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Dear colleague in the NW-IALAD/dams/concrete/rock mechanics community: As a follow-up of our previous mail of May, this is to give information about the benchmark event in the topic "Joints and Interfaces" that has = been organized within Task Group 2.3 of the EC-Network NW-IALAD ("INTEGRITY ASSESSMENT OF LARGE CONCRETE DAMS" - http://nw-ialad.uibk.ac.at/ ) This benchmark exercise is open to participation of all groups = interested, and is organized as follows: - The problems proposed are posted on the web page: http://nw-ialad.uibk.ac.at/Wp2/Tg3/Se5/ - They cover most major aspects of interfaces in dams, including constitutive behavior under quasistatics, cyclic, flow and coupled = behavior and fully applications to dam calculation. - Those interested are encouraged to reply to this mail, indicating = which problems they'd contribute to. - In a subsequent mail, and also on the web site, it will be indicated = in which format the results should be submitted. - Recaptation of results from participants is expected through August, September and October. They will be posted in the web site as they are received. - A workshop will take place at UPC Barcelona on Friday 19-November in = order to discuss the results and come to conclusions about the needs for = further research in the area. Please, do not hesitate to write with your questions or enquires, and = hope to hear from you soon! Ignacio Carol ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) - Xavier Oliver = ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) - Josep M Segura ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) UPC (Technical University of Catalonia ) ETSECCPB (School of Civil Engineering, Barcelona) ------=_NextPart_000_00C3_01C4733F.8A720A80 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=3DContent-Type content=3D"text/html; = charset=3Diso-8859-1"> <META content=3D"MSHTML 6.00.2800.1400" name=3DGENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=3D#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2><FONT face=3D"Times New Roman" = size=3D3>Dear colleague=20 in the NW-IALAD/dams/concrete/rock mechanics community:<BR><BR>As a = follow-up of=20 our previous mail of May, this is to give information<BR>about the = benchmark=20 event in the topic "Joints and Interfaces" that has been<BR>organized = within=20 Task Group 2.3 of the EC-Network NW-IALAD ("INTEGRITY<BR>ASSESSMENT OF = LARGE=20 CONCRETE DAMS" - </FONT><A href=3D"http://nw-ialad.uibk.ac.at/"><FONT=20 face=3D"Times New Roman" = size=3D3>http://nw-ialad.uibk.ac.at/</FONT></A><FONT=20 face=3D"Times New Roman" size=3D3> )<BR><BR>This benchmark exercise is = open to=20 participation of all groups interested,<BR>and is organized as = follows:<BR><BR>-=20 The problems proposed are posted on the web page:<BR></FONT><A=20 href=3D"http://nw-ialad.uibk.ac.at/Wp2/Tg3/Se5/"><FONT face=3D"Times New = Roman"=20 size=3D3>http://nw-ialad.uibk.ac.at/Wp2/Tg3/Se5/</FONT></A><BR><BR><FONT = face=3D"Times New Roman" size=3D3>- They cover most major aspects of = interfaces in=20 dams, including<BR>constitutive behavior under quasistatics, cyclic, = flow and=20 coupled behavior<BR>and fully applications to dam calculation.<BR><BR>- = Those=20 interested are encouraged to reply to this mail, indicating = which<BR>problems=20 they'd contribute to.<BR><BR>- In a subsequent mail, and also on the web = site,=20 it will be indicated in<BR>which format the results should be=20 submitted.<BR><BR>- Recaptation of results from participants is expected = through=20 August,<BR>September and October. They will be posted in the web site as = they=20 are<BR>received.<BR><BR>- A workshop will take place at UPC Barcelona on = Friday=20 19-November in order<BR>to discuss the results and come to conclusions = about the=20 needs for further<BR>research in the area.<BR><BR>Please, do not = hesitate to=20 write with your questions or enquires, and hope<BR>to hear from you=20 soon!<BR><BR>Ignacio Carol (</FONT><A = href=3D"mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]"><FONT=20 face=3D"Times New Roman" size=3D3>[EMAIL PROTECTED]</FONT></A><FONT=20 face=3D"Times New Roman" size=3D3>) - Xavier Oliver (</FONT><A=20 href=3D"mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]"><FONT face=3D"Times New Roman"=20 size=3D3>[EMAIL PROTECTED]</FONT></A><FONT face=3D"Times New Roman" = size=3D3>)=20 -<BR>Josep M Segura (</FONT><A = href=3D"mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]"><FONT=20 face=3D"Times New Roman" = size=3D3>[EMAIL PROTECTED]</FONT></A><FONT=20 face=3D"Times New Roman" size=3D3>)<BR>UPC (Technical University of = Catalonia=20 )<BR>ETSECCPB (School of Civil Engineering,=20 Barcelona)</FONT><BR></FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML> ------=_NextPart_000_00C3_01C4733F.8A720A80--