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2026
Article
Experimental study of soil penetration strategies for earthworm-like robots (2026) Bioinspiration & biomimetics, 21(3) . Article 036005 . Brodoline, I. , Anselmucci, F. , Sadeghi, A. & Magnanimo, V. https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-3190/ae60f3 Concurrent multi-scale modeling of granular materials: Benchmarking volume-coupled DEM-FEM models across elastic and elasto-plastic regimes (2026) Computers and Geotechnics, 191 . Article 107834 . Mathews, A. , Cheng, H. , Celigueta, M. A. , Papanicolopulos, S.-A. & Ooi, J. Y. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.compgeo.2025.107834 Microstructural insight into the effect of fine content on frost heave in clayey sand mixtures (2026) Cold Regions Science and Technology, 241 . Article 104699 . Guida, G. , Anselmucci, F. , Casini, F. & Magnanimo, V. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.coldregions.2025.104699
PhD Thesis - Research UT, graduation UT
Accelerated multi-scale modelling of wet granular systems (2026) [Thesis › PhD Thesis - Research UT, graduation UT] . Saghafian Larijani, R. https://doi.org/10.3990/1.9789036572828
Review article
Towards Scientific Machine Learning for Granular Material Simulations: Challenges and Opportunities (2026) Archives of computational methods in engineering, 33(1) , 789–821 . Fransen, M. , Fürst, A. , Tunuguntla, D. , Wilke, D. N. , Alkin, B. , Barreto, D. , Brandstetter, J. , Cabrera, M. A. , Fan, X. , Guo, M. , Kieskamp, B. , Kumar, K. , Morrissey, J. , Nuttall, J. , Ooi, J. , Orozco, L. , Papanicolopulos, S.-A. , Qu, T. , Schott, D. , … Cheng, H. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11831-025-10322-8
2025
Abstract
Calibration of DEM Parameters for Polypropylene Powder Using Schulze Ring Shear Tester: An Efficient Upscaled Computational Approach (2025) [Contribution to conference › Abstract] 9th International Conference on Particle-based Methods, Particles 2025<br/> . Mahdavy, S. , Zharbossyn, A. , Barletta, d. , Poletto, M. , Magnanimo, V. , Luding, S. & Orefice, L. https://particles2025.cimne.com/event/contribution/f57b30a2-096a-11f0-9835-000c29ddfc0c
Article
Soil-vegetation-atmosphere interaction for engineering applications: Recent multi-scale and multi-disciplinary insights (2025) Geomechanics for Energy and the Environment, 43 . Article 100723 . Cecconi, M. , Tagarelli, V. , Cotecchia, F. , Pane, V. , Anselmucci, F. , Bertolini, I. , Biondi, G. , Boldrin, D. , Capobianco, V. , Cardile, G. , Cuomo, S. , De Vita, P. , Fraccica, A. , Meijer, G. , Pagano, L. , Pirone, M. , Schwarz, M. , Tarantino, A. , Vaunat, J. & Yildiz, A. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gete.2025.100723 Experimental measurement of root growth and root-soil interaction in a bilayered sand using X-ray tomography (2025) Geotechnique Letters, 15(2) , 143-148 . Nagayama, T. , Anselmucci, F. , Lenoir, N. , Sibille, L. , Mukunoki, T. , Otani, J. & Viggiani, G. https://doi.org/10.1680/jgele.24.00035 Mixing indices in up-scaled simulations (2025) Powder technology, 456 . Article 120775 . Füvesi, B. , Goniva, C. , Luding, S. & Magnanimo, V. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.powtec.2025.120775 A Coarse-Grained Discrete Element Model (CG-DEM) based on parameter scaling for dense wet granular system (2025) Powder technology, 453 . Article 120581 . Saghafian Larijani, R. , Magnanimo, V. & Luding, S. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.powtec.2024.120581
Conference article
CFD-DEM simulations of mixing in dense and dilute flows (2025) EPJ Web of Conferences , 340 . Article 08009 . Füvesi, B. , Esgandari, B. , Schneiderbauer, S. , Magnanimo, V. & Luding, S. https://doi.org/10.1051/epjconf/202534008009 Low to high shear rate powder rheology in a rotational rheometer (2025) EPJ Web of Conferences , 340 . Article 11008 . Zharbossyn, A. , Mahdavy, S. , Barletta, D. , Orefice, L. , Magnanimo, V. , Luding, S. & Poletto, M. https://doi.org/10.1051/epjconf/202534011008 Wet granulation multiscale modelling accelerated via CG-DEM (2025) EPJ Web of Conferences , 340 . Article 09003 . Saghafian Larijani, R. , Luding, S. & Magnanimo, V. https://doi.org/10.1051/epjconf/202534009003 Discrete Element Method and Thermodynamics with Internal Variables: Two Complementary Approaches to Link Micro- and Macro-Scale Modelling of Anisotropic Clays (2025) IOP conference series: Earth and environmental science, 1480(1) . Article 012047 . Pagano, A. G. , Rollo, F. , Magnanimo, V. , Tarantino, A. & Amorosi, A. https://doi.org/10.1088/1755-1315/1480/1/012047
