The 30th Prague Geotechnical Days international conference focused on Geotechnical Monitoring, including 30th Prague geotechnical Lecture by prof. Eduardo Alonso, will be held on May 13–14, 2024
Registration: free for students, 80 EUR otherwise
Registration and more details available here
PROGRAMME
MAY 13, 2024
Czech Academy on Sciences, Národní třída 3, Prague 1
8:30-9:00
Registration, commercial exhibition
9:00-9:15
Opening address
Zdeněk Sekyra, Jana Frankovská, David Mašín, Petr Kučera, Stanislav Posípšil
9:15-9:50
Dr. Andrew Ridley
Geotechnical Observations, United Kingdom
How can we specify quality in geotechnical monitoring?
9:50-10:25
Dr. Francesca Casini
Tor Vergata University of Rome, Italy
In situ monitoring of the evolution of the frozen wall thickness in the application of Artificial Ground Freezing: observations and interpretation.
10:25-11:00
Dr. Loizos Pelecanos
University of Bath, United Kingdom
Distributed fibre optic monitoring of piles
11:00-11:30 Coffee break
11:30-12:05
Prof. Minna Karstunen
Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden
Towards intergrating advanced numericals models with monitoring data
12:05-12:40
Prof. Jean-Michael Pereira
Ecole des Ponts ParisTech, France
Adding value to geotechnical monitoring with Machine Learning approaches: TBM tunnel excavation as a case study
12:40-13:40 Lunch break
13:40-14:15
Dr. Joel Smethurst
University of Southampton, United Kingdom
Monitoring infrastructure earthworks to assess their long-term performance
14:15-14:50
Dr. Sam Stanier
University of Cambridge, United Kingdom
Instrumentation, data acquisition and control for a new geotechnical laboratory
14:50-14:55
Quido Záruba Prize Ceremony
14:55-15:10
Presentation of Quido Záruba Prize Winner
15:10-15:30 Coffee break
15:30-17:00
Prague Geotechnical Lecture:
Prof. Eduardo Alonso
BarcelonaTech (UPC), Spain
Liquefaction-induced landslides
MAY 14, 2024
Charles University, Faculty of Science, Albertov 6, Prague 2
Prof. Eduardo Alonso
BarcelonaTech (UPC), Spain
Coarse granular materials: from particle behaviour to large-scale structures
