Workshop on Nonlinear Modeling of Geotechnical Problems: From Theory to Practice; November 2005; Baltimore, MD

本次国际研讨会的目的是汇集数值模型开发，校准，验证和应用领域的国际知名专家，以评估最新的非线性数值模型；评估从学术界到实践的知识转移速度看似缓慢的主要原因；并制定一项战略，最大限度地促进最先进的知识转移到实践中。为此，邀请以下技术领域的专家：本构建模，数值（有限元）建模，校准（现场和实验室）和岩土设计分析。研讨会汇集了来自国外、学术界、岩土工程实践和联邦政府的参与者。随着计算机技术和数值模拟的前所未有的进步，在这个国家和世界各地进行岩土工程设计的现代化方式存在着真正的机会。过去，各相关领域的进展是不协调的。研讨会汇集了所有相关领域的专家，共同制定了美国和世界各地现代化岩土工程设计实践的战略。

The objective of this international workshop is to bring together internationally known experts in the areas of numerical model development, calibration, verification and application to assess the state-of-the-art of nonlinear numerical modeling; to assess the primary reasons for the seemingly slow rate of knowledge transfer from academia to practice; and to develop a strategy for fostering maximum transfer of the state-of-the-art knowledge to practice. To this end, experts in the following technical areas are invited: Constitutive modeling, numerical (finite element) modeling, calibration (in situ and laboratory), and geotechnical design analysis. The workshop brings together participants from foreign countries, academia, geotechnical practice, and federal government. With unprecedented advancements in computer technology and numerical modeling, real opportunities exist in modernizing the way geotechnical engineering design is performed in this country and around the world. In the past, progress in each related area took place in an uncoordinated manner. The workshop brings together experts in all relevant areas to collectively develop a strategy for modernizing geotechnical design practice in the United States and around the world.