8th International Workshop on Bifurcations and Degradations in Geomaterials

May 28-31, 2008 Lake Louise, Alberta, Canada



1-Day Workshop Meeting Peoria, Illinois, USA, June 2, 2008

Time
Activity
Location
Title
Presenter
7:00 am Pick up Pere Marquette Pick up  
7:30 - 8:00 am Breakfast TC-G110    
8:00 - 8:15 am Opening TC-G110   Mustafa Alsaleh
8:15 - 9:00 am Technical Presentation TC-G110 Caterpillar VPD Overview Pending (John Amdall)
9:15 - 9:45 am Technical Presentation TC-G110 Performance of SPH method for deformation analyses of geomaterials Hideto Nanoyama (Gifu University, Japan)
9:45 - 10:00 am Break TC-G110    
10:00 - 10:30 am Technical Presentation TC-G 110 Concurrent multiscale computational modeling of particle to continuum length scale mechanics in unbound dense, dry particulate materials Regueiro (U of Colorado, Boulder, USA)
10:30 - 11:00 am Technical Presentation TC-G110 Analysis of deformation and damage processes in soil-tool interaction problems Jan Maciejewski (Institute of Fundamental Technological Research, Poland)
11:00 - 12:00 pm Lunch TC-F, Virtual Lab    
12:00 - 12:30 pm Virtual Lab Tour TC-F    
12:30 - 1:30 pm Soil Lab Tour TC-E    
1:30 - 2:00 pm Technical Presentation TC- G110 Modeling Soil-Wheel interaction James Hambleton (University of Minnesota, USA
2:00 - 2:30pm Technical Presentation TC-G110 Modeling earth moving operations using Reproducing Kernel Particle Method J.S Chen (University of California at Los-Angeles, USA)
2:30 - 2:45 pm Break TC-G110    
2:45 - 3:15 pm Technical Presentation TC-G110 Integrating discrete element modeling with experimental measurements Mark Hopkins (CRREL, USA)
3:15 - 3:45 pm Technical Presentation TC-G110 Normal and sliding contact experiments on naturally occurring granular materials: stiffness, friction and damage effects Dave Cole (CRREL, USA)
3:45 - 4:15 pm Technical Presentation TC-G110 A 3-D formulation for gradient elasto-plasticity Prof. Vardoulakis (National Technical University of Athens, Greece)
4:15 - 4:45 pm Technical Presentation TC-G110 Combining X-Ray CT and 3D digital image correlation for studying strain localization in granular materials Gioacchino Viggiani (Universite Joseph Fourier, Grenoble, France)
4:45 - 5:00 pm Break TC-G110    
5:00 - 5:45 pm Technical Discussions TC-G110 General All
5:45 - 6:00 pm Departure Dinner Pending Dinner All
6:00 - 8:00 pm Dinner Pending Dinner All
8:00 - 8:30 pm Drop off Pere Marquette