The TC101 of the ISSMGE is pleased to announce the 7th International Symposium on Deformation Characteristics of Geomaterials to be held in 2019 in Glasgow. The Symposium is co-organised by the University of Strathclyde in Glasgow and the University of Bristol. Building on the tradition of previous Symposia from Sapporo in 1994 to Buenos Aires in 2015, IS-Glasgow 2019 will bring together researchers and practitioners to explore new directions in geomaterial testing.

Advanced laboratory and field testing of geomaterials in saturated and unsaturated states

Novel sensors for laboratory testing

Advances in laboratory testing technique

Digital image and PIV analysis

Advances in ground investigation and field monitoring

Geophysical methods

Advanced sampling

Particle-scale experimental observation

Behaviour at geotechnical interfaces

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From laboratory testing to constitutive and numerical modelling

Constitutive modelling of geomaterials

Numerical modelling of boundary value problems

Physical modelling

Anisotropy and localisation

Time dependent responses (ageing, creep)

Cyclic and dynamic behaviour

Soil stabilisation (lime, cement, geopolymers, biopolymers, alkaline activation)

Soil improvement via biological and chemical processes

Thermal behaviour

Frozen soils including hydrates

Mixtures (soils with inclusions)

Soil-plant interaction

Application of advanced testing to practical geotechnical engineering

Integrated site characterisation

Performance evaluation of geotechnical structures

Field monitoring and observational method