Material point method: Overview and challenges ahead

WT Sołowski, M Berzins, WM Coombs… - Advances in Applied …, 2021 - Elsevier
The paper gives an overview of Material Point Method and shows its evolution over the last
25 years. The Material Point Method developments followed a logical order. The article aims …

An improved semi-implicit material point method for simulating large deformation problems in saturated geomaterials

WH Yuan, H Zheng, X Zheng, B Wang… - Computers and …, 2023 - Elsevier
This study presents an improved semi-implicit MPM formulation for coupled large
deformation problems in geotechnics based on the fractional step method. The main …

Two-phase PFEM with stable nodal integration for large deformation hydromechanical coupled geotechnical problems

YF Jin, ZY Yin - Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and …, 2022 - Elsevier
The node-based strain smoothed particle finite element method (NS-PFEM) has a high level
of computational efficiency. However, it has not yet been extended to hydromechanical …

Modelling unsaturated soils with the Material Point Method. A discussion of the state-of-the-art

A Yerro, V Girardi, M Martinelli, F Ceccato - Geomechanics for Energy and …, 2022 - Elsevier
Many natural hazards involve large deformations of unsaturated soils, eg rainfall-induced
landslides, embankment collapses due to wetting, seepage-induced instabilities of dams …

Two-phase two-layer SNS-PFEM for hydromechanical geotechnical large deformation problems

YF Jin, ZY Yin, XW Zhou - Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and …, 2024 - Elsevier
A two-phase one-layer stabilised node-based strain-smoothing Particle Finite Element
Method (SNS-PFEM) was previously proposed, but it lacked the capability to simulate water …

A coupled MPM and CBFEM framework for large deformation simulation of porous media interacting with pore and free fluid

Z Wang, G Wang - Computers and Geotechnics, 2023 - Elsevier
The hydromechanical interaction of porous media with pore and free fluid widely exists in
geotechnical engineering. In some situations, the solid phase would exhibit large …

Simulating the entire rainfall-induced landslide process using the material point method for unsaturated soil with implicit and explicit formulations

Y Yamaguchi, F Makinoshima, Y Oishi - Landslides, 2023 - Springer
Rainfall-induced landslides cause various types of damage, including damage to
infrastructure, leading to devastating economic losses and human casualties. Although …

Extended B‐spline‐based implicit material point method

Y Yamaguchi, S Moriguchi… - International Journal for …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
An implicit material point method (MPM) is enhanced by extended B‐splines with the aim of
achieving numerical stability and properly imposing boundary conditions. The standard B …

A generalized interpolation material point method for modelling coupled seepage-erosion-deformation process within unsaturated soils

X Lei, S He, X Chen, H Wong, L Wu, E Liu - Advances in Water Resources, 2020 - Elsevier
In this paper, a computational framework based on the material point method (MPM) is
developed to study the coupled seepage-erosion-deformation process within unsaturated …

Extended B‐spline‐based implicit material point method enhanced by F‐bar projection method to suppress pressure oscillation

R Sugai, J Han, Y Yamaguchi… - International Journal …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
An enhancement of the extended B‐spline‐based implicit material point method (EBS‐
MPM) is developed to avoid pressure oscillation and volumetric locking. The EBS‐MPM is a …