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Martin Lévesque
B.Ing (Poly), M. Sc (Poly), Ph.D. (ENSAM - Paris)
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Department Director
Department of Mechanical Engineering
Full Professor
Department of Mechanical Engineering
Phone: (514) 340-4711 Ext. 4857 Fax: (514) 340-5170 Room: A-119.2
Areas of expertise
Polymers and coatings Biomaterials Composites Solid mechanics Modelling, simulation and finite element methods Continuum mechanics Numerical analysis

Research interests and affiliations

Research interests
  • Shot peening
  • Best practices for research infrastructure sharing
  • Solid mechanics
  • Mechanics of composites
  • Viscoelasticity
  • Fatigue
  • Stuctural analysis
Affiliation(s)
Expertise type(s) (NSERC subjects)
  • 2004 Polymers and coatings
  • 2006 Biomaterials
  • 2007 Composites
  • 2101 Solid mechanics
  • 2107 Modelling, simulation and finite element methods
  • 2951 Continuum mechanics
  • 2955 Numerical analysis

Publications

Recent publications
Journal article
Abderrafai, Y., Diouf-Lewis, A., Sosa-Rey, F., Farahani, R.D., Piccirelli, N., Levesque, M. & Therriault, D. (2023). Additive manufacturing and characterization of high temperature thermoplastic blends for potential aerospace applications. Composites Science and Technology, 231, 9 pages. Retrieved from https://doi.org/10.1016/j.compscitech.2022.109839
Journal article
Lampron, O., Lingua, A., Therriault, D. & Levesque, M. (2023). Characterization of the non-isotropic tensile and fracture behavior of unidirectional polylactic acid parts manufactured by material extrusion. Additive Manufacturing, 61, 12 pages. Retrieved from https://doi.org/10.1016/j.addma.2022.103369
Journal article
Sushitskii, V., van Rees, W.M., Lévesque, M. & Gosselin, F.P. (2023). Determination of Optimal Shot Peen Forming Patterns Using the Theory of Non-Euclidean Plates. Journal of Manufacturing Science and Engineering-Transactions of the Asme, 145(3), 15 pages. Retrieved from https://doi.org/10.1115/1.4056072
Journal article
Pierre, J., Iervolino, F., Farahani, R.D., Piccirelli, N., Lévesque, M. & Therriault, D. (2023). Material extrusion additive manufacturing of multifunctional sandwich panels with load-bearing and acoustic capabilities for aerospace applications. Additive Manufacturing, 61, 10 pages. Retrieved from https://doi.org/10.1016/j.addma.2022.103344
See all publications (257)

Teaching

MEC2405 - Strength of Materials II 

MEC3400 - Finite Elements in Solid Mechanics

MEC6401 - Mechanics of Materials (Graduate course - 6 hours) 

Supervision at Polytechnique

IN PROGRESS

  • Ph.D. (3)

    • Delorme, Rolland. Prediction of Micro-Holes Interaction and Crack Coalescence in a Polymeric Matrix within the Peridynamics Framework.
    • Turcot, Gabrielle.
    • Yue, Lingyu.

COMPLETED

  • Ph.D. Thesis (26)

