Bruno Sudret
Phimeca Engineering
5 rue Legraverend
75012 Paris
FRANCE

email : sudret[at]phimeca.com

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Mémoire d'habilitation à diriger des recherches

Biography

Teaching - Students

Publications

Research Interests

Finite Element Reliability Methods
Time-variant Reliability
Stochastic Finite Element methods and polynomial chaos expansions
Non intrusive methods and response surfaces
Bayesian reassessment of existing structures
Probabilistic Deterioration Modelling of Concrete
Probabilistic fatigue assessment

Degrees

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2007 -             Université Blaise Pascal, Clermont-Ferrand, Laboratoire de Mécanique et Ingénieries
                        Habilitation à diriger des recherches (defense : October 12, 2007)

1996 - 1999    Ecole Nationale des Ponts et Chaussées. Ph.D thesis in Civil Engineering
1995 - 1996    Technical University of Munich. Master's thesis
1993 - 1995    Ecole Nationale des Ponts et Chaussées. Master of Science.
1990 - 1993    Ecole Polytechnique. Master of Science - Admitted to the Corps des Ponts et Chaussées.

Professional Experience

Sept. 2008 - present	Director of Research and Strategy, Phimeca Engineering
2001 - 2008	Research Engineer, Electricité de France (EDF), R&D division
2000	Post-doctoral Fellow, University of California at Berkeley Dept. of Civil and Environmental Engineering
1996-1999	Ph. D Candidate, Ecole Nationale des Ponts et Chaussées
1994-1995	Civil Engineer, ISL Bureau d'Ingénieurs-Conseils

Awards and Honors

2000	Best Ph.D thesis of Year 1999, Fondation de l’ENPC.
2003	SMIRT Junior Award, IASMIRT (International Association for Structural Mechanics in Reactor Technology)
2005	Jean Mandel Prize (Association Française de Mécanique)

2004-	Member of the Advisory Council of IFED (International Forum on Engineering Decision Making)
2004-	Member of the Joint Committee on Structural Safety (European group of experts in Structural Reliability)
2005-	Member of the WG 7.5 on Reliability and Optimization of Structural Systems, International Federation for Information Processing (IFIP)
2007-	Member of the Internal Civil Engineering Risk and Reliability Association (CERRA) board of directors

Keynote and Invited Lecture

Méthodes spectrales non intrusives pour la propagation d'incertitudes, conférence invitée, 14ème colloque international en compatibilité électomagnétique, CEM'08, Paris (22 Mai 2008)
Propagation d'incertitudes par chaos polynomial dans les modèles mécaniques - application aux analyses de sensibilité et de fiabilité des structures, Journées MécaMat, Ecole des Mines de Paris, Fontainebleau (16 Avril 2008)
Fiabilité des structures pour les problèmes dépendant du temps, cours invité, Journées Nationales de Fiabilité JNFiab'08, Nantes (27 Mars 2008)
Méthodes spectrales non intrusives pour la propagation d'incertitudes – Applications en fiabilité des structures, séminaire invité par le GdR Mascot NUM, CEA Cadarache (14 Mars 2008)
Surfaces de réponse stochastiques par chaos polynomial – Application à la fiabilité des structures, séminaire invité par le projet national APPLET, ENS Cachan (8 février 2008)
Surfaces de réponse et éléments finis stochastiques pour la fiabilité des structures, Institut de Maîtrise des Risques, Paris (16 Octobre 2007)
Propagation d'incertitudes par éléments finis stochastiques – Méthodes intrusives et non intrusives, Institut de Recherche en Génie Civil et Mécanique, Université de Nantes (8 Mars 2007)
Mécanique probabiliste et fiabilité des structures, Centre des Matériaux P.M. Fourt, Ecole des Mines de Paris (21 Novembre 2005)
Approches non intrusives des éléments finis stochastiques, CSMA, Ecole Centrale de Paris (19 Janvier 2005)
Eléments finis stochastiques : approches Galerkin et non intrusives, Séminaire EDF R&D/SINETICS, Clamart (25 Novembre 2004)
Fiabilité des Structures et Mécanique Probabiliste – Théorie et Applications, Académie des Technologies, Paris (4 Décembre 2003)
Eléments finis stochastiques : historique et nouvelles perspectives, Université Technologique de Compiègne, Compiègne (26 Septembre 2003)
Eléments finis stochastiques : historique et nouvelles perspectives, 16ème Congrès Français de Mécanique, Nice (4 Septembre 2003)

