Evaluation of material point method for use in geotechnics |
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| Authors: | W. T. Sołowski S. W. Sloan |
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| Affiliation: | ARC Centre of Excellence for Geotechnical Science and Engineering, University of Newcastle, NSW, Australia |
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| Abstract: | The first part of the paper presents a material point method solution for the bearing capacity of a deep foundation in purely cohesive soil, which is a widely known engineering problem. The results computed with the generalised interpolation material point method are compared to the results obtained previously with an advanced limit analysis code. The second part of the paper shows material point method simulations of collapsing piles of granular material and compares the results with experimental observations from the literature. The problems considered are problematic to solve using the displacement finite element method as they generally include very large deformations. Copyright © 2014 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. |
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| Keywords: | material point method Mohr– Coulomb GIMP |
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