About me

I am a CNRS research scientist at the Centre des matériaux, Mines Paris - PSL University, where I specialize in the computational and physical aspects of contact and friction at both macroscopic and microscopic scales. My theoretical research relies on boundary element and finite element methods. My academic interests are broad, encompassing a diverse array of physical phenomena, from detailed atomistic descriptions to the geological scale phenomena like earthquakes and glacier sliding and flow. At Mines Paris, I teach the continuum mechanics, the finite element method, contact mechanics, computational contact mechanics, and the multiscale mechanics of materials.

My CV [pdf] (last update Jan, 2025)

A short film about me and my research made by the CNRS (2018)

Research

Mainly:
  • Mechanics of rough contact
  • Fast-BEM for conductivity problems
  • Computational contact mechanics
But also:
  • Contact static seals
  • Wear of drilling tools
  • Electric contact
  • Wear
  • Behavior of elastomers
  • Mechanics of metallic materials
  • Iceberg calving and capsize
  • Fluid-structure interaction
  • Non-linear dynamics
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Recent Publications

  • Flow-induced fretting in DEMO divertor targets equipped with swirl tapes, Fusion Engineering and Design (2025) [doi]
  • Modeling in tribology: Recent advances, applications, and open questions, Tribology International (2025) [doi]
  • The surface-topography challenge: A multi-laboratory benchmark study to advance the characterization of topography, Tribology Letters (2025) [doi]
  • A predictor-corrector scheme for approximating signed distances using finite element methods, arXiv preprint arXiv:2506.17830 (2025) [arXiv]
  • A time-discontinuous elasto-plasticity formalism to simulate instantaneous plastic flow bursts, International Journal of Solids and Structures (2025) [doi]
  • Adaptive Cross Approximation with a Geometrical Pivot Choice: ACA-GP Method, arXiv preprint arXiv:2502.03886 (2025) [arXiv]
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Upcoming Events

Conferences & seminars:

  • Seminar "Contact, transport et frottement aux petites et grandes échelles"
    POEMS, ENSTA, INRIA, IDEFIX team, 2 October 2025
  • Seminar "Fluid Transport in Rough Contact Interfaces"
    RWTH, Aachen, Germany, 15 December 2025
  • WCCM 2026 Munich, Germany, 19-24 July 2026

Courses:

  • "Nonlinear Computational Mechanics" 17-21 November, 2025 (ATHENS week)
  • "Simulations numériques en physique par la méthode des éléments finis" (FR) Nov 24 - 28, 2025, PSL week at Mines Paris - PSL
  • Contact Mechanics and Elements of Tribology (ENG) February, 2026
    open master/doctoral course, in classroom and online
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Figure of the month

Yastrebov: figure of the month, Nov 2025 Fluid flow in a contact interface at the roughness scale on a 20k x 20k mesh grid.
(November, 2025)


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Research Group

Current members:
  • Yahya Boye (PhD candidate)
  • Amine El Bachari (PhD candidate)
  • Komi Martin Afangbedji (master student)

Our small group is a part of a bigger group Simulation of Materials and Structures (SIMS) at the Centre des matériaux.

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