Pedro Navas

Dr. Pedro Navas

Technical University of Madrid, Madrid, Spain
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Academic Career Length

16Years (2011-Present)

(Calculated once Scilit publication data is synced: current year − year of first publication + 1)

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27 February 2019 in International Journal for Numerical and Analytical Methods in Geomechanics
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LMLluís Monforte
Lluís Monforte
Pedro NavasPedro Navas
Pedro Navas
JCJ. M. Carbonell
J. M. Carbonell
MAMarcos Arroyo
Marcos Arroyo
AGAntonio Gens
Antonio Gens

2 January 2021 in Acta Geotechnica
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Juan Manuel PastorJuan Manuel Pastor
Juan Manuel Pastor
Saeid Moussavi TayyebiSaeid Moussavi Tayyebi
Saeid Moussavi Tayyebi
MSMiguel Martín Stickle
Miguel Martín Stickle
AYAngel Yagüe
Angel Yagüe
MMMiguel Molinos
Miguel Molinos
DMDiego Manzanal
Diego Manzanal

1 October 2016 in Computers and Geotechnics
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Pedro NavasPedro Navas
Pedro Navas
Rena C. YuRena C. Yu
Rena C. Yu
Susana Lopez-QuerolSusana Lopez-Querol
Susana Lopez-Querol
BLBo Li
Bo Li

13 October 2015 in International Journal for Numerical and Analytical Methods in Geomechanics
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Pedro NavasPedro Navas
Pedro Navas
Susana Lopez-QuerolSusana Lopez-Querol
Susana Lopez-Querol
Rena C. YuRena C. Yu
Rena C. Yu
BLBo Li
Bo Li

27 July 2023 in International Journal for Numerical and Analytical Methods in Geomechanics
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MXMian Xie
Mian Xie
Pedro NavasPedro Navas
Pedro Navas
Susana Lopez-QuerolSusana Lopez-Querol
Susana Lopez-Querol
The Material Point Method (MPM) has drawn great attention in the numerical modelling of large deformation, geotechnical problems. The popularity of MPM is mainly because its formulation shares significant similarities with the Finite Element Method. In MPM, the iteration points can move independently from the mesh, allowing for the resolution of large deformation problems. However, because of this, the original MPM formulation suffers from the well‐known cell‐crossing noise and volumetric‐locking instabilities, resulting in a strongly oscillated stress field. A novel implicit locking‐free B‐spline MPM that controls stress oscillations to a negligible level is proposed in this paper. A novel, but very straightforward B‐spline shape function implementation procedure, avoids the need for a complex material point searching algorithm, providing seamless transformation from the original MPM to this robust B‐spline MPM, aiming at modelling large‐strain geotechnical problems. The newly proposed volumetric locking mitigation strategy is also very easy to implement, which facilitates the reproducibility of this research. The proposed method is validated against three numerical studies: granular column collapse experiment, slope failure and footing with large penetration. The proposed numerical method agrees well with experiments reported in the literature and previous numerical studies. Also, these numerical examples show that the proposed method provides a more prominent stress field than other available methodologies.

15 May 2018 in International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering
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Pedro NavasPedro Navas
Pedro Navas
SLSusana López‐Querol
Susana López‐Querol
Rena C. YuRena C. Yu
Rena C. Yu
Juan Manuel PastorJuan Manuel Pastor
Juan Manuel Pastor