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过程国际研讨会。讲习班将突出地质力学在尺度(从纳米到千米)和科学范围方面遇到的多样和复杂的过程。感兴趣的课题包括耦合物理现象，如热-孔-机械和电-孔-机械过程，化学物种的反应性和输运，沉积物的液化和固化，应变局部化现象，双孔隙连续，以及多孔固体中的摩擦断层和流体流动。讲习班还将侧重于多尺度数值技术，包括格子Boltzmann法、离散元、有限元和有限体积法，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、博士后学生和处于论文开发高级阶段的博士后学生)，以便他们能够前往斯坦福大学参加研讨会。研讨会将把致力于解决现代地质力学面临的许多核心挑战的研究人员聚集在一起。即将举行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，研讨会的更广泛影响横跨科学和工程领域的许多其他学科，包括地球物理、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现象，如化学、孔隙、电、热和生物力学，是几乎所有工程学分支中的特征问题。

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.