ALERT Workshop 2007
8^th-10^th October 2007, Aussois, France

DAY 1, MONDAY, OCTOBER 8
Geomechanics of Structured Materials
Coordinators: L. Laloui and V. De Gennaro

• Geotechnical framework incorporating the effects of microstructuration and destructuration of soils (S Leroueil)
• A tentative model for lunar soils (P.-Y. Hicher, C. Chang)
• A Comprehensive constitutive model for unsaturated structured soils (A. Koliji, L. Vulliet, L. Laloui)
• A modelling framework for bonded soils under unsaturated conditions (J. Vaunat, B. Garitte, A. Gens)
• Modelling of natural structured clays using elastoplastic and hypoplastic models (D. Mašín)
• A multilaminate model with destructuration considering anisotropic strength and anisotropic bonding (V. Galavi and H.F. Schweiger
• Development of advance soil model for natural soils in the presence of both anisotropy and in situ structure (M. Rouainia and R.A. Hiley)
• A constitutive model for unsaturated and anisotropic soils (F. Ciavaglia, A. Russell, D. M. Wood)
• Elastoplastic damage modelling of oil sand (J.F. Shao, D. Terrie, M. Mainguy)
• Abandoned mine remediation measures by chamber filling with granular materials (R. Nova, E. Gerolymatou, R. Castellanza)
• Three dimensional finite element formulation of boundary value problems involving geomaterials with microstructure (S. Papanicolopulos, A. Zervos, I. Vardoulakis)
• The influence of structure on the mechanics of sands (M. Coop)
• Structure effects in SBPM tests (M. Arroyo, N. González, J. Butlanska, A. Gens)
• Experimental investigations of sand/clay paste mixtures (G. Kacprzak, C. Boutin, T. Doanh)
• On the mechanical behaviour of deep ocean sediments of the Golf of Guinea: sensitivity, structuration and microstructural characterization (M.H. Le, J.F. Nauroy, P. Delage, V. De Gennaro)
• An approach to the interpretation of the mechanical behaviour of intensely fissured clays (C. Vitone, F. Cotecchia, J. Desrues, G. Viggiani)
• Weathering of gypsum and anhydrite: an experimental study (R. Castellanza, M. Parma, R. Nova)
• Degradation of compacted marls – a micro structural investigation (R. Cardoso, E. Alonso)
• Structuration effects of CO2 biomineralization in carbonate rocks (V. De Gennaro, B. Menez, R. Tamagnini, S. Dupraz)
• Solids production in destructured chalk (E. Papamichos, R. Flatebø, J. Stenebråten)
• A Specific upscaling theory of rock mass parameters exhibiting spatial variability for underground excavation design (G. Exadaktilos, M.C. Stavropoulou, G. Saratsis)
• Reconstruction of the 3D textures of deformed rocks (K. Wu, G. Couples, Z. Jiang)
• Geostatistical downscaling of fracture surface topography and its impact on fluid flow through fracture (G. Grasselli, H. Saito, S.A. McKenna)

DAY 2, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 9
Inverse and Stochastic Modelling
Coordinators: F. Molenkam and M. Hicks

