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Ludovic Wagner

Engineer in Structural Mechanics

Mobile Hydraulics
Numerical Simulation
Ludovic Wagner
35 years old
Driving License
Blagnac (31700) France
Professional Status
Employed
Just looking around
About Me
Graduate of a Master of Sciences, I’m an engineer specialised in Structural Mechanics such as the ones found in aeronautics.

I've gained a overall understanding of the industry and applied research. I studied material shaping processes and stepped in mechanical design. I also developed transverse skills when I sold electrohydraulic systems for British and Irish customers during my previous position.
  • Conducted mechanical fatigue analyses on the A380 nose, centre fuselage and wing box sections (fail-safe, safe-life and widespread fatigue damage).
  • Computed equivalent mechanical stresses for different flight missions.
  • Modelled crack initiation and propagation on mechanical joints.
  • Analysed experimental results based on full-scale fatigue test.
  • Updated maintenance tasks in respect to airline feedbacks.
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  • Developed B2B sales in mobile hydraulics in the UK and Eire.
  • Retailed components (motors, valves, fittings, workshop equipment, etc.) and looked for spare part replacements.
  • Designed electrohydraulic systems along with design department (power packs, control boxes, proportional spool valves, hydrostatic transmissions, multiple gear pumps, auxiliary lines, power take-offs, etc.)
  • Determined component requirements (mechanical driven-power, flow rate, pressure losses, hydraulic accumulator relaxations, cylinder buckling).
  • Took part in agricultural shows (SIMA, LAMMA and Midlands Machinery).
  • Followed up repairs (piston pumps), order shipments and provided after-sale services.
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  • 3-month training at the headquarters prior to expatriation to the subsidiary based in the UK.
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  • Wrote technical instructions for customer deliveries and manufacturing of agricultural machinery and subsequent upgrades.
  • Projected CAD views of complete machinery and exploded views of sub-assemblies on CREO Parametric.
  • Annotated assembly steps (bolt tightening, slinging, greasing, etc.) on Illustrator.
  • Updated BOMs on Windchill PDMLink (spare parts catalogue).
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  • Identified chemical, thermal and rheological constitutive models with global non-linear optimisation on Scilab.
  • Simulated preheating and filling of highly-reinforced thermosetting materials with mid-long discontinuous fibres (reshaping of epoxide resin / carbon fibre prepreg remnants with metallic inserts) on Moldflow Insight.
  • Simulated moulding process (curing, injection, cooling and mechanical behaviour).
  • Conducted statistical analysis and extrapolated manufacturing parameters.
  • Highlighted process enhancements on aeronautical parts (secondary structures).
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  • Studied constitutive models of titanium alloys for hot forming applications (process temperature from 600 to 800°C) in partnership with AIRBUS.
  • Optimised elasto-viscoplastic parameter with thermal depedency on Scilab.
  • Modelled surface contacts and structural non-linearities.
  • Analysed residual stresses, thickness variations and elastic springbacks.
  • Simulated forming of industrial parts on Abaqus/Explicit.
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  • Motorised horizontal movement of integrated deck oven lifter on PRO/Engineer Wildfire.
  • Supervised fabrication and experimentation of a prototype.
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  • Supervised maintenance traceability of the bogie drive axles.
  • Replaced defective parts (needle bearings, seals, bolts, etc.)
  • Performed ultrasound non-destructive experiments on sumps.
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German Intensive Training

GRETA Nord Alsace, Saverne (France)

August 2013 to December 2013
This 240-hour German training gave me the aptitude to hold basic conversations in German.

Engineer in Structural Mechanics

ISAE-ENSMA (Postgraduate school in Mechanics and Aeronautics), Poitiers (France)

September 2008 to September 2011
ISAE-ENSMA is an engineering school focused on mechanics and aerotechnics (fluid mechanics, heat transfers, energetics and propulsion), as well as embedded systems in the field of transportation and more specifically aeronautics. The school provides a degree equivalent to a Master of Sciences.

I specialised in structural mechanics during the third year:
✔ Experimental stress analysis, compound durability, damage, fatigue, finite strains, aeronautical structures.
✔ Finite element modelisation, plasticity and viscoplasticity, material mechanical properties, rupture, compound materials.
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Preparatory Classes prior to Engineering School

Blaise Pascal High School, Colmar (France)

September 2006 to June 2008
After graduating of my A-Level with an Honour Mention, I attended this 2-year intensive training aimed at the national engineering schools’ competitive entrance admission.

I ranked 49 out of 703 candidates in Concours Communs Polytechniques.
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A-Level in Electronics

Louis Couffignal Highschool

September 2003 to September 2006
I graduated with an Honour Mention.
  • Solid Mechanics
    Material strengths, continuum mechanics, finite strains, vibration and aeroelasticity.
  • Fluid Mechanics
    Gas dynamics, aerodynamics and hydraulics.
  • Materials Science
    Metals, plastics, compound materials and experimental stress analyses.
  • Constitutive Mechanics
    Elasticity, hyperelasticity, plasticity, viscoplasticity, superplasticity, damage, fatigue, rupture and creep.
  • Thermodynamics
    Chemical kinetics, thermal engines and propulsion systems.
  • Heat Transfers
    Conduction, convection and radiation.
  • Mechanical structures
    Welded structures, aeronautical structures and gears.
  • Agricultural and Construction Machinery
    Mower, cultivator, seed drill, trailer and excavator.
  • Shaping processes
    Laser cutting, forming and plastic injection.
  • Components and spare parts
    Pumps, actuators, valves, filters, accumulators, heat exchangers and controls.
  • Circuit configurations
    Open and closed centers, carry-over, load sensing and power beyond.
  • Integrated solutions
    Power packs, hydrostatic transmissions, safety boom check-valves and hammer lines.
  • 3D Modelling
    Surface, volume, piping, laminate sheets and welding.
  • Product LifeCycle Management
    Complex systems and parts listing.
  • Good
  • Informatics
    Embedded systems, object-oriented programming, scripts, regular expressions, algorithms and databases.
  • Numerical analysis
    Finite element method, solvers, non-linear optimisations and statistics.
  • Enterprise Resource Planning
    Customer and supplier portfolios, product databases, stock, price listing and orders management.
  • International Sales
  • Business to Business
    Prospection, negotiation and response to RFP.
  • Marketing
    Market researd and price offers.
  • Document Management System
    Scientific publications, assembly instructions and fabrication guidelines.
  • Document composition
  • Graphic Illustrations
  • CAD
    Catia V5, Pro/Engineer Wildfire, Creo Parametric, Windchill.
  • Numerical Simulation
    Moldflow Insight, Comsol Multiphysics, Abaqus, Patran, Scilab.
  • Programmation
    Visual Basic (Script and Application).
  • Graphism
    Illustrator, Photoshop, Canvas.
  • French
    Expert
  • English
    TOEIC 845 / 990 in January 2015 - residant UK 20 months (Mai 2015 to December 2016).
    Advanced
  • German
    Intermediate
  • Russian
    Notions
  • Competitive road cycling.
  • Swimming.
  • Remote aircraft models.
  • Learn programming languages Python, C++ and PHP.
  • Practise flight simulation.