Program

PRELIMINARY

MAY 15, THURSDAY

08:30 – 9:00 | Registration

09:00 – 09:30 | Opening Session

ISRM President (Seokwon Jeon, South Korea); ISRM VP (Kiyoshi Kishida, Japan); IAEG President (Vassilis Marinos, Greece); ISRM Secretary-General (Luís Nolasco Lamas, Portugal); President ISRM NG China (Manchao He, China); President ISRM NG Portugal (Paulo da Venda Oliveira, Portugal); Director of Faculty of Engineering, University of Porto (Rui Calçada, Portugal); President of ISRM Commission on Soft Rocks (Xiaoming Sun, China), and Chairman of the ISRM Workshop on Soft Rocks (Luís Ribeiro e Sousa, Portugal).

09:30 – 11:00 | Submission of Communications (S1)

Chair – Cristina Rodrigues (University Agostinho Neto, Luanda, Angola) and Xiaoming Sun (China University of Mining and Technology – Beijing, China)

Addressing Soft Rock Hazards: Case Studies of Sinkholes and Collapses in Faulted Limestone Strata
Jeon Seokwon (South Korea)
3D Large-deformation of Lomba Grande Landslide Runout Using Coupled Eulerian Lagrangian Method
Xuejian Chen, Fabricio Fernández, Eurípedes Vargas, Carlos Sousa Oliveira, Miguel Inácio, Luís Ribeiro e Sousa, João Carlos Nunes, Ana Malheiro and Rita Leal e Sousa (China, Chile, Brazil, Portugal and UAE)
Recent Developments at Metro do Porto
Administration of Metro do Porto (Portugal)

11:00 – 11:30 | Coffee-break

11:30 – 13:30 | Round Table on Concept and Classification of Soft Rocks in Mining Exploration

Chair – Manchao He (China University of Mining and Technology – Beijing, China)

Members – Gustavo Paneiro (University of Lisbon, Portugal); Mostafa Sharifzadeh (Curtis University, Australia); Xiaoming Sun (China University of Mining and Technology – Beijing, China); Leandro Alejano (Vigo University, Spain); Giovanni Grasselli (Toronto University, Canada) and António Fiuza (University of Porto, Portugal).

13:30 – 14:30 | Lunch

14:30 – 16:30 | Submission of Communications (S2)

Chair – Leandro Alejano (University of Vigo, Spain) and Rita Leal e Sousa (University of New York, Abu Dhabi, UAE)

Classification of Weak and Complex Rock Masses. Preserving the Geological Reality Using the Geotechnical GSI System
Vassilis Marinos (Greece)
Structural Decay and Swelling Behavior of Soft Rocks: Experimental Insights and Constitutive Modeling
Shintaro Murao, Mamoru Kikumoto, Atsumi Isogai and Kiyoshi Kishida (Japan)
Research on Fracture Characteristics of Key Strata and Prevention of Mining Induced Seismic Disasters in Kilometer Deep Coal Mining
Xiaoming Sun, Lei Wang, Wenchao Zhao, Yong Zhang and Chengyu Miao (China)

16:30 – 17:00 | Coffee-break

17:00 – 19:00 | Submission of Communications (S3)

Chair – Paulo da Venda Oliveira (University of Coimbra, Portugal) and Pingye Guo (China University of Mining and Technology – Beijing, China)

Analysis of a Rock Slope Instability Mechanism Combining Wedge and Circular Failure in a Soft Rock Mass
Sifan Yuan, Bingdong Ding, Kai Guan, Inacio Pérez-Rey, Tonglu Li and Leandro Alejano (China and Spain)
Remote Sensing Strategies for Effective Landslide Risk Management in a Geologically Heterogeneous Slope
Juliana Barros, Marisa Pinheiro, Roberto Tomás, Eduardo Pereira, Luís Ribeiro e Sousa and Tiago Miranda (Portugal and Spain)
Comparative Study on Quantitative Evaluation of Soft Rock Slope Stability Prediction Via Big Data Mining, Soft Computing Techniques and Engineering Validation
Chuanqi Li and Daniel Dias (China and France)
Quantitative Assessment of Bond Length on the Load-bearing Capacity and Failure Mechanisms in Anchor Systems
Chuanming Li and Chuan Li (China)
Multiscale Scratch Mechanics of Laminated Rock
Liu Yang (China)

