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Tuesday, September 17th


16:00 - 20:00
Pre-Registration


Wednesday, September 18th


07:30 - 13:00
Registration

08:15 - 10:15
Opening and Plenary Lectures I
WeMP
Room: 7.02
Chair: Peter Wriggers

Harnessing electromagnetism for the manufacturing of new multifunctional particulate materials: Modeling and simulation
T. Zohdi*

Multiscale modelling of particle problems
Y.T. Feng

Continuum versus Discrete Methods: Towards a unified approach
M. Muniz de Farias


10:15 - 10:45
Coffee-break

10:45 - 12:45
TECHNICAL SESSIONS
IS - PARDEM Symposium: DEM Single and Multiphase Simulations for Industrial and Scientific Applications I
Invited Session organized by Jin Ooi, Stefan Luding and Carlos Labra
WeM01
Room: 7.03
Chair: Jin Ooi

Material characterisation for Discrete Element Modelling calibration
P.K. Frankowski*, M. Paulick, M. Combarros, T.A.H. Simons, A. Kwade, M. Schilling, H.J. Feise and M. Morgeneyer

Determining the coefficient of friction by shear tester simulations
A. Aigner*, S. Schneiderbauer, C. Kloss and S. Pirker

Characterisation of cohesive powders for bulk handling and DEM modelling
S.C. Thakur, J.Y. Ooi, M.B. Wojtkowski*, O.I. Imole, V. Magnanimo, H. Ahmadian, E. Chávez Montes and M. Ramaioli

Uniaxial compression of assemblies of ellipsoidal particles of various aspect ratios
P. Parafiniuk, M. Molenda* and J. Horabik

Validation of a nonsmooth discrete element method by confined compression and rod penetration
D. Wang and M. Servin*

Can particle shape alone induce radial segregation within bi-disperse granular media in horizontal, rotating cylinders?
G. Lu*, J.R. Third and C.R. Müller

IS - The Particle Finite Element Methods in Solid and Fluid Mechanics Problems
Invited Session organized by Sergio Idelsohn
WeM02
Room: 7.04
Chair: Sergio Idelsohn

Large scale tsunami simulation by the incompressible SPH with real geography generated from aero-survey data
M. Asai*, M.  Isshiki and S. Tanabe

Numerical study on suppression of tsunami with under-sea breakwater
H. Horiuchi* and M. Yamamoto

Application of the MPS method and the overlapping particle technique to naval architecture and ocean engineering
K. Shibata*, S. Koshizuka and K. Murozono

A new version of the PFEM for the multi-fluid problems
J. Marti*, P. Becker, S.R. Idelsohn and E. Oñate

Study of cuttings transport in wellbores using P-FEM technique
M.A. Celigueta*, K.M. Deshpande , V. Gandikota, S. Latorre, P.A. Ubach, J. Miquel and E. Oñate

PFEM for the multi-fluid problems with fixed mesh and large time steps
S.R. Idelsohn, P. Becker* and E. Oñate

IS - Discrete Modeling in Cell and Tissue Mechanobiology I
Invited Session organized by Jose Manuel Garcia-Aznar
WeM03
Room: 7.11
Chair: Fred Vermolen

Self-assembly and mechanics of biopolymer networks: Development of a Brownian dynamics finite element approach based on geometrically exact, three-dimensional beam elements
K.W. Müller*, C. Meier, C.J. Cyron and W.A. Wall

Modeling 3D actin networks: Dynamics of cell mechanosensing
C. Borau, T. Kim, T. Bidone, R.D. Kamm and J.M. García-Aznar*

Initial cell spreading investigated by a deformable cell model with mechanistic contact interactions
T. Odenthal*, B. Smeets, H. Van Oosterwyck and H. Ramon

Quantifying mechanical heterogeneity in microbead cell expansion using individual-cell based models
B. Smeets*, T. Odenthal, H. Ramon and H. Van Oosterwyck

Deformation of human organs using moving particle simulation
S. Koshizuka*, H. Ito, R. Shino, T. Okura, I. Morito and T. Kikuchi

Fundamentals I WeM04
Room: 7.22
Chair: Bircan Avci

Homogenisation of granular media towards extended continuum-mechanical models
S. Bidier* and W. Ehlers

Particle simulation of biaxial test with different material models
N. Wessels* and K. Hackl

Crystal growth and solid-liquid interface in NiZr alloy: linking molecular dynamics and phase-field modeling
M. Guerdane*

Determining persistence properties of force networks in dense particulate matter
L. Kondic*, M. Kramar and K. Mischaikow

Numerical DEM analyses under simple shear conditions: the steady state for granular matters under large strain rates
C. Di Prisco, G. Rinaldi and S. Utili*

Numerical simulation of magnetorheological fluids
H.G. Lagger*, C. Bierwisch and M. Moseler

