FraMCoS 2 1995 Zurich, Switzerland

On an Efficient New Numerical Method for Resolution of the Frictionless Contact Problems with a Variational Inequality Approach

This work presents a numerical solution for frictionless contact problems and its application to a practical example. The numerical solution is obtained by the finite element discretisation of the variational inequality. This inequality is related to the extremum principle. The…

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Abstract

This work presents a numerical solution for frictionless contact problems and its application to a practical example. The numerical solution is obtained by the finite element discretisation of the variational inequality. This inequality is related to the extremum principle. The numerical method is applied for any contact body geometry. The presented example illustrates the method efficiency. This method allows to detect the contact area and the pressure acting on it.