Dear colleagues,
I am pleased to share that my book, With a grain of salt – from discrete to continuum granular mechanics, is now complete and freely available online.
The book is intended for undergraduate students seeking an introduction to the mechanics of granular materials, with a perspective that extends beyond the topics typically covered in standard university curricula. It is also aimed at graduate and PhD students pursuing research in this field, as well as researchers who may wish to broaden their expertise beyond their primary area—for example, soil mechanists interested in granular flows or fluid mechanists dealing with static granular assemblies. You can access and download the complete book free of charge at:
https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.21159463
My hope is that it will serve both as a textbook and as a reference for students, researchers, and anyone interested in the mechanics and physics of granular materials.
With best regards, Diego Berzi

Dear all,

Please find enclosed the following announcement:

69th ESReDA / i-RISK Seminar
« Risk mitigation of aging infrastructures and assets under NaTech events »
3-4 December 2026, Hôtel Mercure, Chambéry (France)

More information are given in attached file

Best regards
Francois

For further information, see the attached [PDF].

Registration is now open for OASIS 2026 – 1st International Seminar on Offshore Anchorage Systems, which will take place in Paris, France, on the 24th of September 2026.

⏳ Early Bird deadline: 15th of July 2026

OASIS 2026 will bring together researchers, practitioners, developers, contractors, consultants, and technology providers to discuss the latest advances in anchoring systems for offshore wind turbines.

The symposium will focus on four key themes:
– Site investigation and characterisation
– Mooring lines and loading
– Innovative anchor developments
– Shared anchors

The programme will include keynote lectures from leading international experts, technical presentations, and long panel discussions to discuss emerging technologies, as well as networking opportunities with colleagues from academia and industry.

🌐 More information:
https://cg.univ-gustave-eiffel.fr/en/translate-to-english-oasis-2026

✅ Registration:
https://www.ecolloque.com/oasis/fr/new/

For further information, see the attached [PDF].

Imaging Round Robin

TC 105 is pleased to announce an imaging round robin, championed by Ryan Hurley – rhurley6@jh.edu.

Details: https://forms.office.com/pages/responsepage.aspx?id=OPSkn-axO0eAP4b4rt8N7E8oY86T9KVGiRkS6JddD6BUOVpLTVhTRE1URjdHSEJOTlhKMk84RkZQUS4u&route=shorturl

TC105 is also running a second DEM round robin. This is led by the Secretary of JGS TC105 committee , Shuji Moriguchi shuji.moriguchi.d6@tohoku.ac.jp.

Details: https://ds.cc.yamaguchi-u.ac.jp/~geotech/tc105_2RRA/

NTNU’s Geotechnical Group together with Dr. Medicus from University of Innsbruck offers a “Autumn School” in Soil Modelling from October 12th to 16th, 2026. This school provides a background for development and application of the soil models used in continuum-based computer codes for geotechnical applications. The school focuses on soil behaviour, elastoplastic theory, hypo- and hyperplasticity, selected material models and their parameters. It also provides some insight into numerical implementation of soil models. The school aims at providing a general theoretical framework for interpretation of the mechanical behaviour of soils.

https://www.ntnu.no/nettbutikk/billett/arrangement/autumn-school-in-soil-modelling/