SYMPOSIUM  HISTORY
This symposium started as a ZSOIL.PC user meeting in the mid-nineties. Nowadays it combines invited presentations, and independent contributions by ZSOIL users and others. It has been taking place every year in late summer over the past fifteen years, at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, in Lausanne.

In 2010, ZSOIL.PC will be celebrating its 25th anniversary which makes this meeting a special event.
A book with selected contributions will be published to mark this new milestone.

2010 SYMPOSIUM TOPICS
Numerical simulation in geomechanics, constitutive aspects, soil-structure interaction and associated structural analysis  with emphasis on present and future engineering practice: theory, applications, case studies, failure analyses, optimization.

CALL FOR PAPERS
5 lines abstracts of papers on  topics linked to  NUMERICS IN GEOTECHNICS & STRUCTURES, state of the art contributions on dry or partially saturated rock or soil, soil-structure interaction, interfaces, thermal effects, ultimate load evaluation,  safety assessment, optimization, with or without direct connection to Z_Soil.PC, can be submitted any time before June15.2010. Notification of acceptance will be given on/before June 30.2010 . Presentations in final form or paper equivalent will be due 25.8.2010, for distribution to participants.
Please submit abstracts to info@zace.com.
 

Guidelines for paper preparation

WHO  ATTENDS
Engineers and developpers interested or confronted with the need to perform accurate numerical simulations or optimizations for complex underground , above ground or combined constructions  have an opportunity to exchange experience, see state of the art presentations of recent case studies and get a comprehensive introduction to numerical simulations in 2D or 3D, in particular with Z_Soil.PC  , in dry or partially saturated rock or soil, with full structural capabilities, soil-structure interaction, interfaces, thermal effects, ultimate load evaluation, continuous safety assessment, including creep, swelling, dilation, dynamics etc.
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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,  UC Berkeley, California Institute of Technology, Purdue University, Cracow University of Technology, Stanford University . The aim is to provide civil engineers with a simple tool to accurately support geomechanical and structural engineering analysis, dimensioning and optimization.
Since Z_Soil.PC first  came out in 1985 it has 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.

SYMPOSIUM SCHEDULE:

      DAY1 AM ROOM CM3 09:00                                 CHAIR: Th.Zimmermann

      09:00 Introduction        Th.Zimmermann:                    

      INVITED LECTURE: W.Ammann (President Global  Risk Forum Davos): Risks, Disasters, Crisis and Global Change – From Threats to           Sustainable Opportunities   


      Contributed papers                                                              

      10:00-10:20 S. Commend,  GeoMod, Lausanne : 3D push-over analysis of a motorway exit
      10:20-10:40 U.Ekdahl, PEAB, Malmo, Sweden:  Prediction of vibration and design of vibroisolation for the next generation Swedish      synchroton radiation facility MAX IV
      10:40 Coffee BREAK

      11:00                                                                                       CHAIR: A.Truty
      11:00-11:20 R. Obrzud, GeoMod, Lausanne:  On the use of the Hardening Small Strain model
      11:20-11:40 M.Hofmann, ALPINE BeMo Tunnelling GmbH,Iinnsbruck, Austria: Modelling aging shotcrete: parameter identification and      application      
      11:40- 12:00 J.-M. Hohberg, IUB Bern:   Softening in rock mechanics- a useful concept?                                            
      12:00-12:20 Ph. Menétrey , ingPhi, Lausanne & S. Commend , GeoMod, Lausanne: 3D pile test with loading frame            
      12:20    LUNCH BREAK

      PM 14:00                                                                                CHAIR:  K.Podles
      14:00:-14:30  A.Mellal , Stucky Ing.Consels SA, Renens:  Seismic safety of a buttress dam and appurtenant structures - 3D static and dynamic analyses                                                                                                   analyses.                                   
      14:30-14:50  A.Urbanski , Krakow University of Technology & Zace Services Ltd: Modeling of thermal, filtration and mechanical phenomena in selected sections of a gravity dam   
      14:50-15:10 B.Kister, HSLU, Luzern : Analysis of the as-is-state of old natural stone barriers <>
      15:10-15:40 M. Preisig (Princeton University, USA): Case study of coupled thermo-poromechanics simulation of CO2 injection into a geological reservoir                                                   
      15:40 Coffee BREAK


      16:00-17:30                                                                          CHAIR: Th.Zimmermann


      Introduction:  Th.Zimmermann  

      *****Public presentation of ZSOIL PC V2010 by A.Truty, K.Podles*****

    *****2010 ZSOIL AWARDS*****

      17:30-19:00 COCKTAIL
      19:45 speakers dinner: by invitation only, but tickets can be bought by non-speakers (40chf, ask Th.Zimmermann before 11:00)  

DAY2 09:00 ROOM CM 106                                                  CHAIR: Th.Zimmermann

      09:00-10:20 R. Obrzud, GeoMod, Lausanne:  The Hardening Small Strain model in practice  
      10:20-10:40 Yin Ji  , Geofem,Shanghai, China:  3D Numerical Analysis of the Overturning of A Building Under Construction in Shanghai   
                                                                    presented by  A.Truty                                                   
      10:40 BREAK

      11:00--12:20    A.Truty, Zace Services Ltd: Dynamic capabilities in ZSOIL  
      12:20  LUNCH BREAK

      14:00 PM                                                                         CHAIR: A.Truty
      14:00-15:20 K.Podles, Zace Services Ltd: Tackling large problems with ZSOIL  

END 15:40