Experience

GIMBERT Florent
12 rue Thiers, 38000 Grenoble
Tél : 06.62.73.14.98
e-mail : [email protected]
Marital status : single
Date of birth : February 6th 1986
Ph.D. Student at ISTerre - Grenoble
Experience
Research
2009 -
Research fellow (Ph.D. student) - Institut des Sciences de la Terre (ISTerre) and Laboratoire de
Glaciologie et de Géophysique de l’Environnement (LGGE) - Grenoble .
Advisors: J. Weiss and D. Amitrano - Collaborators: D. Marsan, N.C. Jourdain and G. Combe
Ph.D. title: Study of the mechanical behavior of complex geophysical objects: exemple
of sea ice and granular materials.
Analysis of the dynamic of sea ice inertial oscillations
Analytical developements on sea ice rheology
Dynamics of granular materials and their transition to failure
Scaling analyses on granular assemblies
2009 (4 months)
Research fellow (probationer) - Laboratoire de Glaciologie et de Géophysique de l’Environnement
(LGGE) - Grenoble
Advisors : J. Weiss and D. Marsan
Internship title: Analysis of Arctic sea ice mechanical behavior from the magnitude of
inertial oscillations.
Analysis of sea ice tethered buoys trajectories and their response to the Coriolis force
2008 (6 months)
Research fellow (probationer)
- Northwestern University - Civil engineering department -
Chicago
Advisor : J.W. Rudnicki
Internship title: Shear Band Angle Prediction on True Triaxial Testing.
Analytical developements using three invarients models to predict shear band angle
Teaching
2009 -
Teaching Assistant - UFR de Mécanique, Université Joseph Fourrier - Grenoble
Peparatory course for entrance to Grandes Ecoles, part Mechanics (2nd year B.Sc)
Course of introduction to structure mechanics in civil engineering (1st year B.Sc)
Tutorial and Practical classes of soil mechanics (3rd year B.Sc)
Other
2006-2011
Ski instructor - Les Estables Ski Station
handler of competitors of cross country skiing - Plateau du Mézenc Ski Club Association
cross country and alpine skiing professeur for tourists - Ecole du Ski Francais
2006-2007
Individual tutorer - Ecole Normale Supérieure - Paris
Support in Physics and Mathematics for high school students
2005-2006 (summers)
2004 (summer)
Fireman affected at the beach surveillance - Sapeurs Pompiers de Savoie - La Plagne
Summer camp leader - Villages Vacances VAL - Chorges
Youth people of 11 to 14 years old
Education
2009
Ph.D. Earth Sciences. Defense scheduled on Oct. 2012.
Université de Grenoble
2008
M.Sc. Geomechanics Grade : Bien.
Ecole Normale Supérieure de Paris and Université Joseph Fourier de Grenoble
2007
B.Sc. Earth and Planetary Sciences Grade : Assez Bien.
Ecole Normale Supérieure de Paris.
2006
Deug Mathematics Grade : Bien.
Université Blaise Pascal de Clermont Ferrand.
Specific skills
Languages
French (mother tongue), English (fluent) and Italian (basics).
Computer skills
Programmation languages: Matlab, Fortran, C/C++.
Technics: Descrete Element Modelling, Digital Image Correlation, Data Processing.
Main interests
Sport
cross country skiing in competition, mountaineering, mountain biking.
Music
guitar playing.
Scientific Publications
International Journals
Gimbert, F., D. Amitrano, J. Weiss and G. Combe, From quasi-static to dense flow regime in
compressed frictional granular samples.
To be submitted for publication in Physical Review Letters
Gimbert, F., N.C. Jourdain, D. Marsan, J. Weiss and B. Barnier, Recent mechanical weakening
of the Arctic sea ice cover as revealed from larger inertial oscillations.
J. Geophys. Res., 117, C00J12, doi:10.1029/2011JC007633.
Gimbert, F., D. Marsan, J. Weiss, N.C. Jourdain, and B. Barnier, Sea ice inertial oscillation
magnitudes in the Arctic basin.
