Exploring Dynamic Properties of Earth and Planetary Materials Using Neutron and X-Ray Methods

Integration of beamline technologies and rock deformation experiments can facilitate the investigation of the feedback between evolving mechanical properties, deformation textures, and deformation mechanisms, leading to much more robust extrapolation of lab-based rheological models to Earth and other planets. The NSF-funded Research Coordination Network (RCN) “In Situ Studies of Rock Deformation” (ISRD) aims at developing novel methods that exploit the beamline capabilities, enabling the next generation of rock deformation experiments, wherein samples can be examined while they are deforming.  

The 4th ISRD-RCN workshop, hosted by the Institut Laue Langevin (ILL) and the University of Grenoble Alpes will take place in-person at ILL/ESRF campus on May 21-23, 2024. This workshop will focus on neutron and X-ray scattering and imaging as well as their applications in studying the dynamic properties of earth and planetary materials.

The list of speakers includes:

Damien Freitas (University of Manchester): “4D Synchrotron triaxial apparatus at TOMCAT”

Olga Stamati (ESRF): “SPAM: a software tool for studying volume deformations and correlations”

Robert Farla (DESY): “PETRA III and the bespoke large volume press”

Helen Lewis (Heriot-Watt University): “Neutron and X-ray studies of fluid flow in reservoirs”

Peter Moonen (University of Pau): “Geological H-storage, a multidisciplinary study”

Francois Renard (ESRF/University of Oslo) “Fluid flow in rocks in 4D: from images to processes”

Chelsea Neil (Los Alamos National Lab): “Porosity studies of shale gas recovery and H2 storage”

Hiroyuki Kagi (University of Tokyo): “High pressure geoscience enabled by PLANET”

Pierre Bésuelle, (UGA), “Failure prediction, strain localization from full field analyses”

Alessandro Tengattini, (UGA/ILL), “Geomechanical studies enabled by NeXT-Grenoble”

We expect additional presentations on measurement needs from participants and emerging techniques.

Participants will also visit ESRF and ILL to discuss with beamline scientists and other participants about potential beamline experiments. All participants will be partially supported to attend the workshop, the level of support will depend on fund availability.

Please mark your calendar. We will put up the workshop registration page shortly on the ISRD website (https://www.isrdrcn.org).

Alessandro Tengattini, Chair, ISRD-RCN NeXT Workshop Organizing Committee

Daniel Hussey, Co-Chair, ISRD-RCN NeXT Workshop Organizing Committee

Wenlu Zhu, Co-Chair, ISRD-RCN NeXT Workshop Organizing Committee

Abstract submission for ICBBG 2025

This is a friendly reminder on abstract submission to the Internation Conference on Bio-mediated and Bio-inspired Geotechnics (ICBBG2025), which is due March 15, 2024. Attached please find a flyer.

The conference seeks to present the state of the art in the field of Bio-mediated and Bio-inspired Geotechnics (BioGeotechnics), promote co-operation and exchange of information about the emerging field of bio-geotechnics; develop and promote improved modeling of bio-mediated and bio-inspired processes; translate fundamental bio-inspired knowledge into enabling technologies with future commercialization potential; and facilitate the adoption of bio-mediated and bio-inspired solutions into geotechnical engineering practice.

Abstract Submission Deadline: March 15, 2024

Submit an Abstract: https://icbbg2025.com/submissions/call-for-abstracts

Learn more: https://icbbg2025.com/

Contact us:  icbbg2025@gmail.com

14th ALERT Olek Zienkiewicz course – 22-26 April 2024

The 14th ALERT Olek Zienkiewicz course 2024 will be organized by INRAE from April 22nd to 26th in Aix-en-Provence, France.

The title of the school is: “Hydro-mechanical behavior of geomaterials for civil engineering structures: Theoretical models, simulations, lab testing and risk analysis

The content of the course will address the characterization and the modeling of the hydro-mechanical behavior of geomaterials from the microscale to the structure scale. You will find more details in the attached flyers both from scientific and practical point of view.

The school is free of registration fees and the lunches will be offered to participants. Please register as soon as possible here so that we can plan accordingly: https://evento.renater.fr/survey/course-ed353-et-oz-c…-m1opux05

A web page should be created very soon on the web page of the organizing research unit RECOVER (https://recover.paca.hub.inrae.fr/zoom-sur2/oz-doctoral-course).

ALERT Workshop & School 2024

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Dear ALERT members,
Dear colleagues,

I am pleased to announce to you the themes and dates of the ALERT Workshop and School 2024.