Teaching and students

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Courses

Structural mechanics, Ecole Nationale des Ponts et Chaussées, Assistant of Pr Philippe Bisch
Probabilistic mechanics and structural reliability, Ecole Supérieure d'Ingénieurs Léonard de Vinci

Ph.D Students

Géraud Blatman, Adaptive stochastic finite element methods and metamodels for uncertainty propagation, 2006-
Frédéric Perrin, Prise en compte des données expérimentales dans les modèles probabilistes pour la prévision de la durée de vie des structures, 2004-2008

(co-supervised by Pr M. Lemaire, LaMI, Institut Français de Mécanique Avancée)

Marc Berveiller, Eléments finis stochastiques - Analyse de sensibilité, analyse de fiabilité, 2002-2005
Zakoua Guédé, Approche probabiliste de la durée de vie des structures soumises à la fatigue thermique, 2001-2005
Céline Andrieu-Renaud, Fiabilité mécanique des structures soumises à des phénomènes physiques dépendant du temps, 2000-2002

MS Students

Géraud Blatman, Méthodes non intrusives pour les analyses de sensibilité en modélisation probabiliste (2006)
T. Sgarbi, Couplages mécano-probabiliste pour des problèmes statiques ou dépendant du temps (2003)
I. Cherradi, Méthodes de quadrature pour la fiabilité des structures (2002)
M. Berveiller, Etude mécano-fiabiliste de la réparation par revêtement des enceintes de confinement (2002)
S. Blayac, Utilisation des réseaux de neurones pour la maintenance des tuyauteries de centrale nucléaire (2001)
S. Dron, Etude fiabiliste d'un aéro-réfrigérant avec prise en compte de la corrosion des armatures (2001)
S. Lenz, Modélisation multiphasique de matériaux renforcés (1998)

Publications

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Journal papers

Conference papers

Reports and thesis

Book chapters

Sudret, B., Berveiller, M., (2008) Stochastic finite element methods in geotechnical engineering, in: Reliability-Based Design in Geotechnical Engineering: Computations and Applications (K.K Phoon, Ed.), Taylor & Francis.
Sudret, B. (2008) Approche probabiliste du dimensionnement à la fatigue des structures, in: Fatigue des matériaux et des structures (C. Bathias, A. Pineau, Eds.), Hermès.

Journal papers

2008

28.	Blatman, G., Sudret, B. (2008) Use of sparse polynomial chaos expansions in adaptive stochastic finite element analysis, Prob. Eng. Mech., submitted.
27.	Sudret, B. (2008) Probabilistic models for the extent of damage in degrading reinforced concrete structures, Reliab. Eng. Sys. Safe, 93, pp. 410-422
26.	Sudret, B. (2008) Global sensitivity analysis using polynomial chaos expansions, Reliab. Eng. Syst. Safe., 93, pp. 964-979.
25.	Sudret, B. (2008) Analytical derivation of the outcrossing rate in time-variant reliability problems, Struc. Infra. Eng., 4 (5), pp. 353-362.
24.	Blatman, G., Sudret, B. (2008) Sparse polynomial chaos expansions and adaptive stochastic finite elements using a regression approach, Comptes Rendus Mécanique,, 336, pp. 518-523.
23.	Gaignaire, R., Clénet, S., Moreau, O., Sudret, B. (2008) Current calculation in electrokinetics using a spectral stochastic finite element method, IEEE Transactions on Magnetics, 44(4).

2007

22.	Sudret, B., Defaux, G. and Pendola, M. (2007). Stochastic evaluation of the damage length in RC beams submitted to corrosion of reinforcing steel. Civ. Eng. Envir. Sys., 24(2), pp. 165–178.
21.	Blatman, G., Sudret, B. and Berveiller, M. (2007). Quasi random numbers in stochastic finite element analysis. Mécanique & Industries. Vol. 8(3), pp. 289-297.
20.	Gaignaire, R., Clénet, S., Sudret, B. and Moreau, O. (2007). 3-D spectral stochastic finite element method in electromagnetism. IEEE Trans. Electromagnetism, 43(4), pp. 1209–1212.
19.	Guédé, Z., Sudret, B., Lemaire, M. (2007), Life-time reliability based assessment of structures submitted to thermal fatigue, Int. J. Fatigue, 29(7), pp.1359–1373.

