Symposium on the mechanics of physicochemical and electromechanical interactions in porous media

18-23 may 2003,
Rolduc, Kerkrade,
The Netherlands.

Scope of the symposium

The last decades, new experimental and numerical techniques have taken many advanced features of porous media mechanics down to practical engineering applications. This happened in areas that sometimes were not even suspected to be open to engineering ideas at all. The challenge that often faces engineers in the field of geomechanics, biomechanics, rheology and material science, is the translation of ideas existing in one field to solutions in the other. The purpose of this symposium is to dive deep into the mechanics of those porous media that involve both mechanics and chemistry, mechanics and electromagnetism, mechanics and thermal fluctuations or mechanics and biology. On purpose the different sessions will not be formed according to field interest (biomechanics, geomechanics, hydrology or polymer science), but they will be formed on the basis of the physics involved.

Topics

The following topics are intended to be emphasised:

Adsorption, absorption, osmosis and hydration in porous media
Numerical and experimental techniques in coupled flow phenomena
Experimental techniques on the microscale
Micro-macro transformation in mixtures
Ionised porous media: clays, shales, hydrogels, cartilage and cells
Optical techniques and nanotechnology as a tool to porous media mechanics
EM-wave propagation in fluid-solid mixtures.

Z stack of confocal images of Cell membrane (Coutesy E.A.G.Peeters)

Porous structure of a human cell visualised
by confocal microscopy (E.A.G.Peeters,2001).

Participation

Participation is restricted to invited scientists. The number of participants will be strictly limited and preference will be given to active researchers in the field. The selection of participants will be done by the Scientific Committee. Anyone wishing to participate should therefore contact the chairman of this committee or one of its members. Limited funds are available to support those participants who cannot obtain the funds to travel and visit the symposium.

Accompanying persons

Informal guided tours for accompanying persons will be arranged in the monastery of Rolduc and tourist attractions and museums in Maastricht and Aachen. Entrance fees and public transportation costs have to be paid individually.

Pictures from Rolduc

Scientific committee
Local organising committee
Iutam Bureau
Contact Information
Deadlines
abstract submission page (with help frame)
Conference program
abstracts of invited presentors
Proceeding submission
Printable registration form or get the word or pdf registration form (Don't forget to sign the form and fax or mail it to our secretariat.)
General information
Train information
Conference dinner