Professeur des universités à Centrale Lille Institut et chercheur à l'UMET (UMR CNRS 8207), je développe des recherches en mécanique et sciences des matériaux, à l'interface entre expérimentation, caractérisation multi-échelle et modélisation numérique. Mes travaux visent à comprendre les mécanismes physiques gouvernant le comportement, l'endommagement et la durabilité des matériaux et des structures.
Mon parcours de recherche, construit depuis une formation initiale en modélisation et calcul en mécanique, une thèse en thermomécanique des polymères composites et des expériences au CNRS et à l'université de Nottingham, m'a conduit à développer une expertise sur les matériaux métalliques et polymères composites soumis à des sollicitations thermomécaniques et environnementales.
Mes recherches actuelles portent notamment sur la fragilisation par l'hydrogène, les alliages à haute entropie, la fabrication additive, les assemblages dissemblables et les alliages à mémoire de forme. Elles s'appuient sur des approches expérimentales et numériques couplées, avec pour objectif le développement de modèles prédictifs fondés sur la physique pour anticiper les performances et la durée de vie des matériaux et composants industriels.
Mécanique des matériaux ; Sciences des matériaux ; Thermomécanique ; Comportement et endommagement des matériaux ; Fragilisation par l’hydrogène ; Durabilité et durée de vie ; Modélisation multi-échelle ; Modélisation et simulation numérique ; Caractérisation expérimentale multi-échelle ; Matériaux métalliques ; Matériaux composites ; Alliages à haute entropie ; Alliages à mémoire de forme ; Fabrication additive ; Fatigue et fluage ; Soudage et assemblages dissemblables ; Couplages multiphysiques ; Approches prédictives fondées sur la physique.
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Articles dans des revues internationales avec comité de lecture
[34] Thiercelin L., Siredey-Schwaller N., Peltier L., Nenuwa O., Fleury E., Benaarbia A., (2026). Resistance Butt Welding of CoCrNi-based Equiatomic Complex Concentrated Alloys to 316L Stainless Steel. Welding in the World, (Under review).
[33] Lefer H., Witz J.F., Bethune N., Najjar D., El Bartali A., Benaarbia A., (2026). Controlling chemical degradation during debinding and sintering of material-extruded
316L stainless steel: a novel process-control strategy. Materialia, (Under review).
[32] Elzeny O., Tizani W., Gughes J., Albertini G., Benaarbia A., (2026). An energy-based constitutive framework for modelling high-temperature cyclic behaviour of FV566 turbine rotor steel. International journal of fatigue, (Under review).
[31] Elzeny O., Albertini G., Tizani W., Benaarbia A., (2026). A physics-informed machine-learning framework for rapid identification of constitutive parameters from cyclic stress-strain responses. International journal of mechanical sciences, (Under review).
[P30] Nenuwa O., Thiercelin L., Peltier L., Fleury E., Siredey-Schwaller N., Benaarbia A., (2026). Multi-scale study of the influence of bonding temperature on the diffusion bonding of equiatomic CoCrFeMnNi high entropy alloy and 316L stainless steel. Metals and Materials International. 32, 334-352. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12540-025-01987-8
[P31] Amadi A., Mohyaldinn M., Moses P.R., Benaarbia A., (2025). Hydrogen-resistant materials: A review exploring shape memory alloys, medium and high entropy alloys to project the potentials of a high entropy shape memory alloy. Journal of Alloys and Compounds Communications, 6, 100054. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jacomc.2025.100054
[P28] Nenuwa O., Thiercelin L., Peltier L., Fleury E., Siredey-Schwaller N., Benaarbia A., (2025). Dissimilar diffusion welding of some equiatomic FCC-structured CoCrFeNi-based binary and multi-component alloys to 316L stainless steel. Materials Characterization, 226, 115173. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.matchar.2025.115173
[P27] Benaarbia A., Chrysochoos A., (2025). Full-field investigation of dissipative mechanisms and thermoelastic inversion effects within glass-fiber reinforced polyamides subjected to low-cycle fatigue. Composites Part B, 292, 111990. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.compositesb.2024.111990
[P26] Satouri S., Chatzigeorgiou G., Benaarbia A., Meraghni F., (2023). Gradient enhanced multi-scale modelling framework for glass fiber reinforced polyamides. International Journal of Solids and Structures, 267, 112143. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijsolstr.2023.112143
