International Workshop on ‘Mechanics and transport properties of fractured/intact rocks’ (RockMech 2016) will take place in Krakow, Poland, August 31- September 2, 2016 (co-organizers: Stan Pietruszczak, Gyan Pande and Andrzej Truty). The scope will include the numerical/analytical as well as experimental research related to the main theme with applications in the areas of geological disposal of nuclear waste, carbon sequestration, petroleum engineering, etc. The workshop will comprise a series of feature lectures and regular presentations. The number of participants will be restricted in order to preserve a high technical standard as well as to provide opportunities for discussion in an informal style. Contributions will be selected on the basis of two-page abstracts, which should be sent in MS Word (.docx) or Adobe Acrobat (.pdf) format to Stan Pietruszczak. Full papers may also be submitted and will be considered for publication in a special issue of a reputed International Journal. For further information, see http://rockmech-krakow.com.
Key dates:
Abstract submission: before January 31, 2016
Notification of acceptance: March 1, 2016
Full papers (optional): August 15, 2016

The 11th International Workshop for Bifurcation and Degradation in Geomaterials (IWBDG 2017), organized by the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki and the University of Cyprus, will take place on 21-25 May 2017 in Limassol, Cyprus. IWBDG 2017 is supported by ALERT-Geomaterials. A special session in tribute of Prof Hans Muhlhaus will be organized by Profs A Dyskin and E Pasternak Univ of Western Australia. Sessions in Experimental modeling of instabilities, localization and degradation/ Constitutive modeling and multi-physical couplings for localization, instabilities and degradation of geomaterials/ Geomechanics for Energy, Environment and Geophysics/ Numerical modeling of failure, localized deformation and gravity driven flows/ Micromechanics and multi-scale analysis of instabilities and degradation/ Soil-tool interaction. More details in http://www.cyprusconferences.org/iwbdg2017.

The First International Conference on the Material Point Method for “Modelling Large Deformation and Soil-Water-Structure Interaction”, organised by the MPM Research Community, will take place in January 2017 in Delft. More details in the flyer.

Course “Fundamentals of Hypoplasticity“, hold at Kiel University, 08-10 March 2016, by David Masin / Charles University Prague. Course content: Theory of hypoplasticity / Modelling of small strain stiffness in hypoplasticity / Determination of material parameters / Advanced modelling approaches. Further information on: http://www.geotechnics.ifg.uni-kiel.de/