Asheville
2009
43rd U.S.
Rock Mechanics Symposium
4th U.S.-Canada Rock Mechanics Symposium
Sponsored by
The American Rock Mechanics Association
In conjunction with
The Canadian Rock Mechanics Association
June 28-
July 1, 2009
Asheville Renaissance Hotel
Asheville, North Carolina, USA
Invitation to Asheville
Known as an
art colony, a healing resort and a home to notable luminaries,
statesmen and bohemians, Asheville is one of the most
welcoming, vibrant cities in America. Nearby is America’s
most visited National Park, Great Smoky Mountains.
Accommodations
and Registration
A
block of hotel rooms has been reserved for symposium
attendees at the Asheville Renaissance Hotel, One Thomas
Wolfe Plaza, Asheville, NC 28801. The Renaissance is
located in downtown Asheville, surrounded by the Smoky
Mountains within walking distance of many craft and
antique shops, over 20 restaurants and nightspots as
well as the Asheville Civic Center. The hotel is just
minutes away from the Asheville Regional Airport, Biltmore
Estate and the Blue Ridge Parkway.
The Renaissance has made rooms available to symposium
delegates at the rate of $179.
CLICK HERE to access the Marriott reservation page
or call 800-359-7951 and ask to receive the “ARMA
Asheville 2009” rate.
Subject Areas
This symposium
encompasses all aspects of rock mechanics, rock engineering,
and geomechanics. We invite scientific and engineering
papers addressing geology and geophysics, civil, mining,
petroleum, and underground construction applications.
We especially aim to focus on fundamentals that are
of common interest to all disciplines. Examples of such
fundamentals are:
• Lab and in situ testing, characterization, upscaling
• Fractured rock, discontinuities, rock masses
• In situ stress measurement, prediction, and
modeling
• Weak rocks, shales, granular materials
• Numerical/analytic/constitutive modeling of
rock processes
• Salt and creeping materials
• Rock excavation and breakage, dynamic loading
• High- and low-temperature geomechanics
• Rock physics and geophysics
• Stability/support of underground openings (all
sizes)
• Slope and open pit stability, foundations, dams
• Fracture mechanics and fracture propagation
• Coupled processes, flow and transport
• Remote sensing, monitoring, seismicity
• Compaction, yielding, pore collapse, plasticity
• Waste disposal, seal integrity, underground
storage
• Uncertainty/stochastics/probability
Short
Courses and Workshops
Short courses
and workshops will be held immediately prior to the
symposium and will be listed as they are confirmed.
Photo
courtesy of the Asheville Convention & Visitors
Bureau
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