• 3D probabilistic assessment of rock slope stability (E. Buaba, M. A. Hicks)
• On some aspects of modelling of soil properties for bearing capacity computations of shallow foundations (W. Pula)
• Reliability-based analysis and design of foundations resting on a spatially random soil (A.-H. Soubra, D. S. Youssef Abdel Massih)
• Stochastic finite element method applied to mechanical problems involving a random process (J. Baroth)
• Parallel finite elements and stochastic analysis in geo-engineering (M. A. Hicks, J. Nuttall and W. A. Spencer)
• Stochastic characterisation and reliability of saturated soils (S. Bakhtiari, M. A. Hicks, S. Y. Wong, I. Gitman and M. G. Jefferies)
• Influence of variability of geotechnical data on the seismic ground response: liquefaction cases (F. Lopez-Caballero, A. Modaressi)
• The development of a reliability rating system for flood defence embankments (M. Redaelli, M. Dyer)
•  “Observational modelling” for displacements prediction of geotechnical engineering boundary value problems (M. Calvello,  L. Cascini)
• Inverse analysis from in situ measurements: soil parameter identification using a
  genetic algorithm and a principle component analysis (S. Levasseur, Y. Malécot, M. Boulon and E. Flavigny)
• Use of two inverse analysis methods to identify the soil parameters during a tunnel
  excavation (A. Hommels and F. Molenkamp)
• Use of two inverse analysis methods to identify the soil parameters during a tunnel
  excavation (S. Eclaircy-Caudron, D. Dias and R. Kastner)
• The effect of different stochastic models on inverse modelling (A. Hommels and F. Molenkamp)
• Uncertainty assessment in surface wave tests using a Monte Carlo approach
  (D. Boiero, V. Socco and S. Foti)
• Identification of model parameters supported by artificial intelligence (R. F. Obrzud, L. Vulliet and A. Truty)
• Inverse constitutive modelling of the thermoplastic behaviour of soils (F. Cecinato, M. Veveakis, A. Zervos and I. Vardoulakis)
• Interpretation of the resistance reduction in CPT after jet grouting (I. Herle and D. Dohmel)
• Recent advances in debris flow and landslide modelling (K. Hutter)

DAY 3, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 10
Time-Dependent Processes in Geomechanics
Coordinators: P.Y. Hicher and  M. Karstunen

• Modelling of the Combined Effect of Strain Rate and Temperature on One-Dimensional Compression of Soils (L. Laloui and S. Leroueil)
• Anisotropic modelling of creep in soft soils (M. Leoni and M. Karstunen)
  Modelling Time-dependent Behaviour of Structured Natural Clays (Z.-Y. Yin and M. Karstunen)
• Seasonal changes in creep velocity of slopes (B. Schneider-Muntau and W. Fellin Wolfgang)
• Viscous rate effect in fine grained soils and their impact on rapid load pile testing
  (S.Brown, M.John)
• Dependency of the mechanical behaviour of granular soils on loading frequency:
  experimental results and constitutive modeling (C. Zambelli and C. di Prisco)
• Frequency effect for the Leman Sand under complex stress paths (E. Rascol and L. Vuillet)
• Strain Localization in Sensitive Soft Clays (V. Thakur)
• Modelling time dependent processes in partially saturated geomaterials (V. De Gennaro and J. M. Pereira)
• Modelling of cavitation and rapid water desaturation of porous media considering
  effects of dissolved air (L. Sanavia and D. Gawin)
• Ageing effects in compacted bentonites : a microstructure approach (P. Delage, D.Marcial and Yu Jun Cui)
• Cementation Effects on mechanical properties of remolded quick clay in deep mix
  stabilization (P. Bujulu, A. Sorta, G.Priol, A. Emdal and R. Sandven)
• Laboratory modeling of cemented bond in clay (J. Trhlikova and J. Bohac)
• Multi-scales modelling for the delayed deformation and durability of cement-based
  materials (F. Grondin, M. Bouasker, A. Khelidj, A. Loukili, P. Mounanga, and E.Rozière)
• Size effect analysis of concrete beams submitted to creep (F. Dufour, G. Pijaudier-Cabot, T. Baxevanis and M. Bottoni)
• Time dependant behaviour in rock materials due to chemical and physical
  degradation (J.F. Shao, Q.Z. Zhu, S.Y. Xie and D. Kondo)
• Effect of various saturation fluids on the mechanical behavior of sandstones (G. Barakos, E. Papamichos and G. Exadaktylos)
• Experimental and numerical study of tunnel face collapse with analogue and 3D
  numerical modeling (P. Vardoulakis, M. Stavropoulou, I. Vardoulakis and G. Exadaktylos)
• Mobilisation of Earth Pressure on Supporting Plates of TBM (M. Arnold and M. Kupka)

Special ALERT Lecture 2007
Prof. Kolumban Hutter , professor at ETH Zurich