U.S.-Canada Workshop on Recent Accomplishments and Future Trends in Geomechanics in the 21st Century

本次研讨会的目的是批判性地回顾和评估地质力学在最近的重大发展，并讨论和确定未来的趋势，这些趋势将对21世纪这一重要的跨学科工程领域的基础和应用研究产生重大影响。将关注新的和正在出现的领域，包括计算机辅助工程、各种可用和新的地质材料的建模和测试、机械/原位/离心机/无损评估、神经网络模型/专家系统/模糊集、地下空间制造、全球变化和不利的地质环境影响。

The objective of this workshop is to critically review and evaluate the significant developments in geomechanics in the recent past, and to discuss and identify the future trends that will have a significant impact on basis and applied research in this important interdisciplinary engineering area in the 21st century. Attention will be given to new and emerging areas including computer aided engineering, modeling and testing of a wide range of available and new geo-materials, mechanical/in situ/centrifuge/non-destructive evaluation, neural network models/ expert systems/fuzzy sets, manufacturing underground space, global change and adverse geo-environmental effects.