Application of the material point method (MPM) to characterise the impact forces of granular landslides on rigid obstacles

M Kontoe, S Lopez-Querol, T Rossetto - Soil Dynamics and Earthquake …, 2024 - Elsevier
This study deploys the Material Point Method (MPM) to investigate the soil pressures exerted
on a 3D rigid obstacle partially obstructing a dry granular flow; a configuration not previously …

[PDF][PDF] SCALING SOIL IMPACT FORCES TO PROTOTYPE CONDITIONS

This study numerically investigates the effect of scaling up an experimental flume test to
reproduce prototype conditions and to observe the variability induced to the response of a …