    • Abderrafai, Y. (2022). Fabrication additive de composites à hautes performances mécaniques et thermomécaniques par fabrication de filament fondu : formulation, procédés et caractérisation (Ph.D. Thesis, Polytechnique Montréal). Retrieved from https://publications.polymtl.ca/10685/
    • Moeini Gharagozlo, M.R. (2022). Stiffness Optimization of a honeycomb foot orthotic (Ph.D. Thesis, Polytechnique Montréal). Retrieved from https://publications.polymtl.ca/10543/
    • Pelzmann, T. (2022). Composite Aircraft Engine Fire Walls : a Small-Scale Experimental Testbed to study Thermomechanical Degradation under Fire (Ph.D. Thesis, Polytechnique Montréal). Retrieved from https://publications.polymtl.ca/10345/
    • Sushitskii, V. (2022). Non-Euclidean plate theory for the Simulation, Optimization and Automation of shot peen forming (Ph.D. Thesis, Polytechnique Montréal). Retrieved from https://publications.polymtl.ca/10270/
    • Turcot, G. (2022). Development of a Spherical Indentation Inverse Methodology to Estimate Bulk Tensile Properties of Metals for Applications to Welds (Ph.D. Thesis, Polytechnique Montréal). Retrieved from https://publications.polymtl.ca/10251/
    • Yue, L. (2022). A Numerical Predictive Tool for Long-term Properties of Thermoplastics under Complex Operating Conditions (Ph.D. Thesis, Polytechnique Montréal). Retrieved from https://publications.polymtl.ca/10258/
    • Breumier, S. (2021). Methodology for Shot-Peening Induced Intragranular Residual Stress Prediction (Ph.D. Thesis, Polytechnique Montréal). Retrieved from https://publications.polymtl.ca/5593/
    • Langot, J. (2020). Multi-Physics Modeling of Aerospace Composites Exposed to Fire (Ph.D. Thesis, Polytechnique Montréal). Retrieved from https://publications.polymtl.ca/5533/
    • Bag, A. (2019). Effect of Shot Peening on the Axial Fatigue Life of 300M Steel (Ph.D. Thesis, Polytechnique Montréal). Retrieved from https://publications.polymtl.ca/4054/
    • Bouscarrat, D. (2019). Time-Dependent Damage in Woven-Ply Thermoplastic Composites Above Glass Transition Temperature (Ph.D. Thesis, Polytechnique Montréal). Retrieved from https://publications.polymtl.ca/4190/
    • Faucheux, P. (2019). Simulating Shot Peen Forming with Eigenstrains (Ph.D. Thesis, Polytechnique Montréal). Retrieved from https://publications.polymtl.ca/4189/
    • Bianchetti, C. (2018). Analytical Fatigue Life Prediction of Shot Peened 7050-T7451 Aluminium Alloy (Ph.D. Thesis, École Polytechnique de Montréal). Retrieved from https://publications.polymtl.ca/3194/
    • Courtois, A. (2018). 3D Interlock Composites Multi-Scale Viscoelastic Model Development, Characterization and Modeling (Ph.D. Thesis, École Polytechnique de Montréal). Retrieved from https://publications.polymtl.ca/3178/
    • Klotz, T. (2018). Analytical prediction of shot peening effects on nickel-based superalloy Inconel 718 fatigue life (Ph.D. Thesis, École Polytechnique de Montréal). Retrieved from https://publications.polymtl.ca/3017/
