The installation of protective structures in areas prone to avalanches, debris flows, or mudflows is of paramount importance. For their design, partitioned coupling strategies are developed to simulate the complex interaction of flexible structures with gravity-driven mass flows. While the structures are either modeled with the discrete element method or the finite element method, the material point method is employed to discretize the flowing masses. For the latter numerical method, novel interface conditions are developed that serve as the basis for the derived partitioned coupling strategies.
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The installation of protective structures in areas prone to avalanches, debris flows, or mudflows is of paramount importance. For their design, partitioned coupling strategies are developed to simulate the complex interaction of flexible structures with gravity-driven mass flows. While the structures are either modeled with the discrete element method or the finite element method, the material point method is employed to discretize the flowing masses. For the latter numerical method, novel inter...
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