The use of Artificial Intelligence to speed up Discrete Element Method (DEM) simulations

Dr Daniel Barreto Gonzalez D.Barreto@napier.ac.uk
Associate Professor

A micro-scale (DEM) investigation on driven pile cycle behaviour Mar 1, 2014 - Jan 31, 2016
Structures such as bridges or wind turbines develop loads that have to be transmitted to the ground.
The loads can be static (self-weight) or dynamic (wind, wave or traffic loads) and may be significantly
large. Long piles are normally used to carr... Read More about A micro-scale (DEM) investigation on driven pile cycle behaviour.

Development of a Columbia-UK research co-operation programme on infrastructure & climate change Apr 1, 2014 - Aug 1, 2015
This is a travel grant to develop research on unsaturated soil behaviour and cyclic behaviour of soils and their relations with climate changes effects on civil engineering infrastructure. It aims to develop (long-term) a new Colombia-UK research net... Read More about Development of a Columbia-UK research co-operation programme on infrastructure & climate change.

Remote Sensing Innovation for Civil Engineering Infrastructure and Slope Movement Monitoring May 1, 2017 - Jul 28, 2017
This project aims to review an assess existing remote sensing technologies in order to improve and adapt technologies currently used in other fields to civil engineering applications. The two main aims are:

1) Assess the possible use of fiber opti... Read More about Remote Sensing Innovation for Civil Engineering Infrastructure and Slope Movement Monitoring.

RSE Bilateral Exchange Programme - Statistical Entropy in Granular Materials Jan 1, 2018 - Apr 30, 2018
This research builds on existing cooperation with Dr Emoke Imre from Obuda University in Hungary.

The aim of the project is to visit the institution in Budapest to further research and deliver a lecture on modelling with Discrete Element Methods... Read More about RSE Bilateral Exchange Programme - Statistical Entropy in Granular Materials.

Statistical mechanis of particle breakage, fragmentation and shape evolution during shearing of granular materials Feb 1, 2019 - Apr 30, 2019
This is a follow on project, which aims to use statistical entropy concepts to understand the behaviour of granular materials, and will fund a 4-week stay in Hungary to work with Budapest University of Technology and Economics, Obuda University and U... Read More about Statistical mechanis of particle breakage, fragmentation and shape evolution during shearing of granular materials.