ALERT Doctoral School 2021
30^th September-2^nd October 2021, “Constitutive Modelling in Geomaterials”
Coordination: Claudio Tamagnini and David Mašín

DAY 1: BASIC CONCEPTS

• Basic features of soil behaviour and soil testing (Cristina Jommi)
• Fundamentals of constitutive modelling for soils (Ivo Herle)
• The theory of plasticity in constitutive modelling of rate–independent soils (Claudio Tamagnini)
• Hypoplasticity and other incrementally non-linear modelling approaches (David Mašín)

DAY 2: SPECIFIC PROBLEMS

• Modelling non-linearity, small-strain stiffness and cyclic loading (David Mašín)
• General overview on modelling the coupled behaviour of unsaturated soils (Cristina Jommi)
• Meta-stable structure, breakage and thermal effects (David Mašín)
• Time and rate dependence (Claudio di Prisco)
• Finite deformation plasticity (Claudio Tamagnini)

DAY 3: STEPS TOWARDS APPLICATIONS

• Numerical implementation of constitutive models (Claudio Tamagnini)
• Macroelement modelling (Claudio di Prisco, Luca Flessati)
• Hands-on calibration session (the use of calibration software) (David Mašín, Claudio Tamagnini)