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ALERT Workshop 2011
3-5 October 2011, Aussois, France

DAY 1, MONDAY, OCTOBER 3
Session 1: Multiscale geomechanics: from fabric to material properties
Coordinators: G. Couples and B. Chareyre

Day 2, Tuesday, October 4
Session 2: Geomechanical issues in CO2 storage
Coordinators: G. Pijaudier-Cabot and J.M. Pereira

Day 3, Wednesday, October 5
Session 3: Localized versus diffuse failure in geomaterials
Coordinators: M. Hicks and G. Viggiani

ALERT Workshop 2010
4-6 October 2010, Aussois, France

DAY 1, MONDAY, OCTOBER 4
Session 1: Engineering geostructures
Coordinators: I. Herle and A. Gens

Finite element analysis of deep foundations and tunnels - practical applications (H.F. Schweiger and F. Tschuchnigg)
Application of a hypoplastic macroelement model to the analysis of SSI effects on structures (D. Salciarini and C. Tamagnini)
Analysis of ground movements induced by diaphragm wall installation (B. Garitte, M. Arroyo and A. Gens)
Change of soil state adjacent to a displacement pile during installation in a granular material (D. Jelke and B. Lundberg Anders)
Pressure and density effects in the behaviour of stone columns (E. Nacke and I. Herle)
Mechanical behaviour of geo-encased stone columns: small scale tests and numerical modelling (C. di Prisco and A. Galli)
Influence of creep and destructuration on the installation process of stone columns (D. Kamrat-Pietraszewska, J.Castro, R. Auvary and M. Karstunen)
Dynamic analysis of Rudbar Dam in Central Iran under earthquake loading (W. Wu, T.G. Berhe and M. Wieland)
Analysis of pavements under repeated loads using shakedown approach (J. Wang and H.-S. Yu)
Numerical modelling of settlement of motorway embankments on lumpy clay landfill (J. Najser, D. Masın and J. Bohac)
Statistical characterisation and modelling of hydraulic sandfill structures (M. A. Hicks, S. Bakhtiari, B. van den Eijden)
Numerical back-analysis of large scale hydraulic conductivity of the soil deposits of the Venezia Lagoon (E. Giacomini, F. Colleselli, F. Cattaneo,
C. Jommi, G. Mayerle)
THM simulation of the behaviour of the engineered barrier system for a nuclear waste deep repository (F. Dupray, L. Laloui)

Day 2, Tuesday, October 5
Session 2: Mechanics of clay rocks
Coordinators: P. Besuelle and R. Charlier

Invited presentation - First results of the fracturing geological model induced by the excavation of galleries in the ANDRA's underground research laboratory (Y. Emonin, B. Noyère Boris, F. Leveau, C. Righini-Waz)
A laboratory investigation of thermally induced pore pressures in the Callovo-Oxfordian Argillite (M. Mohajerani, P. Delage, A.M. Tang, C. Schroeder)
A laboratory experimental study of strain localization in Boom clay (P. Bésuelle, G. Viggiani)
Effect of temperature on damage and transport properties of Opalinus Clay (M. Monfared, J. Sulem, P. Delage, E. De Laure)
Natural Mudrock Compaction: Lithology and State Controls (A. Aplin, Y. Yang, J. Moores, G. Couples, J. Ma)
On the geotechnical characterisation of a stiff medium fissured clay from Italy (C. Vitone, F. Cotecchia)
Two scale modelling for hydromechanical damage (J. Frey, R. Chambon, C. Dascalu)
Discrete approach for anisotropic damage modelling in anisotropic clay rocks (J.-F. Shao, L. Chen, G. Duveau)
Investigation of the fracturing process induced by desiccation in Tournemire argillites using digital image correlation (S. Hedan, P. Cosenza, P. Dudoignon, V. Valle, J. Cabrera, C. Laforest)
Tracking degradation of clayey rocks induced by hydraulic effects (J. A. Pineda, E. Romero, E. E. Alonso)
Water retention behaviour of clay rocks in temperature: experimental and numerical investigation (M. Rizzi, S. Salager, L. Laloui)
Application of a new thermo-mechanical model for the study of the nuclear waste disposal in clay rocks (D. Arnaud, F. Bertrand, F. Collin, R. Charlier)
An enhanced anisotropic constitutive model for cyclic behaviour of soft clay (R. Chen Rui, Z. Yin, C. Dano, P.-Y. Hicher)
Hydro-mechanical modelling of gas migration in undisturbed and disturbed clay barriers (P. Gérard, R. Charlier)

Day 3, Wednesday, October 6
Session 3: Chemo- and bio-mechanical couplings
Coordinators: J.F. Shao and B. Garitte

Keynote Lecture - Low temperature creep in Earth's materials: effect of reactive fluids and transient deformations (F. Renard)
Keynote Lecture - Mechanisms of chemo-mechanical coupling in soils and their modelling (T. Hueckel)
Biogrout Propagation in Soil in the Framework of Microbial Induced Calcite Precipitation(S. Fauriel. L. Laloui)
Experimental evidences and modelling criteria for microbiologically stabilised compacted soil (L. Morales Eduardo Garzòn, A. Giménez, G. Della Vecchia, C. Jommi, E. Romero)
Biological ground improvement (L. van Paassen)
Numerical simulation of CO2 injection into a wellbore: chemoporomechanical study of the cement sheath behaviour (J.-M. Pereira)
Experimental study and constitutive modelling of the bio-mechanical behaviour of wood sawdust (F. Collin)
Damage and changes in mechanical properties of a crystalline rock due to oxidation under high temperature (1000 °C) (F, Pollet)
Chemical degradation of a petroleum cement pastee (N. Burlion)
Chemo-mechanical coupling in rocks Experimental and Modelling Studies (M. Vadla Madland)
From material to structural analysis: the case of massive concrete structures at early-age (F. BENBOUDJEMA, M. BRIFFAUT, L. STEFAN, J-M. TORRENTI, G. NAHAS)
Micromechanical modeling of IPS in chalk and application to creep deformation (D. Lydzba)
The influence of chemical potential on unsaturated low permeability deformable porous media (X. Chen and M.A. Hicks)
Modelling of deep foundation heave induced by crystal growth (Anna Ramon & Eduardo Alonso)

Special ALERT Lecture 2010
Prof. A.P.S. Selvadurai, professor at McGill University.