Material point method
View article: Pullout responses of root-inspired anchors from dry granular media: effect of material stiffness, embedment depth, and geometrical complexity via centrifuge modeling
Pullout responses of root-inspired anchors from dry granular media: effect of material stiffness, embedment depth, and geometrical complexity via centrifuge modeling Open
The development of tree root-inspired anchors aims to improve their mechanical performance by mimicking the architecture of tree roots while using less material than conventional ground anchors. This study explores the effects of material …
View article: Modeling Crack Arrest in Snow Slab Avalanches—Toward Estimating Avalanche Release Sizes
Modeling Crack Arrest in Snow Slab Avalanches—Toward Estimating Avalanche Release Sizes Open
Dry‐snow slab avalanches are the most fatal type of avalanches, beginning with the failure of a weak snow layer below cohesive slabs. This failure can propagate within the weak layer, causing the overlying slab to fracture and slide. Avala…
View article: Model‐Free Data‐Driven Computational Analysis for Soil Consolidation Problems
Model‐Free Data‐Driven Computational Analysis for Soil Consolidation Problems Open
Soils are inherently uncertain natural materials. In geotechnical engineering, soil properties are fundamentally characterised by testing small samples. The results will then be utilised to determine appropriate geomaterial constitutive mo…
View article: Experimental Study on the Effectiveness of Grouting in Controlling Breaching of High-Permeability Landslide Dams of Granular Materials
Experimental Study on the Effectiveness of Grouting in Controlling Breaching of High-Permeability Landslide Dams of Granular Materials Open
The barrier lake formed by the high-speed landslide that blocks the river typically faces a high risk of failure due to its loose and fragmented structure, high permeability, and weak erosion resistance. Based on the characteristics of thi…
View article: Development on the smoothed material point method for extremely large deformation and impact with elastoplastic models
Development on the smoothed material point method for extremely large deformation and impact with elastoplastic models Open
View article: Physics-Informed Deformable Gaussian Splatting: Towards Unified Constitutive Laws for Time-Evolving Material Field
Physics-Informed Deformable Gaussian Splatting: Towards Unified Constitutive Laws for Time-Evolving Material Field Open
Recently, 3D Gaussian Splatting (3DGS), an explicit scene representation technique, has shown significant promise for dynamic novel-view synthesis from monocular video input. However, purely data-driven 3DGS often struggles to capture the …
View article: Physics-Informed Deformable Gaussian Splatting: Towards Unified Constitutive Laws for Time-Evolving Material Field
Physics-Informed Deformable Gaussian Splatting: Towards Unified Constitutive Laws for Time-Evolving Material Field Open
Recently, 3D Gaussian Splatting (3DGS), an explicit scene representation technique, has shown significant promise for dynamic novel-view synthesis from monocular video input. However, purely data-driven 3DGS often struggles to capture the …
View article: Numerical simulation of debris-flow impact on multiple check dams using the material point method
Numerical simulation of debris-flow impact on multiple check dams using the material point method Open
It is essential to capture the transient impact forces of debris flows on check dam barriers for accurate hazard mitigation and structural design, yet traditional depth-averaged or mesh-based numerical approaches often fail to resolve the …
View article: A New Contact Algorithm for the Total‐Lagrangian Material Point Method
A New Contact Algorithm for the Total‐Lagrangian Material Point Method Open
The Total Lagrangian Material Point Method (TLMPM) is a relatively new variant of the now popular MPM, a method to solve partial differential equations appearing in solid and fluid mechanics problems. In TLMPM, each solid has its own grid,…
View article: Axial flow in an eroding Euler hairpin in ℝ3: does it prevent blow-up?
Axial flow in an eroding Euler hairpin in ℝ3: does it prevent blow-up? Open
In our earlier paper (Childress and Gilbert 2018) we derived equations of motion for a vortex dipole in the shape of a hairpin, and subject to erosion of vorticity, that is the shedding of vorticity at the rear stagnation point of the dipo…
View article: A Dynamic Implicit 3D Material Point‐To‐Rigid Body Contact Approach for Large Deformation Analysis
A Dynamic Implicit 3D Material Point‐To‐Rigid Body Contact Approach for Large Deformation Analysis Open
Accurate and robust modeling of large deformation three‐dimensional contact interaction is an important area of engineering, but it is also challenging from a computational mechanics perspective. This is particularly the case when there is…
View article: A stabilised semi-implicit double-point material point method for soil–water coupled problems
A stabilised semi-implicit double-point material point method for soil–water coupled problems Open
This paper presents a novel semi-implicit two-phase double-point Material Point Method (MPM) for modelling large deformation in geotechnical engineering problems. To overcome the computational limitations of explicit methods, we develop a …
View article: A Mixed‐Mode Phase‐Field Material Point Method for Geomaterials
A Mixed‐Mode Phase‐Field Material Point Method for Geomaterials Open
Under complex environmental conditions, geomaterial can fail in numerous ways, such as tensile failure, shear failure, and mixed tensile‐shear failure. The first two are extreme cases of the latter. To address this issue, a phase field mat…
View article: Simulation of Granular Flows: Insights into Additive Manufacturing, Rheology, and Capillary Force
Simulation of Granular Flows: Insights into Additive Manufacturing, Rheology, and Capillary Force Open
