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Release of VEMLAB 2.4.1
VEMLAB: a MATLAB library for the virtual element method Release of VEMLAB 2.4.1 >> From VEMLAB 2.4 to VEMLAB…

Release of VEMLAB 2.4
VEMLAB: a MATLAB library for the virtual element method Release of VEMLAB 2.4 >> From VEMLAB 2.3 to…

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…
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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.