08:15-09:15

Registration

09:15-09:30

Opening Address

Session 1: Micromechanics I

09:30-10:00

J.M. Pereira: Micromechanical insights into the behaviour of unsaturated granular materials: experiments and modelling

10:00-10:30

I. Herle: Links between phenomenological and micromechanical soil behaviour

10:30-11:00

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Session 2: Micromechanics II

11:00-11:30

T. Matsushima: Micromechanical aspects of natural formation process of geological grains

11:30-12:00

S. Hall: Measurement of force and strain distribution in granular materials

12:00-12:30

J. Ooi: DEM modelling of cohesive and cementitious materials – model conceptualisation, calibration and validation

LUNCH

Session 3: Micromechanics III

14:00-14:30

J. Andrade: Level-Set DEM (LS-DEM): a new tool for computational particle mechanics  

14:30-15:00

G. Buscarnera: Continuum modeling of delayed breakage: exploring the role of grain-scale fracture kinetics

15:00-15:30

G. Della Vecchia: A microstructural model for hydraulic conductivity evolution due to brittle damage

15:30-15:50

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Session 4: Multiphysics I

15:50-16:20

M. Veveakis: Unconventional Geomechanics: Constitutive modelling and energy-based bifurcation analysis of multiscale, multiphysical mechanisms driving the macroscopic response of Geomaterials

16:20-16:50

C. Jommi: Investigating the bio-hydro-mechanical behaviour of peats

16:50-17:20

C. Santamarina: Mineral Dissolution and Precipitation - Implications

17:20-17:40

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Session 5: Multiphysics II

17:40-18:10

W. Sun: A multiscale eigenerosion method for propagating fractures in fluid-infiltrating porous media

18:10-18:40

G. Musso: Some geomechanical issues of relevance for energy production

Session 6: Analytical and Numerical Methods I

09:00-09:30

M. Sanchez: Mechanical and Numerical Modeling of Gas Hydrate Bearing Sediments

09:30-10:00

K. Soga: Large deformation modelling in geomechanics

10:00-10:30

J. Desrues: From discrete to continuum approach of BVP in geomechanics: FEM-DEM integrated approach

10:30-11:00

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Session 7: Constitutive Modelling I

11:00-11:30

I. Einav: Thermodynamics of effective stress of partially saturated soils 

11:30-12:00

R.I. Borja: A constitutive framework for double-porosity materials with evolving internal structure

12:00-12:30

D. Kolymbas: Some aspects of barodesy

LUNCH

Session 8: Constitutive Modelling II

14:00-14:30

D. Mašín: Recent advances on hypoplasticity with explicit asymptotic states

14:30-15:00

B. Chareyre: From plasticity to viscoplasticity in flowing geomaterials: what do we learn from numerical models?

15:00-15:30

A. Papadimitriou: Fabric evolution of sands and its effects on the response of surface foundations

15:30-15:50

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Session 9: Constitutive Modelling III

15:50-16:20

C. di Prisco: A constitutive modelling approach for the description of rapid granular flows: from the inception to the arrest

16:20-16:50

J. Vaunat: A macroscopic framework to model materials with evolving pore size distribution

16:50-17:10

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Session 10: Analytical and Numerical Methods II

17:10-17:40

J. Sulem: Multiphysics couplings and instability in Geomechanics

17:40-18:10

R. Conti: Viscous regularization for Cam-Clay plasticity: how to handle subcritical softening

20:30

WORKSHOP BANQUET

Session 11: Experimental Geomechanics

09:00-09:30

W. Wu: Experimental and numerical study of debris flow

09:30-10:00

S. Foti: Data integration in site characterization

10:00-10:30

E. Romero: Exploring air migration in argillaceous formations: experimental results and numerical modelling

10:30-11:00

M. Santagata: Behavior of ultra-soft clay-water systems

11:00-11:20

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Session 12: Engineering Applications

11:20-11:50

M. Taiebat: Influence of the mechanical behavior of natural structured soils on the system response in mechanized tunneling

11:50-12:20

E. Bilotta: Seismic behaviour of tunnels in sand

12:20-12:50

L. de Sanctis: Importance of dynamic soil structure interaction in the seismic performance analysis of buildings founded on piles

12:50

Closure