Programme

Summer School on Landslides and Debris Flow, Vienna, 2013

Venue: Department of Civil Engineering and Natural Hazards, BOKU

  • Monday/Tuesday (morning): Room EH02, First floor, Boku-Building "Extner-Haus" in Peter-Jordan Strasse 82, 1180 Vienna
  • Tuesday (afternoon) - Friday: Room SR06, Boku-Building "Schwackhöfer-Haus" in Peter-Jordan Strasse 82, 1180 Vienna

Please frequently check the programme for updates! Mon. 9th: Workshop on Recent Developments in the Analysis, Monitoring and Forecast of Landslides and Debris Flow
Tue.-Fri. 10-13th: Mumolade Summer School on Landslides and Debris Flow, Vienna, 2013

09/09/2013
Monday

10/09/2013
Tuesday

11/09/2013
Wednesday

12/09/2013
Thursday

13/09/2013
Friday

9:00 – 9:15
Prof. Wei Wu
Welcome and opening the workshop & the summer school

9:15 – 9:45
Prof. Wei Xiang
Overview of geohazards at Three Gorges, China

9:45 – 10:15
Dr. Karl Kleemayr
Shallow landslides and debris flow - Austrian problems, documentation and research activities

9:00 – 10:30
Prof. Ronaldo Borja
Computational plasticity
(1/4)

9:00 – 10:30
Prof. Ronaldo Borja
Computational plasticity
(3/4)

9:00 – 10:30
Prof. Chung Fang
Continuum descriptions of dry granular dense flows down an incline (1/3)

9:00 – 10:30
Prof. Pierre Delage
Testing and modeling of unsaturated soil
(1/2)

10:15-10:45 Coffee Break

10:30 -11:00 Coffee Break

10:30 -11:00 Coffee Break

10:30 -11:00 Coffee Break

10:30 -11:00 Coffee Break

10:45 – 11:15
Franny G. Murillo Garcia
Landsliding identification and mapping using Very High Resolution satellite images for the municipality of Pahuatlan, Mexico

11:15 – 11:45
Prof. Aniruddha Sengupta
Rain Triggered Slope Failure in India

11:45 – 12:15
Prof. Frank Graf
Biological soil stabilisation: Porcino, Chantrelle & Co. are not just delicious

11:00 – 12:30
Prof. Ronaldo Borja
Computational plasticity
(2/4)

11:00 – 12:30
Prof. Ronaldo Borja
Computational plasticity
(4/4)

11:00 – 12:30
Prof. Chung Fang
Continuum descriptions of dry granular dense flows down an incline (2/3)

11:00 – 12:30
Prof. Pierre Delage
Testing and modeling of unsaturated soil
(2/2)

12:15 – 13:45 Lunch Break

12:30-13:30 Lunch Break

12:30-13:30 Lunch Break

12:30-13:30 Lunch Break

12:30-13:30 Lunch Break

13:45 – 14:15
Prof. Ronaldo Borja
Persistent shear band in variably saturated porous materials

14:15 – 14:45
Prof. Claudio Tamagnini
Effects of partial saturation on critical rainfall thresholds for shallow landslides

14:45 – 15:15
Prof. Chung Fang
On the weak turbulent motions of an isothermal dry granular dense flow with incompressible grains

13:30 – 15:00
Prof. Claudio Tamagnini
Advanced soil mechanics
(1/4)

13:30 – 15:00
Prof. Claudio Tamagnini
Advanced soil mechanics
(3/4)

13:30 – 15:00
Prof. Chung Fang
Continuum descriptions of dry granular dense flows down an incline (3/3)

13:30 – 15:00
t.b.a.

15:15-15:45 Coffee Break

15:00-15:30 Coffee Break

15:00-15:30 Coffee Break

15:00-15:30 Coffee Break

15:00-15:30 Coffee Break

15:45 – 16:15
Michael Auer
Soil nailing under the aspect of deformation and stabilisation

16:15 – 16:45
Prof. Johannes Hübl
How predictable is the behaviour of torrential processes: two case studies of summer 2012

15:30 – 17:00
Prof. Claudio Tamagnini
Advanced soil mechanics
(2/4)

15:30 – 17:00
Prof. Claudio Tamagnini
Advanced soil mechanics
(4/4)

15:30 – 17:00
Fellow’s private session
Discussion on upcoming deliverables, cooperation and secondments

 

15:30 – 17:00
t.b.a.

16:45 Closure of the Workshop

 

 

17:30-open end BBQ

17:00 Closure of the Summer school

Social events: - 8.9.2013, 19:30, Concert of Beijing Symphony Orchestra, at the Vienna Concert house, http://www.konzerthaus.at/