Pierre Saramito : selected publications

• T. Schiano, B. Bigot, J.-F. Haquet, P. Saramito and C. Smutek, Modelling spreading with degassing using anisotherm viscoplastic multiphase shallow water approximation, submitted, 2022.
  pdf (1 mo)


• T. Schiano, B. Bigot, J.-F. Haquet, P. Saramito and C. Smutek, A viscoplastic approach to corium spreading during a severe nuclear accident, Nuclear Egineering and Design, 401:112045, 2023.
  pdf (3 mo)


• O. Ozenda, P. Saramito and G. Chambon, Shear-induced migration in concentrated suspensions: particle mass conservation, contact pressure and jamming, J. Non-Newtonian Fluid Mech., 304:104805, 2022.
  pdf (1.5 mo)


• T. Schiano, B. Bigot, J.-F. Haquet, P. Saramito and C. Smutek, Non-Newtonian spreading simulation of molten nuclear combustible, In 7th world congress on momentum, heat and mass transfer (MHMT'22), 2022.
  pdf (610 ko)


• P. Saramito, A new brittle-elastoviscoplastic fluid based on the Drucker-Prager plasticity, J. Non-Newtonian Fluid Mech., 294:104584, 2021.
  pdf (3.2 mo)


• P. Saramito, V. Dansereau and J. Weiss, Linking bulk modulus to an unilateral damage yield criterion: a thermodynamic modeling approach, Int. J. Damage Mech., 30(7):1123-1145, 2021.
  pdf (2 mo)


• V. Dansereau, J. Weiss and P. Saramito, A continuum viscous-elastic-brittle, finite element DG model for the fracture and drift of sea ice, Int. Assoc. Comput. Meth. Adv. Geomech, 125-139, 2021.
  pdf (1 mo)


• O. Ozenda, P. Saramito and G. Chambon, Tensorial rheological model for concentrated non-colloidal suspensions: normal-stress differences, J. Fluid Mech., 898:A25, 2020.
  pdf (650 ko)


• F. Pigeonneau, E. Hachem and P. Saramito, Discontinuous Galerkin finite element method applied to the coupled unsteady Stokes/Cahn-Hilliard equations, Int. J. Numer. Meth. Fluids, 90(6):267-295, 2019.
  pdf (2.3 mo)


• N. Bernabeu, A. Finizola, C. Smutek, P. Saramito and E. Delcher, Spatio-temporal evolution of temperature and fluid flow through a new “thermo- lithological” boundary; the case of a pit crater of Karthala volcano (Comoros archipelago) refilled on January 13th 2007 by a lava flow, J. Volc. Geotherm. Res., 367:7-19, 2018.
  pdf (6.4 mo)


• O. Ozenda, P. Saramito and G. Chambon, A new rate-independent tensorial model for suspensions of non-colloidal rigid particles in Newtonian fluids, J. Rheol., 62:889-903, 2018.
  pdf (1.1 mo)


• N. Bernabeu, P. Saramito and A. Harris, Laminar shallow viscoplastic fluid flowing through an array of vertical obstacles, J. Non-Newtonian Fluid Mech., 257:59-70, 2018.
  pdf (616 ko)


• V. Dansereau, J. Weiss, P. Saramito, P. Lattes and E. Coche, Ice bridges and ridges in the Maxwell-EB sea ice rheology, The Cryosphere, 11:2033-2058, 2017.
  pdf (7.6 mo)


• A. Laadhari, P. Saramito, C. Misbah, and G. Székely, Fully implicit methodology for the dynamics of biomembranes and capillary interfaces by combining the level set and Newton methods, J. Comput. Phys., 343:271--299, 2017.
  pdf (3.2 mo)


• M. Dicko, P. Saramito, G. B. Blanchard, C. M. Lye, B. Sanson, and J. Étienne, Geometry can provide long-range mechanical guidance for embryogenesis, PLOS Comput. Bio., 13(3):e1005443, 2017.
  html, pdf (18 mo)


• P. Saramito and A. Wachs, Progress in numerical simulation of yield stress fluid flows, J. Rheol., 56(3):211-230, 2017.
  pdf (2.9 mo)


• P. Saramito, A damped Newton algorithm for computing viscoplastic fluid flows, J. Non-Newtonian Fluid Mech., 238:6-15, 2016.
  pdf (2.8 mo)


• V. Dansereau, J. Weiss, P. Saramito and P. Lattes, A Maxwell-elasto-brittle rheology for sea ice modelling, Cryosphere, 10:1339--1359, 2016.
  pdf (3 mo)


• F. Pigeonneau and P. Saramito. Discontinuous Galerkin finite element method applied to the coupled Navier-Stokes/Cahn-Hilliard equations, In 9th international conference on multiphase flow (ICMF), 2016.
  pdf (700 ko)


• M. Ta, F. Pigeonneau and P. Saramito, An implicit high order discontinuous Galerkin level set method for two-phase flow problems, In 9th international conference on multiphase flow (ICMF), 2016.
  pdf (2.6 mo)
  videos: zalesak-video.mp4 (1 mo), leveque-video.mp4 (9 mo), leveque-video.mp4 (67 mo).