Conference contribution
A comparative study of granular solid-like and fluid-like constitutive laws (2025) In Powders & Grains 2025 – 10th International Conference on Micromechanics on Granular Media (EPJ Web of Conferences ; Vol. 340) . Lubbe, R. , Cheng, H. , Luding, S. & Magnanimo, V. https://doi.org/10.1051/epjconf/202534002014 Root and fibre reinforcement impacts on pore dynamics and water storage capacity (2025) In Proceedings RootS25 : 3rd International Workshop on Soil-Vegetation-Atmosphere Interaction . Article 13 (Proceedings RootS; Vol. 2025) . International Society for Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering . Anselmucci, F. , Cheng, H. , Alam, M. , Das, A. & Magnanimo, V. https://doi.org/10.53243/RootS2025-13
Dataset
Effect of coarse-graining on mixing indices for rotating drums (2025) [Dataset Types › Dataset] . Zenodo . Füvesi, B. , Luding, S. , Magnanimo, V. & Goniva, C. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15303478 Data underlying the publication: A Coarse-Grained Discrete Element Model (CG-DEM) for dense wet granular system (2025) [Dataset Types › Dataset] . 4TU.Centre for Research Data . Saghafian Larijani, R. , Magnanimo, V. & Luding, S. https://doi.org/10.4121/3762f6a1-c26b-4ec7-b005-adf14b376831
Editorial
Nature- and bio-based solutions for ecosystem restoration, landslide hazard mitigation, and ground improvement: Research and application novelties (2025) Ecological engineering, 219 . Article 107710 . Capobianco, V. , Fraccica, A. , Anselmucci, F. & Tagarelli, V. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecoleng.2025.107710
Poster
Micropolar Theory for Granular Media: More Than Just Rotations? (2025) [Contribution to conference › Poster] ALERT Geomaterials Workshop 2025 . Winkelmann, M. , Magnanimo, V. , Papanicolopulos, S.-A. & Luding, S.
2024
Article
DEM investigation into the small-strain stiffness of bio-cemented soils (2024) Acta geotechnica, 19(10) , 6809-6823 . Zhang, A. , Magnanimo, V. , Cheng, H. , Heimovaara, T. J. & Dieudonné, A. C. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11440-024-02387-9 Densification of visco-elastic powders during free and pressure-assisted sintering (2024) International journal of solids and structures, 294 . Article 112786 . Alvarez, J. E. , Cheng, H. , Luding, S. & Weinhart, T. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijsolstr.2024.112786 GrainLearning: A Bayesian uncertainty quantification toolbox for discrete and continuum numerical models of granular materials (2024) Journal of open source software, 9(97) . Article 6338 . Cheng, H. , Orozco, L. , Lubbe, R. , Jansen, A. , Hartmann, P. & Thoeni, K. https://doi.org/10.21105/joss.06338 Contact rheological DEM model for visco-elastic powders during laser sintering (2024) Granular matter, 26(2) . Article 28 . Alvarez, J. E. , Nijkamp, A. H. , Cheng, H. , Luding, S. & Weinhart, T. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10035-024-01395-6 The force and dynamic response of low-velocity projectile impact into 3D dense wet granular media (2024) Powder technology, 434 . Article 119309 . Zhang, X. , Zhao, H. , Cheng, H. , Wang, X. & Zhang, D. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.powtec.2023.119309
Conference contribution
Effect of coarse-graining on simulated powder flow properties (2024) In Proceedings of the 11th International Conference on Conveying and Handling of Particulate Solids (pp. 182-183) . Mahdavy, S. , Zharbossyn, A. , Luding, S. , Magnanimo, V. , Barletta, D. , Poletto, M. & Orefice, L. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.14034595 Effects of vegetation on the hydro-mechanical properties of the vadose zone (2024) In 8th International Symposium on Deformation Characteristics of Geomaterials (IS-Porto 2023) (pp. 16001) (E3S Web of Conferences; Vol. 544) . Anselmucci, F. , Cheng, H. , Fan, X. , Zeng, Y. & Magnanimo, V. https://doi.org/10.1051/e3sconf/202454416001
2023
Article
CG-enriched concurrent multi-scale modeling of dynamic surface interactions between discrete particles and solid continua (2023) Acta Mechanica Sinica, 39(1) . Article 722218 . Cheng, H. , Luding, S. & Weinhart, T. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10409-022-22218-x Concurrent multi-scale modeling of granular materials: Role of coarse-graining in FEM-DEM coupling (2023) Computer methods in applied mechanics and engineering, 403(Part A) . Article 115651 . Cheng, H. , Thornton, A. R. , Luding, S. , Hazel, A. L. & Weinhart, T. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cma.2022.115651
