[Seminar] Cino Viggiani ‘Recent developments in laboratory testing of geomaterials with emphasis on imaging processes’
Tuesday 2 December à 10 h 00 – 11 h 00
We will welcome Cino Viggiani, Professor at the 3SR Laboratory, Grenoble Alpes University, on December 2, 2025, at 10:00 a.m. at Centrale Nantes (room to be confirmed) for a seminar on new experimental approaches to geomaterials with a focus on imaging processes.
This seminar is open to all.
Abstract :
Recent developments in laboratory testing of geomaterials with emphasis on imaging processes
This talk will present a review of some recent technical developments and scientific accomplishments in laboratory experimental testing of geomaterials – with a special focus on imaging. In particular, I’ll provide a few examples of studies using full-field techniques such as x-ray and neutron tomography. These two techniques have had a strong impact over the last two decades, and have allowed the understanding of the micro scale processes ultimately driving the behavior of geomaterials at the macroscopic scale. I will try to outline the broader impact that this panoply of techniques has had and is expected to have in geomechanics and geotechnics at large.