ARNAUD CASTEL

Professor, University of Nice-Sophia Antipolis, France
Director of the Civil Engineering Department Polytech'Nice 

Contact Details
Laboratory Jean Alexandre Dieudonné (CNRS UMR6621)
Team Numerical Modeling & Fluid Dynamics
 Parc Valrose, 06108 Nice cedex 02, France
Phone: +33 4 92 07 62 05
Fax: +33 4 93 517 974
Email: acastel@unice.fr

Teaching areas
Main Research Interests
Recent Publications (2010-2011)  All Publications
  • Refereed International Journal Papers
  • Zhang R., Castel A., François R., “Effect of steel corrosion pattern on RC-beam performance”, Proceedings of the ICE - Construction Materials, Volume 163, Issue 2, 2010, pp. 97 –108 (ISSN: 1747-650X, E-ISSN: 1747-6518).
  • Vu N.A., Castel A., François R., “Response of post-tensioned concrete beams with unbonded tendon including serviceability and ultimate state”, Engineering Structures, Vol. 32, Issue 2, February 2010, pp. 556-569.
  • Zhang R., Arnaud Castel A., François R., “Concrete cover cracking with reinforcement corrosion of RC beam during chloride-induced corrosion process”, Cement and Concrete Research, Vol. 40, Issue 3, (2010), pp. 415-425.
  • Castel A., Vidal T., François R., “Bond and cracking properties of self-consolidating concrete”, Construction and Building Materials, 24 (2010) 1222–1231.
  • Al-Mahmoud F., Castel A., François R., Tourneur C., “RC beams strengthened with NSM CFRP rods and modeling of peeling-off failure", Composite Structures, 92 (2010), p 1920-1930.
  • A. Nasser, A. Clément, S. Laurens, A. Castel, “Influence of steel-concrete interface condition on galvanic corrosion currents in carbonated concrete”, Corrosion Science, Volume 52, N09, Pages 2878-2890, September 2010.
  • Arnaud Castel, Dario Coronelli, N.A. Vu, Raoul François, “Structural response of corroded prestressed beams with bonded strands”, Proceedings of the ICE - Structures and Buildings, 2011, Volume 164 Issue SB1.
  • Arnaud Castel, Dario Coronelli, Raoul François, “Structural response of corroded unbonded post-tensioned beams”, ASCE Journal of Structural Engineering, Vol. 137, 2011, pp. 761-772.
  • Al-Mahmoud F., Castel A., François R., Tourneur C., "Anchorage and tension-stiffening effect between Near Surface Mounted CFRP rods and Concrete", Cement and Concrete Composite, Volume 33, Issue 2, February 2011, Pages 346-352.
  • Kreit A. Al-Mahmoud F. Castel A., François R., “Repairing Corroded RC beam with Near-Surface Mounted CFRP Rods”, Materials & Structures, Vol. 44, Issue 7 (2011), pp. 1205-1217.
  • Castel A., François R., “Modeling of steel and concrete strains between primary cracks for the prediction of cover controlled cracking in RC-beams”, Engineering Structures, Vol. 33, Issue 12, December 2011, pp. 3668-3675.
  • Refereed International Conference Papers
  • Al-Mahmoud F., Castel, A., François R., Tourneur C., "Strengthening of RC cantilever members with Near Surface Mounted CFRP rods", 13th International Congress on Polymers in Concrete, 10-12 February 2010, Madeira, Islands.
  • A. Castel, R. Zhang, R. François, “Influence of the steel-concrete interface condition on the chloride corrosion rate and pattern”, CONSEC'10, Merida, Mexico, June 2010.
  •  I. Khan, R. François, A. Castel, “Mechanical Behavior of Long-Term Corroded Reinforced Concrete Beam”, Joint FIB- RILEM workshop on modelling of corroding concrete structures, 22-23 November 2010, Madrid, Spain.
  • Castel A, Coronelli D., l François R., Cleland D., “Modeling the stiffness reduction of corroded reinforced concrete beams after cracking”, Joint FIB- RILEM workshop on modelling of corroding structures, 22-23 November 2010, Madrid, Spain.
  • Z. Dahou, M. Sbartaï, A. Castel, F. Ghomari “A statistical model for reinforced concrete bond prediction”, Int. Conf. on Computational modelling of concrete structures, EURO-C, Rhormoos/Schladming, Austria, March 15-18, 2010.
  • R. François, I. Khan, A. Castel, N-A. Vu, “Study of the impact of localized cracks on the corrosion mechanism”, Workshop Construction under Exceptional Condition, October 2010, Hanoi, Vietnam.
  • I. Khan, R. François, A. Castel, “Ultimate performance of a 26 years old corroded reinforce concrete beam”, Workshop Construction under Exceptional Condition, October 2010, Hanoi, Vietnam.