Laboratory of Rheology and Processing

The Laboratory of Rheology and Processing (LRP) is a Joint Research Unit (UMR5520) supported by CNRS (Institue for Engineering, sections 10, 9 and 11), Grenoble Alpes University, Physics, Engineering, Materials (PEM) research centre, and Grenoble INP - UGA , Graduate schools of Engineering and Management.

We are a partner in the "Galileo Galilei Grenoble" (Fed3G) research federation, from which the LabEx Tec 21 emerged, and we are one of the five founding teams of the Institut Carnot PolyNat, dedicated to the development and valorization of functional bio-based materials..
 

Within the "Rheology, Processes and their Intensification" (RhéPI) team, the laboratory carries out multidisciplinary research in  rheology, complex fluids, soft matter and process engineering. The approaches are mainly experimental, complemented by theoretical and numerical modeling at different scales. Applications span industrial sectors (biorefinery, agri-food, etc.), as well as environmental and health-related fields.
 

Supported by a technical team and resources including a design office and a mechanical workshop, an administrative staff, a Rheology and Coupled Physical Measurements platform, and a microscopy platform, our research activities are structured around three main areas.:

• Rheophysics and flow

• Processing and fabrication

• Rheology for the Living