2006

18.	Defaux, G., Pendola, M. and B. Sudret (2006) Using spatial reliability in the probabilistic study of concrete structures: the example of a reinforced concrete beam subjected to carbonatation inducing corrosion, J. Physique IV, 136, pp. 243-256. Proc. NUCPERF 2006, Corrosion and Long Term Performance of Concrete in NPP and Waste Facilities, Cadarache, France, 27-30 March 2006 (V. L'Hostis, F. Foct and D. Féron, Eds.)
17.	Petre-Lazar, I., Sudret, B., Foct, F., Granger, L. and Dechaux, L. (2006) Service life estimation of the secondary containment with respect to rebar corrosion, J. Physique IV, 136, pp. 201-212. Proc. NUCPERF 2006, Corrosion and Long Term Performance of Concrete in NPP and Waste Facilities, Cadarache, France, 27-30 March 2006 (V. L'Hostis, F. Foct and D. Féron, Eds.)
16.	Berveiller, M., Sudret, B., Lemaire, M. (2006) Stochastic finite elements : a non intrusive approach by regression, Rev. Eur. Méca. Num., Vol. 15 (1,2,3), pp. 81-92.
15.	Sudret, B., Berveiller, M., Lemaire, M. (2006) A stochastic finite element procedure for moment and reliability analysis, Eur. J. Comput. Mech., Vol. 15 (7-8), pp. 825–866.

2005

14.	Sudret, B., Defaux, G., Pendola, M. (2005) Time-variant finite element reliability analysis – Application to the durability of cooling towers, Structural Safety, Vol. 27, pp. 93-112.
13.	Sudret, B., Guédé, Z., Lemaire, M. (2005) Probabilistic assessment of thermal fatigue in nuclear components, Nucl. Eng. Des., Vol. 235, pp.219-235.

2004

12.	Andrieu-Renaud, C., Sudret, B., Lemaire, M.(2004) The PHI2 method : an way to compute time-variant reliability, Rel. Eng. Syst. Saf., Vol. 84, pp. 75-86.
11.	Sudret, B., Berveiller, M., Lemaire, M. (2004) Eléments finis stochastiques en élasticité linéaire, Comptes Rendus Mécanique, Vol. 332(7), pp. 531-537.

2003 and before

10.	Sudret, B. , Der Kiureghian, A. (2002) Comparison of finite element reliability methods, Prob. Eng. Mech., Vol. 17 (4), pp. 337-348.
9.	Garnier D., Sudret B., Bourgeois E., Semblat J.-F. (2003) Ouvrages renforcés : approche par superposition de milieux continus et traitement numérique, 8. Revue Française de Géotechnique, Vol. 102, pp. 43-52.
8.	Bourgeois, E., Garnier, D., Semblat, J.-F., Sudret, B. et Al Hallak, R., (2001) Un modèle homogénéisé pour le boulonnage du front de taille des tunnels : simulation d’essais en centrifugeuse, Revue Française de Génie Civil, Vol. 5, 1, pp. 8-38.
7.	Sudret, B., de Buhan, P. (2001) Multiphase model for reinforced geomaterials - Application to piled raft foundations and rock-bolted tunnels, Int. J. Num. An. Meth. Geomech., Vol. 25, pp. 155-182.
6.	de Buhan, P., Sudret, B. (2000) Un modèle de comportement macroscopique des matériaux renforcés par inclusions linéaires, avec prise en compte des effets de flexion, C. R. Acad. Sci. Paris, t. 328, Série IIb, pp. 555-560.
5.	de Buhan, P., Sudret, B. (2000) Micropolar multiphase model for materials reinforced by linear inclusions, Eur. J. Mech. A/Solids, Vol.19, 6,pp. 669-687.
4.	de Buhan, P., Sudret, B. (1999) A two-phase elastoplastic model for unidirectionally-reinforced materials and its numerical implementation , Eur. J. Mech. A/Solids, Vol. 18, 6, pp. 995-1012.
3.	Sudret, B., de Buhan, P. (1999) Modélisation multiphasique de matériaux renforcés par inclusions linéaires, C. R. Acad. Sci. Paris, t. 327, Série IIb, pp 7-12.
2.	Sudret, B., Maghous, S., de Buhan, P., Bernaud, D. (1998) Elastoplastic analysis of inclusion reinforced structures, Metals and materials, Vol. 4, 3, pp. 252-255.
1.	Lieb, M., Sudret, B. (1998) A fast algorithm for soil dynamics calculations by wavelet decomposition, Arch. App. Mech. , Vol. 68, pp. 147-157.

