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SUMMARY:DYMAT in historical context - Stephen Walley\, PCS Group\, Cavendi
 sh Laboratory
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CONTACT:Stephen Walley
DESCRIPTION:The DYMAT Association was founded in France in 1983. 2023 is t
 herefore its 40th anniversary. The occasion is an opportunity to put the a
 ssociation into a broad historical context. Although various one-off sympo
 sia on this topic were held as long ago as the 1920s\, regular conferences
  did not get going until the 1970s (Oxford\, UK) and the 1980s (Explomet\,
  USA\; SCCM\, USA\; DYMAT\, France). The talk will begin with an analysis 
 of DYMAT's international conferences to reveal how the materials studied\,
  the techniques used\, and the collaborations within and between countries
  have changed during the last 40 years. The talk will then consider the be
 ginnings of the study and measurement of the high rate mechanical properti
 es of materials in the 19th century when the development of steam engines 
 for hauling trains on iron rail tracks\, the armouring of ships in various
  navies\, and improvements in artillery led to the realisation that the dy
 namic mechanical properties of iron and steel were significantly different
  to their static properties. The talk will show that the present widely us
 ed techniques had their origins in the two World Wars.
LOCATION:Mott Seminar Room\, Cavendish Laboratory
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