Jean-Philippe Navarro

***** Profil en cours de rédaction ****
Because of a strong will to work in aerospace industry, I chose to orient my studies in applied mathematics (engineer and PhD Thesis) towards the aircraft structural mechanic domain.

After several experiments (training courses and military service) in this field (Dassault-Aviation, Toulouse Aeronautical Tests Center), I joined Dassault-Aviation as a PhD student under the CIFRE status (Industrial Convention of Formation by Research). My thesis subject was related to the "modeling of aircraft tires".
Within this framework, I developed specific finite element methods ensuring a precise representation of the material incompressibility and of the unilateral contact with friction conditions. I implemented these methods in the non-linear module of Elfini, the structural mechanic simulation software owned by Dassault-Aviation.

At the end of the PhD, I joined the Structural stress sizing Methods and tools team of Dassault-Aviation. Part of Saint-Cloud stress office, this team was responsible of the development and deployment of the whole set of tools used by the stress team (more than 100 users). Within this framework, I was in charge of the development and support to the user for the non-linear module of simulation. For this reason, I also made complete studies of dimensioning for cases of impact (driving remains, bird) and of post-buckling (metal structure or composite).

I then integrated Airbus France within the department method and tools for dimensioning of the composite structures. I am currently responsible of transnational methods and process of dimensioning for the composite structures with respect to the criteria of stability (buckling and post-buckling). Within this framework, I manage the team in responsibility of harmonize the dimensioning methods of stability for the 4 national companies composing Airbus (Germany, Spain, France and the United Kingdom). I also ensure the support the teams of development of the programs had (A380, A400M...) for the management of the problems of outgoing dimensioning of the traditional
framework.