrical equipment. Beforehand, perform mechanical analyses that will be recalibrated after se[...]
Fatigue calculation of rolling axis
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Industry;

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PHIMECA carried out a study to optimise the design of a special machine (coil unwinding axes) for which fatigue strength issues were observed. Firstly, PHIMECA realised [...]
Seismic and static mechanical calculations of a bridge crane
Secteur:
Infrastructure; Nuclear;

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Check the static and seismic strength of a bridge within the scope of increasing its hoisting capacity to 6,3 tons. Context: Existing bridge crane (Bugey and Chinon ce[...]
Fatigue lifespan
Secteur:
Energy; Industry; Infrastructure;

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Numerical simulation makes it possible to evaluate the stress levels and deformations of a mechanical part right from the design phase. It is important to consider the fa[...]
Pfeiffer – Production Data
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Industry;

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Pfeiffer Vacuum has requested Phimeca to analyze the production data of its vacuum pumps. Two sets of data were available: on one hand, the sound power produced by each p[...]
Seismic calculation of an electrical cabinet in a nuclear context
Secteur:
Nuclear;

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Validate the mechanical strength of an electrical cabinet undergoing seismic effects according to the verification criteria of the RCC-M (Design and Construction Rules fo[...]
Reliability of the pressure pipes
Secteur:
Energy; Infrastructure;

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EDF operates more than 450 hydroelectric plants that are supplied by 250 km of pressure pipes, aged of more than 60 years in average. Status diagnostics are regularly per[...]
Design and monitoring of batteries
Secteur:
Transport;

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Between a third and the half of an electric city bus is due to the batteries. Thus, there life expectancy strongly impacts the economic reliability of a concept or a vehi[...]