SEMINAR:

Z_SOIL.PC DAY 2008, 1.9.2008, EPFL room(to be announced) 09am updated 9.2007

NUMERICS IN GEOTECHNICS & STRUCTURES 2008

at epfl_lausanne

  NEWS: Version ZSOIL.PC 2007 is available
Z_Soil past, present and future users will again meet in Lausanne in 2008. Z_Soil.PC,  came out in 1985 after 3 years of intensive development work and has since then steadily gained acceptance among practitioners as well as teachers and researchers on all continents.
The meeting will be an opportunity for Z_Soil users to exchange experience and ideas. Presentations will include invited lectures, tutorials by the development team and presentations by experienced users.Other contributions are welcome.

CALL FOR PAPERS: 5 lines abstracts of papers on the topic of NUMERICS IN GEOTECHNICS, with or without direct connection to Z_Soil.PC can be submitted any time.
Who should attend: engineers confronted with the need to perform numerical simulations for underground , above ground or combined constructions will have an opportunity to exchange experience, see presentations of recent case studies and get a comprehensive introduction to numerical simulations using Z_Soil.PC in 2D or 3D space, in dry or partially saturated rock or soil, with full structural capabilities, with soil-structure interaction, interfaces, thermal effects, ultimate load evaluation, continuous safety assessment, including creep, swelling, dilation, etc.

What is Z_SOIL.PC: Z_SOIL.PC is a complete user-friendly 2D/3D finite element package for soil, rock and soil-structure analysis available and used worldwide since 1985, and continuously upgraded. The program was developed at Zace Services Ltd, by a team of engineers with research experience at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne, Cracow University of Technology, UC Berkeley, California Institute of Technology, Purdue University, Stanford University. The aim is to provide the civil engineer with a simple tool to accurately support geomechanical and structural engineering analysis and dimensioning.

SYMPOSIUM PROGRAM(tentative) :announced speakers : K.Podles(Poland), A.Truty(Poland), Th.Zimmermann(Switzerland).



FEE: 200.- EU( free for ALOG members & site licencees ), includes access to the conference, transactions, an evening reception. Please prepay to Credit Suisse 1002 LAUSANNE, acc.121242-82-1, IBAN CH69 0442 5012 1242 8200 1 , SWIFT CRESCHZZ10A . _________________________________________________________________________________