Many problems in geotechnical engineering are characterized by large displacements and large deformations, examples include landslides, pile installation, ground excavation, and soil probing. While the use of numerical modeling for small deformation problems is now routine in geotechnical design and analysis, the simulation of large displacement and large deformation processes still posed many challenges, especially when multiphase interactions, soil-structure interactions, or multiscale processes are involved.
In the last decades, many numerical techniques have emerged both based on the discrete approach such as DEM (Discrete Element Method), and the continuum approach such as SPH (Smoothed Particle Hydrodynamics), MPM (Material Point Method), ALE (Arbitrary Lagrangian Eulerian Method), PFEM (Particle Finite Element Method), just to name a few.
This Research Topic will focus on developing and applying numerical approaches well suited for large displacement and large deformation problems to provide a better understanding of soil behavior and geotechnical problems, to support a more sustainable design of civil infrastructure and land protection.
We would like to invite original submissions covering the recent developments in computational modelling as well as applications and case studies. Review papers are also welcome. Focal points of the research topic include but are not limited to:
• innovative numerical methods for large deformation problems
• improvements in numerical techniques such as DEM, MPM, SPH, PFEM, and LBM
• applications of existing techniques to large deformation geotechnical and geomechanical problems
• back analysis and case study
Many problems in geotechnical engineering are characterized by large displacements and large deformations, examples include landslides, pile installation, ground excavation, and soil probing. While the use of numerical modeling for small deformation problems is now routine in geotechnical design and analysis, the simulation of large displacement and large deformation processes still posed many challenges, especially when multiphase interactions, soil-structure interactions, or multiscale processes are involved.
In the last decades, many numerical techniques have emerged both based on the discrete approach such as DEM (Discrete Element Method), and the continuum approach such as SPH (Smoothed Particle Hydrodynamics), MPM (Material Point Method), ALE (Arbitrary Lagrangian Eulerian Method), PFEM (Particle Finite Element Method), just to name a few.
This Research Topic will focus on developing and applying numerical approaches well suited for large displacement and large deformation problems to provide a better understanding of soil behavior and geotechnical problems, to support a more sustainable design of civil infrastructure and land protection.
We would like to invite original submissions covering the recent developments in computational modelling as well as applications and case studies. Review papers are also welcome. Focal points of the research topic include but are not limited to:
• innovative numerical methods for large deformation problems
• improvements in numerical techniques such as DEM, MPM, SPH, PFEM, and LBM
• applications of existing techniques to large deformation geotechnical and geomechanical problems
• back analysis and case study
