ALERT Doctoral School 2017
5^th-7^th October 2017, Aussois, France
“Discrete Element Modeling”
Coordination: Gaël Combe, Stefan Luding

Day 1, Thursday, 5th October

• Simulations (Stefan Luding)
• Advanced contact laws for DEM applications (Christophe Martin)
• Contact Dynamics (Farhang Radjai)

Day 2, Friday, 6th October

• Good practice and sample preparation (Gaël Combe)
• DEM applied to soil mechanics (Vanessa Magnanimo, Kianoosh Taghizadeh)
• DEM applied to rock mechanics (Frédéric Victor Donzé)
• Granular rheology, granular matter, Dense flows and micro-macro transition (Stefan Luding)
• LBM method for Fluid/Grain coupling (Jean-Yves Delenne)
• sample code for LBM by Jean-Yves Delenne

Day 3, Saturday, 6th October

• DEM for beginners — practicing 2D modelling and analysing tools (Gaël Combe, Vincent Richefeu)
• DEM for experts — practicing 3D modeling – MercuryDPM.org (Stefan Luding, Anthony Thornton)