[P25] Chekkour R., Benaarbia A., Chatzigeorgiou G., Meraghni F., Robert G., (2023). Effect of thermo-hygro glycol aging on the damage mechanisms of short glass-fiber reinforced polyamide 66. Composites Part A: Applied Science and Manufacturing, 165, 107358. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.compositesa.2022.107358
[P24] Satouri S., Chatzigeorgiou G., Benaarbia A., Meraghni F., (2022). A gradient enhanced constitutive framework for the investigation of ductile damage localization within semicrystalline polymers. International Journal of Damage Mechanics, 31(10), 1639-1675. https://doi.org/10.1177/10567895221115459
[P23] Bao J., Wang H., Benaarbia A., Wen W., Hu D., Wang Y., Wang R., Sun W., (2022). Short-term creep strain localization in 12% Cr turbine steel under biaxial stress states at 600°C via digital image correlation. Materials Sciences and Engineering A, 143431. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.msea.2022.143431
[P22] Bao J., Wu Z., Wu S., Withers P.J., Li F., Ahmed S., Benaarbia A., Sun W., (2021). Hot dwell-fatigue behaviour of additively manufactured AlSi10Mg alloy: Relaxation, cyclic softening and fracture mechanisms. International Journal of Fatigue 151, 106408. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijfatigue.2021.106408
[P21] Tikkarouchine E., Benaarbia A., Chatzigeorgiou G., Meraghni F., (2021). Non-linear FE2 multiscale simulation of damage, micro and macroscopic strains in polyamide 66-woven composite structures: analysis and experimental validation. Composite Structures: 255: 112926. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.compstruct.2020.112926
[P20] Guo X.F., Benaarbia A., Sun W., Becker A., Morris A., Pavier M., Flewitt P., Tierney M., Wales C., (2020). Optimisation and thermo-mechanical analysis of a coated steam dual pipe system for use in advanced ultra-supercritical power plant. International Journal of Pressure Vessels and Piping, 186: 104157. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijpvp.2020.104157
[P19] Chatzigeorgiou G., Meraghni F., Charalambakis N., Benaarbia A., (2020). Multiscale modeling accounting for inelastic mechanisms of fuzzy fiber composites with straight or wavy carbon nanotubes. International Journal of Solids and Structures, 202: 39-57. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijsolstr.2020.05.015
[P18] Xu X., Benaarbia A., Allen D., Jepson M.A.E., Sun W., (2020). Investigation of microstructural evolution and creep rupture behaviour of 9% Cr MarBN steel welds. Materials Science and Engineering: A, 791: 139546. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.msea.2020.139546
[P17] Li M., Benaarbia A., Morris A., Sun W., (2020). Assessment of potential service-life performance for MarBN steel power plant header under flexible thermomechanical operations. International journal of fatigue, 135: 105565. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijfatigue.2020.105565
[P16] Bao J., Benaarbia A., Bao S., Guo X., Wang Y. Sun W., (2020). High temperature strain heterogeneities tracking within hole-specimens of fv566 turbine steel via digital image correlation. Materials Science and Engineering A, 777: 139068. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.msea.2020.139068
[P15] Rae Y., Guo X., Benaarbia A., Neate N., Hughes J., Sun W., (2020). On the microstructural evolution in 12% Cr turbine steel during low cycle fatigue at elevated temperature. Materials Science and Engineering A, 773: 138864. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.msea.2019.138864
[P14] Benaarbia A., Xu X., Sun W., Becker A.A., Osgerby S., (2020). Characterization of cyclic behavior, deformation mechanisms, and microstructural evolution of MarBN steels under high temperature conditions. International Journal of Fatigue, 131: 105270. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijfatigue.2019.105270
[P13] Benaarbia A., Chatzigeorgiou G., Kiefer B., Meraghni F., (2019). A fully coupled thermo-viscoelastic-viscoplastic-damage framework to study the cyclic variability of the Taylor-Quinney coefficient for semi-crystalline polymers. International journal of Mechanical Sciences, 163: 105128. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijmecsci.2019.105128
[P12] Chatzigeorgiou G., Benaarbia A., Meraghni F., (2019). Piezoelectric piezomagnetic behaviour of coated long fiber composites accounting for eigenfields. Mechanics of Materials, 138: 103157. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mechmat.2019.103157
[P11] Rae Y., Benaarbia A., Hughes J., Sun W., (2019). Experimental characterisation and computational modelling of cyclic viscoplastic behaviour of turbine steel. International Journal of Fatigue, 124: 581-594. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijfatigue.2019.01.022
