The most popular contact algorithms available in finite element computer codes are probably the so-called slide line (in 2D) and slide surface (in 3D) algorithms proposed by Hallquist and Benson. They are based on the notion of penetration of slave nodes into master segments (in 2D) or into...

The present Report, first of a series, builds on JRC long-standing experience in developing and applying highly accurate radiative transfer models (RTMs) to simulate in situ and satellite data of the aquatic environment. In-house modelling capabilities of the signal at in situ and satellite OC...

A new multi-scale graph-space connectivity framework is presented. It is based upon a measure of dissimilarity between adjacent elements of the graph that is used to construct a hierarchy of partitions. Connected components or partition cells are either preserved or rejected based on a set of...

This report presents the implementation in the EUROPLEXUS code of the possibility of storing a solution for later re-mapping it as initial conditions for a subsequent simulation. EUROPLEXUS (also abbreviated as EPX) is a computer code jointly developed by the French Commissariat à l'Energie...

This report is the JRC-IPTS contribution to the development of the end-of-waste criteria for waste plastic in accordance with Article 6 of Directive 2008/98/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on waste (the Waste Framework Directive). This report includes a possible set of...

When a public administration wishes to implement policies, there is a need of comparing different options and valuating and evaluating them to assess their social attractiveness. Traditionally, welfare economics has used cost-benefit analysis based on the Kaldor-Hicks compensation principle,...

Ten years ago, when the Strategic Energy Technology (SET) Plan was launched, the energy transition was in the making but still looked distant. While the challenge of successfully transforming our energy system still lies ahead of us, few would deny that the chances of success seem today much...

This report presents some preliminary calculations for the simulation of rat, monkey and human head behaviour (in particular of the brain) under imposed deceleration conditions by the EUROPLEXUS code. EUROPLEXUS (also abbreviated as EPX) is a computer code jointly developed by the French...

The purpose of this technical paper is to illustrate a computationally cheap approach of conducting the multivariate sensitivity analysis with a very large and complex non-linear model RHOMOLO. We evaluated model responses to the different combinations of the following input data a) elasticity...