AMPLE - A Material Point Learning Environment
AMPLE.m is a quasi-static implicit implementation of the material point method in MATLAB.
More information about AMPLE.m can be obtained from the project webapges:
https://wmcoombs.github.io/AMPLE
AMPLE is an elasto-plastic large deformation material point code with a regular quadrilateral background mesh (the main code is ample.m). The continuum framework is based on an updated Lagrangian formation and two different constitutive models are included: linear elasticity and a linear elastic-perfectly plastic model with a von Mises yield surface.
It is suggested that users start by looking at the “index.html” file within the “documentation” folder.
The html files were complied with M2HTML (https://www.artefact.tk/software/matlab/m2html/) and they should
provide an overview of the code and how it all fits together. The scripts should also be compatible with
MATLAB’s “help” function.
If you use AMPLE.m in your research, please cite the following paper in any associated publications: Coombs, W., & Augarde, C. (2020). AMPLE: A Material Point Learning Environment. Advances in Engineering Software, 139, Article 102748. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.advengsoft.2019.102748
Version history:
AMPLE - original AMPLE release
AMPLE_1.1 - version 1.1, released August 2020 - focused on runtime improvement