LTDS - Laboratory of Tribology and System Dynamics

Management

Jean-Luc LOUBET, Director.

Under the aegis of

• École Centrale de Lyon
• CNRS
• École nationale d’ingénieurs de Saint-Étienne (ENISE)

Fields of research

• Tribology (study of friction, wear and tear, lubrication and adhesion)
• Structure and system dynamics (control of vibrations, control of system stability and mechanical parts)
• Mechanics of materials and processes (behaviour of materials and living tissues in relation to their microstructure, computational mechanics of surfaces)
• Geomaterials - geoenvironment (structural and edifice analysis, soil mechanics)

The laboratory has 300 staff members and a consolidated budget of €13 million.

Primary experiment facilities

• Original tribometers,
• rotating machinery dynamics,
• contact fatigue,
• high-performance procedures,
• bio-engineering of living tissues,
• technical analyses of surfaces and materials,
• microscopes, simulators, vibration test rigs.

Fields of application

• Land and air transportation
• Sports and leisure
• Mechanical, materials, civil engineering
• Oil industry
• Energy
• Cosmetology
• Textiles
• Biotechnology and life sciences

Location

Écully, Saint-Étienne, Vaux-en-Velin.

Member of

Carnot Institute Engineering@Lyon

Competition hubs

AXELERA, Techtera, Mov’eo, Plastipolis, Viameca, Lyon Urban Truck and Bus…

3 Laboratories of Excellence (LabEx)

• CeLyA
• Imust project
• SISE-MANUTECH project

3 Facilities of Excellence (EquipEx) including 2 led by the LTDS

• IVTV (led by the LTDS)
• PHARE (led by the LTDS)
• MANUTECH-USD

1 Associate International Laboratory (LIA)

ELyTLab with the University of Tohoku (Japan)