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Figure 7. (a) Initial geometry and particle distribution for both
cases; (b) Final displacements for the frictional material; (c)
Final displacements for the cohesive material.
Figure 9. Model of Azalcóllar dam few seconds after the tailing’s
liquefaction. Particle displacements are not amplified. (Zabala &
Alonso, 2011).
5 CONCLUSION
The Material Point Method is a potentially powerful tool in the
geotechnical engineering because its capabilities to model
dynamical problems and to integrate the analysis of failures and
the subsequent large displacements. Four examples have been
presented in this work, illustrating all this capacities in
mechanical and coupled hydro-mechanical frameworks.
6 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
The first author acknowledge the scholarship FPI provided by
the Spanish Ministry of Science and Innovation (MICINN).
Also acknowledge the support received from the Col·legi
d’Enginyers de Camins, Canals i Ports de Catalunya.
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