It has been 25 years since Sulsky and her coworkers developed the first version of the
material point method (MPM): a quasi particle method to solve continuum mechanics …

Many problems in geotechnical engineering involve large movements or rotations,
examples include natural processes such as landslides, and man-made processes such as …

We present the fundamental concepts of SPH with particular emphasis on its state-of-the-art
applications in geomechanics and geotechnical engineering. In the first part of the paper, we …

Rainfall-induced slope failures are a major category of slope failure, with incidents likely to
increase with the predicted escalation of extreme rainfall events. Traditional numerical …

Rainfall-induced landslides are a major geohazard worldwide, which involve a complicated
process, starting from rainfall infiltration, to landslide triggering and initiation, and post-failure …

Retrogressive and progressive slope failures are a dynamic process, in the sense that they
involve a progressively changing scenario. This paper uses the contemporary material point …

Abstract The Material Point Method (MPM) uses a combined Eulerian-Lagrangian approach
to solve problems involving large deformations. A problem domain is discretised as material …

The material point method (MPM) has been increasingly used for the simulation of large-
deformation processes in fluid-infiltrated porous materials. For undrained poromechanical …

In landslide analysis, reliable prediction of landslide's influence zone is significantly difficult
due to the inherent heterogeneity of soils and their spatially varying geological properties. In …

The random material point method (RMPM), which combines random field theory and the
material point method (MPM), is proposed. It differs from the random finite-element method …