Berthel Bruno

Berthel Bruno is a Senior Lecturer at École Centrale de Lyon, affiliated with the STMS Department and associated with the Laboratoire de Tribologie et Dynamique des Systèmes (LTDS - UMR5513). His research and teaching focus on materials behavior and damage, particularly in fatigue and fracture mechanics of metallic and composite materials.

• Head of the LTDS 'Tribology and Fatigue of Materials' research group
• Elected member of the STMS Department Council
• Involved in curriculum development for Masters programs in Materials Engineering

His research in Tribology and Fatigue of Materials spans:

• Fretting-fatigue crack initiation and propagation
• Thermal and kinematic field measurement techniques
• Mechanics of composite materials
• Non-local modeling approaches
• Experimental and numerical correlation
• Surface and microstructural stress effects

Recent publications highlight his work on additive manufacturing, critical distance methods, and thermal fatigue in composites, with applications in aerospace and automotive industries. He employs advanced techniques like infrared thermography, digital image correlation, and finite element modeling to study material degradation.