Modeling of heterogeneous materials and media is a problem of fundamental importance to
a wide class of phenomena and systems, ranging from condensed matter physics, soft …

Dry friction between hair fibers plays a major role in the collective hair dynamic behavior as
it accounts for typical nonsmooth features such as stick-slip instabilities. However, due the …

Abstract After the Notre-Dame de Paris (NDP) Cathedral fire, a structural analysis was
undertaken to provide decision support for architects in charge of diagnosis and repair …

The masonry structures represent a remarkable portion of the world's built heritage. The
preservation of these buildings requires a multidisciplinary diagnostic approach that …

This paper analyzes the compaction behavior of assemblies composed of soft (elastic)
spherical particles beyond the jammed state, using three-dimensional non-smooth contact …

The observation of old construction works confirms that masonry domes can withstand
tensile hoop stresses, at least up to a certain level. Here, such tensile resistance, rather than …

Smooth approaches are able to model reasonably well contact/impact events between two
bodies, showing some peculiarities when dealing with certain geometries and arising …

Over the last decades, simulations by discrete elements methods (DEM) have proven to be a
reliable analysis tool in various domains of science and engineering. By providing access to …

Abstract A Non-Smooth Contact Dynamic (NSCD) formulation is used to analyze complex
assemblies of rigid blocks, representative of real masonry structures. A model of associative …

Recent experiments hint that adherent cells are sensitive to their substrate curvature. It is
already well known that cells behaviour can be regulated by the mechanical properties of …