• The buildings of the IfG Leipzig - Südwerkbunker (left) and the Kauengebäude (right)

    The buildings of the IfG Leipzig - Südwerkbunker (left) and the Kauengebäude (right)

  • The rock mechanical laboratory of the IfG Leipzig

    The rock mechanical laboratory of the IfG Leipzig

  • Drilling cores of the Leine rock salt (Na3)

    Drilling cores of the Leine rock salt (Na3)

  • Dimensioning

    Dimensioning

  • Large-diameter borehole experiment in Springen

    Large-diameter borehole experiment in Springen

  • Modelling of a cavern

    Modelling of a cavern

  • Subsidence over a cavitary field (modelling)

    Subsidence over a cavitary field (modelling)

ARMA Symposium

07/15/2016

The American Rock Mechanical Association (ARMA) organised the 50th Rock Mechanics/Geomechanics Symposium in Houston (Texas) from 26th - 29th of June. The yearly symposium, with hundreds of participants, is dedicated to all aspects of geotechnics, from petroleum and civil engineering to mining and waste disposal. The IfG has attended the symposium (as we did the previuous years) and presented new results: One paper discussed the issue of longwall caving in potash mining, while another one considered deep borehole disposal of nuclear waste. The presentations are available in the download area.

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