ALERT Doctoral School 2016
6^th-8^th October 2016, Aussois, France
“Modelling of instabilities and bifurcation in Geomechanics”
Coordination: Jean Sulem, Ioannis Stefanou, Euripides Papamichos, Manolis Veveakis

Day 1, Thursday, October 6

• Overview of instability phenomena in Geomechanics (Tomasz Hueckel)
• Fundamentals of bifurcation and stability analysis (Ioannis Stefanou)
• Material instability and strain localization analysis (Jean Sulem)
• Experimental investigation of strain localization (Pierre Bésuelle)

Day 2, Thursday, October 7

• Numerical modelling of strain localization (Antonis Zervos)
• Applications (Euripides Papamichos)
• Multiphysics couplings and instabilities I (Jean Sulem)
• Multiphysics couplings and instabilities II (Manolis Veveakis)
• Numerical modelling of multiphysics couplings and strain localization (Frédéric Collin)

Day 3, Thursday, October 8

• From theory to practice: supervised group exercises (Thomas Poulet, Ioannis Stefanou, Manolis Veveakis, Hadrien Rattez)