The Virtual Geoscience Workbench, VGW: Open Source tools for discontinuous systems--颗粒学报PARTICUOLOGY

Munjiza, A., Xiang, J., Garcia, X., Latham, J. P., D’Albano, G. G. S., & John, N. W. M. (2010). The Virtual Geoscience Workbench, VGW: Open Source tools for discontinuous systems. Particuology, 8(2), 100-105. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.partic.2009.04.008

The Virtual Geoscience Workbench, VGW: Open Source tools for discontinuous systems

A. Munjiza ^a *, J. Xiang ^b, X. Garcia ^b, J.P. Latham ^b, G.G. Schiava D’Albano ^a, N.W.M. John ^a

a Department of Engineering, Queen Mary London University, London, UK
b Department of Earth Science and Engineering, Imperial College, London, UK

10.1016/j.partic.2009.04.008

Volume 8, Issue 2, April 2010, Pages 100-105

Received 20 March 2009, Accepted 29 April 2009, Available online 18 August 2009.

E-mail: a.munjiza@qmul.ac.uk

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Abstract

In 1989 work began on merging finite and discrete elements. During 1990 algorithmic solutions for the new combined method were developed, together with a C-based implementation known as the Y code. In 2004 these developments and implementations were published as a textbook. Queen Mary University of London (QMUL) and Imperial College are currently engaged in a research project to make Y codes in both 2D and 3D available in Open Source format and with mainly geoscience problems in mind. The result is a set of Open Source tools for Geoscience (VGW), key components of which are summarised in this paper, together with illustrative range of simulation results.

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Keywords

Combined finite-discrete element; Workbench; Modelling; Geoscience

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