Ahmed LOUKILI

 Research Institute in Civil and Mechanical Engineering,

 1 rue de la Noë, BP 92101,

Nantes cedex 3, F-44321 France

Phone:+33 2 40 37 16 67

Fax: +33 2 40 37 25 35

e-mail: Ahmed.loukili@ec-nantes.fr

- Bachelor of Civil Engineering  - University Of Bordeaux 1, 1991

- Master of Civil Engineering - Ecole Centrale de Nantes,1992

- Doctorate Degree (PhD) Ecole Centrale de Nantes, November1996

  Thesis:« Delayed deformation of Delayed Deformations of the Ultrahigh-Performance Concrete ».

- Habilitation degree (enabling to direct research), University of Nantes, december 2005

Mix design and behaviour of a new cementitious materials at early age, Durability of concrete, Durability mechanics of concretestructures (experimental)

Head of research team on concrete in Nantes(France)

RILEM Senior Member

Regular Member of TC 195-DTD: Recommendation for testmethods for autogenous deformation and thermal dilation of early age concrete

Member of  theAmerican Concrete Institute (ACI)

Reviewer of many journals of civil Engineering .

Member of the scientific council at Ecole Centrale de Nantes(2002 -)

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A1.             A. Loukili, A. Khelidj, P. Richard,

HydrationKinetics, change of the relative humidity and autogenous shrinkage of ultrahigh strength concrete,

Cementand Concrete Research. Vol. 29 june (issue 4),  pp. 577-584, 1999.

A2.             A. Loukili, D. Chopin, A. Khelidj, J-Y.Le Touzo,

A new approach to determineautogenous shrinkage of mortar at early age considering temperature history,

Cement and Concrete Research30 (6) pp. 915-922, 2000.

A3.             L. Daniel, A. Loukili,

Behavior of High StrengthFiber-Reinforced Concrete beams under cyclic loading

StructuralJournal, American Concrete Institute, Vol 99, may-june 2002, pp. 248-256.

A4.             Ph. Turcry, A. Loukili, L. Barcelo,  J.M. Casabonne,

Can the maturity concept be used for separating autogenous shrinkage andthermal  deformation of a cement paste atearly age?

Cement and Concrete Research, vol 32, n°9, pp 1443-1450, 2002.

A5.             P. Mounanga, A. Khelidj, A. Loukili, V.Baroghel-Bouny,

Predicting Ca(OH)2 content and chemical shrinkage of hydrating cementpastes using analytical approach,

Cement and Concrete Research, Volume 34, N° 2, pp. 255-265, 2004.

A6.             K. Haidar, G. Pijaudier-Cabot, JF. Dubé, A.Loukili,

Experimental Correlationbetween Internal Length, Fracture Process Zone and Size Effect in Mortar andmodel Materials,

Materials and structures,Volume 38, N° 276, pp. 201 - 210, 2005.

A7.             Ph. Turcry, A. Loukili, K. Haidar, G.Pijaudier-Cabot, A. Belarbi,

 Cracking Tendency of Self-Compacting Concretesubjected to Restrained Shrinkage,

ASCE Journal of Materials inCivil Engineering, Vol. 18, No. 1. February 1, pp -46/54, 2006.

A8.              P. Mounanga, V.Baroghel-Bouny, A. Loukili, A. Khelidj,

AutogenousDeformations of Cement Pastes - Part I : Temperature Effects at Early Age andMicro-Macro Correlations,

Cement andConcrete Research, Volume 36, Issue 1, January 2006, Pages 110-122.

A9.             V. Baroghel-Bouny, P. Mounanga, A. Khelidj, A.Loukili, N. Rafaï,

AutogenousDeformations of Cement Pastes - Part II : W/C effects, Micro-MacroCorrelations, and Threshold values,

Cement andConcrete Research, Volume 36, Issue 1, January 2006, Pages 123-136

A10.          Ph. Turcry, A. Loukili,

Evaluation ofPlastic shrinkage cracking of self consolidating concrete,

Materials Journal,American Concrete Institute, Vol 103, N°4, pp272-280, 2006.

A11.          S. Granger, A. Loukili, G.Pijaudier-Cabot, G. Chanvillard

Experimentalcharacterization of the self healing of cracks in an ultra high performanceconcrete: mechanical tests and acoustic emission analysis,

Cement andConcrete Research, Volume 37, Issue 4, April 2007, Pages 519-527

A12.          E. Rozière a, S. Granger a, Ph. Turcry,  A. Loukili

Influence of pastevolume on shrinkage cracking and fracture properties of Self-CompactingConcrete,

Cement and Concrete Composites, Volume29, Issue 8, September 2007, Pages 626-636.

Captés in books (3)

A13.         G. Pijaudier-Cabot, K. Haidar, A. Loukili, M.Omar,

Ageing and Durability of ConcreteStructures,

Degradationand Instabilities in Geomaterials, edited by F. Darve and I. Vardoulakis Eds.Springer Wien New york,  pp 255-286, 2004.

A14.          V. Baroghel-Bouny, P. Mounanga, A. Loukili,A. Khelidj,

From Chemical and Microstructural Evolution ofCement Pastes to the Development of Autogenous Deformations

AutogenousDeformation of Concrete, Special Publication of the American ConcreteInstistute SP 220, Editors O-M Jensen, D.P. Bentz and P. Lura, pp 1-23, 2004.