Multiphase Problems WeM05
Room: 7.31
Chair: Johannes Kästner

Effective hydraulic properties of porous media by pore-scale smoothed particle hydrodynamics analysis
R. Sivanesapillai*, H. Steeb and A. Hartmaier

Modelling of solid bodies in dissipative particle dynamics
N. Mai-Duy*, N. Phan-Thien, B.C. Khoo and T. Tran-Cong

The simulation of the Rayleigh Taylor Instability for high density ratios and infinity bond number with SPH method
A. Rahmat*, M.S. Shadloo, N. Tofighi and M. Yildiz

Numerical simulation of buoyancy driven droplet rising under influence of an electrical field using ISPH
N. Tofighi*, A. Rahmat and M. Yildiz

Modeling freezing processes with the Finite Pointset Method
J. Kuhnert, J. Marburger and E. Röhrig*

Large scale molecular dynamics simulations of nucelation
J. Diemand*, R. Angélil, K.K. Tanaka and H. Tanaka

Parallel Computing WeM06
Room: 7.41
Chair: Malte von Scheven

PySPH: a framework for parallel particle simulations
K. Puri and P. Ramachandran*

Parallel implementation of the non-smooth contact dynamics method for large particle systems
M. Balzer*, J. Kleinert and M. Obermayr

CHRONO: a parallel multi-physics framework for rigid-body, flexible-body, and fluid dynamics
H. Mazhar*, T. Heyn, A. Pazouki, D. Melanz, A. Seidl, A. Bartholomew, A. Tasora and D. Negrut

Dynamic load balancing for particle methods
K. Puri*, P. Ramachandran and P. Godbole

A large-scale particle simulations based on dynamic load balance on a GPU-rich supercomputer
S. Tsuzuki*, T. Aoki and T. Shimokawabe



13:00 - 14:00
Lunch

14:00 - 16:00
TECHNICAL SESSIONS
IS - PARDEM Symposium: DEM Single and Multiphase Simulations for Industrial and Scientific Applications II
Invited Session organized by Jin Ooi, Stefan Luding and Carlos Labra
WeA01
Room: 7.03
Chair: Carlos Labra

A DEM study of silo discharge of a cohesive solid
J.P. Morrissey, J.Y. Ooi* and J.F. Chen

Experimental investigation of flow and segregation behaviour of bulk solids in silos under high gravity conditions
J. Mathews, V.P.R. Kasina, M. Combarros*, W. Wu, J.F. Chen, A. Kwade, H. Schneider and J.Y. Ooi

DEM Simulation of discharge flow of corn-shape particles in silo and validation of multi-sphere models
D. Markauskas*, R. Kačianauskas and Á. Ramírez

Segregation and mixing of granular material in industrial processes
T.A.H. Simons*, M. Combarros, P. Gupta, U. Tüzün, S. Zigan, J. Sun, M. Schilling, S. Bensmann, H. Zetzener, H.J. Feise, A. Kwade, F. Kleine-Jäger and J.Y. Ooi

Analysis of granule attrition in shearing rollers
H. Ahmadian*, G. Calvert and M. Ghadiri

Die filling process simulation using discrete element method (DEM)
D.S. Nasato*, C. Goniva, B. König, S. Pirker and C. Kloss

IS - Instability Mechanisms: From Particles to Structures I
Invited Session organized by Francois Nicot
WeA02
Room: 7.04
Chair: Niels Kruyt

Exploring the root-soil interaction mechanisms using discrete simulations of rooted soils
F. Bourrier*, F. Kneib, B. Chareyre and T.  Fourcaud

A discussion about behaviour of unsaturated soils, and some consequences on possible instabilities on particular laoding paths
F. Prunier*, W. Arairo and F. Darve

Numerical experiments based on DEM to investigate failure in granular media
L. Sibille*, N. Hadda, F. Nicot, A. Tordesillas and F. Darve

On the relation between the failure mode and the microstructure
F. Nicot*, N. Hadda, F. Bourrier, L. Sibille, F. Radjai and F. Darve

Investigations of micro-structure evolution in granular shear zones using DEM
M. Nitka, J. Tejchman* and J. Kozicki

Discrete element modeling of water-sand mixtures for geotechnical applications
R. Katzenbach and S. Rochée*

IS - Discrete Modeling in Cell and Tissue Mechanobiology II
Invited Session organized by Jose Manuel Garcia-Aznar
WeA03
Room: 7.11
Chair: Jose Manuel Garcia-Aznar

Applications of semi-stochastic cell colony models: infectious wound healing and tumor growth
F. Vermolen* and A. Gefen

Cell-based computer simulations of nuclear ordering in syncytial embryos
C. Koke, T. Kanesaki, J. Grosshans, C.M. Dunlop and U.S. Schwarz*

Modeling the assembly of contractile actomyosin bundles
D. Vavylonis*, N. Ojkic, H. Tang and W. Nie

