ALERT Doctoral School 2001

11^th-13^th October 2001, Aussois, France
“Environmental Geomechanics”
Coordination: R. Charlier and A. Gens

Day 1, Thursday, October 11

• Fundamentals of THM phenomena in saturated and unsaturated materials. General formulation. Thermal and hydraulic constitutive laws (A. Gens)
• Numerical modeling of coupled transient phenomena (R. Charlier)
• Pollutant transport and chemical effects  (H. Thomas)

Day 2, Friday, October 12

• Experimental techniques used in the investigation of coupled THMC behaviour of geomaterials (P. Delage)
• Constitutive modeling of unsaturated soils (L.Laloui)
• Experimental investigation on degradation of concrete structures (B. Gerard)
• Pollutant transport and chemical effects (H. Thomas)

Day 3, Saturday, October 13

• Thermomechanical behaviour of soils (L.Laloui)
• Clay barriers in radioactive waste disposals  (A. Gens)
• Oil field subsidence phenomena (R. Charlier)
• Basic concepts of durability of concrete. structure (O. Coussy)