Advances in computer methods and geomechanics. IACMAG symposium 2019. Volume 1 / Достижения в области компьютерных методов и геомеханики. Симпозиум IACMAG 2019. Том 1

The Symposium of the International Association for Computer Methods and Advances in Geomechanics (IACMAG) was held at the Indian Institute of Technology Gandhinagar, Gujarat, India, during the period 5–7 March 2019. Computer applications of geomechanics have been gaining much popularity from the early days of the International Conference on Numerical Methods in Geomechanics at Vicksburg in 1972, Blacksburg in 1976 and Innsbruck, Austria, in 1988. It was in that very context the IACMAG was established and it has been growing ever since with various stakeholders contributing significantly from different nations across the world. IACMAG aims at fostering multidisciplinary research and ideas pertaining to geomechanics with particular emphasis on integrating both the practical and the fundamental aspects. The field of geomechanics has evolved with time, and in this regard, IACMAG takes into account the need for judicious simplification of fundamental aspects of geomechanics with a proper amalgamation of theory and experimentation in order that they find their use in practical problems and challenges faced in the industry today. <...>