Three Symposia on granular or porous issues have already been held in Reggio Calabria with the participation of many outstanding scholars in the field. The new proposed Symposium will be an occasion to enhance the scientific debate about the construction of mathematical models for the description of the physical behaviour of soils, as well as about the suggestions obtained from the micro-mechanical observation of the matter.
The attention will be focused on the comparison between the appropriateness of models and the needs of mathe- matics to get rigorous results. Skills from applied mathematical physics, geotechnical engineering and mechanics are then involved. It is well known that granular matter displays, in fact, subtle complexity. Phenomena like strain localization, liquefaction of solids, cyclic mobility, effects of diagenesis, weathering, compaction and segregation may imply sophisticated models and sometime ren- der questionable traditional approaches. Moreover, these models suggest non-trivial mathematical problems that are interesting per se. Engineering requests of applicability need also to be satisfied for civil and geotechnical purposes. All these issues may be open to discussion during the Symposium, though the emphasis will be on modelling: higher order continua, incrementally nonlinear laws and micro-mechanical considerations must be taken into account.
Guest speakers will present complementary issues from the fields of geotechnical engineering, statistical physics and applied mathematics that can be considered together as a short advanced course on the topic. Regular presentations are also intended to cover fields from mathematical physics to civil and geotechnical engineering, with the discussion of theoretical, numerical and experimental results.
MAIN TOPICS:
CONTRIBUTIONS:
Those interested in submitting technical
contributions related to the proposed topics are
invited to send an abstract prior to the deadline
of December 10, 2017.
Abstracts, in English and in pdf format, should be submitted to Prof. Giuseppe Mortara, email giuseppe.mortara@unirc.it, typed on a single sheet of A4 paper; they must include (i) title, (ii) name of the Author(s), (iii) full address of the corresponding Author including email address. The decision of the Scientific Committee will be communicated to Authors before the end of 2017. Complete papers should not exceed 8 pages including figures and references. All papers will be peer-reviewed before final approval for publication in a Springer series indexed by Scopus. Moreover, the International Journal of Solids and Structures (IJSS) and Meccanica will publish special issues containing full-length papers selected by the Scientific Committee from all the manuscripts accepted for presentation to the Symposium. The invited extended papers will undergo the standard peer review process after regular submission on the journal website. All the papers will be published with the assumption that at least one of the authors will register to the conference. English will be the official Symposium language.
Chairmen
Pasquale Giovine, Giuseppe Mortara (University of Reggio Calabria, Italy)
Members
Gianfranco Capriz (Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei)
Claudio Di Prisco (Politecnico di Milano)
Wolfgang Ehlers (University of Stuttgart)
James Thomas Jenkins (Cornell University)
Stefan Luding (University of Twente)
Paolo Maria Mariano (University of Florence)
David Muir Wood (University of Dundee)
Kenichi Soga (University of Berkeley)
Antonino Amoddeo (University of Reggio Calabria, Italy)
Maurizio Brocato (École Nationale Supérieure d'Architecture Paris-Malaquais, France)
Michele Buonsanti (University of Reggio Calabria, Italy)
Pasquale Giovine (University of Reggio Calabria, Italy)
Giuseppe Mortara, President (University of Reggio Calabria, Italy)
Francesco Oliveri (University of Messina, Italy)
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DICEAM, Via Graziella, Feo di Vito, I-89122 Reggio Calabria, Italy; email giuseppe.mortara@unirc.it; phone: +39 0965 1692 271.
| Type | Early | Regular | Late |
| Full | 400 | 500 | 600 |
| Reduced | 200 | 250 | 300 |
| Accompanying | 150 | 150 | 150 |
Early: before February 28, 2018;
Regular: from March 1, 2018 to April 30, 2018;
Late: after April 30, 2018.
The full registration fees include: welcome cocktail, conference banquet, lunches and coffee breaks. The reduced registration fees apply to PhD students and Post-Doc scholars and do not include the conference banquet. The participation fee for the conference banquet can be paid separately. The accompanying persons’ registration fees include the welcome cocktail, the conference banquet and a guided tour of the Museum of Reggio Calabria that hosts the world famous Bronzes of Riace. A maximum of one paper at the most can be presented on payment of a single registration fee.
