Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya: Department of Geotechnical Engineering and Geo-Sciences is pleased to announce the 7th ALERT Olek Zienkiewicz Course - Unsaturated soil mechanics from fundamentals to applications.
UNSATURATED SOIL MECHANICS: FROM FUNDAMENTALS TO APPLICATIONS
Since the time where unsaturated soils were considered as "special" or "problematic soils", Unsaturated Soil Mechanics has experienced enormous developments that brings it at the center of soil response understanding. On the theoretical side, the necessity to include a more complete description of soil-water potential, as well as to study material response for water partially filling pore families of different sizes, has strongly contributed to put forward the fundamental role played by microstructure in soil behaviour. On the practical side, inclusion of environmental variables has allowed to address new engineering problems (engineered barriers, gassy soils, climate effect...) and to revisit old issues like the behaviour of compacted earth structures or the phenomenon of wetting induced collapse in slopes and foundations. The emergence of numerical codes able to handle coupled multiphase flow - deformation problems in soils and rocks together with the development of laboratory tests and field measurement techniques of unsaturated variables have progressively provided engineers and researchers with tools to face real problems. As a consequence, the number of applications has increased significantly in the last decade while diversifying in their nature. One important step in the historical development of the Unsaturated Soil Mechanics has been the formulation of the first elastoplastic model for unsaturated soils, presented in Géotechnique by Alonso, Gens & Josa (1990), and currently known as the Barcelona Basic Model. The present course commemorates this work in its 25th anniversary
COURSE TOPICS
The main goal of the course is to provide PhD students and researchers with an overview of the current knowledge in Unsaturated Soil Mechanics as well as some insights into current issues and advanced topics. The course will be divided in lectures and practical sessions along five themes of one day long each:
NOTE: It is strongly recommended that you bring your own laptop to the course (especially for the Wednesday afternoon session)
IMPORTANT DATES
The course fee is 300,00€ (ALERT members are free of charge) and will include participation in the course, copy of the proceedings and coffee breaks. To register for this course please fill the on-line form and proceed to the payment website. Registration
Visit the following link for the program: Preliminary program
For any further information, please contact: Mr. Alessio Bazzanella, 7th ALERT Olek Zienkiewicz Course
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