    • Tabiai, I. (2018). 3D Full Field Displacement and Strain Measurements at the Microscale in Fiber Reinforced Composites Under Transverse Load Using Digital Image Correlation (Ph.D. Thesis, École Polytechnique de Montréal). Retrieved from https://publications.polymtl.ca/3796/
    • Benavente Miana, M. (2017). Viscoelastic distortion during manufacturing and post-curing of thermoset composites: characterization and modeling (Ph.D. Thesis, École Polytechnique de Montréal). Retrieved from https://publications.polymtl.ca/2886/
    • Crochon, T. (2014). Modeling in the Viscoelastic Behavior of Polyimide Matrix at Elevated Temperature (Ph.D. Thesis, École Polytechnique de Montréal). Retrieved from https://publications.polymtl.ca/1563
    • El Mourid, A. (2014). Mechanical Behavior of a Triaxially Braided Textile Composite at High Temperature (Ph.D. Thesis, École Polytechnique de Montréal). Retrieved from https://publications.polymtl.ca/1562
    • Ghossein, E. (2014). Numerical Validation of Analytical Homogenization Models for the Case of Randomly Distributed and Oriented Ellipsoidal Fibers Reinforced Composites (Ph.D. Thesis, École Polytechnique de Montréal). Retrieved from https://publications.polymtl.ca/1512
    • Rahmani, B. (2014). In-Situ Mechanical Properties Identification of Composite Materials Using Inverse Methods Based on Full-Field Measurements (Ph.D. Thesis, École Polytechnique de Montréal). Retrieved from https://publications.polymtl.ca/1411
    • Mortazavi, F. (2013). Development of a Global Digital Image Correlation Approach for Fast High-Resolution Displacement Measurements (Ph.D. Thesis, École Polytechnique de Montréal). Retrieved from https://publications.polymtl.ca/1076
    • Moussaddy, H. (2013). A New Definition of the Representative Volument Element in Numerical Homogenization Problems and its Application to the Performance Evaluation of Analytical Homogenization Models (Ph.D. Thesis, École Polytechnique de Montréal). Retrieved from https://publications.polymtl.ca/1091
    • Pahlavan Pour, M. (2013). Multi Scale Modeling of The Elastic Properties of Polymer-Clay Nanocomposites (Ph.D. Thesis, École Polytechnique de Montréal). Retrieved from https://publications.polymtl.ca/1163
    • Gariépy, A. (2012). Finite Element Modelling of Shot Peening and Peen Forming Processes and Characterisation of Peened AA2024-T351 Aluminium Alloy (Ph.D. Thesis, École Polytechnique de Montréal). Retrieved from https://publications.polymtl.ca/954
    • Dermanaki Farahani, R. (2011). Three-Dimensional Microstructures of Epoxy-Carbon Nanotube Nanocomposites (Ph.D. Thesis, École Polytechnique de Montréal). Retrieved from https://publications.polymtl.ca/689
    • Miao, H.Y. (2010). Numerical and Theoretical Study of Shot Peening and Stress Peen Forming Process (Ph.D. Thesis, École Polytechnique de Montréal). Retrieved from https://publications.polymtl.ca/347

