SMERDOVA Olga
ISAE-ENSMA – CNRS – Université de Poitiers
Téléport 2 – 1 avenue Clément Ader
BP 40109 – 86961 Futuroscope Chasseneuil Cedex
Equipe de recherche
Biographie
Dr Olga Smerdova was born in Russia, close to Moscow, and that is where she received her education in Mechanical Engineering with specialization in design of spacecraft at the Bauman State Technical University.
To continue her study and open new horizons, she came to France to do a PhD at the Laboratory of Tribology and Dynamics of Systems (LTDS). She obtained her PhD diploma from Ecole Centrale de Lyon in 2012 working on friction and wear of polymer composites.
In the same year, Dr Smerdova started a postdoctoral work in the University of Nottingham with the aim to study a contribution of polymer chains of different molecular weights to the mechanical response of an amorphous polymer. This was essentially a neutron scattering study of oriented bimodal blends.
In 2013, Dr Smerdova moved to the University of Cambridge to work on a project about friction in composite forming. In the framework of this project, she developed an experimental method to make direct observation of real contact area of fibrous material under compression and sliding. The friction force was then related to the microscopic contacts of individual fibres confirming the adhesive nature of friction. This project marked a start of her interest in the friction of fibres and tows.
Recherche
In 2014, Dr Smerdova was hired as Maître de conférences at the ISAE-ENSMA engineering school to teach mechanics and to do research at the Institut Pprime lab. Since then, her work has mostly been focused around two areas: nanoindentation of polymers and composites and friction of carbon fibres. Indeed, the existing experimental methods in nanoindentation need to be improved when the material presents mechanical behaviour other than elastoplastic and when it is not homogeneous and isotropic. The heterogeneity and viscoelasticity (or viscoelastoplasticity) under contact with the indenter are the questions that she addresses in her research. On the other hand, Dr Smerdova pursues the research on the friction of carbon fibre tows with the aim to understand and relate the friction across the scales, from the microscale of individual fibre through the mesoscale of a tow (several thousands of aligned fibres) to the macroscale of a woven fabric.
Enseignement
- Mechanics of Deformable Solids
- Structural Mechanics
- Contact Mechanics and tribology
Activités administratives
2023 – … Member of Conseil de la SF2M (Société Française de Métallurgie et de Matériaux)
2021 – … Member of Conseil Scientifique de l’ISAE-ENSMA
2019 – … Member of Conseil d’Expertise Scientifique de l’ISAE-ENSMA
2016 – 2022 Board member of Mécamat (Groupe Français de Mécanique des Matériaux).
Reviewer for Tribology International, Journal of Tribology, Composites Part A, Matériaux & Techniques.
Sélection de publications
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O. Smerdova, M. Pecora, M. Gigliotti. Cyclic indentation of polymers: Instantaneous elastic modulus from reloading, energy analysis, and cyclic creep. Journal of Materials Research, 34 (21), 3688-3698, 2019 https://doi.org/10.1557/jmr.2019.289
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O. Smerdova, M.P.F. Sutcliffe. Multiscale Tool-Fabric contact observation and analysis for composite fabric forming. Composites Part A, 73, 116-124, 2015 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.compositesa.2015.03.009
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O. Smerdova, M.P.F. Sutcliffe. Novel Experimental Method for Microscale Contact Analysis in Composite Fabric Forming. Experimental Mechanics, Vol.55, I.8, 1475-1483, 2015 DOI 10.1007/s11340-015-0044-y
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O. Smerdova, D. Mazuyer, J. Cayer-Barrioz. Links between energy dissipation and wear mechanisms in solid epoxy/epoxy sliding contact. Tribology International, 77, 148-159, 2014, DOI: 10.1016/j.triboint.2014.04.009
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O. Smerdova, R. S. Graham, U. Gasser, L. R. Hutchings, D. S. A. De Focatiis. A novel method of extraction of blend component structure from SANS measurements of homopolymer bimodal blends. Macromolecular Chemistry and Physics, 215 (9), 859-866, 2014, DOI: 10.1002/macp.201300787
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O. Smerdova, J. Cayer-Barrioz, A. Le Bot, B. Sarbayev. Analytical model and experimental validation of friction laws for composites under low loads. Tribology Letters, 46 (3), 263-272, 2012, DOI 10.1007/s11249-012- 9947-2
