ALERT Workshop 2007
8th-10th 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