Monash Computational Geomechanics (MCG) Lab at Monash University is seeking an outstanding PhD candidate to develop a next generation of computational approach that combines our in-house SPH platform, advanced constitutive models and Discrete Fracture Network (DFN) to provide realistic simulations of block caving process at the field scale.
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The Geotechnical Research Group at Chalmers University of Technology is looking for a highly motivated and talented individual to fill a PhD student position linked with a research project funded by Formas (Swedish research council). The project will focus on the development of calcined clays as supplementary cementitious material for ground improvement (mass stabilisation, deep mixing). The project is conceived as an experimental PhD in which the fundamental response at the material science scale and engineering scale will be probed. There is already a sister project in place that looks more closely into the creation of calcined clays and their role as SCM in concrete. Hence, in the advertised project we truly look into geomechanics, i.e. starting with the physico-chemical processes and linking those to the emerging mechanical response of the improved natural clay.
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Please reach out to Jelke Dijkstra (jelke.dijkstra@chalmers.se) if you have any questions about the project or the process.
The University of Glasgow is seeking an ambitious academic to join the Division of Infrastructure & Environment in the area of Geotechnical Engineering. We are particularly interested in those working on geotechnical challenges related to energy, the environment and the impact of climate change. This includes geotechnics of offshore and onshore renewables, ground source heating and thermo-active foundations, geological disposal of nuclear waste, sustainable and low-carbon construction techniques and the impact of climate change on geohazards and geotechnical infrastructure.
Please see link for full details: https://www.jobs.ac.uk/job/CMN137/lecturer-senior-lecturer-reader-in-geotechnical-engineering
The post is permanent and full-time.
Closing date for applications: 22 February 2022
Our lab, Multi-physics and Multi-scale Modelling Lab (M3 Lab), is now seeking highly motivated PhD students to conduct advanced research topics associated with geo-energy, geoenvironmental and geohazards in Westlake University (a brandnew high-level research institution in China).
The leader of M3 Lab, Dr. Sergio, has the expertise and in-house codes, in several areas of computational, physical and theoretical modelling of complex processes commonly found in Civil, Environmental and Mining Engineering.
Research Topic
The PhD project will focus on creating advanced modelling techniques for the complex physics present in geoenvironmental problems. Excellent applicants coming from Mathematics, Physics, Civil or Mechanical Engineering, or related fields are welcome to apply. Experiences in computational methods such as Smooth Particle Hydrodynamics, Particle Finite Element Method, Material Point Method , Discrete Element Method, Lattice Boltzmann Method or other related methods are also highly desirable.
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School of Civil Engineering of Shandong University invites applications for a postdoctoral position at Shandong University, China. The research project will focus on developing advanced detection technologies for geohazard prevention based on drones (UAVs). New monitoring and early warning systems for geohazards (slope failure, rock fall, dam deterioration, etc) will be established based on UAV digital photogrammetry and other UAV-mounted devices such as magnetic survey device, LiDAR, thermal infrared radar, etc. This research project is funded by the Ministry of Science and Technology of China and two leading industrial partners.
Continue readingThe next hybrid gathering of the European Geoscience Union – EGU 2022 – will host for the second year the session on the effects of vegetation on unsaturated slope and streambank stability.
The NH1.6 session – Vegetation as nature-based solution for mitigating hydro-meteorological geohazards on slopes and streambanks – will run also this year at the hybrid EGU 2022. The session is coordinated by Vittoria Capobianco (Norwegian Geotechnical Institute – NGI), Sabatino Cuomo (University of Salerno), Dominika Krzeminska (Norwegian Institute of Bioeconomy Research – NIBIO), Anil Yildiz (RWTH Aachen University) and Alessandro Fraccica (CIMNE, UPC Barcelona).
The Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at NTNU has an open position for a PhD candidate in smart soil stabilisation. The focus is on evaluating non-destructive monitoring techniques for soil stabilisation using laboratory and field trials and utilising industry by-products for soil stabilisation. The fully-funded PhD position has a duration of 3 years. The application deadline is February 15, 2022. Find more information about this PhD opportunity at https://www.jobbnorge.no/en/available-jobs/job/218434/phd-candidate-in-smart-soil-stabilisation.
The Soil Mechanics group led by David Mašín at Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic, is seeking three motivated PhD students with experience in modelling and/or experiments to work on the following projects:
1) Calibration of advanced constitutive models (supervisor: Tomáš Kadlíček)
2) Evaluation of soil behaviour including creep and numerical modelling of slow-moving landslides in Central Bohemian Uplands (supervisor: Jan Jerman)
3) Thermal effects on the residual shear strength and creep behaviour of clays (supervisor: Gianvito Scaringi)
Details on the projects can be found here: https://stars-natur.cz/phd-positions/geology
The “STARS” programme of the Faculty of Science aims at attracting excellent local and international students by offering a competitive scholarship for a 4-year study period.
Each candidate can apply to up to three different projects by uploading their CV and motivation letter.
Deadline for application: 13 March 2022.
Session 28: Porous Media: transport, microstructural evolution, multi-physics coupling and instabilities
Conveners : Henri Bertin, Giulio Sciarra, Benoit Rousseau, Gérard Vignoles
This session aims to bring together academic and industrial researchers to present recent scientific advances in the study of the behavior of porous media, whether they are geomaterials, man-made or natural materials. The session aims to focus on the development and identification of effective constitutive laws in porous media, under different stresses of physical, chemical, thermal and / or mechanical nature, studied separately or coupled. Research on transport phenomena (conductive / diffusive, convective / advective, ballistic / radiative) is a central topic of this session, as well as studies on the evolution of the microstructure of a porous medium (dissolution / precipitation, chemical reactions of deposition / ablation / erosion, mechanical deformations, localization, damage, etc.). This microstructural evolution can be analyzed at the local scale, integrated into a macroscopic formulation or studied experimentally. In addition, instabilities due to non-linearities and / or couplings between elementary phenomena, which may be linked to interfaces, natural convection, deformations or others, at different scales of porous media, are a focal research topic of this session.
Continue readingExtended deadline: Friday, 14 January 2022, 13:00 CET
Link for submission: https://meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EGU22/session/43380
In this session, we aim to bring together scientists interested in all aspects of landslide thermo-hydro-mechanics, from experimental studies to field and remote-sensing monitoring, from microstructural analyses to geomechanical and geostatistical modelling at various spatial and temporal scales.
Conveners: Gianvito Scaringi, Carolina Seguí, Luigi Lombardo, Núria Pinyol, Manolis Veveakis.