ALERT Doctoral School 2004

14^th-16^h October 2004, Aussois, France
“Failure, Degradation and Instabilities in Geomaterials”
Coordination: I. Vardoulakis and P. Mira

Day 1, Thursday, October 14

• Liapunov stability (R. Chambon)
• Uniqueness and bifurcation in boundary value problems (D. Caillerie)
• Failure conditions and flow-rules of geomaterials (F. Darve)
• Controllability in geomaterials (R. Nova)

Day 2, Friday, October 15

• Experimental observations in soils (J. Desrues)
• Second grade continua (I. Vardoulakis)
• Fracture mechanics in rocks (C. Scavia)

Day 3, Saturday, October 16

• Non local damage theory for concrete (M. Jirasek)
• Failure problems in soils (P. Mira)
• Failure problems in rocks (E. Papamichos)