7th Asia-Pacific Conference on Unsaturated Soils

7th Asia-Pacific Conference on Unsaturated Soils
DATE: August 23~25, 2019
HOST: The Japanese Geotechnical Society. Supported by: TC106 Unsaturated Soils of ISSMGE
VENUE: Nagoya Congress Center (1-1 Atsuta-nishimachi, Atsuta-ku, Nagoya 456-0036)
CONTACT: JGS International Affairs Department, ap-unsat2019@jiban.or.jp

Conference Program

0. Program book_all　　[update：2019.8.21］
1. Session time schedule　　[update：2019.8.21］
2. Parallel session program　　[update：2019.8.19］
3. Abstract of Keynote Lectures　　[update：2019.8.19］

Oral presentation

“Instructions”
　＊The presentations should be prepared in Microsoft PowerPoint (ver2016 or later is recommended)
　＊Please note that 4:3 slide size is recommended.  
　＊The presentation slides can be copied on the conference PC at each parallel session room.
　＊Authors are kindly asked to provide (copy) the presentation slides at least 2 hours before the session.
　＊As AP-UNSAT2019 will be operating on a very tight schedule, it is important that the presenters stick to their allotted presentation slots of 13 minutes each (including 3 minutes for questions).
　＊To facilitate this, a reminder will be shown 9 minutes after the presentation has started; presentation time is nearly up.
　＊After 10 minutes have passed, the sign of the end of the presentation will be shown; the presentation is over.

Registration for the AP-UNSAT2019

We are pleased to inform you that the registration to the AP-UNSAT2019 is now open. The link to the registration system is as follows:
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http://www.knt-c.co.jp/ec/AP-UNSAT/
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Please proceed your registration through the registration web-site above.
Summary of the registration is shown below.

Important Dates
　・April 30, 2019 : Due date for “Early bird Registration”
　・July 31, 2019 : End of Online Registration
　・Please note that those who will have a presentation in the conference (each person can only give one presentation), please complete the registration and the payment in advance by April 30, 2019.

Registration Fee (JPY)

　*”Students” are required to submit a copy of their current student ID upon registration. The criteria of a registration as a student is that you are enrolled in University and/or College as an undergraduate, or graduate student. Not including Post doc researchers.
Registration fees include:
　・Admission to all scientific sessions
　・Program Book
　・Reception on Friday, Aug. 23.
　・Conference Dinner on Saturday, Aug. 24.
　・Lunches (Aug. 23, 24 & 25) and Coffee Break
　*Excursion fee (JPY10,000) is not included.

The more details are available on the registration web-site ( http://www.knt-c.co.jp/ec/AP-UNSAT/ ).

Thank you for your cooperation and contribution to the conference.

Paper submission

 As to the full-paper submission, considering different demands from the participants, we provide the following two-type paper submission ways:
　(A) Full-paper submission: with at least 4 pages but no more than 12 pages for each paper
　(B) Extended abstract submission: 2 pages extended abstract
　　*The details of each submission are shown as follows.

Case (A): Full paper submission
 The authors who choose submitting the full-paper, Case (A), please submit your paper with at least 4 pages but no more than 12 pages. The authors are recommended to prepare their manuscript in MS-Word format, and submit both the original MS-Word file and its accompanying PDF file.
 In Case (A), the full paper will be published on website in J-Stage and will be assigned by DOI (Digital Object Index). The authors are required to submit the following 4 items for the paper publication.

Case (B): Extended abstract submission
The authors who choose submitting the extended abstract, Case (B), please only submit the 2 pages abstract. The authors are recommended to prepare their manuscript in MS-Word format, and submit both the original MS-Word file and its accompanying PDF file.
The extended abstract will only be uploaded on the website of AP-UNSAT2019 one-month before and during the conference.

About Registration
 Meanwhile, because we only charge registration fee but no paper-submission fee, please keep in mind that each paper presented in the conference should have at least one registration, in other words, one participant can only give one presentation at the conference. Those participants who submitted two or more papers, please pay particular attention to this issue.

Information of Keynote Address

Information of Keynote Address

Conference Information

AP-UNSAT2019-Bulletin-No.2-4

Tentative Schedule

Introduction

Following the success of the last conference held in Guilin, China, in 2015, the Japanese Geotechnical Society and ISSMGE TC106 are pleased to host, on this great tradition of conference series, the 7th Asia-Pacific Conference on Unsaturated Soils (AP-UNSAT2019) in Nagoya City, the geographical center of Japan. The organize committee of AP-UNSAT2019 also hope that all events during the conference may provide an easy-access bridge between the theoretical researches and the practical applications related to unsaturated soils. In particular, young researchers and engineers dealing with unsaturated soils from Asia-Pacific region and beyond are warmly encouraged to attend the conference and submit their papers. Well-documented case histories from the region are also particularly welcome.

Chairs

Feng ZHANG, Professor of Nagoya Institute of Technology
Yuji KOHGO, Professor of Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology
Yuji TAKESHITA, Professor of Okayama University

Technical Secretary

Hiromasa IWAI, Assistant Professor of Nagoya Institute of Technology

Call for abstract

AP-UNSAT2019 is now calling for Abstracts. AP-UNSAT2019 provides opportunities for researchers to present papers within the themes listed below.
Those who want to present your recent works are required to submit an abstract. The abstracts must be submitted no later than July 31, 2018.→(extended to August 31, 2018)
The Abstract should be written up to one A4 page using the following template “01-JGSSP_PaperFormat_AP-UNSAT2019”, and it should include the figures and tables (if any).
The submitted Abstracts will be reviewed, and “accept or reject” of submitted abstract will be notified on September 30, 2018 and later.

A template of an abstract  can be available from the following links. In writing your abstract, please read the template carefully and make it according to the format.
(DOC) 01-JGSSP_PaperFormat_AP-UNSAT2019
(PDF) 01-JGSSP_PaperFormat_AP-UNSAT2019
Abstracts should be submitted through the e-mail < mailto:ap-unsat2019@jiban.or.jp>.

Important Dates

Abstract submission deadline: August 31, 2018　July 31, 2018　May 31, 2018
Notification of acceptance: September 30, 2018　July 31, 2018
Full paper submission deadline: November 30, 2018　October 31, 2018
Notification of acceptance for revised paper: February 28, 2019　January 31, 2019

Conference Themes

A.    Fundamental soil behavior

<A-1>     Micro-and macro structure
<A-2>     Water-retention
<A-3>     Stress-strain behavior
<A-4>     Multi-physic couplings
<A-5>     Monotonic/Cyclic behavior

B.    New equipment and testing methods

<B-1>     Advanced and new testing equipment
<B-2>     Sensors for suction/moisture measurements
<B-3>     In-situ/field testing

C.   Modelling

<C-1>     Constitutive modelling
<C-2>     Numerical modelling and analysis

D.   Geotechnical engineering problems

<D-1>     Case histories
<D-2>     Hazards
<D-3>     Foundations

E.    Energy and environmental issues

<E-1>     Soil-atmospheric interaction
<E-2>     Capillary barriers
<E-3>     Nuclear waste disposal
<E-4>     Gas hydrate
<E-5>     CO₂ sequestration