A state of the art review of the particle finite element method (PFEM)

M Cremonesi, A Franci, S Idelsohn, E Oñate - Archives of Computational …, 2020 - Springer
The particle finite element method (PFEM) is a powerful and robust numerical tool for the
simulation of multi-physics problems in evolving domains. The PFEM exploits the …

[HTML][HTML] Numerical modelling of large deformation problems in geotechnical engineering: A state-of-the-art review

CE Augarde, SJ Lee, D Loukidis - Soils and Foundations, 2021 - Elsevier
Many problems in geotechnical engineering involve large movements or rotations,
examples include natural processes such as landslides, and man-made processes such as …

A new SPH-based approach to simulation of granular flows using viscous damping and stress regularisation

CT Nguyen, CT Nguyen, HH Bui, GD Nguyen… - Landslides, 2017 - Springer
The smoothed particle hydrodynamics (SPH) method was recently extended to simulate
granular materials by the authors and demonstrated to be a powerful continuum numerical …

A novel implicit FEM-MPM coupling framework using convex cone programming for elastoplastic problems

XW Zhou, YF Jin, KY He, ZY Yin, FT Liu - Computer Methods in Applied …, 2024 - Elsevier
Abstract Most existing Finite Element Method and the Material Point Method (FEM-MPM)
coupling is designed for explicit solvers. By contrast, implicit schemes offer the advantage of …

Numerical simulation of a flow-like landslide using the particle finite element method

X Zhang, K Krabbenhoft, D Sheng, W Li - Computational Mechanics, 2015 - Springer
In this paper, an actual landslide process that occurred in Southern China is simulated by a
continuum approach, the particle finite element method (PFEM). The PFEM attempts to solve …

Interior-point methods for the phase-field approach to brittle and ductile fracture

J Wambacq, J Ulloa, G Lombaert, S François - Computer Methods in …, 2021 - Elsevier
The governing equations of the variational approach to brittle and ductile fracture emerge
from the minimization of a non-convex energy functional subject to irreversibility constraints …

Particle finite element analysis of large deformation and granular flow problems

X Zhang, K Krabbenhoft, DM Pedroso… - Computers and …, 2013 - Elsevier
A version of the Particle Finite Element Method applicable to geomechanics applications is
presented. A simple rigid-plastic material model is adopted and the governing equations are …

Rigid block modelling of historic masonry structures using mathematical programming: a unified formulation for non-linear time history, static pushover and limit …

FPA Portioli - Bulletin of Earthquake Engineering, 2020 - Springer
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 …

Large displacement analysis of dry-jointed masonry structures subjected to settlements using rigid block modelling

F Portioli, L Cascini - Engineering Structures, 2017 - Elsevier
A discrete element model is proposed for large displacement static analysis of dry-jointed
masonry structures subjected to foundation settlements. The numerical model is a two …

Particle finite element analysis of the granular column collapse problem

X Zhang, K Krabbenhoft, D Sheng - Granular Matter, 2014 - Springer
The problem of granular column collapse is investigated by means of an axisymmetric
version of the particle finite element method (PFEM). The granular medium is represented by …