• N. Bernabeu, P. Saramito and C. Smutek, Modelling lava flow advance using a shallow-depth approximation for three-dimensional cooling of viscoplastic flows, book chapter in Detecting, modelling and responding to effusive eruptions, Geol. Soc., London, 2016.
  pdf (3.4 mb)


• A. Laadhari, P. Saramito and C. Misbah, An adaptive finite element method for the modeling of the equilibrium of red blood cells, Int. J. Numer. Meth. Fluids., 80(7):397-428, 2016.
  pdf (10 mb)


• I. Cheddadi, P. Saramito and F. Graner, La solidité de la mousse liquide, Pour la science, décembre 2015.
  pdf (1.4 mo)


• I. Cheddadi, P. Saramito and F. Graner, Pourquoi la mousse liquide est-elle si solide ?, Images des mathématiques, novembre 2015. http://images.math.cnrs.fr/Pourquoi-la-mousse-liquide-est-elle-si-solide
  html, pdf (3 mo)


• V. Dansereau, J. Weiss, P. Saramito, P. Lattes, and E. Coche, A Maxwell-elasto-brittle rheology for sea ice modeling, Mercator Ocean Newsletter, 51:35-40, 2015.
  pdf (1.5 mb)


• S. Tlili, C. Gay, F. Graner, P. Marcq, F. Molino, P. Saramito, Mechanical formalism for tissue dynamics, Eur. Phys. J. E, 38:33-63, 2015.
  pdf (3.1 mb)
  Erratum 2015: pdf (148 kb)


• P. Saramito, On a modified non-singular log-conformation formulation for Johnson-Segalman viscoelastic fluids, J. Non Newtonian Fluid Mech., 211:16-30, 2014.
  pdf (2.7 mb)


• A. Laadhari, P. Saramito and C. Misbah, Computing the dynamics of biomembranes by combining conservative level set and adaptive finite element methods, J. Comput. Phys., 263:328-352, 2014.
  pdf (2.1 mb)


• N. Bernabeu, P. Saramito and C. Smutek, Numerical modeling of shallow non-Newtonian flows: Part II. Viscoplastic fluids and general tridimensional topographies, Int. J. Numer. Anal. Model., 11(1):213-228, 2014.
  pdf (3.1 mb)


• P. Saramito, C. Smutek and B. Cordonnier, Numerical modeling of shallow non-Newtonian flows: Part I. The horizontal dam break problem revisited, Int. J. Numer. Anal. Model. B, 4(3):283-298, 2013.
  pdf (2 mb)


• I. Cheddadi and P. Saramito, A new operator splitting algorithm for elastoviscoplastic flow problems, J. Non-Newt. Fluid Mech., 202:13-21, 2013.
  pdf (1.7 mb)


• I. Cheddadi, P. Saramito and F. Graner, Steady Couette flows of elastoviscoplastic fluids are nonunique, J. Rheol., 56(1):213-239, 2012.
  pdf (1.1 mb)


• A. Laadhari, P. Saramito and C. Misbah, Vesicle tumbling inhibited by inertia, Phys. Fluids, 24:031901, 2012.
  pdf (516 kb)


• I. Cheddadi, P. Saramito, B. Dollet, C. Raufaste and F. Graner, Understanding and predicting viscous, elastic, plastic flows, European Physical Journal - E. Soft matter, 34(1):11001, 2011.
  pdf (1.5 mb)


• J. Étienne, J. Lohéac and P. Saramito, A Lagrange-multiplier approach for the numerical simulation of an inextensible membrane or thread immersed in a fluid, submitted, 2010.
  pdf (432 kb) ps.gz (1.8 mb).


• A. Laadhari, C. Misbah and P. Saramito, On the equilibrium equation for a generalized biological membrane energy by using a shape optimization approach, Phys. D, 239:1567-1572, 2010.
  pdf (268 kb)


• A. Laadhari, P. Saramito and C. Misbah, Improving the mass conservation of the level set method, C. R. Math., 348:535-540, 2010.
  pdf (160 kb) ps.gz (176 kb)


• H. Mustapha, A. Ghorayeb, K. Mustapha and P. Saramito, An efficient parallel mixed method for flow simulations in heterogeneous geological media, International Journal of Computer Mathematics, 87(3):607-618, 2010.
  pdf (340 kb) ps.gz (2 mb)


• P. Saramito, A new elastoviscoplastic model based on the Herschel-Bulkley viscoplasticity, J. Non Newtonian Fluid Mech., 158(1-3):154-161, 2009.
  ps.gz (200 kb) pdf (320 kb)


• I. Cheddadi, P. Saramito, C. Raufaste, P. Marmottant and F. Graner, Numerical modelling of foam Couette flows, European Physical Journal - E. Soft matter, 27(2):123-133, 2008.
  pdf (480 kb) ps.gz (1 mb)
  Erratum 2009: pdf (156 kb) ps.gz (525 kb)


