We've just published our latest Material Point Method work in the International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering. The paper provides a way to significantly improve the stability of MPM simulations. Get the paper for free here: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/nm…

Check out our latest research in collaboration with Technische Universität Dresden on coupling the FEM with the MPM for fracture and fragmentation modelling published in Computers & Structures: authors.elsevier.com/c/1hiNpAQPs7ZU8

Our first MPM-based anchor penetration simulation from our Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council-funded project on protecting offshore wind power cables in collaboration with UoD Geotechnics and BGS. Things to fix but good progress. See here: wmcoombs.github.io/Cable-Burial/ to learn more about the project.

The first UKACM Autumn School has been a success. The numbers speak for themselves: 184 registered participants from 22 countries! UKACM would like to publicly thank the organisers from Glasgow Computational Engineering Centre for all the efforts to prepare and deliver this online course.

📢The 2024 UKACM conference will take place in Durham, 10-12 April 2024 DU_Comp_Mech Confirmed plenary speakers and school on compuational methods for solid mechanics. More details available soon! Keep an eye on ukacm.org We hope to see you there!

Researchers from DU_Comp_Mech are currently visiting CPMLVandy at VU Engineering to discuss ice, fracture, DG methods and future collaborations, supported by The Royal Society via an International Exchanges award. Thanks to Prof. Ravindra Duddu and his team for hosting!

Dr Robert Bird presenting his phase field fracture work to the CPMLVandy group and other researchers at VU Engineering based on his recent CMAME paper (doi.org/10.1016/j.cma.…).

Bit of Friday fun testing out our new MPM-rigid body interaction implementation. Dr Bird decided to destroy our open source MPM code, AMPLE (A Material Point Learning Environment). wmcoombs.github.io doi.org/10.1016/j.adve…

The UKACM 2024 conference website is now live, and open for abstract submissions. sites.google.com/view/ukacm2024… The deadline for submitting a one-page abstract is 30th November. We hope to see you in Durham!

Only one week left to submit your 1-page abstract to the next UKACM conference to be held in Durham, 10-12 April 2024! Check all the details 👇 sites.google.com/view/ukacm2024…

Final day to submit papers to the UKACM 2024 conference, which will be held at Durham University. You can submit your short abstracts here: sites.google.com/view/ukacm2024…

Congratulations to Ted O'Hare who has published his first paper in CMAME. The paper is focused on implementing nonlinear micropolar/Cosserat theory within the material point method. Read the paper here sciencedirect.com/science/articl….

Remember to get you abstracts into the UKACM 2024 conference to be held at Durham University. See here for more details: sites.google.com/view/ukacm2024…

The Department of Engineering at Durham University are looking to appoint an Associate Professor in Computational Mechanics. Great opportunity to join a growing department in an area integral to its long-term research strategy. See here: durham.taleo.net/careersection/…

We’re empowering future makers with £5.8million funding award for offshore wind innovation Our new research centre with Durham University, Loughborough University & The University of Sheffield will energise UK’s offshore wind ambitions with 65 #PhD students over 5 years #EPSRC_CDTs auracdt.hull.ac.uk/empowering-fut…

We are delighted to announce that our latest Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council funded research on "Preserving non-negative porosity values in a bi-phase elasto-plastic material under Terzaghi's effective stress principle" has been published in Mechanics of Materials. authors.elsevier.com/a/1il5Nc7qwm1Fu

Catching up on our published papers... Congratulations to Nathan Gavin for publishing his first journal paper in IJNME. The paper presents a new arc length approach for the material point method. Thanks to Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council for supporting the research doi.org/10.1002/nme.74…

More MPM research from DU_Comp_Mech, this time by Robert Bird on an implicit contact algorithm for large deformation soil-structure interaction. Read the paper for free here: doi.org/10.1016/j.comp…