Material point method after 25 years: theory, implementation, and applications

A De Vaucorbeil, VP Nguyen, S Sinaie… - Advances in applied …, 2020 - Elsevier
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 …

[BOOK][B] The material point method for geotechnical engineering: a practical guide

J Fern, A Rohe, K Soga, E Alonso - 2019 - taylorfrancis.com
This practical guide provides the best introduction to large deformation material point
method (MPM) simulations for geotechnical engineering. It provides the basic theory …

Run-out of landslides in brittle soils

A Yerro, EE Alonso, NM Pinyol - Computers and Geotechnics, 2016 - Elsevier
One of the factors causing the acceleration of landslides is the loss of strength of the soil
involved in the potential unstable mechanism. The travelled distance and the landslide …

Material point method (MPM) hydro-mechanical modelling of flows impacting rigid walls

S Cuomo, AD Perna, M Martinelli - Canadian Geotechnical …, 2021 - cdnsciencepub.com
The study on impact mechanisms of flow-like landslides against structures is still an open
issue in the scientific literature. Many researchers have so far employed either experiments …

A high order material point method

R Tielen, E Wobbes, M Möller, L Beuth - Procedia Engineering, 2017 - Elsevier
The classical material point method (MPM) developed in the 90s is known for drawbacks
which affect the quality of results. The movement of material points from one element to …

On a family of convected particle domain interpolations in the material point method

VP Nguyen, CT Nguyen, T Rabczuk… - Finite Elements in …, 2017 - Elsevier
We present a family of convected particle domain interpolations (CPDIs) within the
framework of the material point method (MPM). That includes two dimensional triangular …

[HTML][HTML] Comparison of UBCSAND and hypoplastic soil model predictions using the material point method

S Giridharan, S Gowda, DFE Stolle, C Moormann - Soils and Foundations, 2020 - Elsevier
Liquefaction effects predicted by implementing two well-known constitutive models for sandy
soils are compared; ie, the Hypoplastic soil model (HPS) and the UBCSAND model. To …

Development of generalized interpolation material point method for simulating fully coupled thermomechanical failure evolution

J Tao, H Zhang, Y Zheng, Z Chen - Computer Methods in Applied …, 2018 - Elsevier
Based on the conservation laws of mass, momentum and energy, the generalized
interpolation material point (GIMP) method is further developed in this paper for fully coupled …

Implicit material point method with convected particle domain interpolation for consolidation and dynamic analysis of saturated porous media with massive …

Z Hu, Y Liu, H Zhang, Y Zheng, H Ye - International Journal of …, 2021 - World Scientific
A coupling convected particle domain interpolation based implicit material point method
(ICCPDI) is developed in this paper for the long-time consolidation and dynamic problems of …

A non-penetration FEM-MPM contact algorithm for complex fluid-structure interaction problems

Y Song, Y Liu, X Zhang - Computers & Fluids, 2020 - Elsevier
The improved coupled finite element material point (ICFEMP) method is an effective way to
deal with fluid-structure interaction problems. However, the FEM-MPM contact algorithm …