Vertex-to-face contact searching algorithm for three-dimensional frictionless contact problems

International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering

Volumn 63, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 876-897

  Wu, Jian Hong ^a   Juang, C H ^b   Lin, Hung Ming ^c  

^a INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Taiwan)

^b Clemson University   (United States)

^c LEADER UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Discontinuous deformation analysis; Frictionless contact; Three dimensional; Vertex to face contact rule

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; DEFORMATION; FRICTION; PROBLEM SOLVING; THREE DIMENSIONAL; TOPOLOGY;

PLANAR BOUNDARIES; POLYHEDRONS; THREE-DIMENSIONAL (3D) DISCONTINUOUS DEFORMATION ANALYSIS (DDA); VERTEX-TO-FACE CONTACT SEARCHING ALGORITHMS;

ALGORITHMS;

CONTACT AREA; DEFORMATION; FRICTION; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 20444476170     PISSN: 00295981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/nme.1307     Document Type: Article

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