Contact problems are central to Solid Mechanics, because contact is the principal method of
applying loads to a deformable body and the resulting stress concentration is often the most …

Dundurs [Properties of elastic bodies in contact. In: de Pater AD, Kalker JJ, editors. The
mechanics of the contact between deformable bodies. Delft: Delft University Press; 1975. p …

Under certain conditions, friction can lead to the formation of new structures at the interface,
including in situ tribofilms and various patterns, which can reduce friction and wear. This …

Fatigue, popularly metal fatigue, is a primary cause of failure of structural engineering
components. Cracks may freely initiate, but this is rare unless the metal (alloy) is of poor …

Elastic systems with frictional interfaces subjected to periodic loading are often found to
'shake down'in the sense that frictional slip ceases after the first few loading cycles. The …

Recent results have established that Melan's theorem can be applied to discrete elastic
systems governed by the Coulomb friction law only when the normal contact reactions are …

Shakedown theory has been widely used to evaluate the load-bearing capacity of elastic-
plastic structures under cyclic load. The stress compensation method (SCM) shows good …

The aim of this work is to propose a new numerical method for solving the mechanical
frictional contact problem in the general case of multi-bodies in a three dimensional space …

The study of contact is an engineering pursuit that spans multiple disciplines and scales.
Structural dynamics, as well as aspects of nonlinear dynamics and vibrations, is concerned …

When contacting elastic systems are subjected to periodic loading, frictional slip occurs
resulting in energy dissipation. Here we investigate the effect of the relative phase of …