The purpose of this review paper is to present the techniques, advances, problems and
likely future developments in numerical modelling for rock mechanics. Such modelling is …

A mixed hierarchical approximation based on finite elements and meshless methods is
presented. Two cases are considered. The first one couples regions where finite elements or …

The paper focuses the numerical modelling of material failure in a strong discontinuity
setting using a continuum format. Displacement discontinuities, like fractures, cracks, slip …

A simple methodology to model shear bands as strong displacement discontinuities in a
mesh‐free particle method is presented. The shear band is represented as a set of sheared …

Some new aspects of the continuum strong discontinuity approach (CSDA) to model
material failure in geomaterials are addressed. A new global algorithm, for tracking multiple …

A simple methodology to model shear bands as strong displacement discontinuities in an
adaptive meshfree method is presented. The shear band is represented by a displacement …

Upper and lower bounds of the collapse load factor are here obtained as the optimum
values of two discrete constrained optimization problems. The membership constraints for …

We present a rate-dependent continuum model for the dynamic modelling of concrete. Rate
dependency is included by means of visco-elastic and visco-plastic constitutive …

Aim of the present chapter is to provide an in-depth presentation and survey of mesh-free
particle methods. Several particle approximation are reviewed; the SPH method, corrected …

A finite element method (FEM) model was used to describe the mechanical behaviour of
Jatropha curcas L. seeds under linear compression loading. Computer simulations which …