Dr Shyamini Kularathna
Shyamini is a geotechnical engineer with over 10 years of experience in research and industry with special emphasis on the development of novel numerical techniques and computational models for geotechnical applications.
She has developed a particular interest in advanced soil constitutive models and numerical analysis for cyclic behaviour of offshore wind turbine foundations.
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- Given, J., Kularathna, S., Tjung, E. Y. S., Chandra, B., Soga, K., Wang, H., Morgan, S.P., Meir, H. A., Garzon, J.L. (2022). Modelling wellbore erosion using standard and Cut mesh approached in Material Point Method. GeoCongress 2022: Site and Soil Characterization, Computational Geotechnics, Risk and Lessons Learned. DOI:10.1061/9780784484036.062
- Chandra, B., Zhao, T., Kularathna, S., Soga, K. (2022). Accurate high-performance fluid-soil interaction modelling and simulation using a projection-based Material Point Method. GeoCongress 2022: Site and Soil Characterization, Computational Geotechnics, Risk and Lessons Learned. DOI:10.1061/9780784484036.057
- Kularathna, S., Liang, W., Zhao, T., Chandra, B., Zhao, J., Soga, K. (2021). Semi-implicit material point method based on fractional-step method for saturated soil. Int J Numerical Methods, pp 1-32.
- ] Soga, K., and Kularathna, S. (2021) Solving dynamic soil deformation-fluid flow coupling problems using Material Point Method. In Barla M., Di Donna A., Sterpi D. (eds) Challenges and Innovations in Geomechanics. IACMAG 2021. Lecture Notes in Civil Engineering, Vol 125. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-64514-4_6
- Tjung, E., Kularathna, S., Kumar, K., and Soga, K. (2020). Modelling irregular boundaries using isoparametric elements in Material Point Methods. GeoCongress, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA.
- Kumar, K., Salmond, J., Kularathna, S., Wilkes, C., Tjung, E., Biscontin, G., Soga, K. (2019). Scalable and modular Material Point Method for large-scale simulations. 2nd International Conference on the Material Point Method for Modelling Soil-Water-Structure Interaction. DOI:10.48550/arXiv.1909.13380
- Kularathna, S., and Soga, K., (2017). Implicit formulation of material point method for analysis of incompressible materials. Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering, Vol 313, pp 673-686
- Kularathna, S., and Soga, K. (2017). Comparison of two projection methods for modelling incompressible flows in MPM. Journal of Hydrodynamic, Ser. B, 29(3), pp 405-412
- Kularathna, S., and Soga, K., (2017). Projection method is material point method for modelling incompressible materials. Proceedia Engineering, Vol. 175, pp 57-64
Areas of expertise
- Advanced soil constitutive modelling
- Offshore wind farms