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Pierre Rahme

Associate Professor

Office: Bassil 206
Extension: 3075
Email: pierre.rahme@lau.edu.lb

Office Hours: 
MWF 9:00-10:00 & 13:00-14:00

 

Research interests

  • Mechanical characterization of composite materials
  • Drilling of composite materials
  • Damage Tolerance
  • Biaxial behavior of composite materials

Selected publications

Journal Publications

  1. Faddoul J., Rahmé P., Guines D., Leotoing L. “Thermo-visco mechanical behavior of glass fiber reinforced thermoplastic composite”, Journal of Composite Materials, 2023. doi:10.1177/00219983231192147
  2. Wardeh Y., Kinab E., Escadeillas G., Rahmé P., Ginestet S. “Review of the optimization techniques for cool pavements solutions to mitigate Urban Heat Islands”, Building and Environment, 109482, 2022.
  3. El Kahi,E., Deck O., Khouri M., Mehdizadeh R., Rahmé P. “Simplified probabilistic evaluation of the variability of soil-structure interaction parameters on the elastic transmission of ground movements”, Engineering Structures, 213, 110554, 2020.
  4. Kobeissi A., Rahmé P., Leotoing L., Guines D. “Strength characterization of glass/epoxy plain weave composite under different biaxial loading ratios”, Journal of Composite Materials, vol. 54, 19, 1-15, 2020.
  5. Rahmé P., Moussa P., Lachaud F., Landon Y. “Effect of adding a woven glass ply at the exit of the hole of CFRP laminates on delamination during drilling”, Composite Part A: Applied Science and Manufacturing, vol. 129, 105731, 2020.
  6. El Kahi E., Deck O., Khouri M., Mehdizadeh R., Rahmé P. “A new simplified meta-model to evaluate the transmission of ground movements to structures integrating the elastoplastic soil behavior”, Structures, 23, pp. 324-334, 2020.
  7. Kahi E., Deck O., Khouri M., Mehdizadeh R, Rahmé P. “ Étude de l’influence de la plasticité du sol sur la transmission des mouvements du sol affectant l’interaction sol-structure”, Revue Française de Géotechnique, 156, 4, 2018.
  8. Rahmé P., Landon Y., Lachaud F., Piquet R., Lagarrigue P. “Drilling of thick composite materials using a step gundrill”, Composite Part A: Applied Science and Manufacturing, vol. 103, pp. 304-313, 2017.
  9. Youssef J., Matar J., Rahmé P., Bou-Mosleh C. “A nearshore heaving-buoy sea wave energy converter for power production”, Procedia Engineering, vol 145, pp. 136-143, 2016.
  10. Chehade W., Chamoun D., Bou-Mosleh C., Rahmé P. “Wave roller device for power generation”, Procedia Engineering, vol 145, pp. 144-150, 2016.
  11. Rahmé P., Landon Y., Lachaud F., Piquet R., Lagarrigue P. “Delamination-free drilling of thick composite materials”, Composite Part A: Applied Science and Manufacturing, vol. 72, pp. 148-159, 2015.
  12. Lachaud F, Espinosa C, Michel L, Rahmé P, Piquet R. “Modelling strategies for predicting the residual strength of impacted composite aircraft fuselages”, Applied Composite Materials, vol. 22, pp. 599-621, 2015.
  13. Rahmé P., Landon Y., Lachaud F., Piquet P., Lagarrigue P. “Drilling of thick composite material with a small-diameter twist drill”, Int. J. of Advanced Manufacturing Technology, vol. 76, pp. 1543-1553, 2015.
  14. Lachaud F, Espinosa C, Michel L, Rahmé P, Piquet R. “Modelling strategies for simulating delamination and matrix cracking in composite laminates”, Applied Composite Materials, vol. 22, pp. 377-403, 2015.
  15. Rahmé P, Bouvet C, Rivallant S, Fascio V, Valembois G. “Experimental investigation of impact on composite lamintes with protective layers”, Composites Science and Technology, 2012, Vol. 72, Iss. 2, pp 182-189.
  16. Rahmé P., Landon Y., Lagarrigue P., Lachaud F., Piquet. “Drilling thick composite materials using large diameter drills”, Int. J. of Machining and Machinability of Materials 2011, Vol. 10, No. 3, pp. 202-221.
  17. Rahmé P., Landon Y., Lagarrigue P., Lachaud F., Piquet. “Analytical models of composite material drilling”, Int. J. of Advanced Manufacturing Technology, 2011, Vol. 52, Issue 5, page 609.
  18. Rahmé P., Landon Y., Lagarrigue P., Lachaud F., Piquet R., Marguet B., Bourriquet J., Le Roy C. “Chisel edge effect on delamination when drilling thick composite materials with a twist drill”, SAE International Journal of Aerospace, April 2009, 1 : 776-781.
  19. Rahmé P., Landon Y., Lachaud F., Piquet R., Lagarrigue P. “Study into causes of damage to carbon epoxy composite material during the drilling process”, International Journal of Machining and Machinability of Materials 2008, Vol. 3, No. 3/4 pp. 309 – 325.

