This review focuses on how the modeling of dense granular media has advanced over the
last 15 years. The jum**-off point of our review is the μ (I) rheology for dry granular flow …

In the present work, an introduction to the contact phenomena in multibody systems is made.
The different existing approaches are described, together with their most distinctive features …

Over the last decades, several compliant contact force models have been proposed.
However, no complete and systematic comparison has been done on these models, which …

A two-way coupling between the Smoothed Particle Hydrodynamics-based (SPH) code with
a multiphysics library to solve complex fluid-solid interaction problems is proposed. This …

This work reviews the main techniques to model dynamical systems with contact-impact
events. Regularized and non-smooth formulations are considered, wherein the fundamental …

This paper proposes an iterative method that can simulate mechanical systems featuring a
large number of contacts and joints between rigid bodies. The numerical method behaves …

This paper presents a computational study on the interactive evolution of particle shape and
particle breakage for granular material under confined compression. A novel multiscale …

The last decade witnessed a manifest shift in the microprocessor industry towards chip
designs that promote parallel computing. Until recently the privilege of a select group of …

A unified formulation is presented for non-linear time history, static pushover and limit
analysis of historic masonry structures modelled as 2D assemblages of rigid blocks …

A general methodology for the dynamic modeling and analysis of planar multibody systems
with multiple clearance joints is presented. The inter-connecting bodies that constitute a real …