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SUMMARY:Material point method and applications in geotechnical engineering
   - Dr Alex Rohe (Senior consultant at Deltares Delft\, Netherlands)
DTSTART:20171018T180000Z
DTEND:20171018T190000Z
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CONTACT:Fiona Hughes
DESCRIPTION:*Seminar overview:*\n\nLarge deformations and soil-water-struc
 ture interaction play an important role in the assessment of geotechnical 
 and hydraulic structures. Examples are the post-failure analysis of slopes
  and embankments\, analysis of failure mechanisms of dykes for flood prote
 ction\, effects of landslides and its mitigation measures\, occurrence of 
 submarine flow slides\, bearing capacity of displacement piles or internal
  and external erosion problems. The talk will introduce the material point
  method as a numerical tool and demonstrate its suitability in addressing 
 some of these challenges by using various practical examples.\n\n \n\n*Bio
 graphy:*\n\nDr Alexander Rohe is a senior consultant in geotechnical engin
 eering at Deltares Delft in The Netherlands. His research interests are fo
 cused on the development of numerical tools for the modelling of large def
 ormation and soil-water-structure interaction problems in geotechnical and
  hydraulic engineering for which he is deploying the material point method
  (MPM). Currently\, he is involved in the development of the Anura3D MPM S
 oftware. He organised workshops and conferences on MPM\, and is involved i
 n teaching MPM to both postgraduates and practicing engineers. He is activ
 e member of the Anura3D MPM Research Community\, which is a collaboration 
 of eight universities and Deltares focussing on the joint development of M
 PM. In the past he was Marie-Curie Research Fellow at the Engineering Depa
 rtment of the University of Cambridge. In 2016 he was visiting By-Fellow a
 t Churchill College.
LOCATION:Jock Colville Hall\, Churchill College
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