[P10] Benaarbia A., Xu X., Sun W., Becker A., Jepson M.A.E., (2018). Investigation of short-term creep deformation mechanisms in MarBN steel at elevated temperatures. Materials Science and Engineering A, 734: 491-505. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.msea.2018.06.063
[P9] Benaarbia A., Rouse J.P., Sun W., (2018). A thermodynamically based viscoelastic-viscoplastic model for the high temperature cyclic behaviour of 9-12% Cr steels. International Journal of Plasticity, 107: 132-152. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijplas.2018.03.015
[P8] Benaarbia A., Rae Y., Sun W., (2018). Unified viscoplasticity modelling and its application to fatigue-creep behaviour of gas turbine rotor. International Journal of Mechanical Sciences, 136: 36 – 49. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijmecsci.2017.12.008
[P7] Benaarbia A., Chrysochoos A., (2017). Proper orthogonal decomposition application for estimating heat sources within thermoplastic composite materials. Quantitative Infrared Thermography Journal, 14: 132-152. https://doi.org/10.1080/17686733.2017.1281553
[P6] Benaarbia A., Chrysochoos A., Robert G., (2016). Thermomechanical analysis of strain localization onset in wet polyamide 6.6 subjected to cyclic loading. Mechanics of Materials, 99: 9 – 25. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mechmat.2016.04.011
[P5] Benaarbia A., Chrysochoos A., Robert G., (2015). Thermomechanical behavior of PA6.6 composites subjected to low cycle fatigue. Composites Part B: Engineering, 76: 52 – 64. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.compositesb.2015.02.011
[P4] Benaarbia A., Chrysochoos A., Robert G., (2015). Fiber orientation effects on heat source distribution in reinforced polyamide 6.6 subjected to low cycle fatigue. Journal of Engineering Mathematics, 90: 13 – 36. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10665-014-9720-7
[P3] Benaarbia A., Chrysochoos A., Robert G., (2014). Influence of relative humidity and loading frequency on the PA6.6 thermomechanical cyclic behavior: Part II: Energy aspects. Polymer Testing, 41: 92 – 98. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.polymertesting.2014.10.012
[P2] Benaarbia A., Chrysochoos A., Robert G., (2014). Influence of relative humidity and loading frequency on the PA6.6 thermomechanical cyclic behavior: Part I: Mechanical and thermal aspects. Polymer Testing, 40: 290 – 298. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.polymertesting.2014.09.019
[P1] Benaarbia A., Chrysochoos A., Robert G., (2014). Kinetics of stored and dissipated energies associated with cyclic loadings of dry polyamide 6.6 specimens. Polymer Testing, 34: 155 – 167. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.polymertesting.2014.01.009
Chapitres d’ouvrage
[CO2] Bao J., Benaarbia A., Bao S., Hao Q., Wang Y., Sun W., (2019). The Use of Strain Measurement Techniques at Elevated Temperatures. In: Zhang X. (eds) The Proceedings of the 2018 Asia-Pacific International Symposium on Aerospace Technology (APISAT 2018). APISAT 2018. Lecture Notes in Electrical Engineering, vol 459. Springer, Singapore.
[CO1] Benaarbia A., Chrysochoos A., Robert G., (2014). Sottos N., Rowlands R. Dannemann K. (Eds). Influence of Relative Humidity on the Thermomechanical Behaviour of PA6.6. Experimental and Applied Mechanics, volume 6, Springer International Publishing, 167 – 176.
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Depuis 2024 - Directeur du Département Chimie et Matériaux (CMA), Centrale Lille Institut
Depuis 2023 - Référent géographique de la zone Royaume-Unis et Irlande, Centrale Lille Institut
Depuis 2023 - Responsable de la formation / majeure Matériaux (Master), ENSCL, Centrale Lille Institut
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Depuis 2023 - Membre élu du Conseil interne de l'ENSCL, Centrale Lille Institut
Depuis 2023 - Membre du Comité de direction (Steering Committee), ENSCL, Centrale Lille Institut
2022 - 2023 - Coordinateur des doubles diplômes franco-britanniques, Arts et Métiers
2019 - 2023 - Coordinateur du double diplôme franco-allemand Arts et Métiers - Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT)
2019 - 2023 - Membre du comité de pilotage du French-German Institute for Industry of the Future
2019 - 2023 - Chargé de mission pour aider dans le montage du projet CaMéX-IA (Campus des Métiers et des Qualifications d'Excellence - Digitalisation et Usage de l'Intelligence Artificielle), doté d'un budget total de 13,88 M€
Membre du comité de pilotage du projet
Membre du comité exécutif opérationnel
Coordinateur de la mobilité internationale du projet
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