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 …

This practical guide provides the best introduction to large deformation material point
method (MPM) simulations for geotechnical engineering. It provides the basic theory …

As one of the arbitrary Lagrangian–Eulerian methods, the material point method (MPM)
owns intrinsic advantages in simulation of large deformation problems by combining the …

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 …

Handling contact problems in the Material Point Method (MPM) has long been a challenge.
Traditional grid-based contact approaches often face issues with mesh dependency, while …

An explicit phase-field total Lagrangian material point method (TLMPM) is proposed in this
paper for the effective simulation of the dynamic fracture behavior of hyperelastic solids …

Computational modeling in geotechnical engineering frequently needs sophisticated
constitutive models to describe prismatic behavior of geomaterials subjected to complex …

Large deformation in soils and frictional soil-structure contact are important geotechnical
processes that should be considered when designing protective structures to cushion the …

Material point methods suffer from volumetric locking when modelling near incompressible
materials due to the combination of a low-order computational mesh and large numbers of …