The European Ceramic Society
Laboratory sheet
France
Laboratory for ThermoStructural Composites
An academic/industrial joint research unit on Ceramic-matrix Composites
Director : Gerard L . VIGNOLES
Email : vinhola@lcts.u-bordeaux.fr
Phone : +33 5 56 84 47 00
Address : 3, Allée La Boétie – F33600 PESSAC, France
Website : https://www.lcts.cnrs.fr
Research topics :
· Name: Processing methods
Contact information:
Contact name : Dr. Laurence Maillé
Tel :
Email: maille@lcts.u-bordeaux.fr
Contact information:
Contact name : Dr. Georges Chollon
Tel :
Email: chollon@lcts.u-bordeaux.fr
- Structural and chemical characterizations
Contact name : Dr. Hervé Plaisantin
Email: plaisantin@lcts.u-bordeaux.fr
- Testing and materials performances
Contact name : Pr. Francis Rebillat
Email: rebillat@lcts.u-bordeaux.fr
- Modelling and numerical simulation
Contact name : Dr. Guillaume Couégnat
Email: couegnat@lcts.u-bordeaux.fr
Exceptional facilities :
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Mechanical testing with simultaneous exposure to heat fluxes and oxidizing/corrosive gases
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In-situ testing under X-ray synchrotron: mechanical, thermal and mechanical, ablation torch stages
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In-situ testing under E-SEM: mechanical, thermal, with reactive gases
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High-pressure corrosion vessel
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Arc image and laser high-flux testing stages
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Gas-phase and liquid-phase infiltration reactors
Financial support programmes :
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European funding: Horizon Europe projects
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Regional fundings: Région Nouvelle-Aquitaine projects
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National fundings : ANR ASTRID projects
Any other relevant information :
Joint unit of CNRS, University of Bordeaux, CEA and Safran Ceramics with 36+ years of existence.
Latest news
2025 ECerS International Ceramist Student Exchange Program – 3rd call!
In the frame of the 2025 ECerS International Student exchange program, ECerS is opening a first call to allow grants to European Students to attend the 2025 International Symposium on Green Processing for Advanced Ceramics (IGPAC 2025), organised by the Ceramic Society of Japan, from 5th to 9th October 2025 in Ise-Shima/Mie, Japan.
Next Deadline to apply to the JECS Trust for Mobility projects is 31st August 2025!
Please note that the decisions of the JECS Trust board will not be known before end of October 2025. Activities submitted for the deadline of 31st August 2025 for support from the JECS Trust should then not begin before November 2025.
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