On July, 10-12th the Institute for Structural Mechanics will organize the Minisymposium "Multiscale modeling of transport phenomena and failure in porous materials" at BIOT5 Conference on Poromechanics 2013 in Vienna (Austria) by G. Meschke, J.J. Timothy.

Session 1

Session 2

Session 3


Presentation from Jithender J. Timothy, Guenther Meschke (Ruhr University Bochum, Germany):
"Diffusion in fracturing porous materials: characterizing topological effects using cascade micromechanics and phase-field models"


Presentation from Meng-Meng Zhou, Günther Meschke: (Ruhr University Bochum, Germany):
"Strength homogenization for partially frozen soil using linear comparison composite approach"

MS03-2: Application of multi-phase models in structural engineering