Coupled material point and level set methods for simulating soils interacting with rigid objects with complex geometry

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Autoren

  • Yidong Zhao
  • Jinhyun Choo
  • Yupeng Jiang
  • Liuchi Li

Externe Organisationen

  • Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST)
  • Johns Hopkins University
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OriginalspracheEnglisch
Aufsatznummer105708
FachzeitschriftComputers and geotechnics
Jahrgang163
Frühes Online-Datum14 Aug. 2023
PublikationsstatusVeröffentlicht - Nov. 2023

Abstract

The material point method (MPM) is often used to simulate soils that interact with (nearly) rigid objects, such as structures, machines, or rocks. Yet MPM simulations of such problems are quite challenging when the objects have complex shapes. In this paper, we propose an efficient approach for incorporating geometrically complex rigid objects into MPM modeling. The proposed approach leverages the level set method, which can efficiently delineate arbitrary surface geometry, to represent the boundary of a discrete object. For coupling the level set object with the MPM domain, a robust algorithm is developed on the basis of contact mechanics. Through numerical examples of varied complexity, we verify the proposed approach and demonstrate its ability to efficiently simulate challenging problems wherein soils interact with complex rigid objects such as debris-resisting baffles, a vehicle wheel, and basal terrain.

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Coupled material point and level set methods for simulating soils interacting with rigid objects with complex geometry. / Zhao, Yidong; Choo, Jinhyun; Jiang, Yupeng et al.
in: Computers and geotechnics, Jahrgang 163, 105708, 11.2023.

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Zhao Y, Choo J, Jiang Y, Li L. Coupled material point and level set methods for simulating soils interacting with rigid objects with complex geometry. Computers and geotechnics. 2023 Nov;163:105708. Epub 2023 Aug 14. doi: 10.1016/j.compgeo.2023.105708
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