  • Master's Thesis (19)

    • De la Torre, L. (2022). Simulation of the Vibratory Peening Process (Master's Thesis, Polytechnique Montréal). Retrieved from https://publications.polymtl.ca/10566/
    • Singhal, M. (2022). Experimental Investigation of Controlled Single and Multiple Impacts of Shot Peening on Titanium Ti-6A1-4V Alloy, 300M Steel and Aluminium Alloy 7050-T7451 (Master's Thesis, Polytechnique Montréal). Retrieved from https://publications.polymtl.ca/10249/
    • Chouchane, K. (2021). Impact of Vibratory Peening on The Surface Integrity of Cemented Steel E16NCD13 (Master's Thesis, Polytechnique Montréal). Retrieved from https://publications.polymtl.ca/9917/
    • Canals, L. (2018). Preliminary assessment of the vibro-peening process for improving the fatigue life of aerospace components (Master's Thesis, École Polytechnique de Montréal). Retrieved from https://publications.polymtl.ca/3009/
    • Courteau-Godmaire, H. (2017). Simulation numérique de la formation des défauts dans la région des inserts de panneaux sandwich (Master's Thesis, École Polytechnique de Montréal). Retrieved from https://publications.polymtl.ca/2560/
    • Méndez Romero, J.A. (2016). Experimental and Numerical Study of Needle Peening Effects in Aluminium Alloy 2024-T3 Sheets (Master's Thesis, École Polytechnique de Montréal). Retrieved from https://publications.polymtl.ca/2062/
    • Delorme, R. (2014). Étude de faisabilité de l'insertion d'une membrane élastomère à renfort textile dans l'aspirateur d'une centrale hydroélectrique (Master's Thesis, École Polytechnique de Montréal). Retrieved from https://publications.polymtl.ca/1472
    • Favre, A. (2013). Caractérisation de l'effet du vieillissement en milieu aqueux sur les propriétés mécaniques de composites à matrice élastomère (Master's Thesis, École Polytechnique de Montréal). Retrieved from https://publications.polymtl.ca/1099
    • Guérin, N. (2013). Conception et fabrication d'un séparateur de particules hélicoïdal par impression tridimensionnelle (Master's Thesis, École Polytechnique de Montréal). Retrieved from https://publications.polymtl.ca/1258
    • Lapalme, M. (2013). Caractérisation des contraintes résiduelles engendrées par l'expansion à froid de trous dans des alliages d'aluminium (Master's Thesis, École Polytechnique de Montréal). Retrieved from https://publications.polymtl.ca/1245
    • Trudel, A. (2013). Étude expérimentale de la propagation de fissures de fatigue dans la zone affectée thermiquement de joints soudés de roues de turbines hydrauliques (Master's Thesis, École Polytechnique de Montréal). Retrieved from https://publications.polymtl.ca/1315
    • Bourgeois-Collin, L. (2012). Évaluation de modèles biphasiques linéaires pour la caractérisation mécanique de la plaque de croissance (Master's Thesis, École Polytechnique de Montréal). Retrieved from https://publications.polymtl.ca/853
    • Bouchaar, M. (2011). Conception d'un montage de microfabrication pour les nanocomposites à base de résines thermoplastiques (Master's Thesis, École Polytechnique de Montréal). Retrieved from https://publications.polymtl.ca/544
    • Landry, F. (2010). Modeling of the thermomechanical behavior of an epoxy resin subjected to elevated temperatures and experimental verification (Master's Thesis, École Polytechnique de Montréal). Retrieved from https://publications.polymtl.ca/375
    • Vivien, G. (2010). Modélisation d'une vanne à tournant sphérique munie d'un joint de polymère viscoélastique (Master's Thesis, École Polytechnique de Montréal). Retrieved from https://publications.polymtl.ca/248
    • Farah, E. (2009). Modèle constitutif du comportemetn viscoplastique d'un matériau CFC (Master's Thesis, École Polytechnique de Montréal). Retrieved from https://publications.polymtl.ca/233
    • Lourdel, N. (2009). Développement d'un banc d'essai pour la détermination des paramètres de la loi de comportement d'un filament d'encre viscoélastique (Master's Thesis, École Polytechnique de Montréal).
    • Barello, R.B. (2008). Modélisation de la décohésion de l'interface renfort-matrice dans un matériau composite par la méthode des éléments finis (Master's Thesis, École Polytechnique de Montréal).
    • Rivet, H. (2008). Développement d'une méthodologie d'optimisation des paramètres de grenaillage pour améliorer la vie en fatigue (Master's Thesis, École Polytechnique de Montréal).

News about Martin Lévesque

NEWS | April 24, 2019
Aerospace: Safran draws on Polytechnique Montréal expertise | Read
NEWS | December 14, 2017
Polytechnique Montréal awarded $2.4 million grant for three chairs as part of the Canada Research Chairs Program | Read

Press review about Martin Lévesque

October 18, 2017, Ameq en ligne, Polytechnique Montréal à l'honneur lors de la 13e Conférence internationale sur le grenaillage (ICSP13) Les étudiants au doctorat en génie mécanique Thierry Klotz et Charles Bianchetti ont été récompensés lors du concours étudiant de la conférence ICSP13. Également, le professeur Martin Lévesque a été nommé président du comité scientifique international sur le grenaillage, pour trois ans.
September 2, 2017, Le Devoir, À quoi ressemblera l'avion du futur? Les explications de deux professeurs titulaires au Département de génie mécanique de Polytechnique Montréal : Éric Laurendeau, spécialiste de l'aérodynamique, et Martin Lévesque, expert en modélisation des matériaux de pointe utilisés en aérospatiale.
August 15, 2015, Les Affaires, En quête de nouvelles solutions pour innover. « On sent dans le milieu des affaires une volonté de partager les ressources en matière d'équipements et de personnel, constate Martin Lévesque, de Polytechnique Montréal ». Propos de Martin Lévesque, titulaire de la Chaire de recherche du Canada en modélisation multi-échelle des matériaux aérospatiaux de pointe.