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Study of landslides and soil-structure interaction problems using the implicit material point methodGonzalez Acosta, J.L. (author), Vardon, P.J. (author), Hicks, M.A. (author)Mesh based methods such as the finite element method (FEM) are the most usually used techniques for analysing soil-structure interaction problems in geotechnical engineering. Nevertheless, standard FEM is unable to simulate large deformations and contact, hindering the realistic simulation of rotational, sliding, pull-out and overturning...journal article 2021
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Gonzalez Acosta, J.L. (author)The material point method (MPM) is a numerical technique which has been demonstrated to be suitable for simulating numerous mechanical problems, particularly large deformation problems, while conserving mass,momentum and energy. MPM discretises material into points and solves the governing equations on a background mesh which discretises the...doctoral thesis 2020