This book covers numerical modeling of behavior of granular materials, building mixed-type models, describing the flow of granular materials in the presence of quasi-static deformation zones, with a numerical realization of models on multiprocessor computers.

This monograph contains original results in the field of mathematical and numerical modeling of mechanical behavior of granular materials and materials with different strengths. It proposes new models helping to define zones of the strain localization. The book shows how to analyze processes of the propagation of elastic and elastic-plastic waves in loosened materials, and constructs models of mixed type, describing the flow of granular materials in the presence of quasi-static deformation zones. In a last part, the book studies a numerical realization of the models on multiprocessor computer...