Disaster Risk Reduction, Hazard Assesment, and Risk Analysis
It was a great pleasure to spent days of the field with Profs M. Chigira S. Kojima in Septmber 2019. They are now studying the deep-seated gravitational deformation in the …
Field work with Prof Masahiro Chigira (DPRI University of Kyoto) and Prof. Satoru Kojima (Gifu University) Read MoreWe have been very lucky and honoured to host the 15th LARAM school 1st @ UNIL, from 2 to 13 September 2019 on the request of the team of the …
LARAM School at UNIL 2-13 September 2019 Read MoreOn 11 August 2019, a debris flows stroke the village of Chamoson, in Wallis (Switzerland). One car with two passengers was washed away and disappeared in the debris flows. On …
Field visit at Chamoson for debris flows Read MoreThe Material Point Method (MPM), which is an extension of the particle-in-cell method , provides a promising numerical framework which can naturally handle classical problems involving severe deformations, such as …
Preliminary numerical simulation of landslides using an MPM framework Read MoreThis new project, started in June 2019, is a pilot study to develop techniques in order to (1) harmonize the 1:25000 geological maps and (2) to improve the Quaternary mapping …
Geology and quaternary mapping of the canton de Vaud Read More