Computational & Applied Mechanics Laboratory
CAMLAB develops and democratizes modern numerical technologies for engineering modeling, analysis and simulation, with emphasis on the mechanics of solids and structures — combining nodal integration, meshfree Galerkin methods and the Virtual Element Method into free and open-source software.
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August 1, 2026
Introducing niceColorbar
Everyone that uses MATLAB knows this is its usual colorbar:
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January 27, 2026
Just Graduated!
Recently, Nicolás Muñoz graduated from our Master of Science program in Mechanical Engineering with a…
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May 15, 2025
Just Graduated!
Recently, Rodrigo Silva graduated from our PhD program in Mechanical Engineering with a Doctoral Thesis…
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December 14, 2024
Accepted Paper: A node-based uniform strain virtual element method for elastoplastic solids
Paper Accepted for Publication in Computational Mechanics
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A node-based uniform strain virtual element method for elastoplastic solids
Computational Mechanics, 2024
Finite element graft stress for anteromedial portal, transtibial, and hybrid transtibial femoral drillings under anterior translation and medial rotation: an exploratory study
Scientific Reports, vol. 14, pp. 11922, 2024
A node-based uniform strain virtual element method for compressible and nearly incompressible elasticity
International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering, vol. 124, no. 8, pp. 1818-1855, 2023
POLYLLA: polygonal meshing algorithm based on terminal-edge regions
Engineering with Computers, vol. 38, no. 5, pp. 4545-4567, 2022











