Wear is a process of gradual removal of a material from surfaces of solids subject to contact
and sliding. Damages of contact surfaces are results of wear. They can have various …

Contact mechanics has its application in many engineering problems. No one can walk
without frictional contact, and no car would move for the same reason. Hence contact …

During the last several decades, the finite element method has evolved from a linear
structural analysis procedure to a general technique for solving non-linear, transient, partial …

A new approach to enforce surface contact conditions in transient non‐linear finite element
problems is developed in this paper. The method is based on the Lagrange multiplier …

Moving interfaces between media play an important role in technological and natural
processes. The development of methods for solving problems with moving interfaces is one …

Die Anwendung der Finite-Element-Methode auf nichtlineare technische Probleme hat in
den letzten Jahren-auch wegen der stark angestiegenen Rechnerleistung-erheblich …

The numerical treatment of contact problems involves the formulation of the geometry, the
statement of interface laws, the variational formulation and the development of algorithms. In …

In this paper, a formulation is presented for the finite element treatment of multibody, large
deformation frictional contact problems. The term multibody is used to mean that when two …

A model based on the penalty method for 3‐D contact problems with friction is proposed.
The friction forces are assumed to follow the Coulomb law, with a slip criterion treated in the …

This work develops robust contact algorithms capable of dealing with complex contact
situations involving several bodies with corners. Amongst the mathematical tools we bring to …