Implications of force balance in the determination of cell size, shape and internal structure
N. Nisenholz, K. Rajendran, F. Rehfeldt, D.E. Discher, R. Krishnan, R. Kemkemer, S.A. Safran and A.  Zemel*

Particle-based model of cellular morphogenesis in budding yeast
M. Leda*, S. Okada, E. Bi, Y. Barral and A.B. Goryachev

A Lagrangian meshfree approach to 3D phase-field vesicle dynamics
C. Peco* and M. Arroyo

IS - Particle Methods for Fluid-Structure Interactions at Different Scales
Invited Session organized by Moubin Liu
WeA04
Room: 7.22
Chair: Moubin Liu

Numerical simulation of landslide-reservoir interaction using a PFEM approach
M. Cremonesi* and U. Perego

Recent developments of SPH in modeling explosion and impact problems
M.B. Liu*, D.L. Feng and Z.M. Guo

Numerical simulation of soil-water jet interaction with smoothed particle hydrodynamics
G. Zhiming*, S. Jiaru, S. Yongxin and L. Moubin

Numerical simulation of drop-film interaction by smoothed particle hydrodynamics method
M. Zhang*

Numerical investigation of concrete pumping process using discrete element method
Y.Q. Tan*, J.H. Song, J.Q. Wang, H. Zhang, R. Deng and D.M. Yang

A partition approach for underwater explosion based on smoothed particle method
A.M. Zhang*, F.R. Ming and X.Y. Cao

Applications I WeA05
Room: 7.31
Chair: Jerzy Rojek

Possibilities of the Particle Finite Element Method (PFEM) in marine engineering problems
E. Oñate*, M.A. Celigueta, S. Latorre and S.R. Idelsohn

The introduction of a bi-adaptive smoothed particle hydrodynamics formulation beneficial for machining process simulations
F. Spreng*, A. Mueller and P. Eberhard

Investigation on the flow field in nano-separator considering a fluid-structure interaction
K. Fujita*, M. Yamamoto and H. Kitada

Simulation of drying processes in colloidal films
M. Tupy*, T. Kraus and T. Pöschel

Simulation of fiber orientation during the flow of ultra high performance self-compacting concrete
B.L. Karihaloo, S. Kulasegaram* and R. Deeb

Moving Particle Simulation WeA06
Room: 7.41
Chair: Seiichi Koshizuka

A parallel approach for large scale particle systems modeling cavitation
G. Hammerl* and W.A. Wall

MPS simulation of spreading behavior of molten materials
T. Matsuura* and Y. Oka

Flow conditioning modeling and application to particle method
C.A. Bellezi*, F.K. Motezuki, L.Y. Cheng and K. Nishimoto

Development of least squares moving particle semi-implicit method
T. Tamai*, K. Shibata and S. Koshizuka

MPS simulation of natural convection with internal heating in a cavity
T. Kawaguchi*

A coupled analysis of sloshing in floating Structures by integrating moving particle Semi-implicit (mps) method with a time domain Multibody dynamic analysis software
M.M. Tsukamoto*, L.Y. Cheng and F.H. Luz



16:00 - 16:30
Coffee-break

16:30 - 18:30
TECHNICAL SESSIONS
IS - PARDEM Symposium: DEM Single and Multiphase Simulations for Industrial and Scientific Applications III
Invited Session organized by Jin Ooi, Stefan Luding and Carlos Labra
WeE01
Room: 7.03
Chair: Stefan Luding

Comparison of coupled DEM-CFD and SPH-DEM methods in single and multiple particle sedimentation test cases
M. Ebrahimi, P. Gupta*, M. Robinson, M. Crapper, M. Ramaioli and J.Y. Ooi

Coupled CFD-DEM simulations of gas flows within horizontal rotating cylinders
J.R. Third* and C.R. Müller

Coupled LBM-DEM simulations of gas-fluidised beds
J.R. Third and C.R. Müller*

Micro-macro analysis of material parameters in hypoplasticity and anisotropy theory: predicting deformation modes using DEM
N. Kumar*, V. Magnanimo, S. Luding, J. Lin and W. Wu

Influence of coarse graining parameters on the analysis of DEM simulation results
C. Labra*, T. Weinhart, J.Y. Ooi and S. Luding

Interaction of particles via solid interface – model and analysis
R. Kačianauskas*, J. Rojek, S. Pilkavičius and V. Rimša

IS - Instability Mechanisms: From Particles to Structures II
Invited Session organized by Francois Nicot
WeE02
Room: 7.04
Chair: Francois Nicot

On the importance of particle rotations for macroscopic strains in granular assemblies
O. Millet*, N.P. Kruyt and F. Nicot

The critical state of granular materials and its stability: a micromechanical view
N.P. Kruyt*

Ziegler-Bottema dissipation-induced instability and related topics
O. Kirillov*

Micromechanical study of unsaturated granular media in the pendular regime
R. Wan*, S. Khosravani and M. Pouragha

Critical state flow rules for CFD simulations of wet granular flows
R. Schwarze*, A. Gladkyy and S. Luding

