A monolithic smoothing-gap algorithm for contact-impact based on the signed distance function

International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering

Volumn 55, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 101-125

  Belytschko, T ^a   Daniel, W J T ^b   Ventura, G ^c  

^a Northwestern University   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^c POLITECNICO DI TORINO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Contact; Finite elements; Impact; Smoothing

Indexed keywords

ERROR ANALYSIS; LEAST SQUARES APPROXIMATIONS; POLYNOMIAL APPROXIMATION;

SIGNED DISTANCE FUNCTION;

ALGORITHMS;

ALGORITHM; CONTACT; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; IMPACT;

EID: 0037056189     PISSN: 00295981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/nme.568     Document Type: Article

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