Conference contribution
Effect of vegetation on the hydro-mechanical properties of the vadose zone (2023) In Proceedings of the 8th International Symposium on DEFORMATION CHARACTERISTICS OF GEOMATERIALS Porto, 3rd - 6th September 2023 . International Society for Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering . Anselmucci, F. A. R. , Cheng, H. , Fan, X. , Zeng, Y. & Magnanimo, V. https://www.issmge.org/uploads/publications/121/122/isdcg2023-58-1-c.pdf
Editorial
Trending topics in computational mechanics of granular materials: from fundamentals to applications (2023) Acta Mechanica Sinica, 39(1) . Article 722903 . Ye, X. & Cheng, H. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10409-022-22903-x
Poster
Continuum description for particle rotations (2023) [Contribution to conference › Poster] International Congress on Particle Technology, PARTEC 2023 . Winkelmann, M. , Weinhart, T. , Magnanimo, V. , Luding, S. & Papanicolopulos, S.-A. Coarse-grain DEM simulation of wet particles in a rotating drum (2023) [Contribution to conference › Poster] 10th International Granulation Workshop 2023 . Saghafian Larijani, R. , Magnanimo, V. & Luding, S.
2022
Abstract
On the use of coarse-graining to bridge the discrete and continuum descriptions of granular materials (2022) [Contribution to conference › Abstract] 10th International Conference for Conveying and Handling of Particulate Solids 2022 . Cheng, H. Impact of wetting-drying cycles on the hydro-mechanical behaviour of vegetated soil (2022) [Contribution to conference › Abstract] EGU General Assembly 2022 . Anselmucci, F. , Cheng, H. , Zeng, Y. , Fan, X. & Magnanimo, V. https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-egu22-13331
Article
弹性波穿越土工袋传播规律的数值模拟 (2022) Journal of Hohai University, 50(6) , 108-113 . Jia, F. , Liu, S. & Cheng, H. https://doi.org/10.3876/j.issn.1000-1980.2022.06.014 Simulation-guided optimization of granular phononic crystal structure using the discrete element method (2022) Extreme Mechanics Letters, 55 . Article 101825 . Ostanin, I. , Cheng, H. & Magnanimo, V. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eml.2022.101825 Bayesian calibration of GPU–based DEM meso-mechanics Part I: Parallelization of RVEs (2022) Powder technology, 407 . Article 117631 . Lubbe, R. , Xu, W. J. , Zhou, Q. & Cheng, H. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.powtec.2022.117631 Bayesian Calibration of GPU–based DEM meso-mechanics Part II: Calibration of the granular meso-structure (2022) Powder technology, 407 . Article 117666 . Lubbe, R. , Xu, W. J. , Zhou, Q. & Cheng, H. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.powtec.2022.117666 关于采用粗粒化提高颗粒材料多尺度模拟守恒特性的研究 (2022) Jisuan Lixue Xuebao/Chinese Journal of Computational Mechanics, 39(3) , 373-380 . Cheng, H. & Weinhart, T. https://doi.org/10.7511/jslxCMGM202214 Performance study of iterative Bayesian filtering to develop an efficient calibration framework for DEM (2022) Computers and Geotechnics, 141 . Article 104491 . Hartmann, P. , Cheng, H. & Thoeni, K. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.compgeo.2021.104491 Visco-elastic sintering kinetics in virgin and aged polymer powders (2022) Powder technology, 397 . Article 117000 . Alvarez, J. E. , Snijder, H. , Vaneker, T. , Cheng, H. , Thornton, A. R. , Luding, S. & Weinhart, T. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.powtec.2021.11.044
Chapter
Root-Soil Interaction (2022) In Soft Matter in Plants: From Biophysics to Biomimetics (pp. 165-202) (Soft matter series) . Royal Society of Chemistry . Kolb, E. , Quiros, M. , Meijer, G. J. , Bogeat-triboulot, M. , Carminati, A. , Andó, E. , Anselmucci, F. A. R. & Sibille, L. https://doi.org/10.1039/9781839161162-00165
Conference contribution
Bayesian inference of granular mesostructures: the identifiability and interplay with grain properties (2022) In Twenty-fifth Engineering Mechanics Symposium, October 25-October 26, 2022. Hotel Papendal, Arnhem (pp. 22-22) . Eindhoven University of Technology . Lubbe, R. Trends and Challenges in "Machine Learning" (Workshop 1) (2022) In Twenty-fifth Engineering Mechanics Symposium, October 25-October 26, 2022. Hotel Papendal, Arnhem (pp. 14-14) . Eindhoven University of Technology . Rocha, I. , Abdelmalik, M. , Cheng, H. & Maresca, F.
