EC2-MS was created in 1998 by its current manager, in collaboration with the INSA de LYON, in order to optimize and develop relationship between laboratories and industries.
| In the late 1990s, the URGC Structure laboratory of INSA de LYON, in collaboration with the LAMS laboratory of CEA of SACLAY, ended a research program about buckling of thin shells. It can be summarized by the following points : 20 years of continuous research, 25 PhD, more than 100 papers, the development of the dedicated software STANLAX, and the edition of EUROCODE design rules. |
| Once the research program on shell buckling was concluded, the |
| interest of the two laboratories started to decrease, while industries were |
| increasingly looking for assistance to design their structures accounting |
| for buckling effects. Therefore, the idea came up : the creation of a specific independent |
| firm, in order to retrieve the laboratory's skills so as to reply to industrial needs. |
The advantages of such organisation can be equaly divided between the different partners :
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| EC2-MS activity focuses on numerical simulation in mechanics, thermomechanics and heat transfer, with a renowned experience in the following fields : |
