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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November 9, 2026
Introducing OpenCourantRP
Running an OpenCourant analysis and looking at the results usually means juggling the solver, a…
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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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A node-based uniform strain virtual element method for elastoplastic solids
Computational Mechanics, vol. 76, pp. 23-44, 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
Featured software
OpenCourantRP
A Windows desktop app to run OpenCourant decks and postprocess the results with PyVista.
MATLABniceColorbar
A drop-in, styled replacement for MATLAB's colorbar, with presets, LaTeX titles, theme awareness, and auto-refresh.
MATLABVEMLAB
A free and open-source library for the Virtual Element Method.
C++Veamy
Extensible object-oriented C++ library for the virtual element method.