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Book Synopsis
Contact mechanics is a specialist area in engineering mechanics. It deals with non standard mechanics which frequently appear in real technical applications. Examples include the simulation of car crashes, human joints, car tyres, rubber seals and metal forming processes.

Table of Contents
Preface.

Introduction.

Introduction to Contact Mechanics.

Continuum Solid Mechanics and Weak Forms.

Contact Kinematics.

Constitutive Equations for Contact Interfaces.

Contact Boundary Value Problem and Weak Form.

Discretization of the Continuum.

Discretization, Small Deformation Contact.

Discretization, Large Deformation Contact.

Solution Algorithms.

Thermo-mechanical Contact.

Beam Contact.

Adaptive Finite Element Methods for Contact Problems.

Computation of Critical Points with Contact Constraints.

Appendix A: Gauss Integration Rules.

Appendix B: Convective Coordinates.

Appendix C: Parameter Identification for Friction Materials.

References.

Index.

Computational Contact Mechanics Mechanical

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      Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Inc
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 25/07/2002
      ISBN13: 9780471496809, 978-0471496809
      ISBN10: 0471496804
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      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Contact mechanics is a specialist area in engineering mechanics. It deals with non standard mechanics which frequently appear in real technical applications. Examples include the simulation of car crashes, human joints, car tyres, rubber seals and metal forming processes.

      Table of Contents
      Preface.

      Introduction.

      Introduction to Contact Mechanics.

      Continuum Solid Mechanics and Weak Forms.

      Contact Kinematics.

      Constitutive Equations for Contact Interfaces.

      Contact Boundary Value Problem and Weak Form.

      Discretization of the Continuum.

      Discretization, Small Deformation Contact.

      Discretization, Large Deformation Contact.

      Solution Algorithms.

      Thermo-mechanical Contact.

      Beam Contact.

      Adaptive Finite Element Methods for Contact Problems.

      Computation of Critical Points with Contact Constraints.

      Appendix A: Gauss Integration Rules.

      Appendix B: Convective Coordinates.

      Appendix C: Parameter Identification for Friction Materials.

      References.

      Index.

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