X-Earth Centerと国際先端科学技術研究機構（IROAST）は、香港科技大学（HKUST）所属のAnthony LEUNG教授による、ジョイントセミナーを下記のとおり開催いたします。
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本セミナーは英語にて行います。事前登録が必要です(６番参照)。　

１．日時：　令和6年10月28（月）　14:40～16:10　　　　　　
２．会場：　黒髪南C8　3F　231会議室　(工学部2号館)    ＜64番＞
３．講演者・演題 （Speaker &Title）：
 Prof. Anthony LEUNG, The Hong Kong University of Science & Technology
“Mechanics of rooted soil: recent advances”

４．概要（Summary）： Characterising the hydromechanical properties of unsaturated rooted soils is crucially important to correctly determine the vegetation effects on seepage and stability of bioengineered soil slopes. Understanding the engineering behaviour of rooted soils requires knowledge from pore-level physical soil-root mechanical interaction, which is however lacking in the current state-of-the-art. This presentation will report the latest scientific discoveries of the hydromechanical behaviour of unsaturated rooted soils and their implication to engineering design of bioengineered slopes. The first part of the presentation will focus on the mechanical anisotropy behaviour of rooted soils, in terms of both shear strength and shear modulus. New microstructure fabric anisotropic models will be introduced to explain several new experimental phenomena when subjected to different stress paths. The second part of the presentation will report the advanced use of artificial intelligence (AI) to aid the discovery of the pore-level soil-root-water interaction, in order to explain the underlying mechanisms of root exploration on the water retention behaviour. 

５．世話人： 椋木　俊文　教授　(大学院先端科学研究部)　
                          E-mail：mukunoki@kumamoto-u.ac.jp

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              登録フォーム： https://forms.gle/GQiMEkWXL4yWSCtg7

※　締切り： 10月24日（木）12:00pm まで 

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X-Earth center and IROAST will have the Joint Seminar by Professor Anthony Leung, the Hong Kong University of Science & Technology (HKUST) as follows.
Anyone interested in this seminar is more than welcome. We hope to see you at the seminar.
※This seminar will be held in English.
Registration is required. (Please refer to number 5.)

      1. Date and time: October 28, 2024     14:40～16:10

      2. Venue: Kurokami South C8, 3F Room 231 (Faculty of Engineering Bldg.2)

      3. Speaker･Title & Abstract: Referred to above

      4. Organizer： Prof. Toshifumi MUKUNOKI, Head of the X-EARTH Center
                                  (FAST, Kumamoto University)
　　　　　　         Ext. ： 3535  E-mail：mukunoki@kumamoto-u.ac.jp

      5. Registration
          Registration is required for this seminar so please be sure to register using the form below.
          Form for registration： https://forms.gle/GQiMEkWXL4yWSCtg7

         Deadline： 12:00pm, Thursday, October 24