Fast methods for solving rough contact problems: A comparative study

Journal of Tribology

Volumn 122, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 36-41

  Polonsky, I A ^a   Keer, L M ^a  

^a Northwestern University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; CONTACTS (FLUID MECHANICS); FAST FOURIER TRANSFORMS; NUMERICAL METHODS; PROBLEM SOLVING; SURFACE ROUGHNESS;

MULTILEVEL MULTISUMMATION (MLMS) TECHNIQUE;

TRIBOLOGY;

CONTACT; MATHEMATICAL METHOD;

EID: 0034057641     PISSN: 07424787     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.555326     Document Type: Conference Paper

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