Benoit Cordonnier

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ABOUT BENOIT CORDONNIER

CRITICAL SKILLS:Experimental- 15 years experience in rheology (Nuclear power plant corium melt, cooling lavas, dynamic magmas)- 4 years experience in high capacity uni-axial press viscometer (300KN press Voggenreiter)- 10 years experience in high pressure - high temperature Paterson type press- 8 years experience on dynamic high confining pressure apparatus and high pressure autoclaves- 6 years experience on monitoring and sampling volcanic systems- 8 years experience in experimental passive acoustic systems- 6 years experience in 4D micro-tomographic X-rays scans- Abilities in using, maintaining and tuning various rheological apparatus (Uni-axial press and Couette viscometers, horizontal and vertical dilatometers, Cone and plate rheoscopes, Paterson type press, extensometers)- Abilities in using Differential Scanning Calorimeters, Microprobes chemical analysers SX50 & SX100- Experience in image processing, automatic point tracking, phase recognition automation- 6 months experience in severe nuclear accidents experimental platforms and large scale high temperature flows (PLINIUS FP60•••03 and VULCANO, French atomic center, CEA Cadarache)- Good experience in producing high quality synthetic melts of various compositions with or without a crystal phase.Numerical- Good experience in using finite element codes (RHEOLEF, Matlab, COMSOL) and common programming and script languages (C++, FORTRAN, Matlab, html)- Extended knowlege in FEM and FDM mesh methods (visco-elastic multiphase flows under cooling)- Developped meshless SPH codes- Used to run Lattice Boltzmann Methods algorithms- Used to working under Unix/Linux and Windows operating systems- Have traveled extensively, either for personal reasons, fieldwork, conferences and attending meetings- Abilities with industrial/graphic design software (Illustrator, Photoshop, 3DS Max, Dassault Catia)