Gérard Gary, X66 and CNRS Research Director at the Solid Mechanics Laboratory (LMS) between 1973 and 2010, has just received the John Rinehart Prize, which rewards his work on the dynamic behavior of materials.
Gérard Gary was awarded the John Rinehart Prize at the DYMAT 2024 conference organized at ETH Zürich. A specialist in the dynamic behavior of materials and structures, he has acquired unique expertise in the design of dynamic experiments in particular with Hopkinson bars, as well as in the interpretation of measurements with simple and robust mathematical models based on analysis of the propagation of waves in these bars.
As a researcher at the Solid Mechanics Laboratory (LMS*), he developed and then improved a set of Hopkinson bars, which allow the study of the behavior of materials when they are deformed at high speed, in compression or in traction.
Gérard Gary has also participated in numerous industrial partnerships on the dynamic response of structures under compression and has worked on a wide range of materials (metals, wood, composites, concrete, cork, metallic glasses, rocks, foams).
About the price:
The John Rinehart Award was established to recognize outstanding efforts and creative work in the science and technology of dynamic processes in materials and related applications. Since 2009, the prize has been awarded by DYMAT, a European research association in the field of dynamic behavior of materials and its applications.
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*LMS: a CNRS mixed research unit, École polytechnique-Institut Polytechnique de Paris, 91120 Palaiseau, France