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Conference Papers

2008

65.	Berveiller, M., Le Pape, Y., Sudret, B and Perrin, F., Méthode MCMC pour l’actualisation bayésienne des déformations différées du béton d’une enceinte de confinement modélisée par éléments finis stochastiques non intrusifs, 5^èmes Journées Fiabilité des Matériaux et des Structures, Nantes, 26-28 Mars 2008.
64.	Blatman, G., Sudret, B., Développements par chaos polynomiaux creux et adaptatifs – application a l’analyse de fiabilité, 5^èmes Journées Fiabilité des Matériaux et des Structures, Nantes, 26-28 Mars 2008.
63.	Blatman, G., Sudret, B., Adaptive sparse polynomial chaos expansions – application to structural reliability, Proc. 4^th Int. ASRANET Colloquium, Athens, 27-30 June 2008.
62.	Perrin, F., Sudret, B. and Pendola, M., Use of polynomial chaos expansions in stochastic inverse problems, Proc. 4^th Int. ASRANET Colloquium, Athens, 27-30 June 2008.
61.	Blatman, G., Sudret, B., Adaptive sparse polynomial chaos expansions using a sequential experimental design, 8^th World Congress on Computational Mechanics (WCCM8) and 5^th European Congress on Computational Methods in Applied Sciences and Engineering (ECCOMAS 2008), Venice, Italy, 30 June – 5 July 2008.
60.	Sudret, B., Perrin, F. and Pendola, M., Maximum likelihood estimation and polynomial chaos expansions in stochastic inverse problems, 8^th World Congress on Computational Mechanics (WCCM8) and 5^th European Congress on Computational Methods in Applied Sciences and Engineering (ECCOMAS 2008), Venice, Italy, 30 June – 5 July 2008.
59.	Gaignaire, R., Guyomarc’h, F., Moreau, O., Clénet, S.and Sudret, B. Speeding up in SSFEM computation using Kronecker Tensor Products, Proc. CEFC2008 conference, Athens, Greece, May 11-15, 2008.

2007

58.	Perrin, F., Sudret, B., Curtit, F., Stéphan, J.-M. and Pendola, M. (2007). Efficient Bayesian updating of structural fatigue design curve using experimental thermal fatigue data. In Proc. Fatigue Design 2007, Senlis, France
57.	Yameogo, A., Sudret, B. and Cambier, S. (2007). Uncertainties in the no lift-off criterion used in fuel rod assessment. In Trans. 19th Int. Conf. on Struct. Mech. In Reactor Tech. (SMiRT 19), Vancouver, Canada.
56.	Gaignaire, R., Clénet, S., Moreau, O. and Sudret, B. (2007). Current calculation in electrokinetics using a spectral stochastic finite element method. In Proc. 16th Int. Conf. Comput. Electromagnetic Fields (COMPUMAG2007), Aachen, Germany.
55.	Sudret, B., Blatman, G. and Berveiller, M. (2007). Quasi random numbers in stochastic finite element analysis – Application to global sensitivity analysis. In Proc. 10th Int. Conf. on Applications of Stat. and Prob. in Civil Engineering (ICASP10), Tokyo, Japan.
54.	Perrin, F., Sudret, B., Pendola, M. and de Rocquigny, E. (2007). Comparison of Markov chain Monte-Carlo simulation and a FORM-based approach for Bayesian updating of mechanical models. In Proc. 10th Int. Conf. on Applications of Stat. and Prob. in Civil Engineering (ICASP10), Tokyo, Japan.
53.	Berveiller, M., Le Pape, Y., Sudret, B. and Perrin, F. (2007). Bayesian updating of the long-term creep deformations in concrete containment vessels using a non intrusive method. In Proc. 10th Int. Conf. on Applications of Stat. and Prob. in Civil Engineering (ICASP10), Tokyo, Japan.
52.	Berveiller, M., Le Pape, Y. and Sudret, B. (2007). Sensitivity analysis of the drying model on the delayed strain of concrete in containment vessels with a non intrusive method. In Proc. 10th Int. Conf. on Applications of Stat. and Prob. in Civil Engineering (ICASP10), Tokyo, Japan.
51.	Andrianov, G., Burriel, S., Cambier, S., Dutfoy, A., Dutka-Malen, I., de Rocquigny, E., Sudret, B., Benjamin, P., Lebrun, R., Mangeant, F. and Pendola, M. (2007). Open TURNS, an open source initiative to Treat Uncertainties, Risks’N Statistics in a structured industrial approach. In Proc. ESREL’2007 Safety and Reliability Conference, Stavenger, Norway.
50.	Perrin, F., Sudret, B., Blatman, G. and Pendola, M. (2007). Use of polynomial chaos expansion and maximum likelihood estimation for probabilistic inverse problems. In Proc. 18e Congrès Français de Mécanique, (CFM’2007), Grenoble.
49.	Perrin, F., Sudret, B. and Pendola, M. (2007). Bayesian updating of mechanical models – Application in fracture mechanics. In Proc. 18e Congrès Français de Mécanique (CFM’2007), Grenoble.
48.	Blatman, G., Sudret, B. and Berveiller, M. (2007). Quasi-random numbers in stochastic finite element analysis – Application to reliability analysis. In Proc. 18e Congrès Français de Mécanique, (CFM’2007), Grenoble.