ALERT WORKSHOP 2024
Dates of the ALERT Workshop 2024: 30th September to 2nd October 2024

  • Session 1: “Emerging properties in geomaterials across the scales
    Organizers: Antoine Wautier, Farhang Radjai and Francesco Froiio.
  • Session 2 (half-day): “Geomechanics in the submicron-scale
    Organizers: Katerina Ioannidou and Gilles Pijaudier-Cabot.
  • Session 3: “Continuum-based particle methods
    Organizers: Claudio Tamagnini, Matteo Ciantia, Lorenzo Sanavia and Antonia Larese.

ALERT SCHOOL 2024
Dates of the ALERT School 2024: 3rd October to 5th October 2024

  • Numerical methods in geomechanics
    Organizers: Claudio Tamagnini, Lorenzo Sanavia and Manolo Pastor.

Hoping to see you in Aussois !

Georest workshop on induced seismicity

Victor Vilarrasa and his team at the Mediterranean Institute for Advanced Studies in Mallorca, Spain, are happy to announce the GEoREST workshop on induced seismicity from 11-13 March 2024. They are accepting abstracts until the 20th of January.

This workshop aims at fostering debate on the latest advances in process understanding, subsurface characterization and forecasting of induced seismicity. They welcome contributions from the academia and industry alike in topics ranging from, but not limited to numerical modeling, laboratory experiments, field studies, application of AI in induced seismicity, etc. They welcome contributions in the form of both posters and oral presentations that broadly fit into the following sessions:

Session 1: Understanding of the causes of induced seismicity

Session 2: Post-injection seismicity: Can we forecast it?

Session 3: Subsurface characterization 

Session 4: Forecasting induced seismicity

Session 5: Case studies of induced seismicity

Webpage of the workshop- 

https://workshop.georest.eu

Abstract submission to IS-Grenoble 2024

We are pleased to inform you that it still possible to submit your abstract for the forthcoming IS-Grenoble 2024 — we have extended the deadline to January 15, 2024.

This event will be the fifth quadrennial international symposium organized under the auspices of Technical Committee 105 (Geomechanics from Micro to Macro) of the International Society for Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering (ISSMGE).Please visit the website to register and submit an abstract: https://is-grenoble2024.sciencesconf.org/

MS0501 Computational Geomechanics at EMI/PMC 2024

Qiushi Chen, Craig Foster, Xiaoyu Song, Shabnam Semnami, Fushen Liu, and Ronaldo Borja invite you to submit an abstract to the Computational Geomechanics minisymposium at the upcoming ASCE Engineering Mechanics Institute Conference in Chicago, USA, May 28-31, 2024. The abstract submission deadline is approaching, December 31st. Abstracts may be submitted at https://submissions.emi-pmc2024.org. The Computational Geomechanics minisymposium is 501. Hope to see you in Chicago! 

More information on the flyer.

COURSE IN SOIL MODELING – October 14th to 18th, 2024

NTNU’s Geotechnical Group together with Dr. Medicus from University of Innsbruck offers a PhD Course in Soil Modelling from October 14th to 18th, 2024. This course provides a background for development and application of the soil models used in continuum-based computer codes for geotechnical applications. The course 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 course aims at providing a general theoretical framework for interpretation of the mechanical behaviour of soils.

More information on the flyer.

Geomechanics and Geophysics Symposium at EMI 2024

The 2024 Engineering Mechanics Institute Conference will be hosted by the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign and held in Chicago from May 28—31, 2024

Ghassan Shahin, John Rudnicki, and Giuseppe Buscarnera would like to invite you to contribute to the mini-symposium Advances in Geomechanics and Geophysics for Sub-surface Technology and Natural Hazard (MS 0502). Topics of interest include, but are not limited to:

  • multiscale mechanics and multiphysics of geomaterials
  • fault mechanics, rock fracturing, and strain localization
  • field and laboratory methods
  • constitutive, multiscale, and data-driven modelling
  • instability theories
  • field-scale studies

Abstract submission is now open and will remain open until December 31, 2023. Information on submitting an abstract may be found here.

We hope you will submit an abstract to the conference and meet in Chicago!

EMI / Granular Materials Symposium

Dear Colleague,

The Engineering Mechanics Institute Conference and Probabilistic Mechanics & Reliability Conference 2024 will be held in Chicago, Illinois, from May 28 to 31, 2024.

With this email, Prof. Marcial Gonzalez, Prof. Ryan Hurley, and Alessandro F. Rotta Loria would like to invite you to submit an abstract to the mini-symposium “MS 0117: Mechanics and Physics of Granular Materials.” You will find the abstract associated with this minisymposium in this pdf file.

The deadline for abstract submissions is December 31, 2023. If you are planning to participate and contribute to this event, you may upload your abstract online through the following link: https://www.emi-conference.org/call-abstracts.

We hope we will have the pleasure of seeing you in Chicago and discussing your work as a part of this minisymposium.