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Trends in Computational Contact Mechanics

  • Recent trends in Computational Contact Mechanics
  • Scientific edited outcome of the 1st Int. Conference on Computational Contact Mechanics ICCCM 09 held at Lecce Italy, Sept. 2009
  • Written by leading experts in the field

Part of the book series: Lecture Notes in Applied and Computational Mechanics (LNACM, volume 58)

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Table of contents (18 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

  2. 3D Contact Smoothing Method Based on Quasi-C1 Interpolation

    • Maha Hachani, Lionel Fourment
    Pages 23-40
  3. On a Geometrically Exact Theory for Contact Interactions

    • Alexander Konyukhov, Karl Schweizerhof
    Pages 41-56
  4. Finite Deformation Contact Based on a 3D Dual Mortar and Semi-Smooth Newton Approach

    • Alexander Popp, Michael W. Gee, Wolfgang A. Wall
    Pages 57-77
  5. Finite Deformation Thermomechanical Contact Homogenization Framework

    • Ä°lker Temizer, Peter Wriggers
    Pages 101-119
  6. Analysis of Granular Chute Flow Based on a Particle Model Including Uncertainties

    • F. Fleissner, T. Haag, M. Hanss, P. Eberhard
    Pages 121-134
  7. Soft Soil Contact Modeling Technique for Multi-Body System Simulation

    • Rainer Krenn, Andreas Gibbesch
    Pages 135-155
  8. A Semi-Explicit Modified Mass Method for Dynamic Frictionless Contact Problems

    • David Doyen, Alexandre Ern, Serge Piperno
    Pages 157-168
  9. Dynamics of a Soft Contractile Body on a Hard Support

    • A. Tatone, A. Di Egidio, A. Contento
    Pages 193-210
  10. Two-Level Block Preconditioners for Contact Problems

    • C. Janna, M. Ferronato, G. Gambolati
    Pages 211-226

About this book

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-sciences.

The remarkable increase of computer power in recent years has been instrumental in enabling the development of simulation-based analysis in current design activity. This still involves tremendous effort in research,  which focuses on, for example, multi-field and multi-scale problems, algorithmic robustness, and geometrical accuracy. Moreover, several aspects of Contact Mechanics, Debonding and Fracture Mechanics,  have been combined to offer new enhanced possibilities to the computer simulation of complex phenomena.

With these contributions of prominent scientists, this book offers a wide overview on the ongoing research at the highest level in the field.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Department of Innovation Engineering, University of Salento, Lecce, Italy

    Giorgio Zavarise

  • Institut fuer Kontinuumsmechanik, Leibniz Universitaet Hannover, Hannover, Germany

    Peter Wriggers

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