Effects of inter-particle friction on the critical state behaviour of granular materials: a numerical study
X. Huang*, K. Hanley, C. O‘Sullivan, C.Y. Kwok and L.G. Tham

IS - Peridynamics - An Integral Equation Based Approach for Fracture
Invited Session organized by Georg Ganzenmüller
WeE03
Room: 7.11
Chair: Georg Ganzenmüller

Crack nucleation and crack growth simulation by embedding peridynamics in a partition of unity method
S. Wu* and M.A. Schweitzer

Simulation of high-speed velocity impact on ceramic materials using the Peridynamic technique
P. Diehl* and M.A. Schweitzer

Peridynamic simulations of heterogeneous brittle materials undergoing static and dynamic loading
J. Borg* and G.C. Ganzenmüller

An improved normalisation procedure for the spring-based peridynamic model of linear elasticity
G.C. Ganzenmüller*

Geomechanics WeE04
Room: 7.22
Chair: Solenne Rochée

A discrete element model for cohesive soil
M. Obermayr*, C. Vrettos and P. Eberhard

Planetary rover locomotion on soft granular soils – efficient adaption of the rolling behaviour of nonspherical grains for discrete element simulations
R. Lichtenheldt* and B. Schäfer

Development of a formalism of discrete element method to study mechanical response of geological materials and media at different scales
E.V. Shilko*, A.S. Grigoriev, A.V. Dimaki, S.V. Astafurov and S.G. Psakhie

Simulation of the mechanical response of fluid-saturated porous medium with hybrid cellular automaton method
A.V. Dimaki*, E.V. Shilko, S.V. Astafurov and S.G. Psakhie

Force chain evolution during comminution of sheared granular materials: insights from discrete element modelling
D.K. Weatherley* and A. Tordesillas

3-D discrete element simulations for deformation behaviour of ripraps on embankment dams
Y. Fukumoto* and A. Murakami

Applications II WeE05
Room: 7.31
Chair: Eugenio Oñate

The effect of the elastic and plastic behaviour at the particle contact points on the flow properties of powders
I. Tomasetta, D. Barlettta and M. Poletto*

Study of springback of green bodies using micromechanical experiments and the discrete element method
E. Olsson* and P-L. Larsson

DEM simulations of the influence of the obstruction attached to the wall on a static and flowing bed
R. Kobylka* and M. Molenda

Coupling of meshfree and finite volume discretizations for flow simulations in pleated filters
O. Iliev and E. Toroshchin*

Modeling of charging programs in a bell-less top blast furnace
T. Mitra* and H. Saxén

Microscopic scale simulations of soda-lime-silica using molecular dynamics
G. Molnár*, I. Bojtár and J. Török



19:00 - 20:30
Welcome Reception


Thursday, September 19th

08:30 - 10:15
Plenary Lectures II
ThMP
Room: 7.02
Chair: Manfred Bischoff

Simulating the universe with particles: Current techniques, results and challenges
V. Springel

About particles and continuum theory
S. Luding

From particulates to science of discontinua: Generalization of particle simulation methods
A. Munjiza*, H. Kruggel-Emden, E. Rougier, E.E. Knight and Z. Lei


10:15 - 10:45
Coffee-break

10:45 - 12:45
TECHNICAL SESSIONS
IS - Micro-Macro Transition: From Discrete/Particle Systems to Continuum Theory I
Invited Session organized by Vanessa Magnanimo, Stefan Luding and Anthony Thornton
ThM01
Room: 7.03
Chair: Vanessa Magnanimo

Revisit rolling and sliding in discrete element methods
Y. Wang and F. Alonso-Marroquin*

General formulation of interaction between soft disks/spheres based on objectivity and conservation principles
F. Alonso-Marroquin*, Y. Wang, S.C. McNamara, S. Chen and S. Luding

Effect of gravity on dense granular system under shear
A. Singh*, V. Magnanimo and S. Luding

Experimental study of inelastic deformation at the micro scale in cemented granular materials: some recent results
A. Tengattini*, I. Einav and G. Viggiani

The formation of power law and log-normal gradings
B. Marks* and I. Einav

Particle segregation in shallow granular free-surface flows
D.R. Tunuguntla*, O. Bokhove and A.R. Thornton

Numerical assessment of coaxial and non-coaxial granular plasticity
F. Froiio* and J-N. Roux

IS - Combined Continua-Discontinua Methods with Applications
Invited Session organized by Antonio Munjiza
ThM02
Room: 7.04
Chair: Antonio Munjiza

When cracks look different
E.E. Knight, E. Rougier and A. Munjiza*

Novel MS (MunjizaSchiava) contact detection algorithm on multicore PC
G.G. Schiava D‘Albano*, A. Munjiza and T. Lukas

Preserving significant historical structures with the help of computational mechanics of discontinua
E. Rougier, E.E. Knight, Z. Lei, G. Bartoli, M. Betti and A. Munjiza*