Please subscribe to the symposium mailing list to receive updates on the registration and submission process.
Cancellation of registration must be communicated to the Secretariat. 50% of the fee is refundable before April 30, 2018.
Reggio Calabria is located on the “toe of the boot” (the southern tip of Italy) and is separated from Sicily by the Strait of Messina. The prestigious National Archaeological Museum of Magna Grecia hosts the famous Bronzes of Riace, the symbols of the city. The Reggio Calabria waterfront is known as the “the most beautiful kilometre of Italy”.
The climate is typically Mediterranean and is warm to moderately hot in the period chosen for the conference.
For any other information please contact Prof. Giuseppe Mortara, email giuseppe.mortara@unirc.it
| Name | Category | S | DSU | D |
| Hotel Excelsior | 4S | - | 100 | 125 | Hotel Medinblu | 4 | - | 80 | 110 |
| è Hotel | 4 | - | 70 | 90 |
| Hotel Lido | 4 | 55 | 60 | 85 |
| Regent Hotel | 4 | - | 50 | 70 |
| Hotel Continental | 3 | - | 54 | 59 |
| Hotel Lungomare | 3 | 35 | 45 | 60 |
Room types: single (S), double single use (DSU), double (D).
Rates apply from May 27 to June 3, 2018.
Hotel promotional code: microtomacro2018.
REGGIO CALABRIA AIRPORT (code REG)
National flights from and to Rome and Milan
FLIGHTS (7 km from the airport to the city centre)
| Airline | from | departure | destination | arrival |
| Blue Panorama | Rome (FCO) | 9:30 | Reggio Calabria (REG) | 10:50 |
| Alitalia | Rome (FCO) | 13:40 | Reggio Calabria (REG) | 14:50 |
| Blue Panorama | Rome (FCO) | 18:45 | Reggio Calabria (REG) | 20:05 |
| Alitalia | Milano Linate (LIN) | 8:35 | Reggio Calabria (REG) | 10:15 |
| Blue Panorama | Milano Linate (LIN) | 14:10 | Reggio Calabria (REG) | 15:55 |
| Blue Panorama | Reggio Calabria (REG) | 7:30 | Rome (FCO) | 8:45 |
| Alitalia | Reggio Calabria (REG) | 11:00 | Rome (FCO) | 12:15 |
| Blue Panorama | Reggio Calabria (REG) | 16:45 | Rome (FCO) | 18:00 |
| Blue Panorama | Reggio Calabria (REG) | 11:40 | Milano Linate (LIN) | 13:25 |
| Alitalia | Reggio Calabria (REG) | 15:35 | Milano Linate (LIN) | 17:15 |
BY BUS (time required 20 min; tickets available at the airport terminal, price 1.50 EUR)
Line 27: every hour from 7:00 to 19:00.
Line 28: every hour from 7:30 to 19:30.
BY TAXI (time required: 15 min, price 16.00 EUR + 1.00 EUR for luggage)
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LAMEZIA TERME AIRPORT (code SUF)
International airport. Distance from Reggio Calabria: 130 km.
BY BUS from the Lamezia airport to Reggio Calabria: time required about 2 hours; Info or Info
BY TRAIN from Lamezia Terme Centrale to Reggio Calabria Lido: duration about 1.5 hours; timetable and prices
CATANIA AIRPORT (code CTA)
International airport. Distance from Reggio Calabria: 130 km.
BY BUS+FERRY
By bus from the airport to the Messina port and by ferry to the port of Reggio Calabria: duration 3 to 4 hours.
The programme is based on eight general lectures based on the main topics. The lectures will be given by:
Edward Andò (Laboratoire 3SR)
Diego Berzi (Polytechnic of Milano)
Itai Einav (University of Sidney)
Guy Houlsby (University of Oxford)
Vanessa Magnanimo (University of Twente)
Farhang Radjai (University of Montpellier)
Tim Ricken (University of Dortmund)
Jean Nöel Roux (Université Paris-Est)
A special lecture will be delivered by prof. Tommaso Ruggeri (University of Bologna).
There will be four round-table discussions about mathematical models, physical behaviour, computational methods and experimental validations. Submitted papers will be presented there: Authors and Participants are invited to join in the subsequent discussion.