2006

47.	Gaignaire, R., Clénet, S., Moreau, O. and Sudret, B. (2006). Influence of the order of input expansions in the Spectral Stochastic Finite Element Method. Proc. 7th International Symposium on Electric and Magnetic Fields (EMF2006), Aussois, France.
46.	Gaignaire, R., Moreau, O., Sudret, B. and Clénet, S., Propagation d'incertitudes en électromagnétisme statique par chaos polynomial et résolution non intrusive, 5ème Conf. Eur. sur les Méthodes Numériques en Electromagnétisme « NUMELEC’2006 », Lille, Novembre 2006.
45.	Gaignaire, R., Clénet, S., Moreau, O., Sudret, B.3D spectral stochastic finite element method in electromagnetism, Proc. 20^th Conf. on Electromagnetic Field Computation (CEFC 2006), Miami, April 2006.
44.	Sudret, B., Global sensitivity analysis using polynomial chaos expansion, Proc. 5^th Int. Conf. on Comp. Stoch. Mech., CSM5, Rhodes, June 2006.
43.	Sudret, B., Defaux, G. and Pendola, M.Introducing spatial variability in the lifetime assessment of a concrete beam submitted to rebars’ corrosion, Proc. 2^nd IFED Conference (International Forum on Decision Making), Lake Louise, Canada, April 2006.
42.	Sudret, B., Perrin, F., Pendola, M., Bayesian updating of the long-term creep deformations in concrete containment vessels, Proc. 3^rd Int. ASRANET Colloquium, Glasgow, Juillet 2006.
41.	Defaux, G., Pendola, M., Sudret, B., Using spatial reliability in the probabilistic study of concrete structures : the example of a RC beam subjected to carbonation inducing corrosion, Proc. NucPerf 2006 “Corrosion and Long Term Performance of Concrete in NPP and Waste Facilities”, Cadarache, France.
40.	Petre-Lazar, I., Sudret, B., Foct, F., Granger, L., Dechaux, L., Service life estimation of the secondary containment with respect to rebar corrosion, Proc. NucPerf 2006 “Corrosion and Long Term Performance of Concrete in NPP and Waste Facilities”, Cadarache, France.

