Mechanical Behavior of Salt IX&

9th US/German Workshop

Sandra Fahland & Annika Schäfers, BGR

7th US/German WorkshopWashington D.C, USA

September 2016

SaltMech IX

The 9th Conference on the Mechanical Behavior of Salt (SaltMech IX) will take place from September 12 – 14, 2018 at the BGR in Hannover, Germany. It will be organized jointly by the Federal Institute for Geosciences and Natural Resources (BGR) Hannover, the Institute of Geomechanics (IfG) Leipzig and the Technical University of Clausthal (TUC).

Launched in 1981, the SaltMech Conferences serve to exchange research findings and practical experiences regarding the mechanical behavior of rock salt for the safe use in mining, storage and waste disposal.The conference has been held in:

1981 – Penn State University, USA1984 – Hannover, Germany1993 – Palaiseau, France1996 – Montreal, Canada1999 – Bucharest, Romania2007 – Hannover, Germany 2012 – Paris, France2015 – Rapid City, USA 2018 – Hannover, Germany

Preliminary topics

• Laboratory Testing• Field Investigations• Constitutive Modeling• Modeling and Simulation• Micromechanics• Geology of Salt Formations• Waste Disposal (nuclear or toxic wastes)• Geological and Geotechnical Barriers• Salt Caverns• Mining

Preliminary schedule

September 12 – 14, 2018

SaltMech IX

September 10 – 11, 2018

9th US/GermanWorkshop

at the BGR Hannover, Germany

September 15, 2018

Excursion

Venue

The SaltMech IX will be held at the BGR offices in Hannover, Lower Saxony

HMTG

© Christian Wyrwa© Stefan Knaak

HMTG© HMTG / Patrick Graf

Organizing Committee

• Sandra Fahland (BGR, Germany) • Jörg Hammer (BGR, Germany) • Stefan Heusermann (BGR, Germany)• Annika Schäfers (BGR, Germany)• Wolfgang Minkley (IfG Leipzig, Germany)• Till Popp (IfG Leipzig, Germany)• Karl-Heinz Lux (TU Clausthal, Germany)

Advisory Committee

• Pierre Bérest (École Polytechnique, France)• Sandra Fahland (BGR, Germany)• Frank Hansen (SNL, USA)• Karl-Heinz Lux (TU Clausthal, Germany)• Wolfgang Minkley (IfG Leipzig, Germany)• Christopher Spiers (Utrecht University, The Netherlands)• to be confirmed

International Scientific Board• To be determined

Important dates

Abstracts due

Conference

JULY 14, 2017 SEPTEMBER 12-14, 2018

Registration opens

MARCH 12, 2018

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