The Cryosphere Discuss., 6, 2179-2220, doi:10.5194/tcd-6-2179-2012, 2012.
Conference Journals
Gimbert, F., G. Combe, D. Amitrano and J. Weiss, Scaling Analysis of Deformation field within
Granular Materials: Application to Strain Localization.
Published in PARTICLE-BASED METHODS II Fundamentals and Applications, December 2011
Scientific Conferences
Orals
Gimbert, F., G. Combe, D. Amitrano, J. Weiss, Scaling Analysis of Deformation field within
Granular Materials: Application to Strain Localization, International Conference on Particle-based
Methods, 25-28 October 2011.
Gimbert, F., N.C. Jourdain, D. Marsan, J. Weiss and B. Barnier, Recent mechanical weakening
of the Arctic sea ice cover as revealed from larger inertial oscillations. Observations and Analytical
Modelling. AGU Fall Meeting, 5-9 December 2011.
Posters
Gimbert, F., P. Rampal, D. Marsan, J. Weiss, Profound changes in Arctic sea-ice kinematics and
mechanical behaviour, IGS symposium, 2010.
Gimbert, F., G. Combe, D. Amitrano, J. Weiss, Multi-scale analysis of strain localization within
granular materials, EGU fall meeting, 2011.
Gimbert, F., G. Combe, D. Amitrano, J. Weiss, Scaling Analysis of Deformation field within
Granular Materials: Application to Strain Localization, AGU Fall Meeting, 5-9 December 2011.
Teaching Classes
2011-2012 (32 h)
Universitary Certificate of Concours Preparation: Part Mechanics
18 h of merged courses and tutorial classes - 20 students
2nd year B.Sc. students coming from various course sequences.
Program:
1. Material point Mechanics
material point kinematics: referentials, coordinate systems
material point dynamics: Newton’s laws, Energies, Gravitation, Oscillators
contact mechanics: perfect liaisons, viscous friction, elastic collisions.
2. Solid Mechanics
solid kinematics: definition of a solid, liberty degrees, velocity field of a solid
solid kinetics: inertia momentum, kinetic moment, dynamic moment, Koenig theorem
solid dynamics: generic theorems, torseurs
solid liaisons: contact kinematics, sliding, rolling, sliding friction.
3. Fluid Mechanics
fluid statics: fondamental equation, Archimède force.
non viscous fluid dynamics: Bernouilli equation in simple flow configurations.
Introdution to Structure Mechanics applied to Civil Engineering problems - Open
Education program
10 h of courses + 4 h of defense projects - 25 students
1st year B.Sc. students
Program:
1. Presentation of Civil Engineering structures: objectives, simplifications.
2. Static Mechanics: Static Fundamental Principle
3. Materials resistance
beam, liaisons, external loading
internal efforts
simple sollicitations: traction - compression, simple flexion
dimensional criteria
2010-2011 (80 h)
Universitary Certificate of Concours Preparation: Part Mechanics
18 h of merged courses and tutorial classes - 20 students
2nd year B.Sc. students
Introdution to Structure Mechanics applied to Civil Engineering problems - Open
Education program
10 h of courses (80 students) + 6 h of tutorial classes (30 students) + 4 h of defense projects
1st year B.Sc. students
Teaching Classes
Soil Mechanics
18 h of tutorial classes (30 students) + 2 × 12 h of practical classes (15 students)
3rd year B.Sc. students of the Civil Engineering course sequence
Program:
1. Practical sessions
Triaxial tests on sand and clays
Direct shear tests on sand (casagrande shear box)
Analogic simulation of water infiltration in soils
Oedometric tests on sand
2. Tutorial sessions
Introduction of soils physical parameters
Water in soils
Stresses in soils
Superficial foundations
Profound foundations
Retaining structures
2009-2010 (75 h)
Soil Mechanics
2 × 18 h of tutorial classes (30 students) + 3 × 12 h of practical classes (15 students)
3rd year B.Sc. students of the Civil Engineering course sequence
Tutorial activity