Recent advances in the quasicontinuum method for computational models bridging from atomistics to the continuum, applied to nanoscale crystal plasticity
J.S. Amelang*, G.N. Venturini, M. Ortiz and D.M. Kochmann

Adaptive modeling of evolving discontinuities with smooth transition between discrete and continuous methods
A. Sorg* and M. Bischoff

Open source DEM - FEM coupling
J. Stránský*

IS - Modelling of Granular Materials in Mining Applications I
Invited Session organized by Geir Horrigmoe
ThM03
Room: 7.11
Chair: Geir Horrigmoe

Parametrization and validation of a nonsmooth discrete element method for simulating flows of mineral ore balls
D. Wang*, T. Berglund, K-O. Mickelsson, S. Rönnbäck and M. Servin

Modelling and validation of interactions between pulp, charge and mill structure in tumbling mills
P. Jonsén*, B.I. Pålsson, J. Stener and H-Å. Häggblad

An analytical solution for solid stresses in a silo with an inner tube
J.F. Chen*, J.Y. Ooi, J.M. Rotter, M. Batikha and G. Horrigmoe

Deep and rational mining and rock mechanics consequences
E. Nordlund*

Synthetic rock mass approach applied to El Teniente mine, Chile
D. Mas Ivars*, A. Brzovic and J.A. Vallejos

IS - Biochemical Simulations and Soft Matter
Invited Session organized by Christian Holm and Johannes Kästner
ThM04
Room: 7.22
Chair: Christian Holm

Particle-based approaches for equilibrium and non-equilibrium
J.J. de Pablo*

Colloidal crystallization: When hydrodynamic interactions matter
D. Roehm, S. Kesselheim and A. Arnold*

Comparison of calculated and measured relative free energies of folding of protein mutants: a structural and thermodynamic analysis
W.F. van Gunsteren*

The interaction of proteins with organic solvents and hydrophobic interfaces: a molecular dynamics study
J. Pleiss*

Nanopores in biological membranes: Simulation studies
M. Sansom

Smoothed Particle Hydrodynamics ThM05
Room: 7.31
Chair: David Holmes

A fourth-order derivation for smoothed particle hydrodynamics to model thermodynamically-based phase decomposition
M. Hirschler*, M. Huber, W. Säckel and U. Nieken

Development and verification of a particle number density variant of SPH to robustly incorporate energy and heat transfer
P.H. Peacock* and D.W. Holmes

Truncation error analysis of finite difference operators in SPH method based on Voronoi decomposition
D. Tagami* and Y. Imoto

Coupling of the meshless SPH-ALE method with a finite volume method
M. Neuhauser*, J.C. Marongiu and F. Leboeuf

Pressure evaluation at arbitrary locations in SPH water impact simulations
M. Siemann* and P. Groenenboom

Fundamentals II ThM06
Room: 7.41
Chair: Robert Seifried

Statistical distributions obtained from the compression of monodisperse, soft and frictionless particles
I.G. Tejada* and R. Jimenez

DEM simulation of the effects of dynamic variables on the packing of ellipsoids
C.X. Li*, Z.Y. Zhou, R.P. Zou, D. Pinson and A.B. Yu

Discrete element modelling of high aspect ratio sphero-cylinder particle packing
P. Langston*, A.  Kennedy and H. Constantin

A discrete element method for polyhedral particles
B. Nassauer* and M. Kuna

DEM simulations of the frictional and frictionless polydisperse packings of spheres under uniaxial compression
J. Wiącek* and M. Molenda



13:00 - 14:00
Lunch

14:00 - 16:00
TECHNICAL SESSIONS
IS - Micro-Macro Transition: From Discrete/Particle Systems to Continuum Theory II
Invited Session organized by Vanessa Magnanimo, Stefan Luding and Anthony Thornton
ThA01
Room: 7.03
Chair: Anthony Thornton

From discrete particles to continuum fields – in the bulk, at boundaries, and in mixtures
T. Weinhart*, O. Bokhove, S. Luding and A.R. Thornton

From discrete simulations of spheropolyhedra to continuum descriptions of granular flow
R.C. Hidalgo*, F. Alonso-Marroquin, S.M. Rubio-Largo and D. Maza

Direct numerical simulation of 3D particulate flows via a FEM-DEM coupling approach and the fictitious domain method
B. Avci* and P. Wriggers

Atomistic simulation of Fe nano-foams
M. Hummel*, C. Böhm, P. Binkele and S. Schmauder

The application of coupled finite-discrete element method in analyzing soil-structure interaction problems
V.D.H. Tran*, M.A. Meguid and L.E. Chouinard

IS - Particle Models of Flow Physics I
Invited Session organized by Nikolaus A. Adams, Marco Ellero and Xiangyu Hu
ThA02
Room: 7.04
Chair: Sergey Litvinov

