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IWBDG 2014: Bifurcation and Degradation of Geomaterials in the New Millennium pp 317–323Cite as

Model Tensile Cracking in Soil with Coupled Meshless-FEM Method

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An adaptive, coupled method based on radial point interpolation meshless method (RPIM) and finite element method (FEM) is proposed for the simulation of tensile cracking in soil structure. Potential crack area in the initial FEM mesh is converted to RPIM nodes and refined for crack analysis. A crack tracking approach is adapted to model complex crack surface and eliminate node distribution bias. Numerical example is presented to verify the proposed method.

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  1. Institut Für Geotechnik, Universität Für Bodenkultur, Vienna, Austria

    Chong Peng & Wei Wu

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  1. Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong, China

    Kam-Tim Chau

  2. Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Kowloon, Hong Kong, China

    Jidong Zhao

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Peng, C., Wu, W. (2015). Model Tensile Cracking in Soil with Coupled Meshless-FEM Method. In: Chau, KT., Zhao, J. (eds) Bifurcation and Degradation of Geomaterials in the New Millennium. IWBDG 2014. Springer Series in Geomechanics and Geoengineering. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-13506-9_46

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