MASTODON examples

A list of example simulations using MASTODON is provided below. These examples include simple problems involving single-element simulations, as well as more complex simulations. To search for a particular example, please use the search bar above. The input files for each of these examples can be found in the MASTODON GitHub repository. For simpler examples, users can also refer to the test files created for each object. These test files can also be found in the GitHub repository. For further assistance, users are welcome to contact the MASTODON team.

Example 1a: Single element direct simple shear test with auto-generated backbone curve using Darendeli (2001) modulus reduction curves.
Example 1b: Single element direct simple shear test with auto-generated backbone curve using Darendeli (2001) modulus reduction curves (explicit time integration).
Example 2a: Single element direct simple shear test with auto-generated backbone curve using the GQ/H formulation of Groholski et al. (2016).
Example 2b: Single element direct simple shear test with auto-generated backbone curve using the GQ/H formulation of Groholski et al. (2016) (explicit time integration).
Example 3a: Nonlinear site-response analysis.
Example 3b: Nonlinear site-response analysis (explicit time integration).
Example 4: Frictional contact using a user-defined backbone curve in I-Soil.
Example 5a: Dynamic analysis of a simplified model of a nuclear power plant structure.
Example 5b: Dynamic response of a simplified 1D model of nuclear power plant with a mesh generated using BeamMeshGenerator.
Example 6a: Displacement-controlled frictional contact problem with elastic soil.
Example 6b: Displacement-controlled frictional contact problem with I-soil and using the restart option for static initialization.
Example 6c: Force-controlled contact problem.
Example 7: Demonstration of domain reduction method.
Example 8: Seismic risk assessment of a generic nuclear facility using the MASTODON FTA Python module.
Example 9: Soil-structure interaction analysis of an undamped rigid structure on undamped linear soil.
Example 10a: Cantilever example demonstrating central difference time integration.
Example 10b: Cantilever example demonstrating central difference time integration using HEX20 elements.
Example 11a: Cantilever example demonstrating mesh requirements for accuracy in bending of static and dynamic simulations.
Example 11b: Mesh refinement using Marker and Indicator, and demonstration of SidesetMoment and AverageValue postprocessors
Example 12a: Fluid-structure interaction analysis of a tank subjected to uni-directional harmonic acceleration.
Example 12b: Fluid-structure interaction analysis of a tank subjected to uni-directional earthquake acceleration.
Example 12c: Experimental validation of fluid-structure interaction simulations.
Example 13: Soil-Structure Interaction and Fluid Structure Interaction in nuclear power plant structure.
Example 14: Seismic analysis of a base-isolated nuclear power plant building.
Example 15: Ground motion simulation with application to Monte Carlo analysis of FSI.

References

M. B. Darendeli. Development of a new family of normalized modulus reduction and material damping curves. PhD dissertation, University of Texas at Austin, 2001.

@article{darendeli2001development,
    author = "Darendeli, M. B.",
    title = "Development of a new family of normalized modulus reduction and material damping curves",
    journal = "PhD dissertation, University of Texas at Austin",
    year = "2001"
}

D. Groholski, Y. Hashash, B. Kim, M. Musgrove, J. Harmon, and J. Stewart. Simplified model for small-strain nonlinearity and strength in 1d seismic site response analysis. Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering, 2016.

@article{groholski2016simplified,
    author = "Groholski, D. and Hashash, Y. and Kim, B. and Musgrove, M. and Harmon, J. and Stewart, J.",
    title = "Simplified model for small-strain nonlinearity and strength in 1D seismic site response analysis",
    journal = "Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering",
    volume = "142",
    number = "9",
    year = "2016"
}

References