Multi-scale and multi-physics modelling for complex materials

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Numerical modelling of thermo-hydromechanical (THM) in deforming porous media for subsurface systems

The study of multiphase flow and heat flow in partially saturated porous media is important in environmental geomechanics engineering because of its relevance to consolidation of porous media in unsaturated zone. A numerical model which describes the thermo-hydro-mechanical (THM) coupled problems in deformable porous material with two-phase flow has been developed. The relationships between capillary pressure, saturation of water and relative permeabilities of water and gas, proposed by Brooks and Corey was used. An extended study of the numerical model, based on the COMES-GEO code was conducted recently to solve unsaturated problems in local condition of Kg. Puteh wellfield, Kota Bharu. This site is a potential shallow aquifer which contribute to the largest groundwater supply in Kota Bharu, Kelantan. Some numerical investigation on the proposed formulation is discussed with illustrative example problems to demonstrate solution procedures and validating of the model

FULL COMPENSATION OF VICTIMS OF CROSS-BORDER ROAD TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS IN THE EU: THE ECONOMIC IMPACT OF SELECTED OPTIONS

Abstract: Cross-border road traffic accidents raising jurisdictional issues represent about 1% of road traffic accidents in the EU27. The direct costs of these accidents can be set at approximately \u20ac450 million yearly, of which \u20ac150 million are due to medical expenses and damage to property, whereas \u20ac300 million represent loss earnings and foregone production. If one also takes into account the indirect costs of cross-border road traffic accidents, namely the physical and psychological consequences for victims and their relatives, the total economic impact of those accidents amounts to about \u20ac1.04 billion annually. Several cross-border road traffic accidents create a risk of undercompensation of the non-resident victim, due to differences in the standard of living as well as in the calculation of the quantum of damages in member states. The problem of victims\u2019 undercompensation in the event of a cross-border traffic accident has so far been approached mostly under the aegis of the proposed harmonisation of European Tort Law, especially within the debate on the \u201cRome II\u201d regulation on non-contractual obligations. Already during first reading, the European Parliament proposed to address this issue by mandating the application of the law of habitual residence of the victim when assessing the quantum of damage awards

Policy-Making in the EU: Achievements, Challenges and Proposals for Reform. CEPS Paperbacks. June 2009

This report is the product of a joint project initiated by the Centre for European Policy Studies and the Swedish Confederation of Enterprise. Three expert groups of academics, policy-makers, business representatives and other stakeholders were formed to analyse the major issues and challenges facing the European Union today and to put forward recommendations for reform that can realistically be implemented in the short and medium term. The expert groups focused on EU Decision-Making, Better Regulation and Implementation & Subsidiarity

What can the Better Regulation Commissioner do for the EU? CEPS Commentary, 29 September 2014

This commentary welcomes the creation and prominence given by President Juncker to the new post of First Vice-President in charge of Better Regulation, Inter-Institutional Relations, the Rule of Law and the Charter of Fundamental Rights as among the most interesting of several novelties contained in the proposed Commission and overdue. After all, as the authors point out, better regulation has been underpinning the Commission’s core business, namely, EU regulation, for over a decade. At the same time, however, they warn that Commissioner-designate Frans Timmermans is receiving an extremely challenging mandate which pose many difficulties to overcome

On stepwise advancement of fractures and pressure oscillations in saturated porous media

Comments to K.M. Pervaiz Fathima, Ren\'e de Borst, Implications of single or multiple pressure degrees of freedom at fracture in fluid saturated porous media, Engineering Fracture Mechanics, 213 (2019), 1-20

Estrategias de solución para análisis de consolidación acoplados en medios porosos

Se revisan brevemente las estrategias empleadas usualmente para resolver las ecuaciones acopladas del problema de la consolidación de suelos saturados. Luego se introduce un nuevo esquema basado en la solucion particionada del conjunto de ecuaciones acopladas y se desarrollan los criterios de convergencia y estabilidad necesarios.Peer Reviewe

Estrategias de solución para análisis de consolidación acoplados en medios porosos

Se revisan brevemente las estrategias empleadas usualmente para resolver las ecuaciones acopladas del problema de la consolidación de suelos saturados. Luego se introduce un nuevo esquema basado en la solucion particionada del conjunto de ecuaciones acopladas y se desarrollan los criterios de convergencia y estabilidad necesarios.Peer Reviewe