International Workshop on Multiscale and Multiphysics Processes in Geomechanics; Stanford University, Palo Alto, California; June 23-25, 2010

斯坦福大学将于2010年6月23日至25日主办地质力学多尺度和多物理场过程国际研讨会。研讨会将突出地质力学在尺度（从纳米到公里）和科学范围方面遇到的多样化和复杂的过程。感兴趣的主题包括耦合物理现象，如热孔隙力学和电孔隙力学过程，化学物质的反应性和运输，沉积物的液化和凝固，应变局部化现象，双重孔隙连续，以及多孔固体中的摩擦断裂和流体流动。研讨会还将重点讨论多尺度数值技术，包括晶格玻尔兹曼、离散元、有限元和有限体积方法，以及支持这些数值技术的实验室和现场调查方法。该项目提供资金支持来自美国学校的年轻科学家（新的助理教授，博士后学生和论文发展的高级阶段的博士生），使他们能够前往斯坦福大学参加研讨会。研讨会将汇集研究现代地质力学面临的许多核心挑战的研究人员。即将到来的研讨会的一个关键优势是研究背景、方法和应用的多样性。除了地质力学领域外，研讨会的广泛影响还涵盖了许多其他科学和工程学科，包括地球物理学、地球科学、机械工程和生物力学。例如，耦合的多尺度和多物理场现象，如化学、孔隙、电、热和生物力学，是几乎所有工程分支的特征问题。

Stanford University will host the International Workshop on Multiscale and Multiphysics Processes in Geomechanics June 23-25, 2010. The workshop will highlight the diverse and complex processes encountered in geomechanics in terms of scale (from nanometer to kilometer) and scientific scope. Topics of interest include coupled physics phenomena such as thermo-poro-mechanical and electro-poro-mechanical processes, chemical species reactivity and transport, liquefaction and solidification of sediments, strain localization phenomena, double porosity continua, and frictional faulting and fluid flow in porous solids. The workshop will also focus on multiscale numerical techniques, including the lattice Boltzmann, discrete element, finite element and finite volume methods, as well as the laboratory and field investigation methods supporting these numerical techniques. This project provides funds to support younger scientists from U.S. schools (new assistant professors, postdoctoral students, and Ph.D. students in advanced stages of thesis development) so they may be able to travel to Stanford University and participate in the workshop. The Workshop will bring together researchers working on many central challenges facing modern geomechanics. A key strength of the forthcoming workshop is the diversity of research backgrounds, methods, and applications that will be represented. Apart from the area of geomechanics, the broader impact of the workshop spans many other disciplines in science and engineering, including geophysics, geosciences, mechanical engineering, and biomechanics. For example, coupled multiscale and multiphysics phenomena, such as chemo-, poro-, electro-, thermo-, and biomechanics, are characteristic problems in nearly all branches of engineering.