Programme  Titles  Presenters  Topics  Session 8A: Cohesion Friday, July 17, 2009, Friday, July 17, 2009 9:00 am Metals Hall Chair: Kenichi Maeda 8A-1 A numerical study of loose cohesive powders: plastic consolidation and tensile strength Francisco Gilabert, Jean-Noel Roux*, Antonio Castellanos 8A-2 Pore-Scale Model for Water Retention in Unsaturated Sand William J. Likos 8A-3 Micromechanical analysis of water retention phenomenon Jean-Philippe Gras*, Jean-Yves Delenne, Fabien Soulié, Moulay Saïd El Youssoufi 8A-4 Micro-statics and micro-kinematics of capillary phenomena in dense granular materials Bruno Chareyre*, Luc Scholtes, Felix Darve 8A-5 Micromechanics of Ultrafine Particle Adhesion – Contact Models Juergen Tomas