provides an overview of state of the art particle-based techniques;

ideal introduction to particle-based computational technique;

gives fundamentals of the different methods.

Includes supplementary material: [...]

Advances in the Particle Finite Element Method (PFEM) for solving coupled problems in engineering.- Advances in Computational Modelling of Multi-Physics in Particle-Fluid Systems.- Large Scale Simulation of Industrial, Engineering and Geophysical Flows Using Particle Methods.- Parallel computation particle methods for multi-phase fluid flow with application oil reservoir characterization.- The Particle Finite Element Method for multi-fluid flows.- On Material Modeling by Polygonal Discrete Elements,- Discrete numerical analysis of failure modes in granular materials.- Homogenization of Granular Material modelled by a 3D DEM.- Some consideration on derivative approximation of particle methods.- Discrete element modelling of rock cutting