RKPM simulations of soil cutting, soil moving, ripping

Reproducing Kernel Particle Method (RKPM) [1,2] - a meshfree method - simulation of earth moving (soil cutting, moving, ripping) using naturally stabilized nodal integration (NSNI) [3].

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[2] Chen, Jiun-Shyan, et al. "Reproducing kernel particle methods for large deformation analysis of non-linear structures." Computer methods in applied mechanics and engineering 139.1-4 (1996): 195-227.
[3] Hillman, Michael, and Jiun‐Shyan Chen. "An accelerated, convergent, and stable nodal integration in Galerkin meshfree methods for linear and nonlinear mechanics." International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering 107.7 (2016): 603-630.