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In collaboration with researchers, curators and heritage experts, we contribute to advancing thinking on the integration of science and mechanical engineering in conservation and cultural heritage studies.

D. Jullien et al., “Hygromechanical study of a 16th century painted wooden panel: In-situ experiments to quantify the mechanical effect of the frame and the cradle,” Journal of Cultural Heritage, vol. 64, pp. 266–274, Nov. 2023, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.culher.2023.10.011.

C. Gauvin, L. Sauvage and G. Tournillon, “Engineering approach to conservation. Monitoring hygromechanical behaviour as a tool for supporting decision-making of panel painting conservation”, Wood Science and Technology III Conference 19-20-21 October 2023, Maastricht.
C. Gauvin et G. Tournillon, “Conservation extrême, aide au diagnostic par la caractérisation de la mécanique du bois”, SFIIC – 11ème Journée d’étude du Groupe Bois : “Que fait-on quand il n’y a plus rien à faire ?” 06 Octobre 2023, Paris.

C. Gauvin, L. Sauvage, T. Bajon-Bouzid, R. Déjean, G. Tournillon, and E. A. Bentz, “A 1000-year-old story told over 70 meters: A multidisciplinary approach for the future conservation and display of the Bayeux Tapestry,” in Working Towards a Sustainable Past. ICOM-CC20th Triennial Conference Preprints, Valencia,18–22 September 2023, J. Bridgland, Ed., Paris: International Council of Museums, 2023.

J.-C. Dupré et al., “Experimental study of the hygromechanical behaviour of a historic painting on wooden panel : devices and measurement techniques,” Journal of Cultural Heritage, vol. 46, pp. 165–175, Nov. 2020, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.culher.2020.09.003.

L. Sauvage, W. Wei, and M. Martinez, “When conservation meets engineering: predicting the damaging effects of vibrations on pastel paintings,” Studies in Conservation, vol. 63, no. sup1, pp. 418–420, Aug. 2018, https://doi.org/10.1080/00393630.2018.1504444.

L. Sauvage, H. Stratis, and L. Harrison, “Pastel roundtable: a study day at the national gallery, London April 30, 2018,” Journal of Paper Conservation, vol. 19, no. 1, pp. 33–35, 2018, https://doi.org/10.1080/18680860.2019.1580005.

C. Gauvin et al., “Strain measurements during structural conservation treatment and the long-term monitoring of a 17th-century Dutch panel painting,” in ICOM Committee for Conservation 18th Triennial Meeting Copenhagen Denmark 4-8 September 2017, Pulido & Nunes; ICOM Committee for Conservation, 2017.

S. E. Ekelund et al., “The development of a methodology to understand climate-induced damage in decorated oak wood panels,” in ICOM-CC 18th Triennial Conference The development of a methodology 2017 Copenhagen, 2017.

J. Gril et al., “The Mona Lisa Project: an update on the progress of measurement, monitoring, modelisation and simulation,” in EuroMech 2015: Theoretical, Numerical and Experimental Analyses in Wood, Dresden, Germany, 27-29 May 2015, 2015.

C. Gauvin, D. Jullien, P. Doumalin, J.-C. Dupré, and J. Gril, “Image correlation to evaluate the influence of hygrothermal loading on wood,” Strain, vol. 50, no. 5, pp. 428–436, 2014, https://doi.org/10.1111/str.12090.

W. Wei, L. Sauvage, and J. Wölk, “Baseline limits for allowable vibrations for objects,” in ICOM-CC 17th Triennial Conference Preprints, Melbourne, 15–19 September 2014, J. Bridgland, Ed., Paris: International Council of Museums, 2014.