The 3rd announcement (preliminary programme) for the International Workshop on “Advances in Multiphysical Testing of Soils and Shales” to be held in Lausanne (Switzerland) on 3-5 September 2012 is available now. 45 oral presentations (including 6 keynote lectures) are scheduled. Additional information may be found on the workshop website (http://amtss.epfl.ch/)
A CISM course entitled “Multiscale mechanics of granular materials” will be held from 3 to 7 september 2012 in Udine (Italy). For details, see the flyer.
Course on Soil and Rock Erosion at the ICSE-6 Int. Congress (Paris, August, 2012)
Monday 27, morning : The influence of Turbulence on Soil Erosion.
by Gijs Hoffmans, Deltares, The Netherlands
Monday 27, afternoon (title to come)
by Erik Bollaert, Aquavision, Switzerland
Tuesday 28, morning: On the modelling of internal and surface erosion
by Stephane Bonelli, Irstea, Geomechanics Group, France
Tuesday 28, afternoon
Visit of the hydraulic laboratories LNHE and St Venant (upon registration)
Online information at
http://www.icse6-2012.com/short_courses-8.html
The advanced course on MODELING OF LOCALIZED INELASTIC DEFORMATION will be taught by Prof. Milan Jirasek in Prague on 17-21 September 2012. More detailed information on the course is posted at http://mech.fsv.cvut.cz/~milan/course2012.html
International Conference on Geotechnical Installation Effects in Geotechnical Engineering 2013 will be held 24.-27.03.2013 in Rotterdam, Netherlands.
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COURSE IN SOIL MODELING supplemented with a special session on CREEP MODELING OF SOFT SOILS (see Flyer). Online information at http://www.ntnu.edu/documents/11435961/13835577/SoilModelling2012.pdf
The Technical Committee TC301 of ISSMGE is organising the 2nd International Symposium on Geotechnical Engineering for the Preservation of Monuments and Historic Sites. This Symposium will be held in Napoli on May 2013 – see attached bulletin for futher details.
The 3rd International Workshop on Modern Trends in Geomechanics (IW-MTG3)
4th – 5th September 2012
National College for School Leadership, Nottingham
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EURO:TUN 2013 is the third conference of a series of successful conferences started in 2007 in Vienna. EURO:TUN 2013 expands the range of topics from the specific area of simulation models for tunneling towards computational models and methods for related areas of subsurface engineering such as mining, caverns and subsurface storage facilities.
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Workshop on hypoplasticity will be held on the 7-8 March 2013 in Dresden, Germany.
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