RESEARCH

Research Units

Multiscale Modeling of Soil and Rock Materials Using X-ray CT

The topic of this research unit is the application of x-ray imaging to engineering, especially for geomaterials (soils, rock, and concrete). X-ray imaging plays a key role for the experimental multi-scale analysis of geomechanics, in that it helps linking the mechanisms occurring at the micro scale to the mechanical behavior observed at the macro scale. The research unit includes three top-ranked groups in geomechanics.

 

Multiscale Modeling of Soil and Rock Materials Using X-ray CT

Unit members

  • Japan
    Unit coordinator
    Jun OTANI
    Professor, Faculty of Advanced Science and Technology, Kumamoto University/X-Earth Center, Faculty of Engineering, Kumamoto University
    Japan
  • France
    Gioacchino VIGGIANI
    Professor/ IROAST Visiting Professor, University of Grenoble Alpes
    France
  • USA
    José E. ANDRADE
    George W. Housner Professor of Civil and Mechanical Engineering, Cecil and Sally Drinkward Leadership Chair, Executive Officer for Mechanical and Civil Engineering, Engineering and Applied Science Division, California Institute of Technology /IROAST Visiting Professor
    USA
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