•   August 21-22 2007 (2days), EVENT I:    Z_SOIL.PC 2D course , at EPFL room GC B30, 09am         

• August  23-24 2007   (2days),  EVENT II:    Z_SOIL.PC 3D course , at EPFL room GC B30, 09am

AN INTRODUCTION TO Z_SOIL.PC 2D WITH EMPHASIS ON DATA PREPARATION

      DAY 1

    Lecture 1 : Initial state, stability and ultimate load analysis in single phase media
    Lecture 2 : Overview of Z_SOIL.PC
    Lecture 3 : Geometric preprocessing and postprocessing
    Lecture 4 : Flow  and  Two-phase media

     DAY 2
    Lecture 1 : Nonlinear finite element analysis
    Lecture 2 : Advanced constitutive models
    Lecture 3 : Structures and soil-structure interaction
    Lecture 4 : Special topics

Fee : EU 400.--  ; includes: admission to lectures, baby version of Z_SOIL.PC 2D, course notes.
Discount : 50% for Z_SOIL.PC full version owners.

AN INTRODUCTION TO Z_SOIL.PC 3D WITH EMPHASIS ON DATA PREPARATION

• A discussion on all aspects of 3D data preparation
  

    Lecture 1 : Overview
    Lecture 2 : Simple examples
    Lecture 3 : Container on 2 phase medium a/
    Lecture 4 : Container on 2 phase medium b/

     DAY 2
    Lecture 1 : Tunnel a/
    Lecture 2 : Tunnel b/
    Lecture 3 : Adanced cases  a/
    Lecture 4 : Adanced cases  b/

Payment to : CREDIT SUISSE CH-1002 Lausanne, account No acc.121242-82-1, IBAN CH69 0442 5012 1242 8200 1 , SWIFT : CRESCHZZ10A
with mention "Z_SOIL course on the xx.xx.2006", date and your name.

Registration form by fax to 41/21/802 46 06, E-mail info@zace.com or letter to Zace Services Ltd, P.O. Box 2, CH-1015 Lausanne 15.

Deadline for registration : until 15 days before course start.

Cancellation : may be decided by organizer not later than 7 days before course start.

Who should attend :

• Z_SOIL.PC 2D : if you have an engineer degree and less than 400 hours of practice with Z_SOIL.PC you can gain significant profit from attending the course.
• Z_SOIL.PC 3D : if you are familiar with Z_SOIL.PC and wish to start performing 3D analyses, this course is a must.