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(CIFMA 2018) 5 International Francophone Congress Of 5ième Congrès International Francophone de Mécanique Avancée (CIFMA 2018) 5th International Francophone Congress of Advanced Mechanics (IFCAM 2018) October 31 – November 2, 2018 CIFMA 2018 Committees General Chair Rafic Younes, Lebanese University, Faculty of Engineering (Lebanon) Organizing Committee Head of organizing committee Accary Gilbert, Lebanese University, Faculty of Engineering (Lebanon) Local Members Assaf Bassam, Lebanese University, Faculty of Agriculture (Lebanon) Azzi Marwan, Lebanese University, Faculty of Engineering (Lebanon) Fardoun Farouk, Lebanese University, Faculty of Engineering (Lebanon) Ibrahim Oussama, Lebanese University, Faculty of Engineering (Lebanon) Rahme Pierre, Lebanese University, Faculty of Engineering (Lebanon) Sahily Jihad, Lebanese University, Faculty of Engineering (Lebanon) Shraim Hassan, Lebanese University, Faculty of Engineering (Lebanon) External Members Ahmad Kalaaji, University of Aleppo (Syria) Ahmad Alsayed, University of Aleppo (Syria) Mohammed El-Ganaoui, Lorraine University (France) Nacim Benachour, Ferhat Abbas Setif University (Algeria) Houcine Dhaou, University of Monastir (Tunisia) Oussama Rejeb, Savoie Mont-Blanc University (France) Gina Stoica, "POLITEHNICA" University of Bucharest (Romania) Mohammed Hasnaoui, Marrakech University (Morocco) Salah Chikh, USTHB (Algeria) Scientific Committee President of the Scientific Committee Accary Gilbert, Lebanese University, Faculty of Engineering (Lebanon) Khaled Khalil, Lebanese University, Faculty of Engineering (Lebanon) Local Members Kifah Sarraf, Lebanese University (Lebanon) Hassan Assoum, Beirut Arab University (Lebanon) Chady Ghnatios, Notre-Dame University (Lebanon) Charbel Bou-Mosleh, Notre-Dame University (Lebanon) Daniel Asmar, American University of Beirut (Lebanon) Samir Mustafa, American University of Beirut (Lebanon) External Members Abdelkhalak El-Hami, INSA Rouen (France) Pascal Swider, Paul Sabatier University (France) Abdelhamid Bouchair, Polytech Clermont-Ferrand (France) Nait Abdelaziz Moussa, Lille University (France) Sadeghpour Gildeh Bahram, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad (Iran) Palizolo Luigi, Università degli Studi di Palermo (Italy) Philippe Olivier, Paul Sabatier University (France) Antoine Alemany, INP Grenoble (France) Taoufik Boukharouba, USTHB (Algeria) Benyebka Bou-Said, INSA Lyon (France) Patrick Bontoux, Aix-Marseille University (France) Dominique Morvan, Aix-Marseille University (France) Abdulkader Joukhadar, University of Aleppo (Syria) Wael Salloum, University of Aleppo (Syria) Lamarsh Albachi, University of Aleppo (Syria) Yousef Alhashem, University of Aleppo (Syria) Houcine Dhaou, University of Monastir (Tunisia) Oussama Rejeb, Savoie Mont-Blanc University (France Bouhouch Lahoussine, University Ibn Zohr – Agadir (Morocco) Hadi El-Daou, Imperial College London (United Kingdom) Aouni Lakis, Ecole Polytechnique de Montreal (Canada) Mathieu Petrissans, Lorraine University (France) Kai Schneider, I2M - UMR 7373 - CNRS (France) Abdelmajid Jemni, Ecole Nationale d'Ingénieurs de Monastir (Tunisia) Kamel Halouani, University of Sfax (Tunisia) Ali Beitollahi, Iran University of Science and Technology (Iran) Mahmood M. Shokrieh, Iran University of Science and Technology (Iran) Bahram Sadeghpour Gildeh, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad (Iran) Cheikh MBOW, Faculté des Sciences et Techniques (Senegal) Nemr El Hajj, USEK (Lebanon) .
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