2005

39.	Perrin, F., Sudret, B., Pendola, M., Lemaire, M., Comparison of two statistical treatments of fatigue test data, Conf. Fatigue Design, Senlis, Novembre 2005.
38.	Guédé, Z., Sudret, B., Lemaire, M. Life-time reliability based assessment of structures submitted to random thermal loading, Conf. Fatigue Design, Senlis, Novembre 2005.
37.	Sudret, B., Probabilistic framework for the assessment of structures submitted to thermal fatigue, 18^th Int. Conf. on Struct. Mech. In Reactor Tech. SMIRT17, Beijing, August 2005.
36.	Berveiller, M., Sudret, B., Lemaire, M., Eléments finis stochastiques non linéaires en mécanique de la rupture, 17^ème Congrès Français de Mécanique, Troyes, August 2005.
35.	Sudret, B., Des éléments finis stochastiques spectraux aux surfaces de réponses stochastiques : une approche unifiée, 17ème Congrès Français de Mécanique, Troyes, August 2005.
34.	Berveiller, M., Sudret, B., Lemaire, M., Structural reliability using a non intrusive stochastic finite element method, 12^th IFIP WG 7.5 Working Conference on Reliability and Optimization of Structural Systems, Aalborg (Danemark), May 2005.
33.	Sudret, B., Analytical derivation of the mean outcrossing rate in time-variant reliability problems, 12th IFIP WG 7.5 Working Conference on Reliability and Optimization of Structural Systems, Aalborg (Danemark), May 2005.
32.	Berveiller, M., Sudret, B., Lemaire, M., Non linear non intrusive stochastic finite element method - Application to a fracture mechanics problem, 9th Int. Conf. Struct. Safety. Rel (ICOSSAR’2005), Roma, June 2005.
31.	Berveiller, M., Sudret, B., Lemaire, M., Construction de la réponse paramétrique déterministe d’un système mécanique par éléments finis stochastiques, 7ème Coll. Nat. en Calcul des Structures, Giens (France), May 2005.

2004

30.	Raphael, W., Seif El Dine, B., Mohamed, A., Sudret, B., Calgaro, J.-A., Correction bayésienne et étude fiabiliste des modèles de calcul du fluage du béton, Proc. LambdaMu14, Bourges, October 2004.
29.	Guédé, Z., Sudret, B., Lemaire, M., Analyse fiabiliste en fatigue thermique, « Méthodes fiabilistes en fatigue pour conception et essais », 23ème Journées de Printemps de la Commission Fatigue (SF2M), May 2004, Paris
28.	Sudret, B., Cadre d’analyse probabiliste global des tuyauteries en fatigue thermique, « Méthodes fiabilistes en fatigue pour conception et essais », 23ème Journées de Printemps de la Commission Fatigue (SF2M), May 2004, Paris
27.	Missoum, S., Ben Chaabane, S., Sudret, B., Handling bifurcations in the optimal design of transient dynamic problems, AIAA Conf., June 2004.
26.	Berveiller, M., Sudret, B., Lemaire, M., Comparison of methods for computing the response coefficients in stochastic finite element analysis, 2nd Int. ASRANET Coll., Barcelona, July 2004.
25.	Sudret, B., Defaux, G., Pendola, M., Finite element reliability analysis of cooling towers submitted to degradation, 2nd Int. ASRANET Coll., Barcelona, July 2004.

2003

24.	Sudret, B., Guédé, Z. and Lemaire, M., Probabilistic framework for fatigue analysis, 11th IFIP WG 7.5 Working Conference on Reliability and Optimization of Structural Systems, Banff (Canada), November 2003.
23.	Sudret, B., Berveiller, M., Lemaire, M., Application of a stochastic finite element procedure to reliability analysis, 11th IFIP WG 7.5 Working Conference on Reliability and Optimization of Structural Systems, Banff (Canada), November 2003.
22.	Andrieu, C. , Lemaire, M., Sudret, B., La méthode PHI2 ou comment prendre en compte la dépendance du temps dans une analyse en fiabilité mécanique,6ème Colloque National en Calcul des Structures, Giens, May 2003.
21.	Andrieu, C. , Lemaire, M., Sudret, B., Time-variant reliability using the PHI2 method : principles and validation by Monte Carlo simulation, 9th Int. Conf. On Applications of Stat. and Prob. in Civil Engineering, ICASP9, San Francisco, July 2003.
20.	Sudret, B., Cherradi, I., Quadrature method for finite element reliability analysis, 9th Int. Conf. On Applications of Stat. and Prob. in Civil Engineering, ICASP9, San Francisco, July 2003.
19.	Sudret, B. , Heinfling, G., Methodology for the reliability evaluation of containment vessels repair through the coupling of finite elements and probabilistic analyses, 2nd Int. Workshop on Aging Management of Concrete Structures, Paris, May 2003.
18.	Sudret, B., Guédé, Z., Hornet, P., Stéphan, J.-M., Lemaire, M., Probabilistic assessment of fatigue damage including statistical uncertainties in S-N curves, 17th Int. Conf. on Struct. Mech. In Reactor Tech. SMIRT17, Prague, August 2003.
17.	Sudret, B. , Berveiller, M., Heinfling, G., Reliability of the repairing of double wall containment vessels in the context of leak tightness assessment, 17th Int. Conf. on Struct. Mech. In Reactor Tech. SMIRT17, Prague, August 2003.
16.	Sudret, B., Berveiller, M., Eléments finis stochastiques spectraux : nouvelles perspectives, 16ème Congrès Français de Mécanique, CFM2003, Nice, September 2003 (invited paper)

