Seminars

Seminars are typically held between 12:30 - 2pm every second Friday in EF122.

Semester 2 Schedule 2011

Date Speaker Title
Fri 16 July Gernot Beer (Visitor) Technology Innovation in Underground Construction
Tue 9 August Nathan Podlich (confirmation) The formulation of parallel algorithms for large-scale limit analysis
Tue 9 August Mason Crumpton (confirmation) Methods in Computational Limit Analysis
Fri 19 August Hassan Sabetamal (confirmation) Finite element algorithms for dynamic analysis of geotechnical problems
Thu 25 August Xue Zhang (confirmation) Particle finite element method and its application to large deformation problems in geomechanics.
Fri 2 September James Hambleton Modelling the evolutionary problem of a rigid object interacting with a plastically deforming surface
Fri 16 September Jinsong Huang Reliability Analysis of Slopes
Fri 30 September Chao Yang Mechanical response of structured soils subjected to cyclic loading>
Fri 4 November Klaus Theoni Non-linear Problems using BEM with Applications in Tunnelling
Fri 18 November Shanyong Wang 3D experimental and numerical study of the fracture initiation, propagation and coalescence behaviour of heterogeneous rocks with single or multiple fissures
Fri 25 November (1 PM start) Omid Kardani (confirmation) Variational Plasticity Models and Algorithms for Frictional Geomaterials
Thu 1 December David Masin (Charles University in Prague) Fundamentals of hypoplasticity This seminar will be held in ED115
Fri 2 December Xianfeng Liu Heavy metals transport in saturated clays and Impact on clay microstructure