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ISSMGE TECHNICAL COMMITTEE ANNUAL REPORT
TC104 - PHYSICAL MODELLING
PHYSICAL MODELLING IN GEOTECHNICS
Date: 16/05/2011
Period covered by this report: October 2009 – May 2011
Prepared by: Christophe Gaudin
Chair: Christophe Gaudin
Vice-Chair: Andy Take
Secretary: Dave White
1. Have you distributed the Terms of Reference
to the TC members? YES
2. Are any TC members not responsive? NO
3. Is your TC webpage on the ISSMGE website
up to date? YES
In addition the TC will host his own website, replacing the
version established in 2006. The website is expected to be
online by the end of June. Jonathan Black (Sheffield Uni-
versity) is the webmaster.
4. Please list the conferences and workshops and other activi-
ties you have held or plan to hold.
- The European Symposium on Centrifuge Modelling se-
ries was initiated as a quadrennial event in 2008 and host-
ing of the 2012 event has been secured. The second Euro-
fuge will take place in Delft (Netherlands) the 23-24 April
2012. The symposium will continue to take place every four
years.
- Following the same format, the first Asiafuge will take
place in November 2012 in Goa (India).
- Two special Physical Modelling sessions entitled "Roles
and influences of physical modelling on state of the art
and practice of geotechnical engineering" and "Roles and
influences of physical modelling on state of the art and
practice of geotechnical earthquake engineering" will be
held during GeoCongress 2012. The second session is co-
sponsored with the TC on Earthquake Geotechnical Engi-
neering.
- Preparations of the 8 th International Conference on Physi-
cal Modelling in Geotechnics, to be held in Perth in Janu-
ary 2014 have started.
5. Please list the work task(s) you assigned to TC members
and comment on progress and future plans. Include, where
relevant, target deadline and deliverable(s).
Work task Responsible/deadline/deliverable Progress Future plans
Scaling law
catalogue
Adam Bezuijen
Updated scaling law catalogue to be deliv-
ered ICPMG2014
Working group constituted
Section of the catalogue to be
updated identified
First draft to be ready for review
mid 2012
Centrifuge
technology
sustainability
Jan Laue & Dan Wilson
Develop alternative pore pressure trans-
ducer for centrifuge application -End 2012
Contacts have been establi-
shed with a Swiss company
and new design established
First prototype to be tested by the
end of 2011
Centrifuge for
teaching
Bernardo Caicedo
Develop miniature teaching centrifuge &
associated teaching material-ICPMG2014
Working group constituted
Mechanical drawing in pro-
gress
Review of drawing and resources
mid 2012
Industry Aware-
ness
Ryan Philips
Develop best practice guide for interaction
with industry ICPMG2014
Template developed Finalise template and circulate by
end of 2011
Regional work-
shop and confer-
ences
BVS Viswanadham
Establish and secure regional workshop
and conference
Hosting of Eurofuge and
Asiafuge has been secured.
Both are to be held in 2012
Promote the two symposiums to the
geotechnical community
Communication
Dissemination
Bruce Kutter
Promote physical modelling, interact with
other TC, disseminate information
Special Physical Modelling
sessions at Geocongress 2012
Website upgrade in progress
Website on line by July 2011. First
newsletter to be issued in July 2011
1g physical
modelling
Andy take
Develop interaction between 1g and centri-
fuge modellers
Contact established with 1g
modellers
Working group to be finalized
Clarify definition of 1g modelling
(as opposed to testing)
Please list the members of the TC, their function, e-mail address and country (adjust table as needed).
The information on the ISSMGE website is up to date ( )
Name Function e-mail address Country
Christophe Gaudin Chair Australia
Andy Take Vice-chair Canada
Dave White Secretary Australia
Colin Leung Member of Executive Singapore
Osamu Kusakube Member of Executive Japan
Bruce Kutter Member of Executive USA
Ryan Phillips Member of Executive Canada
Adam Bezuijen Member of Executive Netherlands
Bernardo Caicedo Member of Executive Colombia
Jan Laue Member of Executive Switzerland
Ma Xianfeng Member of Executive China
Member
See ISSMGE website
Christophe Gaudin Corresponding member Australia
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