Smoothed particle hydrodynamics simulations of elastic turbulence
M. Grilli, A. Vazquez-Quesada and M.  Ellero*

A transport-velocity formulation for smoothed particle hydrodynamics
S. Adami*, X.Y. Hu and N.A. Adams

Modeling the dynamics of partial wetting
M. Huber*, W. Säckel, M. Hirschler, S.M. Hassanizadeh and U. Nieken

Surface tension effects and droplet wetting and spreading modelled using SPH
A. Hashibon*, T. Breinlinger and T. Kraft

Simulating 3D turbulence with SPH
S. Adami, X.Y. Hu* and N.A. Adams

Mesoscale modeling of red blood cell traversal through a microfluidic device
D.A. Fedosov* and G. Gompper

IS - Modelling of Granular Materials in Mining Applications II
Invited Session organized by Geir Horrigmoe
ThA03
Room: 7.11
Chair: Erling Nordlund

Study of the spreading of a granular mass on a surface and the discharge of an industrial silo via PFEM
J.C. Cante*, C. Dávalos, J. Oliver and J.  Hernández

Modelling and simulation of iron ore pellets
G. Gustafsson*, H-Å. Häggblad and P. Jonsén

Experimental and discrete element modelling of cohesive iron ore fines
J.P. Morrissey*, J.Y. Ooi, J.F. Chen, K. Tano and G. Horrigmoe

Putting science into the art of milling
M. Ghadiri*

Particle motion and energy dissipation spectra in a planetary ball mill
D. Geissbühler* and M.L. Sawley

IS - Multi-Scale Particle Methods In Engineering Applications
Invited Session organized by Joachim Gross, Andreas Kronenburg and Robert Seifried
ThA04
Room: 7.22
Chair: Joachim Gross

Multiscale modelling of Soot nanoparticles
D. Chen, E. Yapp and M. Kraft*

Fluid-structure interaction with flexible multibody dynamics and smoothed particle hydrodynamics
M. Schörgenhumer, P. Seil, S. Pirker and J. Gerstmayr*

Particle models for simulation of railroad ballast degradation
R. Seifried*, C. Ergenzinger and P. Eberhard

DEM simulation of railway ballast using polyhedral elemental shapes
J. Eliáš*

Damage, Fracture and Fragmentation I ThA05
Room: 7.31
Chair: Joško Ožbolt

Numerical simulation of failure scenarios in concrete dams using a discrete element based particle model
N. Monteiro Azevedo*

Modelling of behaviour of plain concrete using DEM
M. Nitka and J. Tejchman

Discrete element model for brittle materials
G. Koval*, B.D. Le and C. Chazallon

DEM simulation of multi-phase particle fragmentation in a granular bed
H.A. Carmona*, F.K. Wittel, J.S. Andrade and H.J. Herrmann

Fatigue particle fragmentation by repeated impact
F.K. Wittel* and H.J. Herrmann

Meshless methods in LS-DYNA and their practical application
N. Karajan*, J. Wang, Z.  Han, C.T. Wu and J. Xu

Cellular Automata and Lattice Boltzmann Methods ThA06
Room: 7.41
Chair: Anton Tkachuk

Numerical rheometry of non-Newtonian particle suspensions using coupled lattice Boltzmann-discrete element methods
C.R. Leonardi*, B.D. Jones, D.W. Holmes and J.R. Williams

Viscos flow across ceramic foams - a Lattice Boltzmann study
W. Regulski*

Lattice Boltzmann method for multiphase tribological flow computations
M. Dzikowski* and J. Rokicki

Nonlinear dynamic responses of shell structures using Vector Form Intrinsic Finite Element method
R.Z. Wang*, C.Y. Wang, S.H. Chen, B.C. Lin and C.H. Huang

Development of multiscale approach to modeling mechanical response of high-strength intermetallic alloys on the basis of movable cellular automaton method
S.V. Astafurov*, E.V. Shilko, A.V. Dimaki, V.E. Ovcharenko and S.G. Psakhie

Application of symbiotic cellular automaton method to describe the contrast media
A.I. Dmitriev*, A.V. Dimaki and S.G. Psakhie



16:00 - 16:30
Coffee-break

16:30 - 18:30
TECHNICAL SESSIONS
IS - The Material Point Method: Theory and Applications I
Invited Session organized by Deborah Sulsky
ThE01
Room: 7.03
Chair: Lars Beuth

Dynamic failure of materials using the material point method in CTH
S.C. Schumacher*, K.P. Ruggirello and B. Kashiwa

Numerical simulation of a small scale dynamic replacement stone column creation experiment
W.T. Sołowski*, S.W. Sloan, P.T. Kanty and S. Kwiecień

Failure of a geotextile-reinforced embankment using the material point method (MPM)
F.M. Hamad*, P.A. Vermeer and C. Moormann

Material point method for geomechanical installation problems: simulation of cone penetration testing and pile driving
L. Beuth*, I. Jassim and P.A. Vermeer

