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审查和 评估地质力学在 最近的过去，并讨论和确定未来的趋势， 将对基础和应用研究产生重大影响， 21世纪重要的跨学科工程领域 世纪。将注意新的和正在出现的领域 包括计算机辅助工程，建模和测试 广泛的可用和新的地质材料，机械/ 原位/离心/无损评价，神经网络 模型/专家系统/模糊集，地下制造 空间、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.