Open Geomechanics is an online peer-reviewed scientific journal devoted to the research topics in geomechanics. It is free to publish and free to read. The peer reviews are double blind – not only the reviewers are anonymous for the authors but also vice versa. Further more, the reviews are being published together with the (accepted) papers which guarantees a full transparency of the whole process and brings an informative insight into the discussion between the authors and the reviewers.

Initially, a number of papers for Open Geomechanics came from personal invitations to the potential authors. Nevertheless, the journal wants to be a platform for the whole geomechanics community around the world. We would like to invite you to submit your contributions. You will appreciate the free access to your research results commented by the experienced peers.

Editorial Board of Open Geomechanics

Hi all,

A 2^nd call is open from 9 June to 16 July to get free of charge access to top EPOS-NL research facilities in the Netherlands, notably:

• The ESL High Pressure and Temperature Lab at Utrecht University
• The ESL Tectonic modelling lab at Utrecht University
• The CT scanners of the Multi-scale Imaging and Tomography (MINT) facility at Delft University of Technology
• The Petrophysics Lab at Delft University of Technology

Capabilities include CT scanning, triaxial compression testing, ring shear (friction) testing and analogue modelling of tectonic processes.

Access can be remote (send in sample analysis) or physical (personal visit), depending on developments in corona restrictions, the requirements of the facility to be accessed and/or your wishes. Click here for more information.

If you want to stay up to date on EPOS-NL facility and data access, e-mail “subscribe” to info@epos-nl.nl

Best regards,

Ronald Pijnenburg

Ronald Pijnenburg, PhD – Project Manager EPOS-NL| Department of Earth Sciences | Utrecht University |

The organising committee of AGERP is pleased to invite you to the 6th lecture of the series, which will be on ‘Mechanics of Unsaturated Soils’. It will be delivered by Professor  Em. Del Fredlund from Uni. of Saskatchewan, Canada and Dr. Murray Fredlund from Bentley Systems, Canada. This is scheduled on 29th August 2020. Registration (free and mandatory) for this lecture closes at 00:00, 28th August 2020 (AEST). For further information, please refer to the attached flier.

Dr. Partha Mishra and Professor Sarat DasConvenor, AGERP

Dear Colleagues,

The coronavirus pandemic and associated isolation periods have affected all academic activities in every corner of the globe.

The attached essay reports the results of an early study that examines the implications of this period on education and research within the geotechnical and earth science academic communities in four distinct geographical locations. It also includes the results of complementary surveys conducted to explore faculty choices for online education and student preferences.

Do not hesitate to contact us with any comments and feedback.

With best wishes to you all,

Carlos Santamarina

Colleagues,

These are unique times that we are living in! The short survey below
intends to gather data on our response to the pandemic, from our
position as researchers/academics.

Timing is important. *The survey will be open for ONE WEEK only*

Survey link: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/S562DR7

(NOTE: all responses are completely anonymous).

Wishing all the best to you and your families!

Carlos Santamarina

Applications are welcomed for two positions in The Hong Kong Polytechnic University.

Professor/Associate Professor/Assistant Professor (Ref. 18070307), Hydraulic Engineering, Hong Kong Polytechnic University

Link:http://www.polyu.edu.hk/hro/postspec/18070307.pdf

Assistant Professor (Ref. 19031107), Geotechnical Engineering, Hong Kong Polytechnic University

Link:http://www.polyu.edu.hk/hro/postspec/19031107.pdf

More information in the attachment:

Before his tragic accident, Ioannis Vardoulakis was working on his new book on Cosserat Continuum Mechanics. The draft was almost ready. With the help of his family, Eleni Gerolymatou, Ioannis Stefanou, Manolis Veveakis and myself have prepared the manuscript for publication.

I am glad to let you know that it has just been published by Springer in Lecture Notes in Applied and Computational Mechanics series (https://www.springer.com/us/book/9783319951553). I am sure that this new book will be of great interest for the ALERT community and more generally for researchers and scholars interested in multiscale modelling as it provides the fundamental tools of Cosserat theory with examples and applications to the mechanics of granular media.

Jean Sulem

Dear Colleagues

we would like to draw your attention to the Call for Papers for a Special Issue on ‘Advances in the monitoring of geo-structures subjected to climate loading’ to be published in the journal Physics and Chemistry of the Earth.

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