Computational Particle Mechanics - Advances in Particle-Scale Perspectives in Particle-Based Models
Guest Editors
Patrick Pizette, University of Lille, France
Daniel N. Wilke, University of Pretoria, South Africa
Johannes Christoffel Joubert, University of Pretoria, South Africa
Opening date for submissions: June 1, 2023
Deadline for submissions: May 31, 2024
Description
Particle-scale effects are often homogenized in particle-based modeling simulations limiting particle-scale perspectives and inferences that can be drawn from a particle-based model. This issue focuses on and embraces particle-scale perspectives, effects, and inferences for particle-based models. Contributions considering studies that investigate:
• effects at the particle scale,
• alternative perspectives on interpreting particle-based models at the particle scale,
• inference techniques at mesoscopic and particle scales,
• modeling and coupling techniques at mesoscopic and particle scales
are welcomed for experimental investigations and numerical studies using meshless (DEM, SPH and others) and mesh-based (FEM, FDM, CFD and others) techniques.
All contributors to the Particles 2023 (this opens in a new tab) conference may consider submitting a paper for the Special Issue.
Submission guidelines
Interested authors should consult the journal’s “Submission Guidelines” at https://www.springer.com/journal/40571/submission-guidelines (this opens in a new tab).
Articles can be submitted through Editorial Manager: https://www.editorialmanager.com/jcpm/default.aspx (this opens in a new tab)
Please indicate that you wish your manuscript to be considered for the special issue on "Robotics for exploration and science in extreme environments". All submitted papers will be reviewed as soon as they are received.
Submitted papers should present original, unpublished work, relevant to one of the topics of the Special Issue. All papers will be evaluated on the basis of relevance, significance of contribution, technical quality, scholarship, and quality of presentation by at least two reviewers. It is the policy of the journal that no submission, or substantially overlapping submission, be published or be under review at another journal or conference at any time during the review process. Final decisions on all papers are made by the Editors-in-Chief.
Accepted papers are published Online First until the complete Special Issue is published.
Guest Editor biographies:
Dr Patrick Pizette is Associate Professor at research center for Materials and Processes of IMT Nord Europe (IMT Group, France) and LGCgE regional laboratory (University of Lille). His work focuses on the development of industrial scale discrete element models for granular material processing in Civil Engineering and Material Sciences. This is enabled by High-Performance Computing, notably through the application of multi-GPU compute nodes. He contributed to several European projects and is actively establishing research and teaching collaborations between France, Europe and Africa.
Pr Daniel N. Wilke is a professor in Mechanical Engineering at the University of Pretoria. He is currently serving as President of the South African Association for Theoretical and Applied Mechanics, and elected Chairman of International Union of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics (IUTAM) National Committee. His research is focussed on generative physics-based and data-driven modeling from an optimisation perspective, primarily, solved using graphical processing units (GPUs).
Dr Johannes Joubert obtained his Ph.D. in mechanical engineering in 2021 jointly from the University of Pretoria and IMT-Lille-Douai and currently holds a post-doc position at the University of Pretoria where he is continuing his work on HPC and GP-GPU solutions for physics modelling. He was also awarded the Eiffel Excellence scholarship for work done during his Ph.D.