Pierre Saramito : selected publications

• P. Saramito, Thermodynamic analysis of an elastoviscoplastic fluid model, submitted, 2026.
  pdf (2 mo)


• N. Shourick, I. Cheddadi, F. Graner and P. Saramito, A new thermodynamic framework for active polar fluids, submitted, 2025.
  pdf (3 mo)


• P. Saramito, Yet another thermodynamic environment, to appear, 2025.
  pdf (2 mo)


• P. Saramito, Mechanics fixed in the body in a plastically deformable state, HAL translation, 05401142, 2025.
  Translation from German of the R. von Mises famous paper Mechanik festen im Körper plastisch-deformablen Zustand, Nachrichten Ges. Wiss. Göttingen, 582-592, 1913.
  pdf (2 mo)


• P. Saramito, Some additional comments on the presentation of the rheological equation of state according to according to Weissenberg’s principle, HAL translation, 05376919, 2025.
  Translation from German of the H. Giesekus famous paper Einige ergänzende Bemerkungen zur Darstellung der rheologischen Zustandsgleichung nach Weissenberg und Grossman, Z. Angew. Math. Mech., 42(6):259-262, 1962.
  pdf (500 ko)


• T. Chauve, M. Montagnat, V. Dansereau, P. Saramito, K. Fourteau and A. Tommasi, A physically-based formulation for texture evolution during dynamic recrystallization. A case study for ice, C. R. Méca, 352:99-134, 2024.
  pdf (4.6 mo)


• N. Shourick, I. Cheddadi and P. Saramito, A new framework for shallow approximations of incompressible flows, C. R. Math., 361:1767-1783, 2023.
  pdf (500 ko)


• T. Schiano, B. Bigot, J.-F. Haquet, P. Saramito and C. Smutek, Modelling spreading with degassing using anisotherm viscoplastic multiphase shallow water approximation, Int. J. Multiphase Flows, 167:104527, 2023.
  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).