EUROCK 2024
European Rock Mechanics Symposium
New Challenges in Rock Mechanics and Rock Engineering
July 15-19, 2024 | Alicante, Spain
Conference Agenda
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Session Overview |
Date: Wednesday, 17/July/2024 | ||||
9:00am - 10:00am |
Keynote - Michel Jaboyedoff. Toward the assessment of the rockfall sources hazard failure using 3D point clouds and remote sensing techniques Location: Main auditorium - Salón de actos - Aulario II Toward the assessment of the rockfall sources hazard failure using 3D point clouds and remote sensing techniques |
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10:00am - 11:00am |
Regular session 17_1.1 Location: A2/D01 Chair: Mauro Muñiz-Menéndez co-Chair: Marli de Jongh Petrography and mineralogy of fault material from the Great Glen Fault Determining intrinsic properties of geomaterials at meso scale On the physical-mechanical characterization of heterogeneous sandstones from Capo d’Orlando Flysch formation (northeastern Sicily) Effects of high temperatures on the color and strength of a cretaceous limestone |
Regular session 17_1.2 Location: A2/D02 Chair: Charlie Li co-Chair: Javier Arzúa Vibrations and stresses induced in the rock by the splitting of dimension stones’ exploitation Effect of the anchoring pattern on the mechanical behavior of anchored mesh systems A method for quantifying uncertainty in stress domain boundaries Stability analysis of a calcareous rock slope on a variable dip syncline |
Regular session 17_1.3 Location: A2/D03 Chair: Jean Sulem co-Chair: Jennifer Jane Day A stability evaluation system for rock masses surrounding large underground caverns under earthquake effect Analyzing the mechanisms of water circulation in fractured aquifers as a tool for preventing environmental pollution risk Rockfall protection embankments: insights into impact effects The influence of uniform and non-uniform strain rate distribution on brittle failure of pillar walls |
Regular session 17_1.4 Location: A2/D04 Chair: Anna Maria Margherita Ferrero co-Chair: Neil Bar An approach towards probabilistic design scenario for rockfall protection works Predicting the domino effect of key block failure for rock slopes Identification and Mitigation of sinking Risk in evaporite rocks: A Case Study in Alcalá de Ebro (Spain) Seismic events in an unmined rock mass due to water rise |
11:00am - 11:30am |
Coffee break & poster session Location: Main hall Aulario II On the use of Hu coefficients for simulating pore pressures in 3D slope stability models Development of international standard on the use of geotechnical instrumentation under the ISO umbrella Some Aspects of Tunnel Construction in Bimrocks: Golubinja Tunnel Case Example Identification and monitoring of landslides in the Mining Areas of La Unión (Spain) Integrating InSAR and LiDAR Datasets Rockfall protection in railways. Venta de Baños-Gijon PK 26+700 Durability of Steel Wire Products in Civil Engineering and Applicable Regulations Analysis of deformations in temporary shoring in deep excavations in weathered rocks. Vancouver Metro Extension, Canada A new technology to increase the extraction rate in old potash mining areas – An approach for a safe mining concept Reconstructing a massive rockfall event in the Đerdap Gorge, Serbia Analysis model to quantify the geological risk factors in scenarios of rockfalls Integrating rock mass classification, rock microstructure and neotectonic activity index for predicting road-cut slope failures: an example from Dharasu-Uttarkashi road section, northern India. A Windows software for estimation of Slope Mass Rating (SMR) A laboratory scaled runout study to assess debris flow hazards in coal mine overburden dumps A Machine Learning Framework for Predicting Elastic Properties of Sedimentary Rocks from Ball mill Grinding Characteristics Data Effect of longwall workings on the stability of overburden dumps Technical evaluation of a cemented backfill for a mine using the Cut and Fill mining method Design method for rockfall protection embankments reinforced with geosynthetics Rockburst conditions in tunnels of the Cheves Hydropower Project in the central Peruvian Andes Rockfall Hazard and Risk Management in the Terradets Gorge in the Noguera Pallaresa, Catalonia Multiple-Slides Back Analysis of Slope Complex Failure, Case Study of Jajarm Mine Seismic Geotechnics on the mining subsidence of the terrain in Belmez, Córdoba (Spain) Initiation model of rupture between two mediums and pre-rupture of shear-tension with Seismics Geotechnics Advancing Rock Slope Hazard Assessment by Remote Sensing: the contribution of the Poggio Baldi Landslide Natural Laboratory Application of the Scaled Span method for stability analysis of volcanic caves Prospective use of volcanic products from the 2021 eruption in La Palma (Spain) for making concrete tiles Influence of fracturing in an Ignimbrite quarry – The case study of “Guama” quarry in Tenerife island (Spain) A New Method for Semi-Automatic 3D Trace Detection and Joint Plane Orientation Calculation Characterizing the causes of the landslide in Ollon, Switzerland on January 30, 2021 |
