A novel three-dimensional contact finite element based on smooth pressure interpolations

International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering

Volumn 51, Issue 7, 2001, Pages 791-811

  Jones, Reese E ^a   Papadopoulos, Panayiotis ^b  

^a SANDIA NATIONAL LABORATORIES   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Finite element method; Lagrange multipliers; Three dimensional contact

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; INTERPOLATION; LAGRANGE MULTIPLIERS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

SMOOTH PRESSURE INTERPOLATION;

FINITE ELEMENT METHOD;

FINITE ELEMENT METHOD;

EID: 0035838485     PISSN: 00295981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/nme.163.abs     Document Type: Article

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