WG meeting in Leoben (Austria) for WG1 and WG4. Co-located with the 2nd CAE Conference

WG meeting in Leoben (Austria) for WG1 and WG4. Co-located with the 2nd CAE Conference

WG meeting in Leoben (hosted by Montanuniversität Leoben ). 2 days to be reimbursed by COST. A meeting to continue/finalise the development and implementation of challenge benchmarking, validation and verification problems not covered in previous meetings and/or those that are/were started late by network participants. Also an opportunity to improve the dissemination and communication acitivities of the network

Joining online

To join the video meeting, click this link: https://teams.microsoft.com/l/meetup-join/19%3Ameeting_NDMwMWZiMzAtZmM2ZS00NDI0LWEzY2ItZTIxNzI0MjczODk3%40thread.v2/0?context={"Tid"%3A"99e0dc58-9c4b-4820-8617-04c386c254c6"%2C"Oid"%3A"31676d96-05f7-4b3c-af8f-053815b8eab3"}

Time planning

Note: Order of activities may change. Further details for each activity to be added in due course

Day

Time

Item

 

Day

Time

Item

 

Oct 1, 2026

09:00 - 09:15

Welcome and Introductions 

Prof. Helmut Flachberger. Chair of Mineral Processing at Montanuniversität Leoben

Daniel Barreto. ON-DEM COST Action Chair

09:15 - 10:30

WG 1 Activities

Dissemination and Communication Task Force

10:30 - 11:00

Break

11:00 - 12:30

WG 1 Activities

Dissemination and Communication Task Force

12:30 - 14:00

Lunch

14:00 - 15:30

WG 1 Activities

Geotechnical benchmarks

Failure of FCC assemblies of spheres: Discussion of results and paper/report writing.

15:30 - 16:00

Break

16:00 - 17:30

WG 1 Activities

Masonry benchmarks

Oct 2, 2026

9:00 - 10:30

WG 1 Activities

Dissemination and Communication Task Force

10:30 - 11:00

Break

11:00 - 12:30

WG 1 Activities

Masonry benchmarks

12:30 - 14:00

Lunch

14:00 - 15:30

Mechanical benchmarks 1

Dissemination and Communication Task Force

15:30 - 16:00

Break

16:00 - 17:20

Mechanical benchmarks 2 

Geotechnical benchmarks

Isotropic and triaxial compression of assemblies of spheres. Discussion of results to date

17:20 - 17:30

Closing remarks

2nd CAE Conference

The meeting is preceded by the CAE Conference Website (cae.unileoben.ac.at) ON-DEM attendees are also welcome to attend (registration required, student registration is free).

Location

New main building of the Montanuniversität Leoben (Erzherzog Johann Tract).

Main entrance: Ignaz Buchmüller-Platz 4, 8700 Leoben (Google Maps & photo of the building).
Austria

Accommodation

Rooms have been reserved for conference participants at the following partner hotels.
To benefit from the reserved room contingencies, please contact the hotel directly by email or telephone and mention the reference: CAE
Online booking platforms may not show these reserved rooms!

Further alternatives:

Transport

To be completed…

Currency

The official currency is the Euro (EUR)