MAY 16, FRIDAY

09:00 – 11:00 | Submission of Communications (S4)

Chair – Vassilis Marinos (University of Athens, Greece) and Lemos de Sousa (University Fernando Pessoa, Porto, Portugal)

Geomechanical Characterization of Soft Volcanic Rock Masses in Azores Islands
Celeste Jorge, Joaquim Tinoco, Luís Ribeiro e Sousa, Ana Malheiro and Rita Leal e Sousa (Portugal and UAE)
Modeling of Mixed-Mode Fracture of Rock Under Different Environments by Configural Mechanics
Chao Wang, Hongze Li, Jili Feng and D.J. Li (China)
Geomechanical Properties of the Soft Rocks from Vale das Fontes Formation (Lower Jurassic Lusitanian Basin, Portugal): An Exploratory Study
P.F. Moreira, C.F. Rodrigues, L.V. Duarte, J.P. Temporão de Sousa, A. Vega y la Fuente, A. Maldonado-Zamora, M.J. Lemos de Sousa and H.I. Chaminé (Portugal, Angola and Spain)

11:00 – 11:30 | Coffee-break

11:30 – 13:30 Submission of Communications (S5)

Chair – Luís Nolasco Lamas (ISRM Secretary-General, Portugal) and Cristiana Ferreira (University of Porto, Portugal)

Experimental Study and Mathematical Modeling of the Long-term Behaviour of Sandstone
Xiaoming Sun, Ziyang Feng, Chengyu Miao, Biao Zhang, Yong Zhang, Zhibiao Guo (China)
Deriving Geotechnical Properties for Porto Granite from the Compilation and Interpretation of Tests and Results in the Last Years
António Topa Gomes (Portugal)
Influence of a Low Strength Discontinuity on a Accident of a Large Underground Hydroelectric Project
Luis Ribeiro e Sousa and José Vieira de Lemos (Portugal)
Water-induced Mechanical Degradation Mechanisms a Tunnel Soft Rocks. A Case Study in Tabaiyi Tunnel, China
Zhang Na, Xiuyue Wang, Shuaiding Wang, Jinyi Li, Mostafa Sharifzadid and Manchao He (China and Australia)

13:30 – 15:00 | Lunch

15:00 – 16:30 | Submission of Communications (S6)

Chair – Pham Quoc Tuan (University of Hanoi, Vietnam) and Manuel Matos Fernandes (University of Porto, Portugal)

Coal Definition and Classification Revisited: An Account of Related Problems
M.J. Lemos de Sousa, Henrique Pinheiro, C.F. Rodrigues, P.F. Moreira, José R. Lemes de Almeida (Portugal and South Africa)
How to Recover Ground Motion from the Behavior of Simple Structures: The case of Earthquake 1998
Carlos Sousa Oliveira (Portugal)
Evaluation of Bursting Liability of Coal Rocks with Different Metamorphic Degrees Based on Nanoindentation Experiments and Homogenization Methods
Ning Li, Yuzhe Yang and Yu Yang (China)

16:30 – 17:00 | Coffee-break

17:00 – 19:00 | Round Table on Stability Analysis, Monitoring and Control Technology of Soft-Rock Slopes

Chair – Seokwon Jeon (ISRM President, South Korea)

Members – António Topa Gomes (University of Porto, Portugal); Kiyoshi Kishida (University of Kyoto, Japan), Nuwen Xu (Sichuan University, China);  Tiago Miranda (University of Minho, Guimarães, Portugal); and Luis Ribeiro e Sousa (University of Porto, Portugal).

19:00 – 19:10 | Closing Session

MAY 17, SATURDAY

09:30 – 13:00 | Technical Visit to Metro do Porto

Leaders – Jorge Quelhas (Metro of Porto, Portugal) and Pedro Quintas (Metro of Porto, Portugal).
Number maximum of participants – 20 persons; Registration on May 15.