Invited Speakers

Name Title
Prof. Kaiwei Chu
Shandong University, China
 "CFD-DEM study of complex particle-fluid flows"
Prof. Liping Li
Shandong University, China
 "Simulation analysis method of the mechanism and evolution process of water inrush in tunnels"
Dr. Mohaddeseh Mousavi Nezhad
University of Warwick, UK
 " Challenges and progress for simulation of fracture propagation in geomaterials"
Dr. Tong Qui
Penn State University, USA
 " Simulations of large-scale triaxial tests on ballast aggregates using sensing mechanism and real-time (SMART) computing"
Prof. Stefano Utili
Newcastle University, UK
 " DEM analyses for the preliminary design of tunnel support structures, i.e. dimensioning of rockbolts and lining thickness, for tunnels excavated in jointed rock masses"
Prof. Giula Viggiani
Cambridge University, UK
 "DEM analysis of tunnel excavation with an EPB shield"
Assoc. Prof. Qiusheng Wang
Beijing University of Technology, China
"Erosion behaviors of gravel-sand-slit mixed soils"
Assoc. Prof. Zhihong Zhan
Beijing University of Technology, China
“Modeling fully coupled THMC processes in a natural clay liner under mechanical, chemico-osmotic and thermo-osmotic consolidation”
Prof. Hong Zheng
Institute of rock and soil Mechanics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China
 "Discontinuous Deformation Analysis in Terms of Contact Forces"
Prof. Wei Zhou
Wuhan University, China
 " TBC "