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11:30am - 1:00pm |
Regular session 17_2.1 Location: A2/D01 Chair: Lianyang Zhang co-Chair: Mauro Muñiz-Menéndez The effect of pillar reinforcement on pillar strength Geotechnical exploration and design of open pit rock slopes for an iron ore deposit in Uzbekistan Estimating the drilling rate of jumbo drills from Sievers’ J-miniature drill tests in sandstones and limestones from a mining exploitation in Asturias (Spain) Úcar's non-linear rock failure criterion as a predictive tool and as a curve-fitting equation Experimental study on the size effect and anisotropy of shale strength under polyaxial compressive stress conditions Development of a portable permeability testing device for rock permeability measurements |
Regular session 17_2.2 Location: A2/D02 Chair: Muralha José co-Chair: Manuel Cánovas Accounting for petrographic properties of rock in the design of coastal protection structures 4D model tests of CPT pile design performance in chalk Validation of a simple and effective numerical approach for modelling the ground-supports interaction in shield TBM The Sotra Link Project: challenges during the design of new underground structures in Norway Approach to the 3D study of large plane rock failures by means of 2D slices. Markina black marble case Influence of the rock at-rest earth pressure coefficient on the design of the secant pile wall |
Regular session 17_2.3 Location: A2/D03 Chair: Jose Estaire co-Chair: Diego Manzanal Stability Analysis of Interbedded Sedimentary Rock Slope with Explicit Weak Layer Boundaries: A Case Study Numerical modeling of tunnel-ground interaction in the vicinity of existed underground excavation, Case study of Tehran-Shomal freeway Case study of using FLAC 3d numerical modelling in the prediction of stress-related deformation of a sill pillar in an underground metal mine and the response of a roadway inside the pillar during mining Piezometers: a very important instrument to which we need to pay more attention The change of the rockmass stress and its rotation during mining exploitation An integrated study on the deformation response of an open-cut excavation in Shimajiri formation in relation to the fluctuating groundwater level |
Regular session 17_2.4 Location: A2/D04 Chair: Michel Jaboyedoff co-Chair: Monica Barbero Towards Reliability-Based Design of rockfall hybrid barriers and attenuators: a focus on the actions Rockfall susceptibility in the Caminito del Rey, Málaga, Spain Rockfalls threatening trails in the Aurunci and Riviera di Ulisse Regional Parks of Italy: susceptibility assessment for a safer fruition of cultural landscapes High-strength, stainless steel mesh for cost-effective coastal protection System reliability assessment for section coal pillar with combined stress and strain failure modes Design considerations for secured drapery systems. High-performance meshes. |
1:00pm - 2:30pm |
Lunch time Location: Main hall Aulario II |
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1:30pm - 3:00pm |
ISRM European council meeting Location: Sala de Juntas de Rectorado Chair: Muriel Gasc-Barbier Meeting of the ISRM European Council (only for representatives of the European National Groups) |
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2:30pm - 4:00pm |
Regular session 17_3.1 Location: A2/D01 Chair: Daniel Francois Malan co-Chair: Luis Jorda Bordehore Analysis of a T-shaped gallery intersection drilled in anisotropic claystone. Rock slope stability analysis considering three-dimensional stress and strength Stability analysis and support of room and pillar underground Dionyssos marble exploitation Influence of the initial porosity on the swelling strain developing during anhydrite to gypsum transformation Analysis of acoustic emission events induced by normal stress unloading in shear behaviour of rock fractures Rock breakage with expansive cement under uniaxial loading condition |
Regular session 17_3.2 Location: A2/D02 Chair: Marilena Cardu co-Chair: Tiago Miranda Characterization of the differential weathering as rockfall preparatory mechanism in the Montserrat Massif (Spain) Applying a geomechanical approach to mitigate rockfall risk from stone heritage buildings Evaluation of stope stability in deep underground mines based on stability charts and numerical simulations - A comparison study. Geotechnical considerations for early pit design development and life of mine optimization at Bozshakol copper mine Laboratory Physical Model for Studying hydraulic Erodibility of fractured Rock Mass Linear and non-linear interpretation of rock strength tests for Hoek-Brown mi parameter determination |
