1. 2D OR 3D FRICTIONAL CONTACT ALGORITHMS AND APPLICATIONS IN A LARGE DEFORMATION CONTEXT.
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Zhi-Qiang Feng, G.
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FRICTION , *DEFORMATIONS (Mechanics) , *FINITE element method , *NUMERICAL analysis , *ALGORITHMS , *ALGEBRA - Abstract
The paper is devoted to the analysis of two- or three-dimensional contact problems with Coulomb friction and large deformation. The classical approach is based on two minimum principles or two variational inequalities: the first for unilateral contact and the second for friction. A coupled approach using only one principle or one inequality is presented. This new approach allows us to extend the notion of normality law to dissipative behaviors with a non-associated flow rule, such as surface friction. Non-differentiable contact potentials are regularized by means of the augmented Lagrangian method. Using the C++ language, an object-oriented finite element database is created, which allows us to implement the contact and friction in an existing code in a very simple and neat way. Numerical examples are carried out in many difficult cases such as shock absorber and three-dimensional contact. The numerical results prove that this approach is robust and efficient concerning numerical stability. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 1995
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