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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. Ortiz-Bernardin, “Convex Polygon Packing Based Meshing Algorithm for Modeling of Rock and Porous Media.” ABSTRACT In this work, we propose new packing algorithm designed for the generation of polygon meshes to be used for modeling…

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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 ELASTIC AND ELASTOPLASTIC APPLICATIONS USING THE VIRTUAL ELEMENT DECOMPOSITION A. ORTIZ-BERNARDIN a, E. ARTIOLI b, AND R. SILVA-VALENZUELA a Abstract. In meshfree Galerkin methods to solve partial differential equations, a cloud of nodes is used…

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Sample of two-dimensional nodal cells used in nodal integration

Accepted Paper: A nodal integration scheme for meshfree Galerkin methods using the virtual element decomposition

Paper Accepted for Publication in International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering R. Silva-Valenzuela, A. Ortiz-Bernardin, N. Sukumar, E. Artioli,  N. Hitschfeld-Kahler, “A nodal integration scheme for meshfree Galerkin methods using the virtual element decomposition” ABSTRACT In this paper, we present a novel nodal integration scheme for meshfree Galerkin methods that draws on the mathematical…

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The Virtual Element Decomposition: A New Paradigm for Developing Nodal Integration Schemes for Meshfree Galerkin Methods

A talk given by A. Ortiz-Bernardin at WONAPDE 2019, January 22, 2019, Concepción, Chile. THE VIRTUAL ELEMENT DECOMPOSITION: A NEW PARADIGM FOR DEVELOPING NODAL INTEGRATION SCHEMES FOR MESHFREE GALERKIN METHODS R. SILVA-VALENZUELA a, A. ORTIZ-BERNARDIN a, N. SUKUMAR b AND E. ARTIOLI c Abstract. In meshfree Galerkin methods to solve partial differential equations, a cloud of nodes…

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Accepted Paper: Veamy: an extensible object-oriented C++ library for the virtual element method

Paper Accepted for Publication in Numerical Algorithms Aleandro Ortiz-Bernardin, Catalina Alvarez, Nancy Hitschfeld-Kahler, Alessandro Russo, Rodrigo Silva-Valenzuela, Edgardo Olate-Sanzana, “Veamy: an extensible object-oriented C++ library for the virtual element method” ABSTRACT This paper summarizes the development of Veamy, an object-oriented C++ library for the virtual element method (VEM) on general polygonal meshes, whose modular design is…

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