On September 28, 2020, the “Innovation Base of Earthquake Engineering Comprehensive Simulation” 26th “Cloud Report” was successfully held. This lecture invited Professor Matthew Coop from University College London, UK, to give a special report entitled "The Machanics of Sands: From Micro- to Macro- Behavior”.
This report was hosted by Associate Prof. Jie Xu, School of Civil Engineering. Prof. Mingjing Jiang, Vice dean of School of Civil Engineering, attended the report and delivered a welcome speech. In the lecture, Prof. Matthew Coop introduced some recent research results, such as the critical state framework of carbonate sand, the nature of particle fracture, the variability of different types of sand and its behavior, the curvature and position of the critical state line, the future prospect of soil mechanics, etc.
After the report, the participating teachers and students had a lively online discussion on related issues and took a group photo (Fig. 1). According to statistics, this lecture attracted 233 teachers and students from Tianjin University, Tongji University and other universities, including 16 teachers, 158 postgraduates, 21 international students, and 38 undergraduates. The effect of the lecture was remarkable. Teachers and students responded enthusiastically to this lecture.
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Fig.1. Online group photo of some participating teachers and students |
Introduction to Prof. Matthew Coop:
Matthew has worked in the research groups of the University of Oxford, where he gained his Doctorate with C.P.Wroth, University College London, Imperial College, City University Hong Kong and now University College London. Matthew’s expertise is in experimental soil mechanics, particularly on the laboratory testing of soils and weak rocks. His early seminal work on the role of particle breakage in sands, notably carbonate sands, diversified into the mechanics of weak rocks and stiff structured clays, the behaviour of weathered soils, loess and mine tailings, and the limitations of soil mechanics theories for soils with transitional gradings. His work on continuum approaches to soil behaviour have been accompanied in recent years by his research developing a range unique new apparatus investigating the micromechanics of sand grains. His papers are well cited (Web of Science h 40), and have received numerous prizes; the Institution of Civil Engineers George Stephenson Medal and Telford Prize, the Geotechnical Research Medal (3 times), the British Geotechnical Association Prize (3 times) and a Japanese Geotechnical Society Best Research Paper Prize. He is currently the Chair of TC101 of the ISSMGE, responsible for laboratory soil testing and has been elected the next Editor in Chief of Géotechnique.
(Corresponding：Xingzhi Huang)