Regular session 17_3.3 Location: A2/D03 Chair: Mateusz Janiszewski co-Chair: Miguel Herbón-Penabad Experimental Assessment of the Thermal Properties of Crushed Rock Samples Petrophysical Characterization and Behavior of Châlons Chalk (Saint-Germain-la-Ville, France) under Contrasting Temperature Fluid Flow Optimization search to characterize the time-dependent behaviour of rock mass based on convergence measurements in deep tunnels Lateral Load Resistance of Short Socket Piles for Solar Plant Foundations: Experimental Testing and 3D Numerical Back-analysis Design and management of semi-ductile slopes in Australian and Colombian coal mines In-situ stress magnitudes determined by retrieved cores in China's first enhanced geothermal system in Gonghe Basin, Tibetan Plateau |
Regular session 17_3.4 Location: A2/D04 Chair: Jiménez Rafael co-Chair: Jovanovski Milorad Discrimination of subsidence from abrupt ground collapse. Vins-sur-Caramy closed mine study 3D Rockfall simulation for zone of heritage civil hydraulic structure dam Matka near Skopje The damage to underground structures by the 2023 February 6 Great Turkish Earthquakes with a special emphasis on Erkenek Tunnels SHAIMDRONE PROJECT: Slope Hazard Assessment for Infrastructure Management using Drones Developing a rockburst damage hazard system in seismically active mines |
4:00pm - 4:30pm |
Coffee break & poster session Location: Main hall Aulario II On the use of Hu coefficients for simulating pore pressures in 3D slope stability models Development of international standard on the use of geotechnical instrumentation under the ISO umbrella Some Aspects of Tunnel Construction in Bimrocks: Golubinja Tunnel Case Example Identification and monitoring of landslides in the Mining Areas of La Unión (Spain) Integrating InSAR and LiDAR Datasets Rockfall protection in railways. Venta de Baños-Gijon PK 26+700 Durability of Steel Wire Products in Civil Engineering and Applicable Regulations Analysis of deformations in temporary shoring in deep excavations in weathered rocks. Vancouver Metro Extension, Canada A new technology to increase the extraction rate in old potash mining areas – An approach for a safe mining concept Reconstructing a massive rockfall event in the Đerdap Gorge, Serbia Analysis model to quantify the geological risk factors in scenarios of rockfalls Integrating rock mass classification, rock microstructure and neotectonic activity index for predicting road-cut slope failures: an example from Dharasu-Uttarkashi road section, northern India. A Windows software for estimation of Slope Mass Rating (SMR) A laboratory scaled runout study to assess debris flow hazards in coal mine overburden dumps A Machine Learning Framework for Predicting Elastic Properties of Sedimentary Rocks from Ball mill Grinding Characteristics Data Effect of longwall workings on the stability of overburden dumps Technical evaluation of a cemented backfill for a mine using the Cut and Fill mining method Design method for rockfall protection embankments reinforced with geosynthetics Rockburst conditions in tunnels of the Cheves Hydropower Project in the central Peruvian Andes Rockfall Hazard and Risk Management in the Terradets Gorge in the Noguera Pallaresa, Catalonia Multiple-Slides Back Analysis of Slope Complex Failure, Case Study of Jajarm Mine Seismic Geotechnics on the mining subsidence of the terrain in Belmez, Córdoba (Spain) Initiation model of rupture between two mediums and pre-rupture of shear-tension with Seismics Geotechnics Advancing Rock Slope Hazard Assessment by Remote Sensing: the contribution of the Poggio Baldi Landslide Natural Laboratory Application of the Scaled Span method for stability analysis of volcanic caves Prospective use of volcanic products from the 2021 eruption in La Palma (Spain) for making concrete tiles Influence of fracturing in an Ignimbrite quarry – The case study of “Guama” quarry in Tenerife island (Spain) A New Method for Semi-Automatic 3D Trace Detection and Joint Plane Orientation Calculation Characterizing the causes of the landslide in Ollon, Switzerland on January 30, 2021 |
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4:30pm - 5:30pm |
Keynote - Andrea Segalini. Practical challenges in designing monitoring systems in rock masses: from parameters selection to data elaboration and management Location: Main auditorium - Salón de actos - Aulario II Practical challenges in designing monitoring systems in rock masses: from parameters selection to data elaboration and management |
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5:30pm - 6:30pm |
Bus to the Santa Bárbara Castle (optional) Location: Santa Bárbara Castle. Alicante city. |
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6:30pm - 9:00pm |
Guided visit to the Santa Bárbara Castle (optional) Location: Santa Bárbara Castle. Alicante city. |
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9:00pm - 11:59pm |
Gala Dinner Location: Real Liceo Casino de Alicante (restaurant) |