Recent developments in particle-based method for simulation of explosive blast
C. Bonifasi-Lista, R.M. Brannon* and J.E. Guilkey

IS - Particle Models of Flow Physics II
Invited Session organized by Nikolaus A. Adams, Marco Ellero and Xiangyu Hu
ThE02
Room: 7.04
Chair: Marco Ellero

A fully lagrangian approach for modelling abrasive wear
F. Beck*, F. Fleissner and P. Eberhard

Design, parallel implementation and applications of high order conservative semi-lagrangian methods for turbulent transport
G-H. Cottet*

A domain-specific programming language for particle simulations on distributed-memory parallel computers
O. Awile, M. Mitrović, S. Reboux and I.F. Sbalzarini*

GPU-accelerated large-scale CFD-DEM coupling simulation for three-dimensional gas-solid fluidized bed
F.G. Chen*, W. Ge and J.H. Li

Smoothed dissipative particle dynamics simulations of elastic instabilities in diluted polymer solutions
S. Litvinov*, X. Qingguang, M. Ellero, X.Y. Hu and N.A. Adams

Numerical study on the liquid film by cylindrical liquid jets impinging using the MPS method
Z.G. Sun* and G. Xi

IS - Computational Physics of Dry and Multiphasic Granular Media I
Invited Session organized by Vincent Richefeu and Gaël Combe
ThE03
Room: 7.11
Chair: Gaël Combe

Multi-scale simulation of dry and immersed granular flows
A. Wachs* and G. Vinay

Subaqueous granular flows down inclined planes
K. Kumar*, K. Soga and J-Y. Delenne

Ejection of air by the stream of bulk materials in a vertical perforated channel
I.N. Logachev*, K.I. Logachev and O.A. Averkova

Basic regularities of ejection air by flow of freely falling particles
I.N. Logachev, K.I. Logachev* and O.A. Averkova

Granular slumping in a fluid : focus on runout distance
V. Topin*, Y. Monerie, F. Perales and F. Radjai

On elasticity of spring network models used in blood flow simulations in ESPResSo
I. Cimrak, I. Jančigová*, K. Bachratá and H. Bachratý

IS - Multiscale Modelling of Landslide and Debris Flow (MUMOLADE) I
Invited Session organized by Falk Wittel
ThE04
Room: 7.22
Chair: Wei Wu

Multiphase debris flow simulations with the Discrete Element Method coupled with a Lattice-Boltzmann fluid
A. Leonardi*, F.K. Wittel, M. Mendoza and H.J. Herrmann

DEM simulations of unsaturated soils interpreted in a thermodynamic framework
C. Chalak*, B. Chareyre and F. Darve

Numerical modelling of landslides in reservoirs using the particle finite element method and a non-Newtonian Bingham model
J. Irazábal*, F. Salazar, M.A. Celigueta, A. Larese and E. Oñate

Large-scale CFD-DEM simulations of fluidized granular systems
C. Radeke*, D. Jajcevic, E. Siegmann, G. Scharrer, J. Thies, R. Tatschl and J.G. Khinast

Sedimentation of a cloud or particles
L. Almazán*, D.  Serero, T.  Pöschel and C. Salueña

Simulation of suspensions using mesoscopic particle methods
S. Strobl* and T. Pöschel

Damage, Fracture and Fragmentation II ThE05
Room: 7.31
Chair: Annika Sorg

Molecular-dynamics simulation of contact and force networks in fragmented sea ice under shear deformation
A. Herman*

Numerical analysis of concrete at high loading rates and impact
B. Irhan, J. Ožbolt* and D. Ruta

A lattice Monte Carlo model of solid particle erosion: an application to brittle fracture
A. Mora* and S. Schmauder

Structural size-effects in rapid fracturing planar fiber networks
J. Persson* and P. Isaksson

Simulation of high-ratio compression of a parallelepipedal duraluminum bar using the Partical-based method and the MSC.Adams software
S.V. Arinchev*



20:00 - 23:30
Conference Banquet


Friday, September 20th

08:30 - 10:30
TECHNICAL SESSIONS
IS - The Material Point Method: Theory and Applications II
Invited Session organized by Deborah Sulsky
FrM01
Room: 7.03
Chair: Rebecca Brannon

Analysis and applicability of the material point method to large scale fluid-structure interaction problems
M.  Berzins*, M. Kirby, Q. Memg and C.  Gritton

Thermo-hydro-mechanical analysis of fast slides using MPM
F. Zabala*, N.M. Pinyol and E.E. Alonso

Ensemble phase averaging technique and material point applied to impact and pulverization problems
D.Z. Zhang*, X. Ma and P.T. Giguere

The material point method combined with other methods for modern engineering applications
Z. Chen*

A dynamic adaption technique for the material point method
K.P. Ruggirello* and S.C. Schumacher