• N. Roquet and P. Saramito, An adaptive finite element method for viscoplastic flows in a square pipe with stick-slip at the wall, J. Non Newtonian Fluid Mech., 155:101-115, 2008.
  pdf (1.2 mb) ps.gz (1.6 mb)


• P. Saramito, A new constitutive equation for elastoviscoplastic fluid flows, J. Non Newtonian Fluid Mech., 145(1):1-14, 2007.
  pdf (580 kb) ps.gz (1 mb)


• J. Étienne, E. J. Hopfinger and P. Saramito, Numerical simulation of high density ratio lock-exchange flows, Physics of Fluids, 17(3), ref. 036601, 2005.
  pdf (800 kb)


• J. Étienne and P. Saramito, Estimations d'erreur a priori de la méthode de Lagrange-Galerkin pour les équations de type Kazhikhov-Smagulov, C. R. Acad. Sci. Paris, Série I, 341:769-774, 2005.
  ps.gz (200 kb) pdf (164 kb)


• M. Bensaada, D. Esselaoui and P. Saramito, Second order Galerkin-Lagrange method for the Navier-Stokes equations, Numerical Methods for Partial Differential Equations, 2005.
  pdf (196 kb), ps.gz (352 kb).


• M. Bensaada, D. Esselaoui and P. Saramito, Error estimate for the characteristic method involving Oldroyd derivative in a tensorial transport problem, Fez conference on Differential Equations and Mechanics, Electronic Journal of Differential Equations, Conference 11, october 2004, pp. 53-59.
  ps.gz (340 kb), pdf (248 kb).


• J. Étienne, P. Saramito and E. J. Hopfinger, Numerical simulations of dense clouds on steep slopes: application to powder-snow avalaches, Annals of Glaciology, vol. 38, ref. 38A030, 2004.
  ps.gz (3.2 mb), pdf (3 mb).


• N. Roquet and P. Saramito, Stick-slip transition capturing by using an adaptive finite element method, Mathematical Modelling and Numerical Analysis , Vol. 38, N. 2, pp. 249-260, 2004.
  ps.gz (148 kb), pdf (316 kb).


• N. Roquet and P. Saramito, An adaptive finite element method for Bingham fluid flows around a cylinder, Comput. Methods Appl. Mech. Engrg., 192:3317-3341, 2003.
  ps.gz (1.6 mb), pdf (1.0 mb).


• P. Saramito, Algorithmes et logiciels pour la simulation numérique en fluides non-newtoniens, habilitation à diriger les recherches, Université Jospeh Fourier, Grenoble, février 2002.
  - résumé : html,
  - première partie (30 pages) : ps.gz (1.3 mb), pdf (1.4 mb).
  - texte complet (162 pages) : ps.gz (167 mb), pdf (52 mb).


• P. Saramito and N. Roquet, An adaptive finite element method for viscoplastic fluid flows in pipes, Comput. Methods Appl. Mech. Engrg., 190:5391-5412, 2001.
  ps.gz (1.6 mb), pdf (1 mb).


• N. Roquet, R. Michel and P. Saramito, Errors estimate for a viscoplastic fluid by using Pk finite elements and adaptive meshes, C. R. Acad. Sci. Paris, Série I, 331(7):563-568, 2000.
  ps.gz (132 kb), pdf (336 kb).


• P. Saramito, Operator splitting in viscoelasticity, In Lyon, december 1995, published in Elasticité, Viscoélasticité et Contrôle Optimal: Huitièmes entretiens du centre Jacques Cartier, ESAIM: Proceedings, vol.2, 275-281, 1997.
  ps.gz (84 kb), pdf (216 kb).


• P. Saramito, Efficient simulation of nonlinear viscoelastic fluid flows, J. Non Newtonian Fluid Mech. , 60:199-223, 1995.
  pdf (1.1 mb). ps.gz (2.2 mb),


• P. Saramito and J. M. Piau, Flow characteristics of viscoelastic fluids in an abrupt contraction by using numerical modelling, J. Non Newtonian Fluid Mech. , 52:263-288, 1994.
  pdf (1.5 mb), ps.gz (4.1 mb).


• P. Saramito, A new θ-schema algorithm and incompressible FEM for viscoelastic fluid flows, Mathematical Modelling and Numerical Analysis , 28:1-35, 1994.
  ps.gz (2.3 mb), pdf (1.7 mb).


• P. Saramito, Operator splitting for viscoelastic fluid with a differential constitutive law, C. R. Acad. Sci. Paris, Série II , 319(1):267-270, 1994.
  pdf (260 kb)


• P. Saramito, Simulation numérique d'écoulements de fluides viscoélastiques par éléments finis incompressibles et une méthode de directions alternées; applications, thèse de l' Institut National Polytechnique de Grenoble , 1990.
  pdf (1.5 mb), ps.gz (2.2 mb).