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Accepted Paper: A novel nonlinear constitutive model for rock: numerical assessment and benchmarking
Paper Accepted for Publication in Applications in Engineering Science R. Bustamante, S. Montero, A. Ortiz-Bernardin, "A novel nonlinear constitutive model…

Paper Published in the ICCS 2020: Convex polygon packing based meshing algorithm for modeling of rock and porous media
Paper Accepted for Publication in ICCS 2020: Computational Science – ICCS 2020 J. Torres, N. Hitschfeld, R. O. Ruiz and A.…

A Meshfree Nodal Integration Method for Elastic and Elastoplastic Applications Using The Virtual Element Decomposition
A talk given by A. Ortiz-Bernardin at COMPLAS 2019, September 3, 2019, Barcelona, Spain. A MESHFREE NODAL INTEGRATION METHOD FOR…
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Some of our latest research efforts are tailored to devise new nodal integration techniques by combining meshfree Galerkin methods with the relatively new numerical technology offered by the Virtual Element Method. Nodal integration schemes formulated in this manner are stable and convergent by construction. In this approach, state variables such as strains, stresses, and other internal variables in nonlinear computations can be stored at the nodes just like the displacements.

Some nodal cells used in nodal integration.