MuMoLaDe - Multiscale Modelling of Landslides and Debris Flows

Congratulations to Prof. Yangping Yao (centre) of Beihang University, Beijing, China. Prof. Yao was elected member of the Chinese Academy of Science this year!

The 17th IACMAG conference at Hongkong Polytechnical University, organized by Prof. Zhenyu Yin was very successful. Here with Prof. Xueyu Geng of the University of Warwick and Prof. Wanhuan Zhou of the University of Macau.

Dr. Javad Alipour's defence

Participate in the defence of a PhD thesis at CIMNE, UPC, Barcelona. Excellent work on granular flow with thermal coupling. Proud supervisors Prof. Franci and Prof. Oñate

The lecture videos and the lecture notes (PDF) are available at the ALERT website.

The traditional doctoral school within ALERT was held online for the first time. The school with the focus on point-based numerical methods in geomechanics was organized by Prof. Pastor (Technical University of Madrid, Spain) and myself. The school was a great success and attracted more than 300 young researchers from Europe, Australia, China and India. Thanks to all speakers and organizers for the great job!

31th ALERT Doctoral School, 4 day online courses, 1.-4. October 2020

Point based numerical methods in geomechanics
Coordinator: Wei Wu, Vienna, Austria & Manuel Pastor, Madrid, Spain
Day 1
1.1 Introduction to the course, Wu & Pastor, 15 min
1.2 Introduction to SPH in geomechanics, Bui, 2 h
1.3 Constitutive modelling for fast granular flow, Wu, 1.5 h
Day 2
2.1 Applications of SPH models in geomechanics, Bui, 2 h
2.2 Depth integrated models for fast landslides and related phenomena, Pastor, 2h
Day 3
3.1 MPM and its application to snow, Gaume, 2 h
3.2 PFEM and its application to technical engineering, Larese, 2 h
Day 4
4.1 LBM-DEM for porous media, Sun, 2 h
4.2 Students working on the topic would be given a slot to present a short version of what they do 1.5 h
4.3 Table ronde with open discussion and questions 0.5h
4.4 Closure, Pastor and Wu, 15 min
Speakers:
 Bui, Ha, Monash University, Australia
 Gaume, Johan, EPFL, Switzerland
 Larese, Antonia, University of Padova, Italy
 Pastor, Manuel, Technical University of Madrid, Spain
 Sun, Steve, Columbia University, USA
 Wu, Wei, BOKU, Austria

Alert is the Alliance of Laboratories in Europe for Education, Research and Technology. Wu joined Alert last year.
http://alertgeomaterials.eu/

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The journal citation report has just been released. Our journal Acta Geotechnica reached a staggering impact factor of 4.25, which means 3. place among the 39 SCI journals in the category "Engineering Geological".

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