Dataset
Phase field data generated from coupled Lattice Boltzmann-discrete element simulations (2022) [Dataset Types › Dataset] . 4TU.Centre for Research Data . Cheng, H. & Joseph, S. https://doi.org/10.4121/21272874 Dataset of X-ray Computed Tomography Reconstructions of Partially Saturated Vegetated Sand (2022) [Dataset Types › Dataset] . 4TU.Centre for Research Data . Anselmucci, F. https://doi.org/10.4121/21294510 GrainLearning (2022) [Dataset Types › Dataset] . Zenodo . Cheng, H. , Lubbe, R. , Thoeni, K. , Orozco, L. , Jansen, A. & Hartmann, P. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7123965
Poster
Continuum-DEM modelling of fluid-solid transition in weakly compacted systems of polydisperse particles of varying shapes (2022) [Contribution to conference › Poster] 25th Engineering Mechanics Symposium, EM 2022 . Lubbe, R. , Magnanimo, V. , Luding, S. , Cheng, H. & Gupta, P. From particles to continuous fields: Upscaling towards micropolar theory based on structure and rotation (2022) [Contribution to conference › Poster] 25th Engineering Mechanics Symposium, EM 2022 . Winkelmann, M. , Luding, S. , Papanicolopulos, S.-A. , Magnanimo, V. , Weinhart, T. & Sousani, M. Meso-scale description of wet powders for industrial-scale modelling (2022) [Contribution to conference › Poster] 25th Engineering Mechanics Symposium, EM 2022 . Saghafian Larijani, R. , Vivacqua, V. , Luding, S. & Magnanimo, V. Noise and Vibration in Wet Soil: Micromechanical modelling for smart mitigation strategies (2022) [Contribution to conference › Poster] 25th Engineering Mechanics Symposium, EM 2022 . Joseph, S. , Luding, S. , Magnanimo, V. , Cheng, H. & Harting, J. Quantifying hydro-mechanical properties of vegetated soil (2022) [Contribution to conference › Poster] 25th Engineering Mechanics Symposium, EM 2022 . Anselmucci, F. A. R. , Cheng, H. , Zeng, Y. & Magnanimo, V.
Review article
Down to the root of vegetated soil: challenges and the state-of-the-art (2022) Papers in Physics, 14 . Article 140014 . Cheng, H. , Anselmucci, F. A. R. , Fan, X. , Zeng, Y. , Luding, S. & Magnanimo, V. https://doi.org/10.4279/pip.140014
2021
Conference contribution
Direct numerical simulation of wave propagation in saturated random granular packings using coupled LBM-DEM (2021) In Powders & Grains 2021 – 9th International Conference on Micromechanics on Granular Media . Article 14003 (EPJ Web of Conferences; Vol. 249) . Cheng, H. , Luding, S. , Harting, J. & Magnanimo, V. https://doi.org/10.1051/epjconf/202124914003 Elastic wave velocity and attenuation in granular material (2021) In Powders & Grains 2021 – 9th International Conference on Micromechanics on Granular Media (EPJ Web of Conferences; Vol. 249) . Jia, F. , Cheng, H. , Liu, S. & Magnanimo, V. https://doi.org/10.1051/epjconf/202124911001 Failure in granular materials based on acoustic tensor: a numerical analysis (2021) In Powders & Grains 2021 – 9th International Conference on Micromechanics on Granular Media (EPJ Web of Conferences; Vol. 249) . Recchia, G. , Cheng, H. , Magnanimo, V. & La Ragione, L. https://doi.org/10.1051/epjconf/202124910005 Neck growth kinetics during polymer sintering for powder-based processes (2021) In Powders & Grains 2021 – 9th International Conference on Micromechanics on Granular Media (EPJ Web of Conferences; Vol. 249) . Alvarez Naranjo, J. E. , Cheng, H. , Snijder, H. , Vaneker, T. , Luding, S. & Weinhart, T. https://doi.org/10.1051/epjconf/202124905001
2020
Preprint
Collapse modes in SC and BCC arrangements of elastic beads (2020) [Working paper › Preprint] . ArXiv.org . Ostanin, I. , Oganov, A. R. & Magnanimo, V.