IS - Particle Models of Flow Physics III
Invited Session organized by Nikolaus A. Adams, Marco Ellero and Xiangyu Hu
FrM02
Room: 7.04
Chair: Xiangyu Hu

Development of a hybrid grid- and particle- based numerical method for resolution of fine vortex structures in fluid mechanics
N. Kornev*, V. Zhdanov, G. Jacobi and I. Cherunova

Multiresolution simulations using remeshed particles
P. Koumoutsakos and W.M. van Rees*

Solving microscopic flow problems using stokes equations in SPH
P. Van Liedekerke*, B. Smeets, T. Odenthal, E. Tijskens and H. Ramon

An improved interface penalisation for vortex methods
M.M. Hejlesen*, P. Koumoutsakos, A. Leonard and J.H. Walther

Molecular dynamics simulations of flow in nano-channels
A. Jabbarzadeh*

Open molecular dynamics simulation of star polymers
M. Praprotnik*, J. Sablić and R. Delgado-Buscalioni

IS - Computational Physics of Dry and Multiphasic Granular Media II
Invited Session organized by Vincent Richefeu and Gaël Combe
FrM03
Room: 7.11
Chair: Vincent Richefeu

A 2D constitutive model with anisotropy to model cyclic simple shear in granular materials
V. Magnanimo* and S. Luding

Simulation of capillary regimes in a granular material
J-Y. Delenne*, V. Richefeu and F. Radjai

Erosion dynamics of a wet granular medium
P. Jop* and G. Lefebvre

Shear thickening oscillation in a dilatant fluid
H. Nakanishi, S. Nagahiro and N. Mitarai*

Numerical simulation of dense suspension rheology using a DEM-fluid coupled model
D. Marzougui, B. Chareyre* and J. Chauchat

Absorbing boundary conditions for granular acoustics
S.C. McNamara*

IS - Multiscale Modelling of Landslide and Debris Flow (MUMOLADE) II
Invited Session organized by Falk Wittel
FrM04
Room: 7.22
Chair: Falk Wittel

Multi-scale modelling of segregation induced fingering instabilities in granular avalanches
A.R. Thornton*, M.J. Woodhouse, C.G. Johnson, T. Weinhart, A. te Voortwis, O. Bokhove and J.M.N.T. Gray

Numerical simulation of two-phase debris flow model
X. Meng* and Y. Wang

Numerical simulation of the impact of vegetation on the slope stability: mechanical and hydrological features – preliminary studies
B.M. Switala and W. Wu*

Numerical investigation on the performance of a rockfall drapery system
K. Thoeni*, A. Giacomini, C. Lambert and S.W. Sloan

Simulation of runback ice accretion using a particle-based approach
K. Szilder* and E.P. Lozowski

Investigating grain rotation and diffusivity within dense granular flows using the stadium shear device
T. Miller*, P. Rognon and I. Einav

Applications III FrM05
Room: 7.31
Chair: Manfred Bischoff

Discrete element modelling of powder metallurgy processes
J. Rojek*, S. Nosewicz, K. Pietrzak and M. Chmielewski

Modelling morphology evolution inside single droplets of a spray processes using the smoothed particle hydrodynamics method
W. Säckel*, M. Hirschler, M. Huber and U. Nieken

Particle-based numerical analysis of spray water flow in secondary cooling of continuous casting of steel
N. Yamasaki*

Numerical simulation on deposition phenomena of impact particle in cold spraying process
H. Okano* and M. Yamamoto

Numerical simulation on deposition phenomena of molten droplet
S. Nakamoto* and M. Yamomoto

Molecular dynamics analysis for the Brownian motion of nano bubble
T. Abe*, T. Kawaguchi, T. Saito and I. Satoh

Fundamentals III FrM06
Room: 7.41
Chair: Kota Fukuda

A modified finite particle method: Multi-dimensional statics and dynamics
D. Asprone, F. Auricchio, A. Montanino* and A. Reali

Numerical investigation on unsteady vortical flows with a grid-free vortex method
K. Fukuda*

Examination on unsteady aerodynamical characteristics of airfoil by a vortex method
T. Ito* and K. Fukuda

Meshfree method for computational aeroacoustics using LEE for the solution of noise propagation.
J. Bajko*, L. Čermák, M. Hartmann and M. Jícha

Exact contact relaxation in an impulse-velocity time-stepping scheme
T. Preclik* and U. Rüde



10:30 - 11:00
Coffee-break

11:00 - 12:45
Plenary Lectures III and Closing
FrAP
Room: 7.02
Chair: Ekkehard Ramm

Application of coupled particle methods to problems in the oil and gas industry
C.R. Leonardi*

Simulation of material removal processes with particle methods
P. Eberhard*

Analysis of fluid-soil-structure-interaction problems with a combination of particle, discrete and finite element methods
E. Oñate*, M.A. Celigueta, S.R. Idelsohn, A. Franci and J.M. Carbonell


13:00 - 14:00
Lunch