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Advances in the DEM and Coupled DEM and FEM Techniques in Non Linear Solid Mechanics

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Advances in Computational Plasticity

Part of the book series: Computational Methods in Applied Sciences ((COMPUTMETHODS,volume 46))

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In this chapter we present recent advances on the Discrete Element Method (DEM) and on the coupling of the DEM with the Finite Element Method (FEM) for solving a variety of problems in non linear solid mechanics involving damage, plasticity and multifracture situations.

Dedicated to professor Roger Owen on his 75th birthay.

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This research was partially funded by the ICEBREAKER project of the European Research Council. Support for this work was also provided from the Office for Naval Research Global (ONRG) of the US Navy through the NICE-SHIP project. We also acknowledge the financial support of the CERCA programme of the Generalitat de Catalunya.

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  1. Centre Internacional de Mètodes Numèrics a l’Enginyeria (CIMNE), Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC), Barcelona, Spain

    Eugenio Oñate, Francisco Zárate, Miguel A. Celigueta, José M. González, Juan Miquel & Josep M. Carbonell

  2. Centre Internacional de Mètodes Numèrics a l’Enginyeria (CIMNE), Barcelona, Spain

    Ferran Arrufat, Salvador Latorre & Miquel Santasusana

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Oñate, E. et al. (2018). Advances in the DEM and Coupled DEM and FEM Techniques in Non Linear Solid Mechanics. In: Oñate, E., Peric, D., de Souza Neto, E., Chiumenti, M. (eds) Advances in Computational Plasticity. Computational Methods in Applied Sciences, vol 46. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-60885-3_15

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