Trends in Computational Contact Mechanics

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Zavarise, Giorgio (Editor), Wriggers, Peter (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2011.
• Series: Lecture Notes in Applied and Computational Mechanics, 58
• Subjects: Engineering.; Applied mathematics.; Engineering mathematics.; Mechanics.; Mechanics, Applied.; Continuum mechanics.; Theoretical and Applied Mechanics.; Appl.Mathematics/Computational Methods of Engineering.; Continuum Mechanics and Mechanics of Materials.

The subject of Computational Contact Mechanics  has many facets. Its main impact lies in the transfer of knowledge form theoretical research to applied sciences, and from there to industry. The application fields are literally countless, ranging from classical engineering to biomechanics and nano-sc...

Table of Contents:

• From the content: Contact Modelling in Entangled Fibrous Materials
• 3D Contact Smoothing Method Based on Quasi-C1 Interpolation
• On a Geometrically Exact Theory for Contact Interactions
• Finite Deformation Contact Based on a 3D Dual Mortar and Semi-Smooth Newton Approach
• The Contact Patch Test for Linear Contact Pressure Distributions in 2D Frictionless Contact.