Granular materials—collections of discrete solid particles—are central to numerous natural and industrial processes, from geological phenomena to pharmaceutical production and additive manufacturing. These materials exhibit complex behavio…
View article: Fully dynamic coupling of the boundary and discrete element method for the simulation of large-scale geotechnical problems
Fully dynamic coupling of the boundary and discrete element method for the simulation of large-scale geotechnical problems Open
This thesis introduces novel coupling schemes between the Discrete Element Method (DEM) and the Boundary Element Method (BEM) for dynamic multi-scale modelling, effectively addressing continuous and discontinuous media in one, two, and thr…
View article: The Aggregated Material Point Method (AgMPM)
The Aggregated Material Point Method (AgMPM) Open
The Material Point Method (MPM) has been shown to be an effective approach for analysing large deformation processes across a range of physical problems. However, the method suffers from a number of spurious artefacts, such as a widely doc…
View article: Modeling concrete at high-loading rates: insights from the Material Point Method
Modeling concrete at high-loading rates: insights from the Material Point Method Open
View article: Numerical modeling of clay-rich submarine landslides using a novel material point method coupled with computational fluid dynamics
Numerical modeling of clay-rich submarine landslides using a novel material point method coupled with computational fluid dynamics Open
Submarine landslides present significant hazards to offshore and nearshore environments. This study presents a novel approach to numerically simulate clay-rich submarine landslide events using a recently developed coupled material point me…
View article: AI-assisted prediction of particle impact deformation simulated by Material Point Method
AI-assisted prediction of particle impact deformation simulated by Material Point Method Open
View article: Numerical Investigation of Embankment Slope Failure Mitigation Measures Using the Material Point Method
Numerical Investigation of Embankment Slope Failure Mitigation Measures Using the Material Point Method Open
In this paper, the applicability of the material point method, the consideration of geometric nonlinearity, and the effect of slope-failure mitigation measures are discussed using the earthquake response analysis of embankments. First, the…
View article: Stabilized two-phase material point method for hydromechanical coupling problems in solid-fluid porous media
Stabilized two-phase material point method for hydromechanical coupling problems in solid-fluid porous media Open
For the hydromechanically coupling of solid-fluid porous media, this study presents an explicit stabilized two phase MPM formulation based on the one-point two-phase MPM scheme. To mitigate the spurious pore pressure and maintain the numer…
View article: Discontinuous Galerkin simulation of sliding geometries using a point-to-point interpolation technique
Discontinuous Galerkin simulation of sliding geometries using a point-to-point interpolation technique Open
View article: Exploring inertial effects in the flow of granular media: Double-scale approach MPM×DEM
Exploring inertial effects in the flow of granular media: Double-scale approach MPM×DEM Open
In the exploration of cohesive granular materials, one challenge lies in the significant impact of microstructure evolution on the system’s overall mechanical behavior, which necessitates the consideration of a broad spectrum of scales. To…
View article: An Eulerian Meshless Approach to the Conservative Levelset Method for Two-Phase Flows with Point Cloud Adaptivity
An Eulerian Meshless Approach to the Conservative Levelset Method for Two-Phase Flows with Point Cloud Adaptivity Open
View article: Impact of Flow-Like Landslide Against Protection Barrier: Experimental Centrifuge Tests and Material Point Method Modelling
Impact of Flow-Like Landslide Against Protection Barrier: Experimental Centrifuge Tests and Material Point Method Modelling Open
View article: Shaking Table Testing of a Tank Model and Fluid-Structure Interaction Simulation Using the Material Point Method
Shaking Table Testing of a Tank Model and Fluid-Structure Interaction Simulation Using the Material Point Method Open
View article: An Implicit Hyperelastoplastic Micropolar Material Point Method for Shear Bands and Size Effects at Finite Strains
An Implicit Hyperelastoplastic Micropolar Material Point Method for Shear Bands and Size Effects at Finite Strains Open
View article: Laboratory‐Scale Free Fall Cone Penetrometer Test on Marine Clay: A Numerical Investigation Using the Generalized Interpolation Material Point Method
Laboratory‐Scale Free Fall Cone Penetrometer Test on Marine Clay: A Numerical Investigation Using the Generalized Interpolation Material Point Method Open
This paper presents a series of laboratory free‐fall cone penetrometer (FFCP) tests conducted on marine clay samples collected from the Gulf of Finland in the Baltic Sea. Subsequently, these tests are replicated numerically with the genera…
View article: Modeling of Metal Cutting Processes Within the Material Point Method Using the Johnson–Cook Material Law
Modeling of Metal Cutting Processes Within the Material Point Method Using the Johnson–Cook Material Law Open
The material point method represents an alternative approach to simulations, differing from traditional methods like the finite element method (FEM). This technique involves discretizing bodies using material points while solving equations…
View article: A hybrid Finite Element and Material Point Method for modeling liquefaction-induced tailings dam failures
A hybrid Finite Element and Material Point Method for modeling liquefaction-induced tailings dam failures Open
This paper presents a hybrid Finite Element Method (FEM) and Material Point Method (MPM) approach for modeling liquefaction-induced tailings dam failures from initiation through runout. We apply this method to simulate the 1978 Mochikoshi …