SEISMO-VLAB

We present, Seismo-VLAB (SVL), a new open-source finite element software designed to optimize meso-scale (i.e., order of km) simulations in the context of structural and geotechnical engineering. High-fidelity soil-structure interaction (SSI) simulations require advanced models that can capture the nonlinear behavior of soils and structures, and parallel computing capabilities to optimize the cost associated with large scale problems. These features are not generally available in open-source softwares, and more importantly, their performance degrades as the size of the problem increases, a drawback very frequently associated with SSI problems... Seismo-VLAB (SVL) is an open-source C++ multi-platform finite element software designed to optimize large-scale simulations of dynamic soil-structure interaction (SSI) problems... Since SVL is not intended to be a commercial software, it lacks of some sophisticated element and material models present in commercial applications. However, the..