2002

15.	Dridi, W., Sudret, B., Lassabatère, T., Experimental and numerical analysis of transport in a containment vessel, Proc. 2nd Biot Conference, Grenoble, August 2002.
14.	Sudret, B., Comparison of the Spectral Stochastic Finite Element Method with the perturbation method for second moment analysis, Proc. 1st ASRANET Int. Coll. (CDROM), Glasgow, July 2002.
13.	Sudret, B., Defaux, G., Andrieu, C., Lemaire, M., Comparison of methods for computing the probability of failure in time-variant reliability using the outcrossing approach, Proc. 4th Int. Conf. on Comp. Stoch. Mech., CSM4, Corfu, June 2002.
12.	Sudret B., Pendola M., Reliability analysis of cooling towers : influence of rebars corrosion on failure, Proc. 10th Int. Conf. on Nucl. Eng. (CDROM), Washington, April 2002, paper #22136.
11.	Andrieu, C., Lemaire, M., Sudret, B., The PHI2 method : a way to assess time-variant reliability using classical reliability tools, Proc. 13 - ESREL'2002, pp. 472-475 , Lyon, March 2002.
10.	Sudret, B., Dron, S., Pendola, M., Time-variant reliability analysis of cooling towers including corrosion of steel in reinforced concrete, Proc. 13 - ESREL'2002, pp. 571-575 , Lyon, March 2002.

1998-2001

9.	Sudret, B. (2001) Eléments finis stochastiques spectraux et fiabilité, Proc. 15ème Congrès Français de Mécanique, Papier n°343, Nancy.
8.	Garnier D., Sudret B., Bourgeois E., Semblat J.-F. (2001) Analyse d'ouvrages renforcés par une approche de modèle multiphasique, 15ème Congrès International de Mécanique des sols et de Géotechnique (ICSMGE), Istanbul.
7.	Bourgeois E., Semblat J.-F., Garnier D., Sudret B. (2001), Multiphase model for the 2D and 3D numerical analysis of pile foundations, 10th IACMAG, Tucson( Arizona).
6.	Sudret, B., de Buhan, P. (2000) Multiphase model for piled raft foundations : the Messeturm case history, Proc. ECCOMAS 2000, Barcelona.
5.	Sudret, B., Lenz, S. et de Buhan, P. (1999) A multiphase constitutive model for inclusion-reinforced materials : theory and numerical implementation, Proc. Eur. Conf. on Comp. Mech. ECCM'99, Munich.
4.	de Buhan, P. et Sudret, B. (1999) Un modèle biphasique de matériau renforcé par inclusions linéaires, 14ème Congrès Français de Mécanique, Toulouse.
3.	Sudret, B. et de Buhan, P. (1999) Reinforced geomaterials : computational model and applications. Proc. 4th Int. Conf. on Constitutive laws for Engineering Materials CLEM'99, Troy (USA), éd. Par R.C Picu et E. Krempl, pp.339-342.
2.	de Buhan, P. et Sudret, B. (1999) Micropolar continuum description of materials reinforced by linear inclusions, Proc. Conf. to the memory of Pr. JP Boehler, "Mechanics of heterogeneous materials", Grenoble.
1.	Sudret, B. et de Buhan, P. (1998) Multiphase model of reinforced material, Proc. 2nd Int. PhD Symposium in Civil Engineering, Budapest, pp. 516-523.

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Reports and thesis

Sudret, B. (1999) Modélisation multiphasique des ouvrages renforcés par inclusions. Thèse de doctorat de l'ENPC (364 pages).
Sudret, B., Der Kiureghian, A.(2000), Stochastic Finite Elements and Reliability – A state-of-the-art report, Report n° UCB/SEMM-2000/08 (173 pages).
Sudret, B. (2007), Uncertainty propagation and sensitivity analysis in mechanical models - Contributions to structural reliability and stochastic spectral methods.
Habilitation à diriger des recherches, Université Blaise Pascal, Clermont-Ferrand (252 pages).
Various reports produced under EDF R&D copyright.

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