ALERT Doctoral School 2012
4^th-6^th October 2012, Aussois, France
“Advanced experimental techniques in geomechanics”
Coordination: C. Viggiani, S. Hall and E. Romero

Day 1, Thursday, October 4

• Introduction: content and structure of the school (C. Viggiani, S. Hall, E. Romero)
• Basics of experimental geomechanics (C. Viggiani)
• Some key issues in experimental geomechanics research (C. Santamarina)
• Full-field methods in geomechanics (C. Viggiani)
• X-rays – radiography, tomography (C. Viggiani)
• Full-field displacement/strain measurements and Digital Image Correlation – principles and methods (S. Hall)

Day 2, Friday, October 5

• Full-field displacement/strain measurements and Digital Image Correlation – from 2D to 3D (S. Hall)
• Image analysis (S. Hall)
• Waves 1: Elastic and electromagnetic waves (C. Santamarina)
• Waves 2: Elastic waves – measurement (C. Santamarina)
• Waves 3: Electromagnetic waves – measurement (C. Santamarina)
• Waves 4: Tomographic measurements (S. Hall)

Day 3, Saturday, October 6

• Experimental Geotechnology (C. Santamarina)
• Experimental multiphase geomechanics 1: Coupled processes (THM, chemo, bio and electrical) (E. Romero)
• Experimental multiphase geomechanics 2: Physical model tests to replicate large-scale conditions. Instrumentation for coupled processes (E. Romero)
• Experimental multiphase geomechanics 3: Multiphase
  phenomena (non wetting / wetting interfaces). Techniques for multi-scale observations. From micro to phenomenological scale (E. Romero)