Conferences

  1. Rahmé P, Landon Y, Lagarrigue P, Piquet R, Lachaud F, Marguet B, Bourriquet J, Le Roy C. “Drilling of thick composite structures, state of the art”, SAE International, 2006, Toulouse, France.
  2. Rahmé P, Landon Y, Lagarrigue P, Piquet R, Lachaud F, Marguet B, Bourriquet J, Le Roy C. “Analytical and numerical models for drilling of composite materials using twist drill”, IDMME International, October 2008, Beijing, China.
  3. Rahmé P., Bouvet C., Rivallant S., Fascio V., Valembois G. “Mechanical protection for composite structures submitted to low energy impact”, ECCM14, 7-10 June 2010, Budapest, Hungary.
  4. Rahmé P., Bouvet C., Rivallant S., Fascio V., Valembois G. “Protection of aeronauticl structures against impact”, LAAS17, 12-13 November 2010, Jounieh, Lebanon.
  5. Rahmé P., Landon Y., Lagarrigue P., Lachaud F., Piquet. “Drilling of Aeronautical Structure”, LAAS18, 22-24 March 2012, Jounieh, Lebanon.
  6. Rahmé P., Bou-Mosleh C., Asmar G., Lachaud F. “Numerical model for composite material laminates with ply drop in compression”, LAAS20, 27-29 March 2014, Hadath, Lebanon.
  7. Rahmé P., Landon Y., Piquet R., Lachaud F., Lagarrigue P. “Analytical model for pre-drilled thick composite plates”, Joint Conference on Mechanical, Design Engineering & Advanced Manufacturing, 18-20 June 2014, Toulouse, France.
  8. Rahmé P., Landon Y., Piquet R., Lachaud F., Lagarrigue P. “Drilling of thick composite structures with pilot hole using a twist drill”, ECCM16, 22-26 June 2014, Seville, Spain.
  9. BouMosleh C., Rahmé P., Beaino P., Mattar R. “Contribution to clean energy production using a novel wave energy converter”, Renewable energies for developing countries (REDEC), 2014 international conference, 26-27 November, 2014, Beirut, Lebanon.
  10. Matar J., Youssef J., Rahmé P., Bou-Mosleh C. “Towards clean power production using wave energy”, LAAS21, 2015, Beirut, Lebanon.
  11. Chehade W., Chamoun D., Bou-Mosleh C., Rahmé P. “Wind-waves hybrid system concept for power generation”, LAAS21, 2015, Beirut, Lebanon.
  12. Khairallah C., Eid E., Bou-Mosleh C., Rahmé P.. “Analysis of a wave roller energy-harvesting device”, Third International Conference on Advances in Computational Tools for Engineering Applications (ACTEA), 2016, Jounieh, Lebanon.
  13. Rahmé P.,.Landon Y., Lachaud F., Piquet R., Lagarrigue P. “Experimental investigation of composite materials drilling using a step gundrill”, ICCM21, 2017, Xian, China.
  14. Kobeissi A., Leotoing L., Guines D., Rahmé P. “Numerical investigation on cruciform composite shape for the biaxial characterization test”, ECCM18, 2018, Athens, Greece.
  15. Salame G., Frem E., Albona E., Bou-Mosleh C., Rahmé P. “A point-Absorber-Based wave energy converter for power production in Lebanon”, 14th International Conference on Renewable Energy for Developing Countries, 2018, Beirut, Lebanon.
  16. Khairallah C., Eid E., Rahme P., Bou-Mosleh C. “Development of a Wave Buoy Device For Energy Harvesting: Renewable”, 2019 Fourth International Conference on Advances in Computational Tools for Engineering Applications (ACTEA), 2018, Beirut, Lebanon.
  17. Kobeissi A., Guines D., Rahme P., Leotoing L. “Failure stresses of plain weave glass/epoxy under different in-plane biaxial loading ratios”, 24ème Congrès Français de Mécanique, 2019, Brest, France.
  18. El Kahi, E., Deck O., Khouri M., Mehdizadeh R., Rahmé P.. “Studying the influence of soil plasticity on the transmission of ground movements affecting the soil-structure interaction”. The XVII European Conference on Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering, 2019, Reykjavik, Iceland.
  19. Faddoul J., Rahme P., Guines D., Leotoing L. “Effect of temperature and strain rate on the mechanical behavior of discontinuous glass fibre reinforced thermoplastic composite”, 25th Mechanical French Conference, 2022, Nantes, France.
  20. Mansour Y., Slim R., Rouaud O., Rahmé P. “Thermal Characterization and Efficiency Enhancement of Lebanese Bread Oven: A Comprehensive Experimental and Numerical Study”, ICEF14 International Congress on Engineering and Food, 2023, Nantes, France.

Academic Degrees

Ph.D., Mechanical Engineering, Toulouse University, France, 2008
M.E., Mechanical Engineering, ENSICA (ISAE) University, France, 2005
B.E., Mechanical Engineering, Lebanese University, Lebanon, 2004